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It won't surprise you that most parents have a strong protective instinct when it comes to their kids.  If you've never had kids, you can't really understand the depth of those protective feelings.  Nothing brings out the mama or papa bear instinct like messing with their cubs. On Father's day,…

Today's the big day for gun rights in front of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  The hearing starts at 9:30am.  You can view the livestream from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals YouTube page here.   Here's Greg Bishop talking with Dan Eldridge of Maxons.  There's a lot of good…

Mainstream media both locally in Chicago and nationally seemed appalled that a mother would tell her teenage son to get her carry gun out of her car as she was being accosted.  It happened in a working class neighborhood carry-out restaurant in Murder City USA.  What's more, the 14-year-old son…

Chicago residents are voicing their unhappiness about thousands of dollars in damages to their property from rampaging "takeover" rampages by "little rascals."  We wrote about this in "DESCENT: Chicago lawlessness grows under ‘Big Brain’ Brandon Johnson; Chicago Police get no love or support from other City Departments." Guess what folks. …

Maxon and the Aurora Sportsmen's Club (ASC) are hosting two "Meet the Legal Team" fundraisers to support our fight against the Illinois PICA Gun & Magazine ban. Meet lead attorney Chuck Michel from the Second Amendment Law Center and Illinois gun law expert Todd Vandermyde for a real time update…

A whole lot of Americans pay big bucks to have Uber Eats deliver food to their home or place of work. Most of the time, the worst thing that typically happens is the food is cold and their wallet is lighter. But sometimes things can take a more ominous turn.…

New Lenox, IL Mayor Tim Baldermann castigated Cook County's prosecutor Kim Foxx in a very public press conference on Monday.  He lamented how the Soros-funded prosecutor doesn't prosecute, and when she does, she pleads cases down to probation, putting violent criminals back on the street. No offense mayor, but you…

“This is fun!”  That’s how Rosie Delgado, one of GSL Defense Training’s new instructors, described her first time volunteering at one of the nation’s longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camps in Bloomington this past weekend.   It was fun, not only for the kids but for the adults who volunteered to help…

"Street takeovers" continue growing in Chicago as large mobs of unruly "little rascals" and "scholars" block traffic and have an impromptu party.  Street parties are nothing new in cities, but these "takeovers" usually occur in high-traffic intersections blocking motorists (and emergency vehicles).  What makes them dangerous is when reckless drivers…

With just days before the deadline to file an appeal passed, the Illinois Attorney General filed a motion to the Illinois Supreme Court appealing a Madison County Judge’s ruling on March 10th striking down the section of Illinois law allowing the Illinois State Police to suspend Firearm Owner ID Cards…