Gun owners and our family and friends, listen up. That little FOID card in your wallet isn’t a participation trophy from the Illinois State Police’s backlog Olympics. It’s a reminder that your rights hang by a thread in this state, and the only people who can cut that thread further…

Mark your calendars for the last week of January. There will be a Concealed Carry Expo right in the middle of Illinois in Bloomington! Hosted by KAM Promotion and U.S. LawShield, the event runs January 29–31, 2027 at the McLean County Fairgrounds (1106 Interstate Drive). Organizers are expecting more than…

October is not just Pumpkin Spice month this year. A major shift in the American firearms industry has taken place in about the last 8 days. First, Ruger announced they were dropping 20 guns from their production line. About ten minutes after that announcement hit the stands, word came through…

The headline spells it out- the pretty anti-gun 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case Anderson v. Raoul, at the NIU College of Law in Dekalb, IL on Oct 28, 2026. The state statute 720 Illinois Complied Statutes (ILCS) 5/24-1 (a) (6) remains in place…

(GSL) - These cameras do not merely read license plates. They build a “vehicle fingerprint” of every car that passes: make, model, color, dents, racks, and the bumper stickers that broadcast your politics and gun culture. NRA Lifetime Member. Glock. Come and Take It. GOA. A single pass near a…

Come Learn How Not to Become a Victim In Illinois, the difference between walking away a free man and becoming a victim of the criminal justice system often comes down to one thing: whether you understood the legal standard for using force before the moment arrived. Criminals don’t give second…

In October 2026, Ruger announced one of the most significant product-line restructurings in its modern history. The company revealed it would immediately cease production (suspend indefinitely) several firearms while phasing out a number of additional product families through the end of 2026 as part of its "Ruger 2030" business strategy.…

With the announcement last week, as near as I can tell, BATF and DOJ will no longer enforce the National Firearms Act of 1934 requirements to register and tax stamp Short Barreled Rifles, Short Barreled Shotguns, Any Other Weapon (AOW) and suppressors. Yet can you now build or possess those…

Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse advises heightened situational awareness on Tuesday, October 6, and Wednesday, October 7, 2026, especially for travelers. He argues the recent RAF Fairford base incident was likely a rehearsal timed to France’s “National Day of Action” and the October 7 anniversary of the Hamas attack on…

Clinton, IL (DCSC News Service) – Exelon officials are pleading for calm as a General Emergency — the highest alert a nuclear plant can issue — consumes the Clinton Nuclear Power Station and begins to spill into the countryside around it. Local law enforcement is no longer asking for patience.…