What happens when you forgo hiring a team of the nation's best, top-notch lawyers and instead hire a one-man shop attorney?  Sometimes you get an attorney who misses the filing deadline for your Supreme Court case to invalidate the FOID Act.  Yes, attorney David Sigale missed the Friday, May 31st…

The dirty little secret in Cook County, Illinois is that crime has few consequences.  Politicians avoid talking about it and the media bury the stories for fear of angering political leaders. However, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart may now be breaking bad. In a May 26th interview, he told WBBM…

Residents of the Land of Lincoln will not have to submit fingerprints and pay upwards of $150 in order to own, shoot or even touch firearms after all. House Democrats voted to pass the measure last week. However, sensing the outrage of gun owners, the Illinois Senate's Democrat leadership killed…

[caption id="attachment_27472" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo: Eric Schultz/AP – NPR.org[/caption] Our friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association are calling for good guy gun owners to show up at a "Town Hall" meeting in Deerfield...  We at Guns Save Life not only second that motion, but  we encourage members, friends and…

By Mike Keleher I spent three days this weekend in Grand Island, Nebraska shooting the much hated invading zombies at the 2019 Zombies in the Heartland 3-Gun competition. This light- hearted match brings shooters from all age groups and skill levels together to fight off the undead hordes each June.…

The Illinois House Wednesday passed a bill to require the submission of fingerprints, along with higher fees in order to own, shoot or even handle a firearm or ammunition. Kathleen Willis’ Amendments to SB-1966 would also end private firearm transfers and even require immediate family members gifted a firearm to…

Yesterday, Kathleen Willis' SB-1966 Amendments passed the Illinois House with 62 all-Democrat votes.  The bill would require any Illinois resident wishing to even touch a firearm to submit fingerprints, pay for your own background check and wait, wait, wait for the State Police to send a FOID card. It's in…

[caption id="attachment_27429" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Chicago Sun Times image.[/caption] Oh my!  What a three-ring circus in the Illinois General Assembly.  Here's the latest*:  Kathleen Willis didn't call her SB1966 today in the Illinois House because she didn't have the 60 votes necessary to pass it.  Yes, Kathleen Willis is now in…

From our friends at Illinois Carry. This Cannot Stand! In her continuing effort to end our Second Amendment rights in Illinois, Representative Willis last week filed two new amendments to her "Fix the FOID" bill, SB1966 HFA1.  The new amendments, designed to remove the opposition of certain Chicago legislators, in no…