We covered the campaign for the Republican nomination for the 102nd Illinois House District between incumbent Adam Niemerg and newcomer Jim Acklin.  What makes this race exceptional is that it's a duel of write-in candidates.  The "education" unions are supporting Acklin, trying to take out one of their biggest critics…

The gun control jihadists in Springfield, smelling blood in the water from a court system in Illinois that doesn't recognize their role as inferior courts as per the US Constitution, have introduced some certifiably insane civilian disarmament measures.  Included among them: A bill to require that every person applying for…

An Obama-appointed judge struck down the federal prohibition on illegal aliens possessing firearms in America.  This happened in the Northern District of Illinois in the case of US v. Carbajal-Flores. It is an "as applied" decision, meaning it stands just for Mr. Carbajal-Flores.  However if the decision is allowed to…

Remember that law that the Democrats passed to limit legal challenges to their gun control laws to Cook and Sangamon County courts?  Yeah, it applies to any challenge to Illinois law, but was passed because of the bevy of suits filed across the state forced the AG's men to come…

Guns Save Life has partnered with GSL Defense Training and DeWitt County Sportsman's Club (DCSC) to offer a FREE 16-hour Illinois Concealed Carry course this summer in Clinton. It will take place on June 22 & 23 at DCSC facility six miles east of Clinton on Rt. 10. Open to…

Farmers:  Globalism is not your friend in America, either. Learn more about how these global "initiatives" are very bad for your farms, and what you can do to slow their advance.

Did you know there are over 708,000 full-time law enforcement officers in America?  Assuming they all work about 255 days each year, that works out to a meager 180,540,000 man-days of work (or lady-days for the women in blue).  Like the average gun owner, these are overwhelmingly good people doing…

Black-on-black crime continues to rage unabated most days in America's Murder City.  However, some days the good guys fight back.  Just that happened in recent days when a 60-year-old CCW holder, trying to use an ATM machine, was robbed by a perp on a bike at dawn Friday morning. Our…

The Illinois General Assembly can pass any bill with a simple majority during the spring session.  And frankly, we don't have the votes to stop anti-gun bills.  With that in mind, along comes this glittering jewel of rabid victim disarmament from a radical gun-hating Democrat named Maura Hirschauer. House Bill…

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