New Illinois Firearms Laws Take Effect January First 2019
Photo Credit: Wikipedia By Mike Keleher Like most of you, I don't pay much attention to the sheer volume of laws passed each year by state law makers. This year, 1044 laws were approved by the legislature and signed off on by the governor. However, I do perk up when…
Bump Stock Ban Enacted-Federal Law Suit Filed Same Day
Photo Credit: Hinterlandoutfitters.com By Mike Keleher BATF& E rules banned the Bump Stock on December 18, 2018 and give owners until late March of 2019 to turn them in or destroy them. Also on 18 December, 2018, a lawsuit challenging the confiscatory ban was filed in Federal Court. A plaintiff…
Christmas Cancellations…
Merry Christmas! And Happy Hanakkuh as appropriate. Because of the Christmas season, we have some meeting cancellations. The Board of Directors meeting normally on the fourth Thursday has been cancelled by orders of President Ryan Sweeney. The Chicagoland December meeting, normally on the last Sunday of the month, is cancelled.…
Canik SFx-The Best Value Handgun You Probably Never Heard Of
By Mike Keleher Canik is a company in Turkey that has been turning out modern pistols for a couple of years, and got into the American market with some budget priced 9mm polymer framed pistols with a funky decocker/safety and SA/DA actions that did not garner much attention in the…
Dems Introduce U.S. House Bill to Prevent Firearm Builds at Home, Owner Modifications and Even Advertisements of Legal Parts for Sale
By Mike Keleher This one is a whopper. Sixteen U.S. House of Representatives Democrats filed H.R. 7115 3D Firearms Prohibitions Act on Friday, November 2nd, 2018 while everyone was looking the other way just hours before the mid-term elections. You can read it at https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7115/text?r=1 The title, the 3-D Firearms…
New Governor Crystal Ball Anti-Gun Predictions
by Mike Keleher Well the mid-term election is over...thank you very much! It is now finally safe to turn on my TV, radio, pick up my mail or even answer my phone again and not be bombarded by negative attack ads! Good grief. I have been on the planet…
SERVANTS, NOT EQUALS OR LEADERS: JB Pritzker campaign sued for racial discrimination
Rich fat cat JB Pritzker talks one game publicly. Meanwhile, he acts very differently in his private beliefs. In his private life, he makes it a point to hire non-union labor while courting unions in his campaign for Illinois Governor. In his private conversations, he grades African-Americans on a scale…
In Case You Missed It: President Trump Says He Is Sending Federal Help for Chicago Crime Wave
By Mike Keleher On Monday, October 08, 2018, President Trump spoke in front of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) national convention in Orlando, Florida. This convention has historically been quite a big showplace for Presidents to come in and make a pro-law enforcement speech. I was at…
Guns Save Life’s NRA-backed suit against Deerfield gun ban set for hearing Friday!
From the Chicago Tribune: Hearing scheduled as gun-rights advocacy groups look to overturn Deerfield assault weapons ban Attorneys for the village of Deerfield and gun rights advocacy groups are due back in court Oct. 12 to wage arguments in two lawsuits challenging the village’s authority to ban assault weapons. In…
WAIT, WHAT? “Sex Toy Marty” Moylan caught peeping in windows, then threatens to beat up resident over stance on NRA
"Sex Toy Marty" Moylan is in the news again! Des Plaines police responded to a call from a man who reported Illinois State Representative Marty "The Dildo Saleman" Moylan (Democrat - 55) threatened him. The call came on September 13th, as reported by the North Cook Times. The report says…