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More and more gun shops in Illinois dip their toes back into the waters of selling popular self-defense rifles, shotguns and handguns - along with the magazines to feed them.  Some vendors were slow to come around - wanting to run it by their attorneys.  Others, employing good, old-fashioned common…

One of Joe Biden's kids from the border, an illegal alien deported at least FOUR times, killed five in Texas this past Friday.  The authorities thought they had him but he slipped away.  He's now in the wind and is very much a wanted man.  And, of course, Chicago has…

Pity poor Kwame the Magnificent, the Land of Lincoln's Attorney General.  He's a master of symbolism over substance, smooth talk over real action.   And a would-be tyrant if he had the chance.  He thinks he's a "rising star" in the Democratic party...  you know, a rising star like a new…

NW Chicagoland new venue!Our Northwest Chicagoland Regional Director Marcus Melnick has announced a new location for our monthly meeting. We’re moving to Prairie House Tavern at 2710 Main St. in Buffalo Grove. Why the change? The Golden Corral loved us but we’ve outgrown the facility. We thank the Golden Corral…

The May 2023 issue of GunNews is now available to download. You can also download it in the pdf embed widget. Please share it with your friends, family, neighbors and maybe even some folks you don't really like.

In 2020 at my casa, we decided to put a 250 square foot, three season porch on the back of our home in Central Illinois.  In 2021, we found a contractor with experience in jobs like this to do the work and in 2022 the job got done.  Welcome to…

The attorneys in Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office burned the midnight oil after a federal court judge blocked enforcement of the new Illinois Firearm Ban Act.  At a couple of minutes shy of midnight, they filed a motion to stay the injunction with Judge Stephen McGlynn. First off, clearly…

Great news yesterday as US District Court Judge Stephen McGlynn issued a preliminary injunction blocking the new Illinois Firearms Ban Act.  The injunction took effect immediately and lasts until the case is either heard and ruled upon, or FAR more likely until it is stayed.  In English:  This means stores…

Looking for a modestly paying job tip-toeing through landmines, borderline incompetent "merit"-promoted command staff and a new mayor that's philosophically at or just left of Karl Marx?  If that's you, then you can apply for the position of Chicago Police Superintendent.  The good news is, if selected, that you'll become…

You know that black powder you have in your closet for your muzzle-stuffer rifle?  It's a natural security resource.  Yep.  Believe it or not, the US military relies on it in a number of roles, primarily in explosive trains for modern munitions. How about that? It's true.  You ask what…