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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. …

NBC Chicago's Mary Ann Ahern stands poised to drop a bomb on a "leading lawmaker" in the Illinois General Assembly come Thursday at 1pm.  As if Michael Madigan and his fellow Democrats needs yet another sex harassment scandal. After all, Madigan himself has a bunch of allegations levelled against his…

  Don't send your kids off to college without teaching them strategies to stay safe! The DeWitt County Sportsman's Club, along with Guns Save Life and GSL Defense Training have teamed up to sponsor the Personal Protection for Teens class this year - on June 9 in Clinton, IL.  There's…

By Mike Keleher I have been observing the trend away from .40 S&W pistols and ammunition for about five years now, and there has been a marked change in shooter/owner behaviors regarding this cartridge. Back in 2013 I was down at a shooting school along with a guy from the…

Remington resurrected the old Model 51 a few years ago as the R51.  The retro-styled pistol had all manner of problems and eventually Remington recalled it.  A year or so later, the nation's oldest gun-maker brought it back as a version 2.0.  I won one of these a while back…

By Mike Keleher   Amid manufactured fanfare, Dick’s Sporting Goods opened a new store in Gurnee, IL on Friday, May 26th in the Gurnee Mills Outlet Mall. They have been working on it for months. Banners and flags were posted. A Chicago celebrity sports figure was contracted to sign autographs…

Photo Credit: //commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30214051 By Mike Keleher The pending sale of 8,000 surplus U.S. Army M1911 and M1911A1 pistols has of course been quite well documented across the gun media, and shooters and collectors have been waiting since rumors broke out in 2015 such a sale could happen. The Civilian Marksmanship…