We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
A month or so ago, we brought you news of a raffle to benefit the wife and kids of a fallen small-town police officer from Bardstown, KY. Never being one to ask our members to do anything we aren't willing to do ourselves, we sent $50 for tickets and…
This is what passes for reasoned discourse over at the lightly-trafficked National Gun Victims Action Council. This "week" they profiled Brandon Phelps. Why? Because it was his name at the top of the bill that felled Illinois as the last beach-head of gun control in the nation when it…
Chicago has very strict gun control. Criminals know that few of their law-abiding victim pool have the means with which to fight back. That makes them brazen. The pervasive violence in Chicago should cause every reasonable and prudent person to give pause in whether they would continue living there. Certainly…
[caption id="attachment_8336" align="alignnone" width="435"] Imagine that... Mary Shepard doesn't want to wait another nine months to defend herself from another beating like this one she sustained in her church.[/caption] Motion for injunction to allow Mary Shepard and members of the ISRA to carry in a manner consistent with the recently…
Many people "feel" safe in their community, but making decisions based upon feelings and emotions instead of cold, hard facts can have horrific consequences. Brunswick, Georgia (CNN) -- Two teen boys in this coastal city were charged with murder Friday, accused in the fatal shooting of a 13-month-old boy…
Poor Garry McCarthy. The police chief who said he would train his officers to shoot licensed civilians with guns six months ago. Talk is cheap. Today, he's telling his officers not to arrest licensed civilians with guns and not to enforce Chicago City ordinances. D. Members will not…
The Zimmerman trial verdict may come as soon as later this week or early next week. Be extra vigilant and use an abundance of caution when the verdict is handed down, especially if it happens Friday afternoon. Frankly, we don't expect any rioting or race-related attacks (aside from what…
I would have written "congratulations", but frankly it's not a good bill by a long shot. Illinois does have right to carry effective immediately. Guess it's time to de-gun as I was enjoying the "unregulated carry" cliff. As for the petulant man-child governor... he huffed and he puffed and he…
The "showdown" the Irrelevant Governor claimed would happen on right-to-carry didn't happen, in part because Quinn refused to show up. No discussion. Just called the question. 77-31 to over-ride. 71 votes were required. Senate didn't even meet this morning to consider Quinn's proposal. Currently caucusing to decide what to do.
Firearm manufacturing companies are saying "goodbye" to slave states that deny their residents the ability to own certain types of firearms popular and effective for self-defense. These laws also often prohibit manufacturing in addition to sales of said guns. So companies are taking their manufacturing and tax monies and moving…