PLAYING “GOTCHA GAMES” IN SPRINGFIELD: Bill introduced to prosecute good guys playing by the rules
[caption id="attachment_20770" align="alignnone" width="623"] Senator Julie A. Morrison wants to play "gotcha" games with your gun rights.[/caption] When you apply for a new FOID card in Illinois, as soon as the Illinois State Police gets your application, they invalidate your old one while they process the renewal. How do we…
JOIN US FOR A GREAT CAUSE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30: Volunteer at Timber Pointe Camp near Bloomington, IL
Gun rights activists aren't single-dimensional people. We're real Americans who love baseball, apple pie, America's favorite rifle and all things American - including volunteering to help others in need and worthy causes. Timber Pointe Outdoor Center in Hudson, IL is honored to have been selected as a 2016 National Comcast…
CHIEF “RUN AND HIDE” QUITS WITHOUT NOTICE: Chicago Airport Police head abruptly quits, hopefully his flawed policies go too
Rahm Emanuel sure can pick 'em. The man he named to head the Chicago "Department of Aviation" Police - otherwise known as the 300 police that patrol O'Hare and Midway Airports - worked tirelessly to build animosity between himself and his officers. He forced his trained cops - real police…
BIG HEART IN SICK LITTLE BODY: Madison Pruitt, little girl who wanted to become a Chicago cop, died Sunday
[caption id="attachment_20713" align="alignnone" width="492"] Interim Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson and 75 officers walked to Madison Pruitt's house Wednesday to make her dream of being a cop come true. | Mitch Dudek/Sun-Times[/caption] Sad news from Chicago, as a 6-year-old little girl with a big heart and dreams of…
GSL MEETINGS! Champaign Tuesday: Bill Martin (infantry major and Krav Maga instructor) and Charleston Wednesday: David Biggerstaff (hydrographics)
Bill Martin, who served as an infantry major in the US Army and today spends his spare time teaching others empty-hand combatives through Krav Maga, will be our featured speaker at the GSL Champaign, IL meeting Tuesday evening. The meeting will be held at Fluid Events in Champaign, 601…
MASTERS OF UNDERSTATEMENT? Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s grim murder trend blamed on light sentencing, misguided reforms
Could the mainstream media be picking up on the obvious connection between short stays in prison, so-called "prison reforms" and other soft-on-crime efforts with Chicagoland's burgeoning violent crime problem? Even a broken clock is right twice each day. Chicago's grim murder trend blamed on light sentencing, misguided reforms…
LEGISLATIVE: Witness slips. Call your rep to oppose HB3160 Lethal Violence Order of Protection.
Our Illinois General Assembly will return to session Tuesday, April 12th. Our liberty and wallets will be at risk with them in session, of course. We've got a couple of actions you can do to help further the cause of freedom and liberty in just a few short minutes…
FRESH: Chicago’s suicides goin’ up by two
Chicago's statistical wizards like to count people who decapitate themselves with an electric chainsaw as "suicides" to help keep the ghastly homicide numbers at merely a twenty-year high. Our friends in the Second City sent us this photograph minutes ago from the 3500 block of West Chicago. Barely an hour…
FLORIDA PUTS ARMED OFFENDERS IN PRISON. ILLINOIS? NOT SO MUCH: One-man crime spree in Springfield out after 1-year of 8-year sentence
[caption id="attachment_20716" align="alignnone" width="476"] Reginald Deshazo[/caption] Meet Reginald Deshazo. He's the lucky beneficiary of Illinois "Dog Years In Reverse" prison sentencing system. He's not wasted any time before returning to is previous occupation. In fact, he's been a busy boy since getting released after serving just over 1-year in…
THE HEART OF A COP: Little girl realizes dream of becoming a Chicago police officer
There are still plenty of people out there who know who the good guys are. [caption id="attachment_20713" align="alignnone" width="492"] Interim Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson and 75 officers walked to Madison Pruitt's house Wednesday to make her dream of being a cop come true. | Mitch Dudek/Sun-Times[/caption] Girl’s dream…