Civil rights giant Otis McDonald’s funeral service announcement
Funeral Services Notice: 10:00 AM Friday, April 11, 2014 HOMECOMING CELEBRATION Mr. Otis W. McDonald Sept. 17, 1933 ~ Apr. 4, 2014 Bethlehem Temple Missionary Baptist Church 20 East 147th Street & Ashland Harvey, Illinois 60426 Rev. Dr. Fred Jones, Officiating
Bringing real firearms training to the university setting: TrainIllinois partnering with SIU-Carbondale
Real firearms training, not just an auditorium full of people listening to a lecture about gun safety and a little bit of legal considerations as part of a 4-hour Utah "class". This one involves shooting, gun handling and more shooting by good instructors. Here's the press release: TrainIllinois is now…
GUNS SAVE LIFE! Another study finds shall-issue carry laws save lives; gun bans not so much
Yet another peer-reviewed study has been publish in the journal Applied Economics Letters. The research was conducted by economist Mark Gius. Here's the abstract: The purpose of the present study is to determine the effects of state-level assault weapons bans and concealed weapons laws on state-level murder rates. Using…
MISSOURI: Political hack pulls Jim Crow gun bill, claims death threats are reason
Here's one for the low-information politician files... Democrat Missouri Rep. Joshua Peters (pictured above) introduced a bill to ban a host of guns commonly used for self-defense, effectively pricing meaningful self-defense outside that of many of his minority constituents in the north end of St. Louis. This is the same…
Wisconsin now recognizes IL CCW permits!
Good news from Wisconsin! They have amended their reciprocity information page with the addition Illinois CCW licenses to those recognized in Wisconsin. Permit(s) Honored In Wisconsin: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North…
ILLINOIS FIRST CCW SELF-DEFENSE: Armed robbers thwarted by concealed carry licensee
(Chicago Tribune) - A 53-year-old South Austin man with a valid concealed carry permit was able to shoot at two men who tried to accost him outside of his home early this morning. The incident happened about 2:40 a.m. on the 5400 block of West Van Buren Street, said…
CHICAGO’S BETTER OFF WITHOUT THUGS LIKE HIM: “He didn’t have no weapon or nothing”
[caption id="attachment_11864" align="alignnone" width="624"] Raisin Shaw, booking photo from 2011.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_11865" align="alignnone" width="624"] Raisin Shaw, booking 2014.[/caption] We wrote about Chicago cops shooting 20-year-old Raason Shaw. We called him "Raisin" because that's how we think he probably pronounced it. Just as a guy we knew as "DEATHRAY"…
Moms Demand Action girls are back – with more half-wit propaganda
The Moms Demand Action (go to a singles bar, ladies) troupe are out with their latest attempt to create a meme in social media - as though social media participation equates to grassroots advocacy. The Moms girls have, of course, sold themselves to Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns as…
A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON HAS DIED: Otis McDonald has passed away
[caption id="attachment_11852" align="alignnone" width="594"] Otis McDonald in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building.[/caption] We have lost one of our generation's great civil right icons. It is with great sadness that we must report Otis McDonald has passed away. He died yesterday, succumbing to a battle with cancer. He was…
Profound words: The right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed
There are some profound words from Adam Baldwin of late, with a hat tip to The Truth About Guns. Actor Baldwin sent this around social media circles via Twitter, boomeranging Moms Demand Action's latest stunt. Here it is: A well-educated Electorate, being necessary to self-governance in a free State, the…