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Well, that came out of left field.  Late this afternoon we got word that the motions judge with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay blocking Judge Stephen McGlynn's preliminary injunction against the new Illinois gun ban.  In so many words, the "gun ban" is back on. We…

John Naese, one of the founding members of Guns Save Life's predecessor organization wrote earlier this week about the conversion of a "Karen" after the George Floyd riots in 2020.  Here's my own story of what I thought was a loss turned into a huge win. John Naese and I…

Good news for sportsmen across Illinois.  The State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources legal division has put out of directive that IDNR police should not take action on prohibited firearms and magazines used for hunting on public lands. IDNR Conservation Police Officer Trent Reeves spoke in Decatur on Wednesday…

Earlier this week, radical left-wing agitators organized by a local NAACP chapter threatened to show up at a South Bend, Indiana county councilwoman's private home to hold a "press conference."  Yes, a press conference at 6:30am in front of a politician's private residence.  The organizers knew the politician had seven…

Joe Biden's "son," a four-time deported illegal alien, was a tough guy against women and children.  Police say Francisco Oreposa shot five to death, including a mother and her 9-year-old son.  Yes, in a certifiable mass murder with a firearm than the anti-gun left will tout as another reason real…

by Justin Thyme, a GSL member “Guns are killing our young people at an alarming rate.” I read this quote in a newspaper over twenty-five years ago. But is it true? Blaming an inanimate object is often done to condemn that object or supplant the responsibility of what happened on…

Illinois published some new administrative rulemaking for the FOID review board in the Illinois Register in recent days.  I haven't had a time to read it, but wanted to share. My first blush is "this seems like a lot of work when the FOID will be struck down in a…

Reprinted from the May 2023 issue of GunNews Magazine with a few tweaks and additions... We had a good day in federal court at the April 12th hearing in our challenge to the new Illinois gun ban. Our attorneys are very good, but we let Paul Clement’s partner Erin Murphy…

Robert Bevis has had a rough six months.  He owns of Law Weapons in Naperville, a business that was doing great until the naggy moms pressured the Naperville City Council to virtue signal at Robert's expense. They passed an ordinance that banned the sale of the most popular self-defense firearms…

We called it earlier today when we wrote "Kwame may appeal directly to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse this preliminary injunction..."  Sure enough.  Kwame the Klown (h/t to a commenter) filed a motion with the 7th Circuit this afternoon. Nevermind that they are in recess until May…