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The leftist gun haters called for a rally in front of Dick's Sporting Goods Store in Rockford, IL on Sunday, April 7th. The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence put the word out to all of their fans, members and supporters, and MoveOn.org did the same with theirs. In the end,…

By Peter Tomaras (A version of appeared in the News-Gazette.  Reprinted here with permission of author.) The gun control debate needs a reality check, and I will provide it, aware that those hostile to firearms do not welcome rational viewpoints. This is because people who fear, hate, or simply do…

Gabby Giffords "Right now, we have one system where responsible gun owners take a background check — my husband, Mark, took one just last month, and it took 5 minutes and 36 seconds. I remember waiting a lot longer than that for the subway to take me to my office…

  We love it when we hear leftist gun haters proclaim the NRA is all washed up and losing influence. It's almost as if they are a three-year-old, mentally or chronologically. chanting some sort of magic spell they believe will change reality. Don't believe me? (We're not going to complete…

[caption id="attachment_6939" align="alignnone" width="580"] Janet Strickland, (Left) and William Strickland have been charged with first-degree murder. (Chicago Police Dept. / April 6, 2013 / Caption courtesy Chicago Tribune.)[/caption] There's been a significant update in the story we earlier reported where a 19-year-old gang-banging thug killed his own grandfather by shooting…

+ + =   It's always been our position that the only thing that stands in the way of bad people with evil in their hearts is a good guy with a gun. We wish we had thought to write the following is an equally succinct way, but alas, it…

h/t to Stretch. Interesting:  In today's NY Times, they print an article advising everyday Americans to fight an active attack by a glory killer instead of remaining passive and waiting for help. (New York Times) - The speed and deadliness of recent high-profile shootings have prompted police departments to recommend…

This woman is running for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former Congressional seat in a district marked by low-information voters.  She's widely expected to win the seat by a comfortable margin, and it's not surprising that she's a low-information individual herself, making her a low-information legislator. She was at a community forum…

  Chicagoland is slated to see the warmest temperatures of the year this weekend. And you know what that means! It means mobs of unruly black teens - as acknowledged by even the mainstream media - will be out prowling and growling on the Magnificent Mile, Gold Coast and elsewhere…

  Say hello to Aidan Folan.  He's a liberal Democrat, according to his Facebook page, no doubt a supporter of gun bans and gun control. He studied journalism and his most recent day job was as a counselor for the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.…