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I've seen a lot of outlandish anti-gun bills proposed in Illinois this year, but HB2792 takes the cake. According to the official summary of the bill: The anti-gun lobbyists will probably find a strong ally in psychiatrists to support this bill, since it will be a boon to that business...

As most everyone knows, the federal appellate court has put Illinois on the clock for implementing a concealed carry bill, so even most anti-gun folks in Illinois know it is inevitable. The anti-gun crowd in Illinois can't just sit back and play defense this go around, because something needs...

From the Chicago Tribune, Cook County has passed a new gun law making it a crime to fail to report lost or stolen guns. This law does not apply to the City of Chicago, just the suburbs, but Chicago is pushing to pass the same type of law. Gun grabbers in Illinois have been trying to get this...

Representative David Reis (R) has filed the first concealed carry bill of the new session in Illinois. The bill is the Family and Personal Protection Act (House Bill 154). As a background, the concealed carry bill from the last session that advanced the farthest was a highly-negotiated bill...

Prof. Eugene Volokh has posted a portion of Charles Krauthammer's 1996 article in the Washington Post, in which he lays out the motivations and plans for enacting an AWB with the eventual goal of total disarmament. See here...

With the flurry of gun discussions occuring on countless news broadcasts and media stories following the CT school shootings, it's reminded me of the numerous misrepresentations that the media makes when it refers to or describes firearms. A list of my favorites are the following: 1)...

Today, I happened to read this article on open carry in San Francisco. Although an attempt was made by the author to appear objective and present both sides of the debate, it clearly skews against open carriers (no big surprise there). It's mostly the same old arguments we've all heard, so I...

On Thursday, October 8, the Illinois Supreme Court will release its opinion in People v. Diggens. At issue is whether a center console in a car qualifies as a "case, firearm carrying box, shipping box or other container" under section 24-1.9 of the Illinois Criminal Code. Here is a link to...

Rasmussen has released a new poll relating to Americans' opinions on gun control. The percentage of people favoring stricter gun control has fallen to 39%, down from 43% (when the last poll was conducted in March 2009).

I saw in the news this morning about a gun battle between Jersey City police and two armed robbery suspects. The mayor mentioned that one of the suspects had "a shotgun, not a regular shotgun, some type of a automatic shotgun." I'm assuming that the shotgun was a run-of-the-mill semiauto...

The question of whether the 2A is incorporated against the states was argued in the 7th Circuit this morning. The judge panel included Easterbrook, Posner and Bauer. Although all three are considered conservative, I am unaware of their positions relating to gun rights (and conservative does...

Foxnews released a new national poll today that included a gun control question. http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/051809_issues_web.pdf I tried to insert the actual question and results here, but I couldn't get the formatting correct so it was unreadable. The question was: Which of the...

The quote below is from a 3rd Circuit opinion that was released a few weeks ago on April 27 (United States v. Ross). Look how easily that appellate court pigeon-holes Heller. Despite the fact that Heller declared the right to keep and bear arms a fundemental right, this appellate court...

I live near the Winchester factory, so my local newspaper reported on Winchester's record earnings in the first quarter of 2009. Notably, the story contains some of the first comments by an ammunition manufacturer that I've seen regarding the run on ammo. Here's a link to the story...

I haven't seen any publicity regarding Illinois House Bill 182, which greatly expands the places in Illinois where a person is allowed to carry a firearm. The bill passed the Illinois house and is now working its way through the Illinois senate. I think one of the reasons why the bill was...

I'm sure everyone here recalls the shooting last month of a pastor during a church service in Illinois. The story came and went in the national news, but additional information has been released in the local news. Apparently there was a retired police officer in the church at the time of the...

I'm currently in the predicament of trying to figure out how to effectively balance quick and easy access to a handgun for home defense and keeping that same handgun secure from my kids. I know a lot of people keep a loaded handgun on their nightstand next to their bed. However, I have a...