From The Truth About Guns: In a 2-1 split ruling today, the Federal appeals court for Illinois ruled that the “Assault Weapons Ban” in Highland Park — enacted days before new legislation went into effect banning exactly that kind of law — was constitutional. The majority opinion written by Seventh…

[caption id="attachment_16500" align="alignnone" width="600"] Lee Goodman.  He dressed up to speak to the press at a big gun-grabber rally in Chicago by donning a sport coat over a t-shirt.[/caption]   We rolled our eyes when we heard from a member that Quixotic concealed carry opponent Lee Goodman had published a…

Is it any wonder when you hold the police back from enforcing the law, you get more criminal mischief. Such is the case in Baltimore, where Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (pictured above) tied her police officers' hands to, in her words, give "those who wished to destroy space to do that…

Gee, is this really smart on the part of Dan Gross, the Brady Campaign and gun grabbers nationwide? Do they really think any electable candidate is going to go against the beliefs of 2/3rds of Americans? Hillary’s White House bid energizes gun control supporters (The Hill) - Gun-control advocates have…

All aboard the FAILBOAT! #Unforgotten.  It's a new hash-tag created by the desperate to maintain a sense of relevance in Illinois for the Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Ownership, or Violence, or something like that. Here's their email blast to supporters, complete with all the typos, warts and all: We are…

Chicago "urban" culture was on display this week on a Chicago Transit Authority train as a 15-year-old middle school student savagely beat, sexually assaulted and robbed an innocent woman. The train, of course, was a "GUN FREE ZONE" where the law-abiding Illinois residents who have concealed carry license cannot carry…

  The Brady Campaign made headlines nationwide by a lap-dog mainstream media in September 2014 when they announced they were filing suit on behalf of the parents of one of the victims of the Colorado theater spree killer. A social misfit who, by the way, bypassed several theaters closer to…

The Camera as a Witness? [Part 3 of the post-Ferguson series] by Frank Sharpe, Jr. Fortress Defense Consultants DTI Affiliate Instructor   “We each only get a piece of the elephant” – Massad Ayoob Ask anyone who works in the judicial system and they’ll tell you that witness testimony is…

Most cops are like most gun owners:  Good guys doing their job. Unfortunately there are a very few who aren't good guys and don't appreciate that civilians can own and transport firearms and are even less supportive that some civilians can even carry firearms.  Want an example? CPDman After listening…

Here's a great piece by Ron Martinelli about the reactionary gap and perception lag, something we touch upon in our GSL Defense Training Illinois 16-hour CCW classes and talk more in depth about in our Intermediate Personal Protection classes. Read it, learn it, be able to articulate it.  Note the…