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Guns Save Life loves Chicago's gun buybacks.  Three times in the past dozen years or so, the scrappy Illinois gun rights group has sold rusty junk to Chicago's taxpayers, and then used the proceeds to send young people to an NRA gun camp.  Saturday, Guns Save Life pulled it off…

By Mike “Well Known Zombie Shooter” Keleher Oh yeah. It is time again to shoot the undead in Grand Island, NE where all targets are zombies, and headshots are heavily encouraged, because…well, you know. This is the seventh year the Zombies in the Heartland match is being held at the…

“It’s a certified terrible frat house.” That's how yet another victim of persistent sexual harassment describes the Illinois General Assembly. One of the very rabidly anti-gun members of the Illinois House, Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang was named and shamed at today's news conference by Maryanne Loncar.  Lang, the sponsor…

Yesterday, Prairie State gun owners took a beating in the Illinois General Assembly. The Gun Retailer Licensing Bill (SB337 Amendment 1) passed and goes to the Governor.  The vote:  Senate 35-20.  House 65-49-0. This bill now includes gun registration, a felony provision if you lose records of two or more…

  From left, John Weber, John Boch and Shannon Alford. by John Boch Illinois has a new National Rifle Association - Institute for Legislative Action liaison, John Weber.   Skillfully, he has taken the reigns in the lead role in our fight against gun control in Illinois for most of this…

Actions have consequences, some of them unintended. The uber-left's favorite little gun control activist, David Hogg, learned this the hard way Friday. Drunk with perceived power and possibly experiencing withdrawal after his camera time dipped in the last few weeks, Camera Hogg's latest plan was to extort a million dollars…

Meet Illinois State Representative Fred Crespo. He likes to tout how he fights back against NRA-backed politicians.  Furthermore, he supports legislation to "prohibit the sale and possession of high capacity magazines which turn regular firearms into fully automatic weapons." Really. Here's a photo of a letter Crespo sent to one…

"Celebrities" will do the darnedest things to virtue signal for a little love from their low-information fanbases (and get their names mentioned again). Retired porn star Mia Khalifa sought fifteen more minutes of fame yesterday with the help of the Austin, Texas Police Department. Following the Santa Fe High School…

  Here's the roll call for today on SB337. As for those turncoat Republicans in the Illinois House, they include: Steven E. Andressen (65) Michael McAuliffe (20) Peter Breen (48) Jim Durkin (82) David Olsen (81) Patricia Bellock (47) Christine Winger (45) Hey, it's the not-so-Magnificent Seven.  Without their support…

CALL YOUR SENATOR The latest revised Firearms Industry Licensing Act, SB-337, passed the Illinois House today with 65 votes.  Not veto proof, but a number of Republicans voted for it.  Call your Senator tomorrow and urge him or her to vote "NO" on SB-337.  Yeah, they may ignore your call. …