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…
While more and more states dispense with concealed carry licensing along with training requirements in favor of constitutional carry, some state still have these mandates in place. Illinois, as the last state in the nation…
This weekend marked both the new federal holiday of Juneteenth as well as Father’s Day. Chicago gang bangers showed their usual reverence for life and the wellbeing of their fellow man by murdering nine and…
Imagine the delicious irony of a man who sponsored legislation to eliminate cash bail being upset because someone who attacked him was later released after posting only $1500 in cash bail. That just happened to…
Image via Chicago Police Twitter. While the nation reacted with shock to a triple homicide in Rockford, Illinois, the Windy City kept up its grim march to 800 homicides in 2020. Not to be outdone…
AP photo. Five years after Illinois approved legislation limiting the home rule powers of local governments to ban scary-looking long guns, the Village of Deerfield enacted just such a gun ban. Using rather dubious arguments…
Photo credit: CBS Chicago Journalist Scott Reed over at the Jacksonville Journal-Courier has apparently realized that delays in processing Illinois’ FOID cards hurt law-abiding gun owners. Illinois is one of only four states that require…
Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill. (House Television via AP) Illinois Representative Sean Casten feels deeply that “we have too many guns.” His innovative solution to this pressing problem: a buyback. But not just any ol’ buyback….
Image by Boch With just a few days notice, some Peoria residents put together a “Back the Blue” rally on Saturday. Americans are familiar with the age-old figure of speech, “Will it play in Peoria?”…
The idle trap fields at the “World Shooting and Recreation Center” in Sparta, IL. Image courtesy IL Department of Natural Resources (via Facebook). Actions have consequences. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s (political) science-based ChiCom flu restrictions…