We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
... Nah, of course not. They just can't figure out the correlation between strict gun control and high violent crime rates. New York City (NY Daily News) - Violence surged like the mercury Sunday, with three more fatalities from gun violence — and eight others wounded in shootings — bringing…
Crazy Lisa wins this one. Imagine our surprise when the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals approves a 30-day extension to the 180-day stay given to allow government in Illinois to remedy the unconstitutional prohibition on carry outside of the home. We do have to hand it to Judge Posner. It…
David Sigale wrote a blistering reply to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's request for a 30-day extension on the existing 180-day stay on the Seventh Circuit's ruling that Illinois' Unlawful Use of Weapons law is unconstitutional. It's chock full of goodness that makes baby Jesus smile: 1. Defendants’ motion…
So, inner-city Chicago is so screwed up with dysfunctional families that it's called a "war on blacks" to prosecute and lock up perhaps 18,000 of the worst of the worst criminally violent gang members? Praise the Lord that right-to-carry is coming to Chicago. That city is badly in need of…
Poor Tio feels shipwrecked and abandoned after getting fired from his cushy job running CeaseFire - a group that hires gang members to be "interrupters" to "prevent" crime. (And the U of I Chicago runs this farce?) That's after (allegedly) beating and kicking his wife so badly she had…
The money quote: "...when you come after our guns, we’re going to take you out" DENVER (Washington Post) — Gun-rights activists in Colorado turned in petition signatures Monday to set up the first recall in state history of a state lawmaker after he backed some of the strictest gun control…
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has applied for a 30-day extension on the Seventh Circuit's 180-day stay on their ruling that Illinois' prohibition on possession of guns outside the home was unconstitutional in Moore v. Madigan. The State Journal-Register and others are covering this: CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Attorney…
Frank Lautenberg, a far left gun control advocate, died today. We can't be absolutely certain about the true cause of death, but we speculate that gun control advocates losing the battle to keep Illinois on the gun control plantation had something to do with his demise. While we salute his…
Roughly thirty-five shooters came out on Saturday at the Guns Save Life-sponsored Appleseed shoot at Darnall's GunWorks and Ranges in Bloomington. They, along with their instructors, got down in the mud and trained on how to become better rifle shooters and learned a little about America's founding. There was…
Illinois is poised to join the 49 other states in America by throwing its antiquated prohibition on self-defense outside the home into the dustbin of history. The Illinois Senate passed HB183 earlier today by a margin of 45-12-1 (36 required to over-ride a governor's veto) and the House approved it…