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[caption id="attachment_27122" align="aligncenter" width="770"] AP photo [/caption] [ISRA] Executive Directors Message In only six days one of the most important events in the Legislative Session will occur, Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD). This is the best chance for law-abiding gun owners to show how important our Second…
[caption id="attachment_27110" align="aligncenter" width="770"]AP Photo.[/caption] According to The Hill, former Vice-President Joe Biden plans to run for the Democrat nomination in the race for President in 2020. Yes, Mr. "If you want to protect yourself, get a double-barrel shotgun" Biden believes that with his announcement, he will become the front-runner…
[caption id="attachment_27101" align="aligncenter" width="763"]Sun-Times photo.[/caption] We all know the Democrats want to impose more gun control upon law-abiding Americans. They no longer hide that fact at all. But not everyone knows the same Democrat party seems less inclined to imprison criminals for illegally possessing guns. And when bad people with…
[caption id="attachment_27097" align="aligncenter" width="770"]AP Photo.[/caption] The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ days look numbered. Once more, under its 2020 budget proposal, the Trump administration seeks to transfer the 'alcohol' and 'tobacco' duties from the BATF. The U.S. Treasury Department would take those duties if the administration gets its way.…
Kentucky's Governor Matt Bevin tries to work cooperatively with everyone in the Kentucky General Assembly. But regarding the debate over constitutional carry in the Bluegrass State, he's heard enough doomsday hyperbole. [caption id="attachment_488242" align="aligncenter" width="700"] AP Photo/Bryan Woolston[/caption] So when push came to shove, he offered a very pointed and…
[caption id="attachment_27086" align="aligncenter" width="770"] AP Photo.[/caption] Before Hugo Chavez took a dirt nap, he enacted the Control of Arms, Munitions and Disarmament Law. It banned everyday Venezuelans from owning guns or ammunition, and confiscated those that were privately owned. More recently, as the inevitable effects of Bolivarian socialism have wrecked…
Sam Colt made people truly equal, as a pair of armed robbers learned the hard way when they forced their way into a Las Lunas, New Mexico home. The bad guy had a knife and his girlfriend/accomplice had an orange baseball bat. The homeowner, however, had a gun. He shot…
[caption id="attachment_27089" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Oleg Volk photo.[/caption] Kentucky's Governor Matt Bevin signed constitutional carry into law on Monday. His signature makes Kentucky the 16th state that does not require a license for law-abiding adults to carry concealed. The change will allow those over 20 years of age, "and otherwise able…
She should have been arrested, but after pounding out a threatening text message, an anti-gun activist was merely ejected from a Connecticut Senate hearing on gun control. According to a photo of her text in progress, she wrote, “If I had a gun, I’d blow away Sampson and a large…
The U.S. Air Force has followed the Army in adopting the SIG M18 handgun, based upon SIG's very popular P320 modular handgun system. And now, the USAF has begun issuing the new handgun to some of its personnel. Here's the news, directly from the U.S. Air Force website: JOINT BASE…