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[caption id="attachment_15898" align="alignnone" width="600"] Police mobilize in the parking lot of the Ferguson Police Station after two police officers were shot while standing guard in front of the Ferguson Police Station on Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Laurie Skrivan)[/caption] There were anti-police troublemakers out last night in…

"NO GUNS" criminal protection zones are in a lot of places in Illinois.  The zones prohibit card-carrying good guys from carrying their firearms, but do nothing for violent criminals intent on victimizing the innocent. And predators prefer unarmed victims, which is why "NO GUNS" zones are popular with bad guys…

It was a very bad night for a layabout ne'erdowell as he went to rob a woman in Detroit. Not only did he get shot, but then he got to play the role of chew toy for a pair of pit bulls afterwards when the suspect continued to advance on…

Good news! We won on the M855 proposed ban. With over 80,000 public comments to date, and pressure from hundreds of members of Congress and even coverage in the mainstream media, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives and really big parties announced today they are backing down from the…

  Some ladies have stepped up and are forming a chapter of "The Well Armed Woman" in Sangamon/Christian Counties in Central Illinois.  Their first meeting will be held Tuesday, March 24th at Siddens Indoor Range in Rochester.  So, ladies, check them out.  No experience necessary! [caption id="attachment_15883" align="alignright" width="400"] Some…

by John Boch A lot of groups are working to move Illinois into alignment with the majority of other states in allowing Illinois residents to purchase firearm suppressors and use them while hunting. While there has been little progress on paper, in terms of advancing "mufflers for guns" legislation through…

  The Illinois State Police, under our new Governor Bruce Rauner, is working to bring Illinois into the 21st Century by accepting Firearms Owners Identification Card applications online. More importantly, to make life easier for gun owners, the problematic Illinois Digital ID requirement is being jettisoned, effective March 16th.  The…

You're a gun owner in a neighborhood riddled with crime.  You see a couple of hoodlums force their way into the home of your 86-year-old neighbor's house - a woman you've known for three dozen years. What do you do? If your name is Charles Dorsey and you're from Little…

Michael Bloomberg and his Everytown for Gun Control group has teamed up with Al-Jazeera America, the ISIS-loving Muslim news network, to announce the hiring of Jennifer Mascia, a mafia hit man's daughter.  Mascia's job will be to advocate for more failed gun control laws, "personalizing the carnage". She claims she…

The mainstream media are constantly searching for the next Michael Brown story in their desperate attempt to retain some viewers/readers for their failing business model of bringing a leftist spin to the news. A week or so ago, it was the YouTube video (caution language) of LA cops shooting a…