We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
For reloaders, primers are an indispensable ingredient. Given the scarcity of American-made primers after the great ammo crush of a couple of years ago, there's a lot of companies offering imported products to try to fill the void at affordable prices. However, not all of the imported products meet the…
Today's hearing in front of the Joint Commission for Administrative Rules ended without the JCAR board taking any action. They will discuss the proposed rules at next month's meeting. Running that through the universal translator: It means they aren't stopping the latest Emergency Rules submitted by ISP. Of course next…
Yesterday, Mark Smith at Four Boxes Diner had a good piece on the potential silver lining in the denial of the en banc rehearing petition. Yes, it's 13 minutes and I'll cut to the chase: The State (the defendants) have pleaded to the US Supreme Court to allow the cases…
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS DEC. 16th: Wreaths Across America at Camp Butler in Springfield Our own Pastor Steven Holden also serves on the leadership team of the “Wreaths Across America” event at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield. They’re looking for additional volunteers for the December 16th event. Volunteers will place Christmas…
The JCAR peeps, aka the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, has a meeting coming up Tuesday morning where they will make a decision on the second round of "Emergency Rules" submitted by the Illinois State Police. At best, expect a 6-6 tie and ties don't overturn rules so don't get…
Today the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals turned away our application for an en banc rehearing of their earlier decision affirming Frank Easterbrook's Emergency Stay blocking the injunction issued by District Court Judge McGlynn. McGlynn's decision struck down the so-called "Protect Illinois Communities Act" law. The rulings by the three-judge…
You want to know what mass non-compliance with unconstitutional laws looks like? Look no further than the gun registration numbers the Illinois State Police have reported. With just three weeks left in the window to register, ISP still only got a 1264 additional individuals registering their self-defense firearms, ammunition and…
There's a lot going on and Todd Vandermyde at Freedom's Steel sorts most of it out on a video he posted not too many hours ago. Seven minutes and change. Time well spent (or we wouldn't share!) Enjoy. https://youtu.be/oXxtIIqrpvM
Yesterday, the US Senate blocked a move that would allow Democrats to pass their new semi-auto gun ban. And today, the hits keep on coming for grandpa bad touch, as he's now at his lowest approval rating ever - 37%. His lowest approval rating... so far at least. From Reuters:…
At noon today Central Time, on this day in 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. The surprise attack led to the US entering World War II and ultimately resulted in the US firebombing Tokyo and nuking a couple of other cities for good measure. Millions died as a result…
