The Chicago Teachers Union head, Stacy Davis Gates (pictured above) says it's all just a big misunderstanding.  She didn't really mean it when she reportedly told her "brothers and sisters" at a CPS elementary school to "punch their principal in the face."  Why Stacy? This from a woman who somehow…

America's Marxist Mayor Brandon Johnson is a tone-deaf turd.  In the space of a week or two, amid intermittent hospitalizations for panic attacks, he's managed to stick his foot into his mouth up to his knee at least three times. First, he called for the "killing to stop" in Israel's…

Are you a little bit unsure about what parts of your collection are considered naughty guns by the Illinois State Police and Gov. JB Pritzker? Well, we've referred people to the Illinois State Police's Identification Guide countless times in phone calls and at meetings.  Here it is for the website. …

by John Boch Op-Ed. Right out of the gate:  I support the rule of law and law-and-order.  I'm an even bigger advocate of individual civil rights.  When it comes to police misconduct, Qualified Immunity needs to be reformed, perhaps radically.  Alternatively, states could pass legislation to allow victims of police…

by John Boch I get that “Where’s the NRA?” question a lot. It seems my peer at the Illinois State Rifle Association gets the same question. Our answers, however, remain starkly different. ISRA’s Rich Pearson wrote this in a January 12th email “update”: Lots of folks seem to think that…

The February 2024 issue of GunNews, the monthly journal of Guns Save Life, is now available for public download.  You can get yours HERE.  Feel free to share the link or to download the publication and email to your circle of friends, family, co-workers and anyone else. For those living…

An Afghanistan "immigrant" saw an adolescent girl asleep in a hotel room in Las Vegas.  So what does he do?  Cops say he took his pants off and started grind on the 15-ish-year-old girl.  Maybe that's how they do things in Afghanistan, buddy.  But you're not in Kansas anymore, pal.…

Rockford PD lost a K-9 in the line of duty Sunday, chasing a domestic violence suspect.  The suspect, Malik Trotter, pulled a gun and fired three shots at the dog.  Moments later, he also fired at the dog's police officer handler.  The handler, Officer Vargas, did the only polite thing: …

Last week, we covered a brand new gun rights organization to the Illinois scene.  The "Illinois Firearms Association" claims to be the only "No Compromise" gun rights organization.  Hardcore right?  You bet. They claimed in the second paragraph of their fundraiser mailing sent weeks after their registration with the Illinois…

Folks have to pay attention to their surroundings while driving, especially in urban and even suburban locales.  What do you look for?  Anything outside of the baseline of normalcy.  What's more, if you see three "outside of the baseline of normalcy" behaviors from a particular person/vehicle, watch out.   It can…