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They say quitters never win. In the case of Chris Christie, he never was gonna win, quitting or not. But at least now that he's quit, he can quit wasting people's time. He never had a snowball's prayer of winning the nomination. He's 15-minutes-of-fame ended about the time his term…
A Chicago Police Department commander was suspended for a week after over-the-top ridiculous claims that crime was down 44% in his district and it was, in part, his leadership that was responsible for that great result. Commander Harris caught a 7-day unpaid suspension for his make-believe numbers. In his district,…
99% of Illinois residents chose not to register their defensive semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns ahead of the December 31st deadline under the Protect Illinois Communities Act gun and magazine ban. The mass civil disobedience is proving an increasingly black eye to the governor's "reputation" as an effective hard-left state…
The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules is meeting on January 16th to take a look at the latest proposed rules from the Illinois State Police reference gun registration. We are pleased to report that while the final proposal is not finished, we believe there have been some positive proposed changes…
Chicago Police solve precious few carjackings. Sometimes they catch bad guys behind the wheel of 'jacked rides, but they usually charge them with Criminal Trespass To Motor Vehicle (CTTV). But on incident last week, CPD got their man. In fact, the only thing that (alleged) aspiring carjacker Darrius Berry didn't…
If the sex abuse allegations prove true, Houston prosecutors will have a hard time finding a jury of twelve to convict a biological father of shooting his pre-teen daughter's step-father. The daughter passed a note to her mom that the mom's boyfriend/husband was repeatedly sexually assaulting her. She also told…
As if your run of the mill criminals rampaging through downtown Chicago wasn't enough to keep you away, we have a new, improved threat. Check out this duo of outstanding individuals. At the very least I'd describe them as a bit intimidating. Now, I don't know them from Adam, but…
Shooting News Weekly debuted last Thursday as a new firearms blog. It's a new venture by the Outdoor Wire Network. They're launching this new blog with former long-time The Truth About Guns editor Dan Zimmerman at the helm. Shooting News Weekly remains a new venture and is just a baby…
Remember "Superman" Deobra Redden, the 30-year-old violent offender who attacked a judge by playing "Superman" the moment she started to sentence him to prison in an earlier case? The guy who gave the judiciary a little taste of the violent offenders they release out onto the streets on a…
In an action sure to have lowered blood pressure at IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office and also the Governor's office, the US Supreme Court today denied Dan Caulkins' application for certiorari in his gun lawsuit challenging Pritzker's PICA gun and magazine ban. It by far was not the only…
