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  Bryce Dejean-Jones learned a hard lesson when he went to see the mother of his one-year-old daughter in Dallas. Dejean-Jones was estranged from his girlfriend / mother of his child, and showed up at what he thought was her apartment at 3:30am. Not getting any answer when he knocked,…

Yesterday marked the final day of the spring legislative session in Springfield. It's been rather busy of late, and here's the Reader's Digest version of the three major legislative battles this spring. Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Executive Director Colleen Daley talks policy before a debate with Guns Save Life…

[caption id="attachment_21175" align="alignnone" width="600"] Chicago Police work on a fresh one.[/caption] From HeyJackass. Final Stupidity Tally: 7 killed, 68 wounded 2015 weekend tally: 8 killed, 24 wounded 2014 weekend tally: 9 killed, 27 wounded That's 7 shot and killed.  One more homicide victim got run over by an automobile, per…

The controversial, and at times just plain goofy Glenn Beck has been getting more and more extreme in his talk against Donald Trump. If only Mr. Beck had been so vocal and so aggressive about protecting and defending our gun rights, to say nothing of Barack Obama and the rest…

I Had a Dream I had dream the other night, well I didn't understand. A man walked through a mist with a flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and dirty as he stood there by my bed. He took off his three cornered hat and speaking low to me…

It's been a wild afternoon in Springfield at the Illinois State Capitol building.  Despite vicious earlier bickering between groups, the anti-gunners have come together to save their sinking ship SS GUN CONTROL that ran into a couple of big icebergs in recent days. In short, their ship is sinking and…

So what happened?  Here's some information that got forwarded on to us from an insider in the process. Usually adding an amendment is not that big a deal and parliamentary in nature. Kinda run of the mill stuff. And a lot of reps were out late the night before, knowing…

    The Illinois Gun Lobby Facebook page is a fantastic place to stay up to date on some of the legislative machinations happening in the Illinois General Assembly. You should bookmark it, trust me.  And "Like" it too. Today, Gabby Giffords and her Americans for Responsible Solutions took a…

Here's how bad it is: Bad. Here's the run-down on Amendment 5. The bill contains a gun ban for people who sell of liquidate all or parts of their collection. If you sell more than 10 guns in a year as trying to liquidate or improve your collections, or due…

The gun grabbing leftists are at it again. Their initial scheme rationed you to eight gun transactions per year unless you jumped impossible hurdles to become a licensed "dealer".  That's right:  You could buy four guns and sell four guns and that's it.  "Oh, I'll just become a licensed dealer"…