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Here's the story:   [caption id="attachment_8527" align="alignnone" width="620"] In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, Valinda Rowe, spokesperson for Illinois Carry, holds a photograph of Mary Shepard, a Union County, Ill., woman who was beaten in 2009 by a paroled felon in an Anna church along with another woman, during…

    The Armed Citizen Project scored some major publicity today with news of its program to give free shotguns to homeowners in high-crime neighborhoods "to even the playing field" for homeowners against thugs and home invaders. HOUSTON (FOX 26) - One Houston man is so fed up with the…

[caption id="attachment_8518" align="alignnone" width="400"] "Remember, they don't want to just disarm us, they hate us just for owning guns."[/caption]   (Examiner) - Spanaway resident Steve Coffman was waiting for a bus in downtown Seattle Tuesday afternoon, minding his own business, leaning against a wall listening to music and answering e-mail…

Trayvon Martin's Father, Tracy "Fruit" Martin The apple didn't fall far from the tree when it comes to Trayvon and his (mostly absent) daddy.  Now daddy is in Washington D.C., agitating against the right of self-defense. It's ironic that he's advocating against something that benefits black folks most. It's like…

  Scoundrels. The only thing needed for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.     Anonymous thugs Mistaken identity brings threats to Pastor Zimmermann (USA Today) - George A. Zimmermann, a retired pastor in Florida, has received death threats meant for the man acquitted in the…

The Illinois State Police:  Bureaucracy at its best   The word we got early was that the Illinois State Police were wanting to be proactive in their approach to their critical role in the new Illinois Concealed Carry law. Not only are they processing the applications (and creating the application…

by John Boch We've seen some outstanding instructors and courses in Illinois in recent years, for both beginners and more advanced shooters.  No, we're not talking only about the nationally-known instructors like Massad Ayoob, who come to Illinois as part of teaching throughout the nation, but local schools and instructors.…

Like our brothers and sisters at Buckeye Firearms, we find it more than "coincidental" that they have found themselves under cyber attack after announcing their plan to buy George Zimmerman a replacement gun. Here's the email they sent out not long ago: BFA is under attack from an unknown outside…

[caption id="attachment_8487" align="alignnone" width="480"] The Guardian Angels in Toledo, OH.[/caption] The irony is rich. The Guardian Angels are now patrolling Chicago's Magnificent Mile. The Guardian Angels. The people who got their start patrolling the violence-laden New York City Subways in the 1970s.  The people who patrol low-income, high-crime neighborhoods in…

A Chicago man gets shot at a golf course. A witness says "I guess it's bad everywhere.  You know, where can you go?" In other news, water is wet. And Chicago is a violent place. Chicago (Breitbart) - At 11:45 a.m. local time, a Chicago man was shot in a…