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The Law: California, well known for legislating "We will protect you for your own good-and you ought to thank us" has had a law banning sale of semi-automatic rifles to young citizens aged 18-20 years old. Most other states allow these young adults access to long guns at those younger…
Photo credit: fharbor.com(At least his finger is out of the trigger guard...) I have watched the national and state news this week trying to make some sense of all the new “almost laws” and threatened consequences for non-serialized homemade guns, and after considerable review I remain fairly boggled to see…
Well court watchers, this is yet another strange one in Springfield. Attorneys have been back in front of the Illinois Supreme Court in March of this year, in the same FOID Constitutionality case the judges declined to address last year. The Supremes have not been too welcoming to FOID challenges,…
Earlier today, 24 March, 2022, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) sent out a letter to all Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders advising of their new declarations related to Forced Reset Triggers (FRT). Short version of the message- they are machine guns, yes just the trigger parts…
In an interesting move this week, the Illinois State Police (ISP) have granted public access to an online dashboard map of Illinois Expressway shootings going back as far as 2019. They say it is “interactive” and allows viewers to get dates, times, and context about the shootings, as well as…
Despite surging numbers with the Wo Han Red Death nationwide, the 2022 SHOT show, the world’s largest firearms related trade show kicked off yesterday and continues this week. I personally would have bet against Vegas signing off on the health issues to allow 50,000-70,000 people in chin diapers and hand…
By Mike Keleher Well, I had occasion to ship a firearm this week, and as always, my sketchy post-COVID brain could not remember the best way to ship this item. Why I remember back in the day, just turning a rifle over to the stagecoach conductor and asking him to…
By Mike Keleher With the wind chill in the subzero zone here this week, I thought I'd make some notes on Concealed Carry in the cold weather. Isn't it nice to get to have plenty of clothes to put over your best carry gun? You can even get those bigger…
Photo Credit: WFLD Chicago Amidst the daily shooting chaos in Chicago, other lesser crime news rarely gets much attention. Last week’s announcement Cook County has had 1000 homicides this year kind of sucks the air out of everything else. That seems like alot doesn’t it? I am sure the city…
By Mike KeleherNext to Eye Protection, I treat Ear Protection (Ear Pro) as a close second when dealing with firearms. When I enter a range area, I put on eye pro and don't take them off until I am leaving the area or driving away. (I would encourage you to…