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  Second City Cop is reporting that fewer Chicago police are monitoring the so-called "Safe Passage" routes to schools in the city - and that a student was shot this past week on a Safe Passage route. The media hasn't reported either fact. We'll see if that changes in the…

Good news!  Your calls and pressure have paid off.  Facing an avalanche of grassroots pressure, and political pressure from New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie, the Atlantic County prosecutor has announced that Shaneen Allen won't face up to five years in prison for carrying her concealed carry piece into New Jersey.…

Canton, Ohio - the town made famous for Daniel Harless, the raving lunatic cop who threatened to shoot a concealed carry licensee back in 2011 - is back on our radar in more recent days.  It seems a trio of young black men decided to rob the local "stop and…

Proof that government can move quickly when it needs to. Washington DC's city government approved concealed carry legislation that would allow residents to carry concealed firearms.  It's "may issue" and we'll have to see if the city's police chief issues licenses with some degree of regularity ...or not. CCW will…

[caption id="attachment_13956" align="alignnone" width="480"] Moms Demand Action employee Alison Martin.[/caption] Alison A. Martin works for Moms Demand Action as their NY Chapter Leader.  She looks a little young to be a mom, but who knows. She had this Twitter exchange yesterday: [caption id="attachment_13955" align="alignnone" width="408"] Screen grab courtesy Home Gun…

  It wouldn't be the first time a political candidate lied. But Cheri Bustos, the Democrat congressional representative from East Moline, not only reneged on her pledge to take a 10% cut in her Congressional pay as a symbolic gesture of belt-tightening, she then had the gall to claim that…

Remember:  Texas has the "he needed killin'" defense, along with a very liberal tolerance for using deadly force in the dead of night to protect property. Illinois, however, isn't Texas!   CHANNELVIEW, TX (6ABC.com) -- A burglary suspect is dead, after neighbors foiled a break-in in suburban Houston, Texas. The…

[caption id="attachment_13938" align="alignnone" width="600"] When seconds count, police are minutes away.[/caption] United Parcel Service has a corporate policy banning concealed carry or other weapons from its offices and property. Ask them how that worked out for them today. Birmingham News has the story: BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AL.com) --Three people are dead…

Remember the islamist gentleman who had a big ISIS flag flying from his vehicle while being pursued by Chicago Police last month?  The guy who, after police finally got him stopped, (allegedly) told the Boys in Blue that his car was a car bomb and he would detonate it if…

Indiana is going to an online-only concealed carry application effective October first. Those who don't have internet access or a computer should probably visit their local library. Also, those pink licenses like the one pictured above?  Those will be a thing of the past for licenses issued after October 1.…