Chicago isn't safe. Not even for decent people living in "decent" neighborhoods.  For example, in one neighborhood just east of Chicago's O'Hare Airport, an 80-year-old man faced down a pair of drug-abusing career criminals, and ended up shooting both.  However, dumb luck or good fortune cheated Mr. Darwin. [caption id="attachment_34353"…

Big court news keeps piling up. Good news for gun owners. And reason enough for Kwame Raoul to order more booze and pot by the pallet for his 447ish-strong legal team, because they're gonna need it to try to cope with the avalanche of bad news headed their way. And…

This afternoon a Macon County court heard oral arguments for Dan Caulkin's suit challenging the new gun ban in court.  Caulkins' suit challenges aspects of the new law under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.  Instead of using a boatload of individual plaintiffs as Tom DeVore has done…

Today's tactical flashlights complement a personal defense handgun quite nicely. In fact if you carry a gun, you should definitely carry a good flashlight. Seeing and being sure of what you're shooting at is part of responsible armed self-defense. Thirty years ago, cutting edge flashlights were SureFire 6p units that…

You have to admit, trying to defend school segregation in the face of the US Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education was a tough one for some racist bigots in America back in the 1950s.  Today, gun-hating bigots like Governor J.B. Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul are…

Democrats in Illinois have championed “criminal justice reform” for a long time now, implementing their Chicago-style policies state-wide where they could. What has this given us? Well, a judge in Chicago sentenced a 17-year-old drug dealer to three years of probation for stabbing a 15-year-old boy to death last year.…

Poor Kimmy Foxx, the Soros-funded prosecutor (who doesn't prosecute) in Cook County - aka Chicago for those outside of Illinois. She's got still more problems when it comes to ethics.  Well, that and domestic violence allegations from within her own home. But that's another story for another day. Okay, okay.…

Ladies and gentlemen who use marijuana recreationally or even medicinally in Illinois cannot buy firearms legally after July 1, 2023 thanks to both the FOID Modernization Act (thank you ISRA for negotiating this law for a "seat at the table" with people who wish to disarm us) and the new…

From the NRA-ILA On Monday, January 30, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) published the final Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule for public inspection in the federal register. As we reported earlier this month, the rule would subject essentially all firearms with attached stabilizing braces to…

Today, the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court upheld one of four counts in Tom DeVore's Effingham filing and the temporary restraining order DeVore won there. The appellate court tossed three counts from the TRO, citing that only the Illinois Supreme Court can consider whether or not the General Assembly legislative…