Ugh. Hat tip to Gateway Pundit / Progressives Today. Arguing, “if they find it, they’ll play with it,” the narrator implores parents to, “always lock up your guns.” If they were *really* concerned about child safety, there are lots of other common causes of childhood injury and death to address…

Chicago and the University of Illinois Chicago have been paying perfectly good money for the anti-gun "Ceasefire" organization to hire convicts, scumbags and gang banging thugs to "mediate" potential criminal violence in the Windy City. Translation:  Here's some money.  Stay out of trouble please. They've hired guys who were arrested…

A gent formerly from North Carolina shared his story of surviving a violent home invasion while stationed at Ft. Bragg.  The incident happened in May 2012. He posted his recollection of what happened in a thread at AR15.com. Castle Doctrine, huh... Well my story has been posted a few times…

We published the story earlier this week of some violence-seeking gun control fanatics who were advocating violence against peaceable Americans - merely because they exercised their Constitutional rights. Here's what she wrote:  “So what line has to be crossed in the good old U.S. of A. before we start mowing…

  [caption id="attachment_12664" align="alignnone" width="300"] Richard Pearson.[/caption] BUILDING BRIDGES   by Richard Pearson Executive Director Illinois State Rifle Association A 30-something suburban Chicago man approached me recently and expressed his frustration that, although he and his family are eager to learn to shoot, opportunities to become involved in shooting seem…

For those of you who have already taken your Illinois concealed carry classes (and those who haven't), we've got a video for you. It's hard to watch.  A young mother is attacked by another person (turns out it was another woman) who pummels her viciously, and then threatens to beat…

The Violence Policy Center has sent out another (yet another) email to their supporters asking them to make a donation to the VPC to help them stay afloat. Seems the coffers are running a little low/thin/sparse. Check out the verbiage.  Ignore for a moment how many people were killed in…

Kim Jong-un is a plump little dictator in the land of little, malnourished people. Some might even go so far as to call him a plump little turd. He's made the news, of late, with his bellicose statements in response to an upcoming Hollywood movie due for release in October.…

"Given enough time, any man may master the physical. With enough knowledge, any man may become wise. It is the true warrior who can master both....and surpass the result." - Tien T'ai [caption id="attachment_12649" align="alignnone" width="600"] Louis Awerbuck and Frank Sharpe.[/caption] On June 24, 2014, after a long battle with…

Jacob Sullum has a pretty decent piece at Reason.com about the growing militarization of America's cops and the consequences thereof. Burned Babies and the Militarization of American Policing by Jacob Sullum (Reason.com) - In a Salon essay published today, Alecia Phonesavanh recalls the night her 19-month-old son, Bounkham (a.k.a. Bou…