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As an firearms and personal defense instructor for just shy of 25 years, I’ve had countless people ask me what’s the best gun for home defense over the years. If it were only so simple. It’s analogous to “which car should I buy?” The answer? “It depends...” For those wanting…
The big guy - J.B. Pritzker - is not happy with 33 Illinois sheriffs (and counting) who have released statements in opposition to HB5471 that Pritzker signed into law Tuesday evening. The sheriffs, apparently working off a template furnished by the Illinois Sheriff's Association, have said they aren't going to…
On your way home, you stopped at Walmart. As you walk out carrying your bags, a shady character walks up and pulls out a small Buck knife. Somehow, you manage to fend off his attack attempt to perform thoracic surgery on you as you draw your gun. Because you haven’t…
By Mike Keleher OK, OK, the feel-good liberals and Governor of Illinois rammed through and signed their mangled “gun safety act” yesterday after running it through the political meat grinder all weekend. 2.5 million law abiding gun owners did not want it to go through but had no way to…
This evening, Governor Pritzker signed HB-5471 into law. With an immediate effective date, it impacts gun stores and gun owners alike rather dramatically. Here's the quick and dirty rundown. Bans America's favorite rifle, the AR-15 and millions more like it - pretty much all semi-auto centerfire rifles. Class 3…
Yeah, he's such an angel. He loves going to church on Sundays with his grandma. Jaylin Williams, 19, was a first-time gun offender probation when he hopped into a car and drove off while the owner unloaded it in the nice part of Chicago. As if there's a "nice" part…
Bump stocks were first invented in the early 2000s. Soon after, the ATF concluded that mechanical bump stocks qualify as machine guns under the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act, but that non-mechanical bump stocks, which required the shooter to “apply constant forward pressure with the non-shooting hand and…
With a cocksure "We will see you in court," Illinois Senate President Don Harmon hammered the gavel down officially marking the passage of the latest gun ban bill in the Senate. This one, Senate Amendments 3, 4, and 5 of House Bill 5471, includes sweeping bans of popular rifles, shotguns…
Every time you hear a politician or a media personality mention “gun violence,” you should mentally translate that to “gang violence.” Not only that, but ask yourself if that politician or media outlet has an agenda by mislabeling gang violence as something entirely different. Obviously politicians who have enabled…
by Marcus MelnickThere are many firearms organizations in Illinois, including, but not limited to GSL, State Line Rifle and ISRA. Online, the Illinois Gun Owners Together (IGOT) group was founded nearly a decade ago. IGOT isn’t a legal organization. It simply began as a FaceBook group of like minded Second…
