Illinois

Illinois Gun Rights Alliance Files Latest Challenge to New Gun Control Law as an Overmatched AG Struggles to Keep Up

This morning, the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance, a coalition of gun rights organizations, licensed gun dealers, gun clubs, and some of the best legal minds in Illinois have filed their answer to Governor JB Pritzker’s…


Illinois AG, Buried In Lawsuits, Has Bad Day At Gun Ban Court Date

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul finds himself in the unpleasant position of defending the indefensible.  It falls upon him to defend Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new gun and magazine ban in the courts.  At a court…


IL Mayor: If Criminals Run Free and Police Can’t Protect Citizens, Citizens Are Going to Start Protecting Themselves

Crime in Illinois could “spiral out of control” after a new law overhauling the state’s criminal justice system goes into effect in January, the mayor of a Chicago suburb said. “When I said that this…


LAWFARE: Cook County Forest Preserves Threaten to Arrest CCW Holders Legally Carrying Guns

For those new to the gun culture, the Land of Lincoln was the last state in the union to enact a concealed carry law. It only happened after the federal courts ruled Illinois’ prohibition on…


Guns Save Life Invites Illinois Cities With Gun, Magazine Bans To Voluntarily End Enforcement… Or Else We ‘Let The Real Fun Begin’

My day job in the Land of Lincoln involves serving as Guns Save Life’s Executive Director.  GSL has a reputation for aggressive advocacy of gun rights and defending your right to defend yourself. Following the…


Illinois State Police Making House Calls, Seizing Guns To Bring Revoked FOID Holders Into ‘Compliance’

  Though most people don’t know it, the Illinois State Police (ISP) now make house calls.  However, they aren’t coming to welcome new neighbors or bring good cheer. Instead, they’re coming to confiscate the firearms…


Freedom: What the Bruen Ruling Portends For Illinois and Similar Anti-Gun States

Gun owners nationwide won big wen the Supreme Court handed down the Bruen decision declaring New York’s may-issue concealed carry permitting system unconstitutional. The court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Second Amendment effectively…


Meet Congresswoman Lauren Boebert At Pro-Gun Rally in Quincy, IL on Saturday, April 30th

Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has proven herself a big voice for gun rights for everyday Americans, even after arriving in Washington.  She’s “small but mighty,” according to one of her Congressional peers.  And the gun-toting…


One-Third of Chicago Murder Victims Likely Killed By Someone Released Under Illinois ‘Affordable’ Bail Law

The Illinois Bail Reform Act of 2017 mandated that judges impose “affordable” bail to criminal suspects arrested by police. Theoretically, the law was to apply only to misdemeanor and minor felony arrests. However Cook County…


ILLINOIS STATE POLICE STRUGGLE: FOID, CCW Processing Riddled With Delays, Errors

Illinois law mandates that the Illinois State Police administer the Prairie State’s gun control licensing schemes, including the much-hated Firearms Owners ID cards as well as concealed carry licensing.  Even before China flu hit last…