Low-information voters often elect low-information legislators.  And in other regions of Illinois, we're blessed with some extra "special" legislators.  Like Rep. Bob Morgan, a slick-talking radical Democrat from Deerfield.  On Thursday, he introduced HB-5855 that would ban almost anyone under 21 from owning a gun.  It would also ban America's…

[caption id="attachment_32803" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Image via Illinois Policy Institute[/caption] Yes, the Illinois General Assembly leadership see the election returns as some sort of a mandate to continue governing from the hard left. In fact, given the political persuasion of some of the new Illinois House members, the hard left might…

The New York Times would never fabricate stories or perpetuate a false narrative.  Never.  Except for when they do like in "At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking."  Their Democrat operative with a byline "reporter" Mike McIntire claims that pro-gun protesters are using open carry to intimidate others into not…

From my Executive Director's Notes that I'll deliver tonight at the Peoria GSL meeting...   No Cash Bail UPDATE:  Today was the final day of fall veto session.  Under extraordinary pressure, Democrats today [will likely vote] on a trailer bill to put a band-aid over the No Cash Bail Act. …

Well, that didn't take long.  Oregon's "Ballot Measure 114" enacting all manner of gun control narrowly passed in November.  Now, days before it's effective date, the Second Amendment Foundation has filed suit to block its implementation. Measure 114 institutes a permitting process issued by local police to purchase a firearm. …

Most families already feel the pinch of high gas prices. But now, with the weather turning colder, we’ll feel even more pain heating our homes. Thankfully unlike Europe and many other nations, outside of storms or disasters, we remain unlikely to have lengthy utility outages this winter in Illinois. At…

You asked how we did at the Peoria gun buyback.  Never ones to disappoint, here's how our day went before we went to Bass Pro.  Yes, the do-gooders in Peoria, Illinois offered $200 per gun in a gun buyback event on Saturday, November 19th.  Scheduled to run from 10:00a to…

What happens when life hands you a crap sandwich and says "take a bite"?  Sometimes good people can do everything right and still have to pull the trigger on a bad person with evil in their hearts.  A year ago, such an incident happened in Will County, IL.  Sheriff's deputies…

Weapon disarms very frequently result in the loss of the magazine.  Just that happened to a carjacker in Chicago who lost his gun during an attempted carjacking.  The would-be victim wrested control of the gun and administered some street justice until police arrived to take a freshly tuned up bad…

[caption id="attachment_32820" align="alignnone" width="600"] Jim Durkin.  Base image courtesy Illinois Public Radio. Brian Mackey.[/caption] Little Low-T Jimmy Durkin, the state representative who recently resigned his leadership position in the Illinois House is drowning in irrelevancy.  There's no oxygen of publicity for a perennial loser.  Durkin, who angled his way into…