A contrast in police philosophies

First, there is the Sheriff's Deputy in Michigan who rolls up on some open carry activists politicking by the side of the road. Here's the video.  It's a pleasure to watch.     Then there's a cop in New York State.  He must have missed the classes on the Constitution…

FOUL! Anti-gunner ejected from open carry rally

  An anti-gun guy brings his pooping chicken to an open carry rally at a  farmer's market to express his belief that guns are more dangerous than chickens.  He gets ejected, but still doesn't get it... Ignoring the public health issues of having a defecating and urinating chicken in a…

IL residents: Don’t strap on just yet…

The State Journal-Register published an article late Monday urging gun owners to hold their horses and not FOID-carry just yet, after the 9-0 Aguilar decision from the Illinois Supreme Court. The word we are getting from Todd Vandermyde and others is that you face minimal risk of prosecution for *concealed*…

Equip 2 Conceal threatens legal action against GSL

[caption id="attachment_9414" align="alignnone" width="500"] Rob Shewmake's Ford Raptor pickup truck.[/caption] Early Sunday, we wrote about a seven-year-old Florida company that was advertising Illinois-certified concealed carry classes on their website.  For $280, they would provide the 16-hours of training Illinois requires and better yet, they were offering this training in a…

Chokepoint

Chokepoint (Dictionary.com) - choke·point [chohk-point] noun a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.   by John Boch The Illinois State Police have done a fine job creating a chokepoint for Illinois gun owners in their handling of the mandated training requirements of the new Illinois Firearm Concealed Carry…

Re-writing history: History textbooks’ revisionist 2nd Amendment descriptions

[caption id="attachment_9377" align="alignnone" width="674"] The latest American history textbook to "rewrite" the Second Amendment. And educators wonder why Americans look with suspicion upon the educational community. Photo courtesy TTAG.[/caption] First there was a revisionist, downright false description of the 2nd Amendment in United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement…