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The Illinois State Rifle Association's IGOLD event - Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day - saw weak attendance and energy on Wednesday. While estimates of attendance ranged from a couple of hundred on the low end to 3,000, all but one reported a few hundred - to be generous. Our pro-gun…
It's true. The Illinois Firearm Ban Act signed by Governor JB Pritzker on Jan. 10th covers a whole lot more than just America's favorite rifle, the AR-15. It also covers the Ruger 10/22 and every other semi-auto rifle in the world. It also bans pretty much all semi-auto shotguns. We've…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the rest of her cabal of dysfunctional leaders in America's largest open-air shooting gallery would probably rather you not read just how bad crime has become. It's really bad. And only CWB Chicago really covers the craziness with any regularity. If it's not on your…
So, if you're not a resident of America's formerly "Second City" Chicago, you can be excused for not knowing there's a run-off election for mayor. While neither of the finishers are pro-gun, one is at least marginally supportive of law-and-order while the other one, Brandon Johnson, supports neither law nor…
Last Thursday evening, at the last minute, we and the NRA's legal team submitted our respective briefs. From The Center Square: (The Center Square) – The final scheduled filings have been made in the Southern District of Illinois federal courts in the consolidated challenge of Illinois’ gun and magazine ban.…
You can’t make it to a meeting, but you want a chance to win a gun for as little as $4? Here’s your chance!And yes, we’ve had several mail-in ticket winners in the past few months, and we've had gun drawing winners that bought their tickets at other meeting locations. …
Got a spare $100k that you don't want to keep in the bank account to pay for a legal dream team in the aftermath of a deadly-force incident? No problem. You can afford the new Dodge Demon, the 1025 horsepower American muscle car. We're not sure what all of the…
Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day will take place Wednesday, March 29th in Springfield. People should meet at the Prairie Capital Convention Center (BoS Building) around 11:00 to 11:30a.m. If previous years’ schedules hold, folks will march to the Capitol Complex around 1pm, but allow yourself ample opportunity to visit with…
There is an "Attention ISP Officers and Staff" letter making the rounds. Postmarked in Champaign and mailed in January, but with a Chicago return address, the letter begins with "This is not a threat." But you can guess where it goes from there. Reportedly the FBI is investigating this just…
Austin Lyle, the 17-year-old who shot two school administrators at a Denver High School Wednesday was found dead Thursday in a nearby county. He successfully shot himself dead. The incident has sparked a lot of folks to ask why in the world was this misfit allowed to attend school? He…
