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  There's been some talk of bringing back the .45 in US military circles for years - basically since the Beretta M9 was adopted.  Well, for the US Marine special operators, that talk has been pretty much put to bed - at least for the time being.  The Marine Times…

Those of us who have been around a while have the graphic 1992 attack of Reginald Denny burned into our psyche. In recent days, we've been treated to footage from Charlotte, North Carolina, scenes of violent troublemakers blockading traffic, then looting tractor-trailers and attacking motorists based upon the skin color…

Leave it to the Obama administration to prod local police to cruise gun show parking lots with license plate scanners. Again. It's nothing new to us. The plan, originally conceived by bureaucrats at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and really big fires) back in 2010 is again in…

  A GREAT opinion piece from a Canadian!   by Andrew Benjamin Canadian Free Press   Dear Madame Secretary Clinton, Let’s have “an intelligent conversation about guns.” You speak about “gun violence” at every turn. You and the President remind us about “a gun epidemic.” That’s the gun epidemic that,…

We are in quite a quandry here in Illinois when it comes to the US Senate race. As bad as Mark Kirk is on guns, Tammy Duckworth will be worse. Duckworth, the anti-gun Democrat who loves to capitalize on American's support for our veterans by incessantly reminding everyone about her…

Jorge Amselle, the gun writer who writes for a bundle of gun magazines has come out with full-throated support of Hillary Clinton.  He was a contributor to the National Rifle Association's American Rifleman, but they've cut ties with him.  News came out today that GunsAmerica, a large internet firearms website,…

Gov. Gary Johnson today heads the Libertarian Party.  He and his party are enjoying some extra attention this campaign season with all of the "NeverTrump" talk.  I know some gun owners have been very harsh on Donald Trump when it comes to the Second Amendment, but I haven't heard hardly…

  [caption id="attachment_22505" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Holly Hart/The News-Gazette<br />Scene of a shooting that occurred at approximately 12:38 a.m. in the 300 block of East Green Street, Sunday, September 25, 2016. Resulting in one death and three wounded.[/caption] Dear Judge Thomas J. Difanis: You've been a judge a long time.  You've served…

Twitter needs us a whole lot more than we need Twitter, and we don't need Twitter. It's over-rated, and given their propensity to dump conservative voices while allowing the left to do all manner of over-the-top lunacy, I think it's time for us to cut the cord to this platform.…

Illinois has a lot of ground to go to catch up with other states in terms of per capita concealed carry licenses, but even with a scarce few licenses in the Windy City, they are still saving lives.  Such is the case of a pair of thugs who tried to…