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Illinois is a deep blue state on the whole. And along with deep blue comes a disregard of and even a hatred for issues like gun rights for the little people among many in the political class - even among some Republicans. What’s surprised me in this election season is…
Judge McGlynn dropped a pre-conference hearing "memorandum" ahead of our Scheduling Conference scheduled for Wednesday. While this is nothing but a memorandum, it's 16 pages of bad news for Kwame Raoul and his defense of the indefensible PICA law. Maybe very bad news. In essence, District Court Judge McGlynn has…
Murder City Mayor "Let's Go Brandon" Johnson may be on the verge of cementing a new nickname for himself: Birdbrain. A couple of weeks ago, Birdbrain unilaterally announced that he was ending the city's use of Shot Spotter in September. He called the system which identified gunfire and allows a…
For years Wayne LaPierre dismissed charges of malfeasance under his watch as unfounded. He fired or replaced whistleblowers like Col. Oliver North. And then Latitia James caught up with him. On Friday a jury convicted the face of the NRA for mismanagement and misuse of charitable funds. As it was…
Guns Save Life announces our "Great Guns 2024" drawing. Yes, Virginia, we'll be giving away a Springfield Armory M1A Scout Squad on the second Thursday in June at the Charleston GSL meeting. This firearm is (obviously) Illinois legal. It's basically a carbine-length M1A with a muzzle brake instead of a…
GunNews went to press and has hit the US Post Office. It's also arrived at the first node of distribution hubs throughout the major regions of Illinois. Our volunteers are taking them in the course of their daily travels to their final destinations right now and throughout the weekend. If…
(GSL) - Effective January 1, 2024, those wishing to complete a private sale of a firearm in Illinois no longer have to go to a federally licensed gun dealer to complete the transaction. Instead of going to a gun shop, private parties can now use the Illinois State Police Firearm…
Quincy's Guns Save Life meeting has some incredible stuff happening. And even more better things are coming. Here's a couple of teasers: We're in talks to bring William Kirk of Washington Gun Law to our meeting as a speaker. We'll have Tom DeVore at our March 27th meeting as our…
"Dear John," the letter from the Illinois Republican Party begins. It's a letter sent out by the Illinois Republican Party State Chairman Don Tracy. Yeah, that Don Tracy. "I am proud to present your Illinois Republican Party Sustaining Membership Card for the 2024 Election Year. Embossed with your name and…
We all saw the post-Superbowl parade mass casualty incident in Kansas City, Missouri. All told 21 were wounded and one person died. A dozen kids were wounded. Was it gang violence erupting from young gang members with little impulse control? Or was it more ominous? At first it surely seemed…
