Why you carry extra ammo and full capacity magazines…
A fabulous article over at Police One about a Skokie, IL police officer who engaged in a gun battle with a Gangster Disciple bank robber who was one highly motivated bad guy who took 13 hits from a .45 auto - including six fatals - before a trio of…
Call to action for Pontiac / Bloomington area gun owners…
Downstate Representative Jason Barickman is hosting Chicago Democrat Christian Mitchell to a couple of downstate meetings in an effort to let the Chicago representative better understand downstate issues on Monday, April 22 in Pontiac and Bloomington. Christian Mitchell voted "no" on the "Shall Issue" vote on HB-997 last Thursday.…
CONTACT YOUR SENATOR: Shall issue for ALL of Illinois
[caption id="attachment_7179" align="alignnone" width="594"] Alan Gura, left and Otis McDonald in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building. Otis McDonald was the plaintiff in the landmark McDonald decision which incorporated the earlier landmark Heller gun rights decision to the fifty states.[/caption] Contact your State Senator and urge him to…
The latest run on ammo leaves cops training with airsoft
There's yet another run on ammo. It wasn't as if ammo was available before the latest jihadi attack on Boston, but if there was any ammo available, it's gone now, according to CBS Miami. POMPANO BEACH (CBS4) – Ammunition sellers and manufacturers say there’s been a run on bullets and…
Here we go again: May issue to pop up in the Senate
Here we go again. Illinois does elect some seriously low-information legislators. Republican Tim Bivins is joining that category, along with long-time member Kwame Raoul. (AP) - A key Illinois senator says legislation allowing public gun possession will carve out an exception for Chicago. Republican Sen. Tim Bivins says the measure…
Jihad’s temporary success: UPDATE… CAPTURED.
UPDATE: THE YOUNG SCUMBAG CAPTURED. CRITICALLY WOUNDED. Prayers that he lasts long enough for us to interrogate him. Well, here you have it. Two muslim extremist reprobates (capitalization intentional) have terrorized and shut down an entire metropolitan area after a very successful (from their perspective) terrorist attack upon…
Where will you carry at come June 9th?
The Illinois House voted on the newest "shall issue" carry bill which was a fair bit more restrictive than the original HB997 introduced in January. It seems that civil rights opponents are hell-bent on taking us over the cliff to unregulated carry here in Illinois? Where will you carry come…
May 2013 issue of GunNews is up!
Some Illinois House members might want to rethink their opposition.
Shall issue fails in the Illinois House; Unregulated carry in 7 weeks!
Unregulated carry is but seven weeks away as only 64 of the required 71 Illinois House members voted for HB997's Amendment 9, the new "shall issue" carry bill. Given that we have the votes to stop a bad bill, and the last bad bill that came up only got…
Most Americans understand gun ownership makes your family safer
Training and education about guns are shining the light of truth on ignorance and bigotry. Mayor Bloomberg crying in his Big Gulp! And President Obama is no doubt weeping tears on his prayer rug. (Washington Post) - The failure of popular Senate gun proposals Wednesday…