Last Thursday evening, at the last minute, we and the NRA's legal team submitted our respective briefs. From The Center Square: (The Center Square) – The final scheduled filings have been made in the Southern District of Illinois federal courts in the consolidated challenge of Illinois’ gun and magazine ban.…

You can’t make it to a meeting, but you want a chance to win a gun for as little as $4? Here’s your chance!And yes, we’ve had several mail-in ticket winners in the past few months, and we've had gun drawing winners that bought their tickets at other meeting locations. …

Got a spare $100k that you don't want to keep in the bank account to pay for a legal dream team in the aftermath of a deadly-force incident?  No problem.  You can afford the new Dodge Demon, the 1025 horsepower American muscle car.  We're not sure what all of the…

Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day will take place Wednesday, March 29th in Springfield. People should meet at the Prairie Capital Convention Center (BoS Building) around 11:00 to 11:30a.m. If previous years’ schedules hold, folks will march to the Capitol Complex around 1pm, but allow yourself ample opportunity to visit with…

There is an "Attention ISP Officers and Staff" letter making the rounds.  Postmarked in Champaign and mailed in January, but with a Chicago return address, the letter begins with "This is not a threat."  But you can guess where it goes from there.  Reportedly the FBI is investigating this just…

Austin Lyle, the 17-year-old who shot two school administrators at a Denver High School Wednesday was found dead Thursday in a nearby county.  He successfully shot himself dead.  The incident has sparked a lot of folks to ask why in the world was this misfit allowed to attend school? He…

A bouncer outside a "gentleman's club" in Tampa intercepted a big guy wearing a devil mask with a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Once the bouncer and a couple of others disarmed the man, they noticed he had "kill" and "darkk one" scrawled on his…

If you're going to carjack a car, you better do it in Cook County if you want a hug from grandma to get out of jail.  If you do it in Will County... or if you drive your stolen ride to Will County, you "won't be out by Sunday" as…

So you have a braced “pistol.” Welcome to the club. You have a host of options to remain legal. At the same time, you will need to act before the end of May, so you have plenty of time to weigh your options and to watch the court proceedings. There's…

KWAME LOSES #1:  Effingham County Yesterday, a judge in Effingham County heard arguments back and forth on whether or not to stay Tom DeVore's Effingham County cases.  The judge ruled against the defendants - the State of Illinois - and said the case will move forward.  Oral arguments on objections…