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Illinois is broke. Social service spending, pension obligations and profligate spending across the board under the Democrat leadership of Illinois General Assembly the past decade plus has left Illinois broke. The "budget" proposed for this coming year is four billion dollars out of whack. Illinois new Republican governor seems to…

New Jersey has some draconian gun laws. Sometimes cops there don't use good judgement, either. Such was the case when cops pulled over a licensed security guard.  He told the officer who he was and that his duty gun was secured in the glove box instead of the trunk as…

THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH TINLEY PARK, IL [caption id="attachment_17084" align="alignnone" width="600"] Chicago's Father "Snuffy" Pfleger surrounded by his armed guards. Guns are bad, right? Except when they are to protect him.[/caption]   Father Pfleger, the hypocritical Chicago priest who hates guns but travels with armed bodyguards (Guns for me, but not…

With over 5% of the American population possessing carry licenses - or not needing them to carry a concealed firearm, there's inevitably going to be plenty of cases where they use their defensive tool to thwart criminal attack. A few of these cases even make it into the mainstream media.…

Democrats in Congress have been busy.  They want to spend $60 million on junk science anti-gun studies.  And now comes news that in the face of the TSA missing 95% of dangerous items that come through security checkpoints, Democrats' answer is to ban more guns. It's true. The TSA Fails…

Some at Harbor Freight Tools social media division stepped on a landmine last week when they replied to a customer inquiry and claimed their policy on guns was for customers to leave them in their cars.   The reaction was swift and almost universal in condemning the "please leave your…

by NRA-ILA It's happening again— President Obama is using his imperial pen and telephone to curb your rights and bypass Congress through executive action. Even as news reports have been highlighting the gun control provisions of the Administration's "Unified Agenda" of regulatory objectives (see accompanying story), the Obama State Department has…

Two anti-gun Democrats have proposed the U.S. taxpayers foot the bill for $60M in anti-gun junk science "studies". Yes, you read that correctly.  Democrat Senator Edward Malarkey (D-Mass.) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) are behind the scheme to spend taxpayer money on junk science "research" to supported failed gun control.…

Chuck Gun Shop is a small shop, complete with a five- or six-lane indoor range at the rear.  Unfortunately for Chuck's, they are located just outside of Chicago.  As such, they see a lot of business from Windy City residents who wish to buy guns to protect their families and…

Maintain your situational awareness at home. Indianapolis home invasion suspects sentenced to hundreds of years in prison By WTHR Channel 13 INDIANAPOLIS - Four men convicted in a terrifying home invasion on the Indianapolis north side have been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison.Even with prison time reduced for…