Life is hard.  Life is harder when you're stupid.  Genesis Escobar had her whole life ahead of her before she climbed into someone's car in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago Monday afternoon.  She demanded money from them and they shot her dead.  Then they dumped her body out and…

Elections have consequences.  And Kwame Raoul looks down on the rights of the little people to own guns to defend their homes.  Of course, Kwame's got armed bodyguards and has his guns at home to protect his children (including his son named 'Che').  But you want guns to protect your…

Illinois added retired deputies and corrections officers (both county and state) to the list of retired law enforcement officers entitled to the Illinois Retired Officer Carry program.  IROC allows retired cops to carry pretty much everywhere, which is better than a normal concealed carry license.  The downside:  they have to…

Bob Morgan is likely a gun owner.  That is the takeaway from the town hall meeting in Highland Park that Morgan appeared at Monday.  At the same time, Bob Morgan is all about making it difficult for everyone else to buy and keep the most effective guns for self-defense.  Nice…

Well, turns out the complaints of ATF making laws by administrative measures which go too far, or reverse their previously announced measures- about what a firearm is or is not, are getting attention this week in two federal venues. Yes, a federal judge in Texas stepped in to grant a…

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…

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…

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…

"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…

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.…