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Shannon Renee Watts - aka Shannon Renee Troughton, President and owner of of VoxPop Public Relations, a boutique liberal PR firm - loves gun control.  Of course, getting a big paycheck from sugar daddy Michael Bloomberg will do that to a girl.  Three years ago, she and her husband bought 1145 Timber Lane in…

Pro-tip:  If ya don't wanna get shot by the police, don't rob a bank and then advance on the police with a handgun.  You might think that simple advice as common sense, but apparently not among the family of Eddie Russell.  See Eddie robbed the First Mid bank in Peoria,…

  Frequently, I hear the common refrain:  “Hey John.  When is Trump going to do something on guns?” As a member of Trump’s Second Amendment Coalition team, I wish I could say Team Trump has a detailed plan for rolling back decades of onerous gun control.   I’ve said for…

UPDATED:  By now, most of America has read about the shooting at Mattoon High School in Mattoon, IL.  In talking with a slew of people, in addition to published media reports, we've assembled it together here. For those interested, Heavy.com has a heavily edited version of scanner traffic as the…

Almost everyone in America has watched as southeast Texas bears the brunt of Hurricane Harvey. At the same time, disasters like Harvey happen with some regularity.  In the aftermath of disaster, barter skills can save you time and trouble.  Or executed poorly, they can lead to your death. We all…

  Yes, Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Automatic Knife Bill into law.  Senate Bill 0607, now Illinois Public Act 100-0082, allows for Illinois residents with a Firearms Owners ID card to purchase, carry or possess automatic knives. While the Gov approved this measure in mid-August, most law enforcement officers don’t…

[caption id="attachment_24426" align="aligncenter" width="428"]Richard Turner, left.[/caption]   A recent story about the death of a homeless man in Champaign, Illinois brought back would-be intruder memories for me. The man had died, the report said, “after being subdued by police.” Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said Mr. Turner’s cause of death…

John Boch brought a tricked out Shockwave, Mossberg’s new $400 “firearm” to many of the GSL meeting locations for Tech Time.  Here’s the story. by John Boch I didn’t know the fourth anniversary present was blue steel, but by golly, my lovely bride came through for me over Labor Day…

Stupid is as stupid does.  And a Detroit punk took a whole handful of stupid pills last week.  While out meandering through life, a 16-year-old found what he thought would make a great opportunity to upgrade his Roscoe. A 61-year-old grandfather looked like an easy mark at a Detroit gas station.…

Preparedness for contingencies goes a long way to turning chaos into mere inconveniences. Finding one's self unprepared when life throws you a curveball sucks. Hopefully, like many TTAG readers, you maintain some level of readiness for emergencies. If so, congrats. The question quickly becomes how much is enough though when…