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From The Center Square: (The Center Square) – A gun rights advocate is praising a Cook County judge’s decision to side with them against the county’s gun and ammunition tax. Cook County enacted a $25 tax per firearm and 1 to 5 cent tax per round of ammunition in 2012.…

Yesterday we broke the news of winning our lawsuit challenging the Cook County Gun & Ammo tax.  For the second time. Quick synopsis:  We filed in 2015, and lost at the circuit and appellate court levels.  The Illinois Supreme Court took the case.  Reversed on a clause from the Illinois…

Does the name Vidkun Quisling (pictured above) ring a bell?  If not, here's a quick history lesson, or a refresher for those who recognize that infamous name.  From Wiki: Quisling (/ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/, Norwegian: [ˈkvɪ̂slɪŋ]) is a term used in Scandinavian languages and in English to mean a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates…

Blood pressure running a little low today.  Here, let us help.  Did you know a number of Illinois House and Senate Republicans voted for gun confiscations in our state without due process? Yep, it's true. Greg Bishop reports: https://youtu.be/9SyKUkU_PMI These included SENATE MINORITY LEADER JOHN CURRAN - pictured at the…

We filed our lawsuit challenging the Cook County gun and ammo tax back in 2015.  Yeah, it's been a few years.  We lost all the way up to the Illinois Supreme Court which handed us a victory in striking down the lower courts rulings against us. Yeah, that was pretty…

Navy Seal author and historian Matt Bracken appeared at the Coffee and a Mike podcast talking about the Los Angeles fires.  He discusses just how devastating this fire really is, how whole neighborhoods are completely wiped out with a hazardous layer of ash on everything. "Nobody's gonna rebuild on their…

The interwebz are all atwitter with news of a bill to establish "National Reciprocity" - in other words, to make states recognize concealed carry licenses just like they recognize driver's licenses, marriage licenses and so forth. Here's the thing:  This is never going to happen and John Cornyn knows this. …

With hours to go before the end of the lame duck session, the Illinois House put its stamp of approval on House Bill 4144 late yesterday evening.  Yes, another dead of night legislating maneuver done by our radical Democrat controlled General Assembly. You probably don't recognize HB-4144.  We didn't either. …

The Illinois Legislative Democrats are going all-in on gun confiscation.  They've employed the "gut and replace" move to change a water supply bill into a gun confiscation bill.  What would it do?  It requires law enforcement to SEIZE guns and ammunition from those who are named in Red Flag orders…

Here's a take on the US Supreme Court's consideration of three major Second Amendment cases in their upcoming conference this Friday.  Chris Johnson wrote this, and he's quite the dedicate follower of SCOTUS and loves to deep dive research this stuff. Take a look at his post at The Vine…