Right here, right now in Chicago, IL. Despite a man trying to burn down an FAA building, and trying to commit suicide, the event is underway with what's now approaching 300 participants.  The FAA building fire tied up air traffic near Chicago for much of yesterday morning, threatening to keep…

  Concealed carry saves lives and deters crime. It happens each and every day throughout America. And now that Illinois has right-to-carry, it happens a lot more often in Illinois - even Chicago, home to some of America's strictest gun laws. You didn't read about this incident in the Chicago…

[caption id="attachment_13988" align="alignnone" width="640"] Alton Nolen.[/caption]   An islamic attack in Oklahoma City ended with a good guy with a gun shooting the radical muslim who was in the process of hacking on a second victim after beheading the first.  The man, Alton Nolen, pictured above, is a muslim with…

  Second City Cop is reporting that fewer Chicago police are monitoring the so-called "Safe Passage" routes to schools in the city - and that a student was shot this past week on a Safe Passage route. The media hasn't reported either fact. We'll see if that changes in the…

Good news!  Your calls and pressure have paid off.  Facing an avalanche of grassroots pressure, and political pressure from New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie, the Atlantic County prosecutor has announced that Shaneen Allen won't face up to five years in prison for carrying her concealed carry piece into New Jersey.…

Canton, Ohio - the town made famous for Daniel Harless, the raving lunatic cop who threatened to shoot a concealed carry licensee back in 2011 - is back on our radar in more recent days.  It seems a trio of young black men decided to rob the local "stop and…

Proof that government can move quickly when it needs to. Washington DC's city government approved concealed carry legislation that would allow residents to carry concealed firearms.  It's "may issue" and we'll have to see if the city's police chief issues licenses with some degree of regularity ...or not. CCW will…

[caption id="attachment_13956" align="alignnone" width="480"] Moms Demand Action employee Alison Martin.[/caption] Alison A. Martin works for Moms Demand Action as their NY Chapter Leader.  She looks a little young to be a mom, but who knows. She had this Twitter exchange yesterday: [caption id="attachment_13955" align="alignnone" width="408"] Screen grab courtesy Home Gun…

  It wouldn't be the first time a political candidate lied. But Cheri Bustos, the Democrat congressional representative from East Moline, not only reneged on her pledge to take a 10% cut in her Congressional pay as a symbolic gesture of belt-tightening, she then had the gall to claim that…

Remember:  Texas has the "he needed killin'" defense, along with a very liberal tolerance for using deadly force in the dead of night to protect property. Illinois, however, isn't Texas!   CHANNELVIEW, TX (6ABC.com) -- A burglary suspect is dead, after neighbors foiled a break-in in suburban Houston, Texas. The…