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  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…

Dear Illinois Politicians: Remember Debra Maggart? Probably not. She was the chairman of the Republican Caucus in the Tennessee House. She stiffed gun owners in Tennessee. She then met with the wrath of gun owners in her district the next primary election. She lost. Is your picture the next one…

When trained police officers only hit about 20% of the time in their rounds fired, what's the average civilian supposed to do when faced with multiple attackers? It's hard enough to thwart a violent attack without nanny-state legislators tying one of your hands behind your back with arbitrary restrictions on…

  Call.  Call.  Call. Email. Email.  Email. And call again after lunch. Call your Senator and the following three Illinois Senators in addition to your own.  Yeah, it's going to take five minutes of your day, but if you want law-abiding Illinois residents to be able to protect themselves without…