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  Great story profiling Gerald Vernon's work in the heart of the Chicago, educating inner-city residents on the proven benefits of firearm ownership. He's doing yeoman's work there among Chicago's working class residents, debunking myths of gun ownership perpetuated by the mainstream media, Chicago's Democratic Machine politicians and community agitating…

G2 Research's new "Radically Invasive Projectile". What a farce. In short:  When you can duplicate the G2 RIP's performance with a half-assed .22 long rifle round meant for prairie dogs and squirrels, you're going to be in for a world of hurt if you think this projectile is going to…

[caption id="attachment_10738" align="alignnone" width="534"] HCTC CEO Tim Murray, right, with Richard Hettinger who was the first shooter on the range.[/caption]   We didn't venture out much today with the freezing rain and general nastiness out in the world, but we did see where High Caliber Training Center and Indoor Range…

Diane Sawyer is on the case of the "epidemic" of accident gun deaths among children in the Friday, January 31 episode of 20/20. According to the CDC, there were 28 deaths involving firearms accidents in 2010. 28. And because of that, Diane Sawyer is trying to gin up support for…

An armed citizen in Chicago - a rarity but becoming much less so thanks to Illinois loosening gun restrictions - defending his life and his home from a 31-year-old thug Friday. He was declared dead right there about ten minutes later after police and paramedics arrived. (Chicago Tribune) - A…

Law enforcement agencies may object to individual applicants who they believe are a danger to themselves or others in the community. Applicants have all passed the background check for a FOID card. You can check and see where your county/city is at on this map from the Chicago Sun-Times. From…

  A great story of what happens at TSA at O'Hare. My pained relationship with government security had started three years earlier. I had just returned to Chicago to finish my bachelor’s degree after a two-year stint in Florida. I needed a job to help pay my way through school,…

By Prof. Nicholas Johnson, guest-blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy now at the Washington Post Surveying the landscape in the summer of 1892, Ida B. Wells advised, that “the Winchester rifle deserved a place of honor in every Black home.” This was no empty rhetorical jab. She was advancing a considered…

Sounds like Monique is under-promising hoping to over-deliver. We've heard nothing directly contradictory to this from anyone we trust, but it seemed as though ISP would begin mailing permits out in the next two- to three-weeks at most, not mid-March as Monique Bond was quoted as saying in this story.…

Illinois' new concealed carry law was approved last summer. Since then, the Illinois State Police have been making all sorts of regulatory decisions and rule-making. You almost need a program to keep track of the changes, and they carry the force of law, so it's important to understand them. CCW…