Month: October 2012

IL House Speaker Michael Madigan: Unbridled Power

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="343"] Michael Madigan. Photo courtesy Examiner.com.[/caption] by Jim Butler, President Sangamon County Rifle Association (Guns Save Life) - I’m sure by now that if you haven’t had your head buried in the sand, you are aware that Illinois is the only state that doesn’t have right-to-carry so…

WE ARE WINNING: Gun hater whining grows

Whining from the left continues to grow as the election nears. Steve Chapman at the Chicago Tribune - a strong bastion of support for the First Amendment while working against the Second Amendment - laments the NRA's endorsement of Romney / Ryan over Obama / Biden. Chapman wrote "about a…

David exposes Goliath

  David exposes Goliath By John Boch When I was in school, I was taught that newspaper reporters and editors were wise and learned individuals to be respected.  They were experts at the use of the English language and generally unbiased and unemotional in their reporting of the news.  Today,…

Armed American: Happy ending to armed robbery

  [caption id="attachment_2451" align="alignnone" width="600"] A young man tried to rob Club Billiards owner Steve Yager outside his business Monday morning, Oct. 2, 2012, saying he had a gun. Yager said, "I do, too," and pointed his Smith and Wesson snub nose .38 special at the kid's head. The lad…

Democrats taking fallout from war on gun owners

Days of our Trailers has a withering attack on the civil-rights hating Democratic hack Marty Moylan.  He's going to try and ban '50 cal machine guns' in Illinois. Wait.  They're already banned in this state.  What is he talking about then?  Oh right. He's talking about semi-auto firearms like the…