With Chicago crime problem solved, Illinois legislators take on legislation to require air conditioning
Our legislators in Springfield work hard every spring and every fall. They have priorities, too. Oftentimes, the priorities they talk - especially to media and voters - don't match their votes. Sort of like targets talk to those willing to listen, votes tell the tale in Springfield. And folks, with…
DIFFERENT STANDARDS: Alec Baldwin escapes criminal charges after what looks like negligent homicide
Alec Baldwin shot and killed his director of photography on the set of his low-budget movie "Rust" back in 2021. At first, he escaped Scot-free, and then eventually law enforcement and prosecutors lodged charges against Baldwin and others. Now, after nearly two years, the last of the charges against Alec…
Gun people are the greatest people…
In regione caecorum rex est luscusIn the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is Kingby Desiderius Erasmus, a GSL member They were “Gun Guys.” But not a one owned a Glock, or a Sig. They’d heard Walthers and Mausers being fired – usually at them. Nobody had a FOID…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (including correction update): More hearings, rulings expected
Bazooka Tom DeVore reached out to me today to apprise me on some good news. As a non-lawyer, I confused some of the small, but important aspects of his cases. In short, in my update published in GunNews this month, I wrote that DeVore's cases had been stayed until the…
MASTER CAUTION: Chicago anticipating another ‘takeover’ weekend downtown. STAY AWAY, FOLKS.
What's the best way to win a gunfight? Do NOT be there. Chicago is expecting another rehash of last weekend's "takeover" of downtown by a bunch of thugs and hoodlums. Seems they liked all the fun they had last time and they probably liked the media attention their antics drew. …
Litigation Updates, Analysis… Both the Naperville case not getting prelim injunction, and the ‘big four’ case in front of Judge McGlynn
Two YouTube videos worth your time today going into the weekend. First, Todd Vandermyde in his Freedom's Steel page on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. A key takeaway for me (but maybe you'll key in on something else...) "I'm in a good frame of mind about where we're and…
US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals declines to reverse district court’s refusal to issue injunctive relief
The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reverse a Northern District of Illinois federal judge and issue preliminary injunctive relief blocking the new Illinois Firearm Ban Act. Ironically, this is the second "win" of sorts for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul - and neither of them came as…
WHITE GIRL BLEED A LOT: Mob savagely beats lone white female in downtown Chicago
More and more video clips are getting posted to social media, twitter, etc. from the violent mobs running roughshod over downtown Chicago. Included among them is this one. Note how the mob sees a single white female and proceeds to savagely beat her. This takes place at 129 N. Wabash…
STAY ALERT WHILE FUELING: Four ‘youths’ attempt armed robbery in Houston Valero station, three get shot
Things went poorly for four aspiring armed robbers in Houston. Four "youths" piled out of a car and attempted an armed robbery at a Valero Gas Station. At some point a customer drew his own gun and fired upon the bandits. The good guy's shots put such a spring in…
CRAPHOLE: Violence in downtown Chicago Saturday night as hundreds of thugs rampage, media virtually silent as it doesn’t help tourism
On Saturday night into Sunday morning, hundreds of young black males rampaged in downtown Chicago. Yes, downtown Chicago - the very heart of tourism and retail "destinations." Increasingly it's not a whole lot safer than the rest of the crime-ridden city. The feral mobs accosted tourists and residents alike. They…