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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…

Look at that hat. You would think some politicians really want one of those badly, passing short-sighted gun bans last week in their home-rule communities. Congratulations, gun-hating city leaders in seven home-rule units in Illinois (plus Cook County):   You've just taped a giant bulls-eye on your back for the NRA's…

We're really sad to hear this news. And did they mention that mayor in California that has the sex problem with his city's staffers?  Yeah, San Diego Mayor Filner...   (Buzzfeed) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is finding it hard to keep…

What if he hadn't gotten out of his truck? (ABC News) - George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today. Zimmerman was one…

Not even the supposedly "safe" parts of the city are "safe". In fact, the "safe" areas of Chicago are prime hunting grounds for iPhone thieves and black teens looking to beat white folks. When even big, burly off-duty Chicago cops aren't safe from the gangs of youth prowling the streets,…

[caption id="attachment_8457" align="alignnone" width="490"] Marissa Alexander.[/caption]   (Daily Caller) - African Americans benefit from Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law at a rate far out of proportion to their presence in the state’s population, despite an assertion by Attorney General Eric Holder that repealing “Stand Your Ground” would help African…