We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
Last Friday, a judge in Macon County ruled Gov. Pritzker's vaunted Illinois Firearms Ban Act as unconstitutional. The signed order, published all across the Internet, left a lot of folks perplexed. Does it really apply to the entire state? Does the order invalidate the entire law, or just parts? First…
"We're from the government and we're here to help." Those words should strike fear into the heart of Americans from coast to coast. Too often government "protects and serves" the little people - good and hard. Take the case of an American veteran, a single woman living in Springfield, IL. …
Friday marked a rollercoaster day as the Macon County hearing happened at 1:30, but Judge Rodney Forbes had not seen the proposed order before it was presented to him in open court. Two hours later, he signed it. You can read it here: [caption id="attachment_35019" align="alignnone" width="770"] State Representative Dan…
Dan Caulkins, pictured above at the Sangamon County Guns Save Life meeting, and his attorney Jerry Stocks from Decatur successfully blocked Gov. Pritzker's Illinois Firearms Ban Act in state court with a decision issued this afternoon in Macon County. The decision by Circuit Court Judge Rodney Forbes blocks enforcement of…
Poor Kwame. He doesn't know which direction to go with all the lawsuits challenging Illinois gun control schemes. One should be a priority for him to get semi-competent staff to (attempt to) defend: Macon County. This afternoon. For those of us under the mistaken impression that Caulkins had a fast-track…
The Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day is coming up on Wednesday, March 29th. The IGOLD event has been around for nearly twenty years. It's good fun, folks. It really is a great time. [caption id="attachment_35000" align="alignnone" width="770"] Lookie here. John Coyne from 2019 (left) now our VP and Al Devlin…
State Rep. Bozo Bob Morgan (he's the bald one pictured above) will headline a panel of would-be tyrants explaining why stripping you of your rights and recreating past tyrannies is a good thing at the Highland Park Public Library on Monday. RSVP is demanded "to ensure they have plenty of space…
The people running Illinois want to make it clear to hotels that they can't discriminate over race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin. But if you're a card-carrying good guy who has a gun on your hip or in your…
Some folks don't realize that in a civilized society, the police exist to protect the criminal class as much as to keep them in check. Because when government can't or won't stop criminal behavior, gun owners will step up and enforce the rule of law in order to protect themselves.…
