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In December of 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) confirmed that the state of Florida will soon improve the concealed-carry permitting system it has had in place since 1987 by adopting constitutional carry as well. In so doing, Florida would become the 26th state to get out of the way of the peoples’ right to “bear [...]

DENVER (AP) — Mass shootings in America invariably raise questions of fault. The police’s delayed response outside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A district attorney’s failure to prosecute the alleged Club Q shooter a year before five were killed in the LGBTQ nightclub. That finger of blame, however, rarely lands on the manufacturer of [...]

Discover credit cards needs to go slogan shopping. The old ones won’t work now that the credit card financial services company has decided to go along with the newly-assigned Merchant Category Code (MCC) for purchases at firearm retailers. Here are the past slogans that won’t work anymore. It pays to Discover. The Card That Pays [...]

Times, and gun ownership, are changing. Much to the chagrin of those who oppose lawful gun ownership, it is becoming increasingly difficult to paint the stereotype of today’s gun owner as pale, male and stale. The firearm industry has always said it: the Second Amendment is colorblind. The right of law-abiding Americans to buy and [...]

Americans have purchased Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) by the millions and are becoming more aware of the firearm’s functionality and operation. As a result, a new poll shows Americans increasingly do not support a national ban on MSRs at the same time President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats continue to demand one. Americans want criminals [...]

A man was arrested after he was reported to have shot a rifle, which turned out to be a pellet gun, towards another person in Wonder Lake, leading to a brief standoff Wednesday. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Wonder Lake Police Department responded around 2:12 p.m. Wednesday to a 911 call for a report [...]

A police officer suffered a serious head injury after a convicted felon arrested for possessing a gun ran from officers while handcuffed in Zion, authorities said. Zion Police Department officers conducted a traffic stop around 10:07 p.m. Tuesday on a silver 2003 Mercedes, driven by Malcom Adams, 29, of Zion. Read more...

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has filed a response to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ending cash bail by saying lawsuit plaintiffs’ arguments should be rejected. Dozens of state’s attorneys from around Illinois joined together to file a lawsuit to have the Illinois SAFE-T Act’s bail provision thrown out. Read [...]

The McHenry County Board voted to oppose Illinois’ law that bans “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines during a meeting earlier this week where dozens of residents spoke out. The board voted 11-6 in favor of the resolution opposing the Protect Illinois Communities Act, also known as House Bill 5471, during the Tuesday evening meeting. Read [...]

(The Center Square) – Oral arguments have been scheduled for mid-April in four federal lawsuits filed against Illinois’ “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazine bans. Gov. J.B. Pritzker in January enacted a ban on more than 170 semi-automatic firearms and certain magazine capacities and also required a registry of banned guns by Jan. 1, 2024. Read [...]