It's now completely legal to record your local police officers. In fact, it may be completely legal to record any conversation now that Illinois Draconian eavesdropping law was struck down last week by the Illinois Supreme Court. We didn't think this was all that significant, but our trusted advisers and…

[caption id="attachment_11653" align="alignnone" width="600"] Garry McCarthy: "It's HIS fault!" he says, pointing at the guy behind him.[/caption] Just another Friday and early Saturday in Chicago. Man, 61, held on $75K in fatal East Garfield Park stabbing of home health aide Police: Man fatally shot in Englewood, 2 others shot Shootings…

Denial. It isn't just a river in Egypt. It would seem as though the first batch of denial letters have gone out from the Illinois State Police. The letters (of which we've now seen two) go like this: "In reviewing your application for a Concealed Carry License, the Illinois State…

Illinois Gun Owners Rights scored a public relations coup with the revelation of what's being taught at Grant Middle School in Springfield, IL. This hits home to me because I lived not too far from this school during the summers while I was in college. What they are teaching? The…

  [caption id="attachment_11640" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Officer Hector Marquez shot and killed 37-year-old Andy Snider, who was armed with a hammer, after officers responded to an assault call at the 7-Eleven on University and Central, according to police. Police officers chased Snider into an alley before he confronted them with the…

  Thanks to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Hawaii is now shall-issue. The Ninth Circuit has ruled: In light of our holding in Peruta, the district court made an error of law when it concluded that the Hawaii statues did not implicate protected Second Amendment activity. Accordingly, we…

  By The Times editorial board March 16, 2014 Californians may be inured to rolling blackouts that cut off their power for hours at a time, but imagine an outage that darkens the entire country — for more than a year. That nightmare scenario could happen if just a handful…

  Chicago (Tribune) - Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on Wednesday said the number of shootings, particularly gang-related ones, has dropped sharply in the first 2 ½ months of 2014. At a news conference at a police station in the Englewood neighborhood, one of the city’s most violent over the…

Here's a rather entertaining video of a young thug trying to commit an armed carjacking in broad daylight. The driver of the vehicle was also armed, and unlike the punk, he knew how to use his firearm. It's interesting to see just how quickly the punk's body quit working after…

Hip, Hip, HOOORAY! One of the most despicable people in America died last night. Fred Phelps, the founder of the utterly detestable Westboro Baptist Church, stole his last breath of oxygen. The question is, will people picket his funeral with signs that say, "God hates Westboro"? For the most part,…