Les Baer left the Illinois side of the river and settled in Iowa about five years ago. Today, gun maker Lewis Machine and Tool announced its departure from the Prairie State, taking 170 good-paying jobs with them.  In fact, the owner, Karl Lewis, said he was very eager to…

  Nothing good happens late at night.  Especially in the gun control "utopia" of Chicago, where guns are banned outside the four corners of your home (and effectively still banned as Illinois isn't issuing any carry licenses yet) and gun control is still very pervasive and strict. Why was a…

  Yep. It's the human toll. Chicago is the nation's homicide leader for 2012 and they're doing a fine job working to retain that title for 2013. Sounds like a great place to vacation or travel on business, right? Yeah, we were just kidding about vacationing there.  Unless you're looking…

First it was 20 people.  Now it's over 100.  And counting! Cook County has dismissed gun possession charges against 103 individuals and counting, thanks to the 9-0 Aguilar decision last week were the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Illinoisans have a right to bear arms outside the four corners of…

Grab a tissue.  Dust front coming through.   Jorge's Wish from Michael Kroh on Vimeo.

  [caption id="attachment_9296" align="alignnone" width="600"] Todd Vandermyde at the August 2013 Guns Save Life meeting in Rantoul, IL.[/caption] Todd Vandermyde gave me the lowdown last night and he posted some additional stuff this morning on where things are at with the Illinois State Police on the implementation of the new…

by John Boch     by John Boch Open carry, or carrying an exposed handgun in a lawful manner, has its fans and its detractors. It’s kind of like Ford vs. Chevy.  Or FN 5.7 vs. everyone else. I’ve practiced open carry plenty of times, everywhere from downtown Indianapolis to…

[caption id="attachment_9279" align="alignnone" width="550"] Clue: Anyone carrying a gun in a holster is *probably* a good guy.[/caption] Helpful tip of the day from your nog-imbibing blogmaster:  If you see some guy wearing a gun in a holster at your bank, don't pass a note to the teller with the word…

The Illinois State Police have stumbled badly in their efforts to approve instructors for the new Illinois Concealed Carry law. With over 1,000 applications sitting in their offices, they've approved twenty-three as of a moment ago.  Less than two dozen - and none in the last week! They've approved exactly…

h/t to The Truth About Guns A compilation of self-defense video and stories where good people with guns used those tools to thwart criminal attack.  Good stuff here.   And, from BuzzFeed, a written compilation of nine potential mass glory killings stopped short thanks to good guys with guns. Here's…