Chuck Norris & Other Sights at NRA Indy 2019
Like the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot, the NRA's Annual Meetings stand as a pilgrimage every gun owner should make at least once in their lives. Think of it as a SHOT Show of sorts for every man (and woman). It's big. It's fun. You meet all sorts of people…
Kathleen Willis’ “Gun Control Working Group” Meets Again… More legislation coming
So, Kathleen Willis, the former librarian turned gun control crusader in the Illinois House of Representatives is at it again. She brought her little gun control working group together. She's tweaked her House Bill 96 "Amendment #1" and has a new bill set to drop Wednesday or Thursday this week. …
11 Tips For Journalists Who Want To Cover Guns Like Old School Objective Reporters
Just in time for the NRA convention -- or frankly any time of the year -- a Guns Save Life member submitted this list of suggestions to me for reporters who want to be real reporters. As opposed to shills who simply regurgitate the talking points from a press release…
In Praise of the Absence of a Manual Safety
[caption id="attachment_27354" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Chris Heuss for TTAG[/caption] The Truth About Guns contributor John Sprague gave us his take on the manual safety in the piece entitled, In Praise of the Manual Safety. In it, Mr. Sprague says that a manual safety strikes the perfect balance for him in terms of…
“Affordable Bail” puts us ALL in Danger
[caption id="attachment_27331" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Base photo via CWBChicago.com[/caption] In 2017, Illinois Democrats introduced a bail reform bill that passed into law. The new law mandates that courts impose the least restrictive conditions possible for criminal case defendants. The law has made the Land of Lincoln’s “Catch and Release” criminal justice…
Read the Illinois Attorney General’s Brief in the Brown FOID Case
[Note: An earlier version of this had it as the "White" case, when it was Vivian Brown. We regret our color dyslexia.] A judge in Illinois' Second Circuit found the Illinois FOID Act unconstitutional in a case against Vivian Brown last year. We wrote about it back in March. The…
Odds and Ends From the NRA Convention
By Mike Keleher I went down to Indianapolis to walk the exhibition hall, see the latest and greatest gun related products, see some friends and a few celebrities. The halls comprise something like 15 acres of tables and booths, and while not nearly as large as the SHOT show it…
A New Zealand Gun Owner’s Plea For Help
New Zealand has become quite the hot mess for gun owners. Not only has the government gone after gun owners, forcibly confiscating firearms, but it seems at least one big sporting goods chain in Kiwiland has sided with the government against gun owners. Not only that, but according to one…
AZ DPS Joins Baltimore Co. Maryland In Replacing All Issued FNS Pistols After Discovering ‘Critical Flaw’
Two officers shot by accidental - not negligent - discharges of their FNS pistols, one an Arizona Department of Public Safety veteran firearms instructor and another in Baltimore County, Maryland led the Arizona DPS to investigate a potential problem with their standard-issue FNS pistols. Now, following Baltimore County Maryland's lead,…
Opposing HB96-Sample Email to my Illinois Representative
By Mike Keleher I just got a post card in the mail urging me to contact my Illinois Representative to oppose the contents of House Amendment 1 to House BIll 96 which is currently pending. You can look up your rep easily enough on the internet to call and register…