Michael Keleher

By Mike Keleher Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer was gunned down Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in the middle of the day, outside the Illinois Thompson Center by a four-time convicted felon who was purportedly wearing body armor. Chicago Police tried to speak to the suspect on the street, but he…

Photo Credit: Wikipedia.org   By Mike Keleher On February 01, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court released their verdict in The People of Illinois vs Julio Chairez and struck down a statute banning possession of a firearm 1000 feet from parks within the State of Illinois. Chairez was arrested in Kane…

Blog by Mike Keleher The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) released an email today, January 29, 2018 on the status of the WWII era 1911 pistols which will be released by the US Army to the CMP program for sale to qualified civilian buyers. Apparently, 8,000 pistols have been transferred but…

By Mike Keleher I spent twelve hours walking the 2018 Shot Show floor this year. I did not see it all. In fact, by the end of the second day I was pretty full of guns, gadgets and black Velcro backed items and needed to get out and see the…

  By Mike Keleher For the thousands of gun business attendees, the annual SHOT Show is the largest firearms trade show in the world. If you have never attended in it's 40 year run, it is difficult to picture the miles of tables and booths from around the world or…

Photo Credit-WISN.com Milwaukee ABC Channel 12 Blog by Mike Keleher On Friday night, January 12, 2018 a bus travelling from Milwaukee to Chicago was identified as having an armed passenger on board along with a hostage situation. A large police response ended the chase near the Illinois state border, and…

  Photo Credit: Mossberg.com Remington.com.   Blog By Michael Keleher.   During 2017, Mossberg and Remington have turned the self-defense buying public absolutely ravenous to get their hands on street legal short 14 inch barreled/pistol grip shotguns. Having an extended history with short barreled shotguns myself and a being rather…

Blog by Mike Keleher Well the numbers are in, and believe it or not, they are less than last year’s Chicago’s Annual Year Long Shoot-Fest. Finishing 2017 with 675 homicides and 3,561 shot it is still lower than 2016’s 808 homicides and 4,380 shot. 133 fewer murders is welcome news.…

Photo Credit: Geoffrey C. Gunn, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6425969 Blog by Mike Keleher Amazing but true headline. Senior United Nations personnel have been consulted with in New York City and have been invited to come to Chicago to talk about the rampant gun violence. Who could come up with such a bizarre idea?…

Photo Credit: Spectrum News NY1 11DEC17 By Mike Keleher On December 11, 2017 apparently Brooklyn resident Akayed Ullah, age 27, set off a low yield explosive device in a New York City subway passageway just before 7:30 a.m. during morning rush hour. Three other people were injured. In a rather…