We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
[caption id="attachment_7691" align="alignnone" width="684"] A young woman lays down on the grave of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Noah Pier on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery May 31, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. Pier was killed Feburary 12, 2010 in Marja, Afghanistan. His obituary read, “Noah was such a happy…
The Illinois House of Representatives just made history by passing a shall-issue right to carry measure by a whopping 85 votes, far more than the 71 needed for passage. Of course, Gov. Patrick Quinn and Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel are *very* upset by this and pledged (impotently) to stop the…
The leftist victim disarmament proponents are positively hysterical in their reaction to the SB2193 in the Illinois House. You might say they are dead set on opposition to SB2193. We have no doubt that they wet their pants when they saw that it passed with 85 votes! Their opposition…
It's been a rough week. Time for some lighter fare to restore your faith in humanity. (Today) - Tatum Raetz graduated from kindergarten this week, just three days after her police officer father was killed while investigating a drunk driving case. But the 5-year-old girl definitely felt her…
And we thought our DIALED 9-1-1 AND I'M ON HOLD SURE WISH I HAD THAT GUN I SOLD sign set was spot on. We had no idea that we needed to tweak it! And yes, 911 does often put you on hold. I was in Bloomington, IL a couple…
SB2193, the House Speaker Michael Madigan-crafted and endorsed carry bill introduced by Brian Phelps, clears its House committee with a vote of 13-3. We're expecting a vote on it tomorrow in the House. It's expected to get about 80 votes, way more than 71 needed to over-ride Gov. Quinn's…
Update at the bottom of the page... Sources at the Capitol in the Democrat caucus have been burning up my phone line tonight and here's what I've got. There is no June 9th cliff. We don't have enough votes willing to go over the cliff. Not even…
Welcome to London. Where guns are banned. Knives are heavily restricted. And two muslim extremists set about decapitating an off-duty soldier in broad daylight on a public street. Initially, the details of the attackers were kept under wraps. Unfortunately for the politically correct UK government, everybody and their dog…
What to do, what to do? I've been good all week, going to work and calling politicians on my lunch break. What worthwhile thing can I do on a weekend? [caption id="attachment_7645" align="alignnone" width="864"] An orange-hatted instructor gives pointers on the prone position at an Appleseed Rifle Marksmanship and Heritage…
The latest from Kwame? Amendment 1 of SB0851. In a nutshell, before you (FFLs or regular citizens) can sell firearms or ammunition to anyone, in addition to seeing their FOID card, you'll have to call an 800 number to check the validity of said FOID card. THE Todd, Todd…
