We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
A few months ago, we detailed how the Illinois State Police revealed in at least one “webinar” with licensed gun dealers that they intended to enforce the 2012 law “Section 24-4. Register of sales by dealer” under the Illinois Deadly Weapons statute. The law requires gun dealers to record the…
The ISRA reported this evening that the 2020 April 1 IGOLD even has been cancelled. Their alert indicated that the Secretary of State's office has cancelled all events in Springfield. Including IGOLD. You can still travel to Springfield and lobby / interface with your elected officials as an individual, but…
One might think that a prosecuting attorney's husband would know the laws pertaining to armed self-defense, but apparently not southern California. There, when Black Lives Matter protesters showed up on Los Angeles County district attorney Jackie Lacey's home early Monday morning, her husband David pointed a gun at them and…
The great 2020 Virginia Gun Rights Rally last month has shown that pushing back twice as hard against gun control gets results. America's gun owners turned out in Virginia and they brought their guns to make their point. Now, an 11-year-old girl has done the same in an Idaho statehouse…
An 18-year-old felon (pictured above) out on $200 bail for attacking police officers (allegedly) shot his Michigan State University girlfriend in the face with a handgun, killing her. Cops say another man also free on $200 bail emptied his illegally possessed revolver into another man, killing him. Then there's the…
With a heavy heart, we report that the great Jim Butler passed away Tuesday, March 3rd. Butler Funeral Homes (unknown if related) is handling his services. James “Jim” W. Butler, 84, of Springfield, died at 8:17 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Memorial Medical Center. Jim was born June…
Feds say they caught up with Central Illinois gunshop smash and grab artists who stole dozens of firearms since Christmas. They hit shops in five counties. Until their good fortune ran out. Of course, wearing distinctive clothing didn't exactly make it hard to find these clowns. From the US Attorney's…
by John Ross Semantics: the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development What is wrong with Conservatives and supporters of the Second-Amendment? Why, in spite of their best efforts, do they continue to lose ground…
by Dominic Visione If you hang around cops enough (in a social setting, not while in custody) you may hear them refer to a colleague as an “empty holster.” Empty holsters are typically officers who are assigned to an administrative job, i.e, driving a desk instead of working patrol or…
The Governor and leaders of the gun grabbers in Springfield sent ISP Director Brendan "Empty Holster" Kelly to the capitol yesterday. His mission: to round up a couple of Senators to vote for imposing $200 FOID cards upon Illinois residents and making them submit to fingerprints like criminals to exercise…
