Yesterday marked the third and final kangaroo court legislative hearing on HB-5855.  While a blind man sees the elephant a little differently based upon what he feels, here was my takeaway upon reading the event summary from someone who was there yesterday...  "Chairman" Slaughter (appropriately named for what happens to…

Welcome to Philadelphia, land of gas station robberies and carjackings, to say nothing of organized retail theft. In short, Philly has devolved into a cesspool of violent crime to the point that one gas station owner has had enough. He's hired heavily armed security guards to patrol his business while…

We promised to keep everyone up to date on HB-5855, the bill that would turn the vast majority of Illinois gun owners into felons the instant Governor signs it into law should it pass. Here's the latest: In the first couple of weeks of December, passage of the HB-5855 gun…

Chicago Police have their hands full. Despite local leaders who have "defunded" the police department to the tune of $80 million, the boys and girls in blue -- those who are left -- continue to work every day trying to put a dent in the intractable crime problem in their…

We were going to bid farewell to our old "friend" Adam Kinzinger but life has kind of gotten in the way of extracurriculars like this. Adam Kinzinger, the back-bench, do-nothing House member with emotional incontinence has actually served for a dozen years.  Wow.  Most folks who serve for twelve years…

This Saturday morning, starting at about 10:30a.m. or so, volunteers will get to work at the Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield to place about 25,000 wreaths on the headstones of graves there as part of Wreaths Across America. Pastor Steve Holden is among the organizers of the event and…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has 90 bodyguards babysitting her and her family as she rules over a city of 2.7 million. People understand the need for bodyguards for big city mayors, even if 90 seems like, well, a whole lot of overkill.  After all, most cities in Illinois have fewer…

by John BochGSL Executive DirectorThe Illinois General Assembly will pass a Draconian gun control measure currently under consideration. HB-5855 will make the vast majority of 2.4 million Illinois gun owners felons. How so? There are plenty of ways, but the most obvious: if you have two or more magazines that…

Happy Holidays. That's what crews of holiday hold-up artists are thinking in Chicago as they stick up scores of people, relieving them of their valuables, particularly in the decent parts of town. Vehicular-borne bad guys ride around in stolen cars and swarm their targets with alarming regularity. They've hit almost…

Democrat Paul Vallas shows that making moves to restoring law and order to our streets - and some sanity - is not a Republican talking point...  it's something shared by almost everyone except those infected with the woke mind virus.  Everyone wants safe streets in their neighborhoods and safe neighborhoods…