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Ladies and gentlemen who use marijuana recreationally or even medicinally in Illinois cannot buy firearms legally after July 1, 2023 thanks to both the FOID Modernization Act (thank you ISRA for negotiating this law for a "seat at the table" with people who wish to disarm us) and the new…
From the NRA-ILA On Monday, January 30, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) published the final Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule for public inspection in the federal register. As we reported earlier this month, the rule would subject essentially all firearms with attached stabilizing braces to…
Today, the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court upheld one of four counts in Tom DeVore's Effingham filing and the temporary restraining order DeVore won there. The appellate court tossed three counts from the TRO, citing that only the Illinois Supreme Court can consider whether or not the General Assembly legislative…
On YouTube, all sorts of folks are out there trying to make a buck or three by offering content. Some of it borders on very good. Some falls into the very poor category and most of it falls in the middle. Unfortunately, when it comes to information on guns and…
As of summer 2001, 61.35% of Americans counties are Second Amendment Sanctuary resolutions on the books, either by county level provisions or by state-level legislation. They vary in terms of the teeth behind them, too. Some (like most in Illinois) are largely symbolic. Other states have provisions which will hold…
For those with stabilizing braces, the Federal Register will publish the new rule on January 31st. That officially starts the 120-day clock to its effective date. Of course that's assuming (you know how that goes) that it's not knocked down in court. Oh, PS: Let the lawsuits begin. Here's more…
Todd Vandermyde at Freedom's Steel has an update. The big news involves Kwame's attempt to judge shop. The Illinois AG's attempt to go around normal procedures/precedent to get an Obama appointee judge in East St. Louis to hear the consolidated cases failed. Here's Todd: Bottom line: Kwame's gonna be busy.
Greenville, IL attorney Tom DeVore brought out the big guns with a press release about a complaint he filed about some members of the Dan Caulkins' suit filed last Thursday. Frankly, I've grappled with whether or not to give this action (stunt?) by DeVore the oxygen of publicity or not. …
Imagine living in a community where a single group of armed robbers are so brazen as to strike 13 times in two hours. They roll up on someone exiting their vehicle, hop out, stick a gun in the face of their victim(s) and demand their valuables. Rinse, lather and repeat…
Guns Save Life and our magnificent, selfless members donated $21,153 to the fight against Gov. Pritzker's gun and magazine ban in courts. The amount stands as over double our largest previous grant of roughly $10,300 to the Central Illinois Precision Shooters' indoor range in Bloomington about ten years ago. $21,156…
