Yesterday’s Loss.
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…
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Willis’ fails to whip votes for SB1966…
[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…
CALL TO ACTION: Witness Slips Needed on Willis’ Latest Racist Gun Grab Bill
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…
KATHLEEN WILLIS, TAKE 2: Willis Files Amendment 2 to SB1966… effectively blocks anyone from FOID, gun transfer…
[caption id="attachment_27414" align="alignnone" width="600"] Daily Herald Photo[/caption] Oh, Kathleen Willis and the law of unintended consequences. That or she's a lot smarter than she lets on. When her "Amendment #1" ran into Democrat opposition for effectively pricing gun ownership out of the reach of inner city people of color, Kathleen…
FILE WITNESS SLIPS: Kathleen Willis’ Racist Gun Bill in Hearing Tuesday!
The Witness Slips were opened in just the last few hours for SB1966 HOUSE AMENDMENT ONE Click here to file a witness slip in opposition to the bill. (Be sure to select HCA 1 and not the 'original bill') Click here to see who’s filed slips for and against, as…
Kathleen Willis: “We worked very hard together with gun advocates” in SB1966 HA1… her racist $150 FOID card bill
So Kathleen Willis was interviewed by The Center Square about her racist gun control bill to price gun ownership out of the reach of inner-city people of color. Just like the racists a hundred years ago did with Black Codes and Jim Crow gun control bills of that era. She…
KATHLEEN WILLIS’ RACIST GUN CONTROL: SB 1966 House Amendment 1 – Makes Gun Ownership Onerous and Expensive
Kathleen Willis hates black people. And poor people. Her latest gun control proposal, Senate Bill 1966 (House Amendment One), effectively prices gun ownership right out of the reach of poor residents of Illinois. It would require spending upwards of $150 or more just to receive a FOID card. Once again,…
Guns Save Life Challenges Illinois’ FOID Act with NRA Support
With the support of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, Guns Save Life filed a lawsuit today in Illinois state court challenging the state’s Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID) Act. The FOID Act requires individuals to pass an extended background check, provide a photo, and pay a fee…
The Critical Importance of Teaching Gun Safety to Your Kids
[Josh Montgomery approached GSL about publishing some of his work a few weeks ago. He delivered this to me today. I told him he did well. Hopefully he'll send more...] [caption id="attachment_27388" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Store your guns so they are inaccessible to unauthorized persons...[/caption] by Josh Montgomery Earlier this year,…