‘COMPLIANCE CHECKS’: More on ISP checking CCW holder magazines during contacts
Yesterday, we wrote about an incident on I-55 between Bloomington and Chicago where a young woman was pulled over for a traffic violation. As a CCW holder, she did everything she could to make the event as safe and non-threatening as possible for the Illinois State Trooper. Late yesterday, I…
Instapundit, St. Louis Soros-Funded Prosecutor, TTAG & John Boch
I remember years ago that Glenn Reynolds at the massive "Instapundit" posted a link to the story of Guns Save Life turning in dozens of guns at a Chicago gun buyback to send kids to an NRA Youth Shooting Camp. That felt pretty good, especially considering the massive reach of…
National Park Service bear tip: Don’t push your (slower) friend down to get away
The helpful people at Biden's National Park Service shared some helpful advice for those in bear country. Especially those in bear country within our National Parks. In short, don't push your slower friend down. "Even if you feel the friendship has run its course." Does that include marriages too? [caption…
Gavin Newsom’s answer to California’s murder sprees? Make it harder for Good Guys to carry guns
"This time we're gonna do something about it," Gavin Newsom says. And just like lunatic trying the same failed response expecting a different result, Gavin Newsom just makes things worse. Here's the thing: The only thing that stops bad guys with evil in their hearts is a good guy (or…
BEWARE: ISP Trooper demands to know round-count of IL CCW’s pistol mag on I-55 traffic stop
While most cops are good guys who put their pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us, there's always some (maybe 3%?) who demand that extra measure of "respect my authoritay!" An ISU coed on her way to Chicago found one of those this past weekend.…
RENA GOT HER GUN… and another
Rena Rojas joined us Monday evening in Springfield at the SCHEELS store. That's her speaking above, telling her story. This is just a teaser as there are some other things happening today. But last night proved another really good meeting. We had Rena say a few words after Mr. Boch…
Pritzker’s buying IL Supreme Court seats getting coverage… especially with gun ban lawsuits in court
There's a lot of coverage in the last couple of days about Governor Pritzker and his big donations to Democrats running for the Illinois Supreme Court. Moms at Arms broke this wide open with their research; Conflict of interest with IL Supreme Court and gun ban ruling appeal (Caulkins case)?…
VIRGINIA WOMAN: Naked woman’s home intrusion doesn’t end well for anyone
Gentlemen: Yes, Virginia is for lovers. But even if you live in Virginia, you should lock your doors even while at home to keep one or more naked women from walking in your back door. Why? Because said naked woman might not have gotten the memo that Virginia is for…
OH CANADA: ‘Super pigs’ invading America from north
You thought coyote drives and predator hunts were fun? How about hunts to counter dangerous, aggressive Canadian feral pigs supposedly invading America from the north? They've got a ways to go before these supposedly "highly intelligent" super-pigs make it to Illinois, but they may provide some great fun zombie-hunting them…
KIM FOXX: You (& the police) will be prosecuted if you use an AR-15 defensively…
Kim Foxx's latest court filing in the Viramontes case asserts that the use of an AR-15 rifle, or any other firearm arbitrarily labelled as one of those evil black guns, in self-defense is not legal because they are too powerful. Following her logic, police carrying police patrol-type rifles are at…