A powerful letter to Congress, written by First Lt. Patrick Cook, of Ft. Hood, Texas.   My letter to Congress, read today at Texas Senate committee on Constitutional Carry. It is now public record. To my friends, fellow Texans, brothers in arms, members of the committee, and everyone within the…

We found this piece from the April 2014 issue of The Center Mass Citizen Newsletter.  (With some minor editing for readability). Center Mass, Inc. is a Michigan-based company that provides a host of firearms training programs for civilians and law enforcement. They seem to have their stuff together up there…

The despicable Westboro Baptist Church members traveled to Moore, OK to tell the residents there that God hates them. The Westboro kooks weren't welcome and half of the Moore Police Department was there to protect the kooks from local residents. The police line didn't last long. Within minutes, the protective…

Chicago insiders have just been exposed for reclassifying lots and lots of homicides in Chicago into non-criminal deaths.  Not only does this unethical airbrushing of data save Chicago politicians the embarrassment of another homicide victim, it allows the Chicago Police Department to avoid the humiliation of yet another unsolved homicide.…

  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

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…

  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…

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…

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…

  (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…