We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
by John BochExecutive DirectorThe General Assembly has ended their Spring session so the onslaught of cray cray in new legislation has paused. That’s good news. LITIGATION.We expect things to start breaking loose in the next couple of months both in the FOID case and the PICA gun & magazine ban…
Chicago scored more national publicity for a Christmastime homicide cops have tied to Fred Taylor, 24. Taylor was out on electronic monitoring for a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing. News of his arrest and his "electronic house arrest" barely made a blip locally. Why? He was the 59th person…
What happens when you break a bedroom window and try to crawl into you ex-girlfriend's apartment? Well, if you're a guy in Gonzales, LA, you might get shot repeatedly until you cease your intrusion. That's exactly how things went down for 35-year-old Joshua Jones. He wouldn't move on after his…
Tulsa's top cop Wendell Franklin suggested to Tulsa's public radio state-affiliated media outlet that Americans should trade their Second Amendment rights to get a handle on gang violence. Talk about a historically illiterate man. Was he attending a Diversity, Inclusion and Equity class instead of American history? What a buffoon.…
Crime up 38% in new mayor’s first 30 days Homicide across the street from mayor’s home Bloodiest Memorial Day weekend in 10+ years Gangs and gang violence flourish Crime without consequences: Less than 5% of major crimes see arrests 11 killed, 63 wounded over Juneteenth weekend Mayor appoints a defund,…
Champaign, IL's uber-woke Mayor Lil Debbie Feinen used her "Meet the Mayor" segment on The Morning Show (whatever that is) to tsk tsk Champaign's residents that they shouldn't light off fireworks. Apparently that's her biggest priority, even though gangs are shooting it out on the streets of her city which…
Yesterday was the oral arguments in Sangamon County Circuit Court over Guns Save Life's challenge to the FOID statute. A statute which we see as patently unconstitutional because, as we all know, there were no FOID cards in 1791 to own firearms or ammunition. I was unable to attend as…
The pen is mightier than the sword. And Saul Alinsky is absolutely right that ridicule is man's most potent weapon. Well, when he's not armed, that is. Bloomington Police felt the sting of coverage of their gun-rusting box "giveaway" that I profiled both at The Truth About Guns and here…
Leave it to Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue a statement in the aftermath of the massive shootout that took place in Willowbrook, IL about twenty miles west of Murder City USA. It's filled with all of the talking points of the leftists who have enabled the sorts of behaviors that…
Police saw it coming. WBNS 10TV reported that police were "close by" monitoring a party of 200 "youths" at an impromptu parking lot "party" to celebrate Juneteenth in Willowbrook, IL. The town lies just 20 miles from downtown Chicago. Then police were called away to a fight. While cops responded…
