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…

House Bill 5855. Yes, this is about as bad as it gets. Draconian political feel-good, liberal gun control, magazine bans, registration of sporting rifles and eliminating the Constitutional Rights of 18–21-year-old voting age citizens. Ram it through in a lame duck session lasting five days starting 04JAN with Democratic super…

If you want to file a witness slip in opposition to House Bill 5855, the bill that would turn most Illinois gun owners into felons with a stroke of the governor's pen, here's the link to do so. If it makes you feel better, go ahead and file it. If…

Our children represent a priceless asset in our lives.  Mitigating risks to your kids and grandkids should be high on your priority list.  This includes time they spend at school.  After all, while schools remain largely safe across America, nobody wants their kids' school to become the next Uvalde or…

Meet Kamari Pleasant.  Mr. Pleasant he is not.  Nineteen whole days after he got probation on a gun case, he had a Glock with a full-auto switch installed and he fired off a long burst at Chicago PD officers chasing him.  Amazingly, the police didn't shoot him down on the…

Class 2 felonies in Illinois are serious business, with 3-7 years in prison plus big fines.  Some examples of Class 2 felonies including kiddie pron, aggravated domestic battery and aggravated criminal sexual abuse (otherwise known as sex with a minor over age 13 when the perp is more than five…