Guns Save Life Offers Free Firearms Class for Illinois Educators
[caption id="attachment_27533" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Students try out "position 2" in dry fire for the very first time. [/caption] For the second year in a row, Guns Save Life has organized a free gun safety class for those working in education. GSL Defense Training provides the instructors and coursework while the…
Illinois State Police demand compliance from the dead in new Gun Dealer Licensing scheme
Bless Jessica Trame’s little heart. She takes her job as chief of the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau very seriously. Seriously enough, in fact, to email deceased Illinois gun dealers seeking their compliance with Kathleen Willis’ new Gun Dealer Licensing Act. The Gun Dealer Licensing mess stands as a…
NRA Suspends NRA-ILA Head Chris Cox
[caption id="attachment_27555" align="aligncenter" width="722"] Chris Cox at the Black Rifle Coffee Company booth at the NRA Convention in Indy. Photo via NRA-ILA Facebook.[/caption] Chris Cox is out. The New York Times reported today that the National Rifle Association has suspended Chris Cox for his role in the Oliver North-led "coup"…
Woman’s gun stops violent ex- when Restraining Order fails
[caption id="attachment_27525" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Oleg Volk photo.[/caption] A Jacksonville, Florida woman didn’t just rely on a temporary restraining order to keep her ex-boyfriend from coming around her residence. No, when her ex- violated the order of protection and broke in through a window just after midnight, the 25-year-old woman had…
Reach for the SCCY
By Mike Keleher I just learned a couple of things about the low cost SCCY Industries pistol I would like to pass along to you. I am pleased and often astounded to learn something new, because I figure I am forgetting more than that on a daily basis. All I…
Democrat prexy candidates finding that Gun Control doesn’t play all that well in Peoria …or anywhere else
[caption id="attachment_27514" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Eric Swallowswell. AP/Bigstock Photo.[/caption] Don't pity the poor Democrat clown car of candidates wanting the party's nomination to run for President. Coming from deep Democrat strongholds, some believe that aggressive campaigning for gun control will get them the nomination. After all, thoughts of gun confiscations sometimes…
MOLON LABE, BABY! Smug Senator Morrison says her mind is changed: ‘Maybe we’ll just have a confiscation and you won’t have to worry about paying a fine’
You answered our call to show up at the Deerfield Public Library Tuesday evening for the Julie Morrison (pictured above) town hall meeting. And you made her and Rep. Bob Morgan squirm. The highlight of the evening was little Julie losing her temper to Mike Weisman's interrogation over the logic…
Sigale’s Supreme Court Case Brief Looks Good…
[caption id="attachment_27504" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image via Yelp.[/caption] David Sigale filed his brief yesterday in the Illinois Supreme Court case of Vivian Brown. Looking it over today, I liked what I saw. Sigale did a good job, scoring a solid base hit in his effort to overturn the FOID Act for…
IDNR Women/Youth Wingshooting Clinic coming June 22 & 23. Space remains!
Got kids and want them to be able to hit moving targets with a shotgun? Ladies, do you want to out-shoot the boys? Here's your chance to get some top-notch instruction to do all of the above. Sign up for either Saturday June 22nd or Sunday June 23rd. It's extremely…
ELEVEN DAYS LATE: Sigale’s brief accepted by the Illinois Supreme Court. Have a look…
David Sigale, the attorney handling Vivian Brown's case that could result in an Illinois Supreme Court ruling striking down the Illinois Firearms Owners ID Act filed his brief in the case today. It came eleven days late, and was allowed after Chief Justice Karmeier approved it. This is in follow-up…