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First up, Glenn Reynolds, the guy behind the incredibly popular "Instapundit" blog has posted his USA Today column a day early where he criticizes the militarization of local police.  It's a good read.  An excerpt: Often, if you wait long enough, an idea comes around. Back in 2006, I wrote…

In West Point, Mississippi, cops are working to solve a case where an angry mob of blacks beat the hell out of two white guys because, well, they were upset about strong-armed robbery suspect Michael Brown getting shot dead in Ferguson, MO after attacking a cop. The two men, both…

First, the nation's hottest looking Attorney General lost her effort to allow California to remain a "may issue" carry state. Now, sweet looking (to some) Kamala Harris loses again:  This time Cali's 10-day waiting period to buy a gun was just struck down.  The case was Jeff Sylvester et al.…

  [caption id="attachment_13393" align="alignnone" width="640"] Oh wait! She's not wearing a burqa!  She's going to be easily intimidated by a smelly, illiterate savage men.  After all, she can fight back.[/caption] A message to isis islamofascists who love to kidnap and rape the unarmed women and little boys before killing them…

[caption id="attachment_13381" align="alignnone" width="600"] This really neat custom "car" was parked out front to greet folks checking out the Central Illinois Shooting Sports store.[/caption]   Stephen Stewart's Central Illinois Shooting Sports store officially opened Saturday to hundreds and hundreds of folks coming to see the latest indoor shooting range and…

There's good news to report in the coming merger next week of the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership with the strong and vibrant Second Amendment Foundation. The Second Amendment Foundation, led by Alan Gottlieb, is most famous for bringing a long string of lawsuits in federal courts to…

Embattled Illinois Governor Pat Quinn proclaimed today, August 21, 2014 as Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Day. The ICHV group are long known as ardent opponents of civil rights in Illinois. In other words, they are kind of like the Ku Klux Klan in that they work to keep law-abiding…

[caption id="attachment_13358" align="alignnone" width="560"] Champaign County, IL got themselves an MRAP vehicle.  We've asked Champaign County Sheriff to give us the reason they bought this monster.  After all, while we had some potholes in Champaign this past winter that were pretty fearsome, and would damage your average passenger car, last…

  We've seen the first-person cell phone video of the Powell confrontation with police in St. Louis a couple of days ago that ended with him getting shot and killed. There is much to be learned from the video, including what can go wrong afterwards.  (Language and graphic content warning).…

We received this letter at Guns Save Life's PO Box and it took our breath away. I have withheld the woman's last name and city from the letter to ensure her job won't be at risk (any more than it already is). We admire her panache. I’ve read several articles…