THANKING GOD SUCH MEN LIVED: Rocky Schoenrock
[caption id="attachment_18137" align="alignnone" width="650"] Rocky Schoenrock at his desk at the State-Journal Register. He worked as an artist, among other jobs, and painted beautiful churches in Central Illinois that graced the Christmas Morning front page of the State-Journal Register for about twenty consecutive years. SJ-R phot.[/caption] by John Boch General…
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THE DIVIDER: Police union won’t pose as props at Obama’s Labor Day event in Boston, issues scathing boycott instead
A courageous police union in New England snubbed Obama yesterday at a Labor Day event in Boston. Why? Read on... Via Boston Herald: Jerry Flynn, a Lowell cop on leave while serving as executive director of the New England Police Benevolent Association, said his organization’s executive board has chosen to…
WAR ON COPS: Good people stepping up to watch out for our police officers
Not one, not two, but three good Samaritans got involved when they saw a police officer in trouble in Pol County, Florida in recent days. They probably saved the life of the cop that was attacked by a member of America's criminal culture following a traffic stop. Given that…
‘NOW THE NATION KNOWS HE’S A HERO’: Fox Lake Police Lt. Gliniewicz funeral
The funeral for the Fox Lake policeman killed by a thugs a few weeks before his retirement was yesterday. It was an impressive turn-out of many thousands of upstanding people to honor a good and honorable man who gave his entire career to protecting good people, and was killed…
CORNERED CAT HOME RUN: What does training do?
The Cornered Cat has a great piece about the value of training. In it, they explore the safety aspects learned in good training. It's a great piece. As a trainer of almost twenty years and a training junkie myself, I agree whole-heartedly with the author. Cornered Cat John Johnston, of…
ACTION ALERT: Contact Illinois State Police about proposed CCW rules changes.
Valinda Rowe, the Illinois Carry spokesman, met with the Illinois State Police a couple of weeks ago, along with Richard Pearson from the Illinois State Rifle Association. Mrs. Rowe's first impressions of the meeting were very positive. In fact, from her post at Illinois Carry, you would have thought she…
WELL, DUH: New Study finds criminals don’t buy guns in stores
It's a very small statistical sample, from a very dubious source, but they make a point. Hopefully their research is better than their knowledge of how to get a proper grip on a pistol. Study Finds That Chicago Criminals Get Guns From Friends, Family Not acquired from gun shows or…
OUCHIE: NRA-ILA calls out CSGV’s attempts to set up confrontation between cops, gun carriers
The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action has long ignored the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Ownership's repeated encouragement for their unhinged followers to call police when they see someone with a gun in public. Their reckless advice endangers not only the person(s) with a gun, but other innocents…
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME: Violent crime in Chicago no longer just scumbag on scumbag
by John Boch Chicago is seeing similar patterns of sharply rising violent crime this year, like many other cities across America. The Obama regime's pattern of attacking local police while martyring street criminals has led to police pulling back from aggressive law enforcement and bad guys becoming more brazen. Much…