Notes from the Resistance
Attorney General Kwame Raoul shot down the idea, saying, “It is my opinion that non-home-rule counties… do not have the authority to secede from the state of Illinois and join another state. Accordingly, any referendum on the issue of county secession would have no binding legal effect.” [More]
Forget the Brits. Would you send a gun to defend an Illinois home?
[Via bondmen]
PLAINTIFFS’ PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW [More]
Mark W. Smith says they’re “GREAT 2A ARGUMENTS.”
I’d feel better if they cited the word “militia” more than once, and that just to quote the amendment.
[Via Jess]
The Illinois Attorney General’s office has apologized to a federal judge demanding answers after implying his ruling against the state’s mass transit concealed carry ban has “safety implications.” [More]
And that is the difference between a Trump-appointed judge and what Kamala will put on the bench.
True, his won’t all be perfectly consistent. But you can bet hers will be.
[Via Jess]
IL: Federal judge rules Illinois’ concealed carry law can’t prohibit holders from having guns on public transportation [More]
So we’ll no longer need to rely on the officer Terrence Howell’s of the world to protect us…?
Not yet, naturally.
[Via Jess]
Judge rules Illinois ban on concealed carry on public transit unconstitutional [More]
Not that it will affect these guys…
Expect this trip to be a long one, with plenty of attempts to derail the train and throw gun owners under the bus.
[Via Jess]
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that Federal District Court Judge Iain D. Johnston has declared the State of Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transportation and in public transportation facilities unconstitutional as applied to the named plaintiffs in the FPC-supported lawsuit Schoenthal v. Raoul. [More]
Good. But don’t overlook “The State is expected to appeal the decision.”
[Via Jess]
Defendant Hines … did not mention that Plaintiff’s mother had initiated the encounter by calling emergency services to express concern about a trespasser… and he stated—incorrectly—that Plaintiff had been charged with aggravated assault… Finally, he wrote that Plaintiff complied with the officers’ commands and told officers he had been afraid for the safety of his grandmother (apparently an erroneous reference to Plaintiff’s mother) [More]
And a “trained professional” being sloppily incompetent and incapable of filing an accurate police report is enough to disarm a citizen…?
Normal PD, eh? Where the chief can have a gun in his carry-on with no consequences?
Four Boxes Diner breaks the case down.
[Via Jess]
In defending gun control laws in Illinois and other states, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul recognizes the challenges posed by recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on the right to keep and bear arms. [More]
Attacking rights is now considered “defending”?
The biggest challenge is to run out the clock until SCOTUS can be repurposed.
[Via Jess]
They rely on violent crime so that they have blood to dance in, to whip up mob furor among constituents ignorant and stupid enough to vote for them. [More]
Why punish their constituents when they can punish you?
2nd Amendment Grades for Illinois’ 2024 Political Candidates [More]
My standard caveat is I have not personally gone through these, so use it as a starting point plus bring your own findings, knowledge, and judgment to bear.
Billionaire family bankrolling both anti-Israel groups and these battleground Democrats [More]
The same pigs who want your guns.
So, Pritzker’s a Putin puppet…
Hanley detailed Soto’s violent spree that included stabbing and running over a mail carrier with a car, breaking into multiple homes and attacking three juveniles with a bat. [More]
And it took men threatening him with guns to get him to get the lunatic to act in rational self-interest and stop? I wonder if Rockford being mostly Democrat had anything to do with those men being “Only Ones” instead of neighbors…
[Via Jess]
GOA Petition to SCOTUS for Writ of Certiorari Against Illinois Categorical Ban on AR-15s… Friends of The Captain’s Journal Stephen Stamboulieh and Oliver Krawczyk wrote this brief, along with Rob Olson. A better constructed and more direct and honest one you will never find. [More]
This covers some essential points that can’t be raised enough. I intend to write an article soon explaining why.
The analogy of undocumented immigrants to British loyalists is interesting. If a law-abiding, former enemy of the state could possess a firearm, an undocumented, but otherwise law-abiding, immigrant seems less extreme in comparison. [More]
He’s not “otherwise law-abiding.” He is an invader in possession during the commission of a crime.
The Obama judge is doing this on purpose to undermine Bruen.
[Via Jess]
From the state that banned such guns for you. At least now we have our answer to “If they’re ‘weapons of war,’ why do the police have them?”
To be enforcers for Democrats.
“Back the Blue,” right…?
[Via Jess]
You can see that Stephen McGlynn is implicitly saying that he totally, totally disagrees with the ruling of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and while he’s not calling those judges morons, he’s basically saying, shall we say, they’re clearly wrong on the law. [Watch]
Nothing to stop the rest of us from calling them what they deserve…
[Via Jess]
Today the Illinois Appellate Division reversed a lower court decision that had dismissed a legal challenge to the Cook County tax on firearms and ammunition sales. [More]
That case has been going back and forth for years. I’d reserve words like “huge” for the final decision, whenever that is.
[Via Jess]
Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, asks “what the hell are you thinking registering your firearms after the deadline?” New numbers from the Illinois State Police show that many of you decided to register after the deadline imposed by new Illinois law and that, is not a really bright move. Why? We’ll explain, so it’s time for you to learn more and arm yourself with education. [Watch]
Just put your head on this chopping block…
[Via Jess]
It can’t be news. None of the majors are even mentioning it.
After 2 Million FOID Card Holders Rebel Against Pritzker, Democrats Target Illinois Gun Owners’ Driver’s Licenses [More]
He’s altering the terms of the deal. Pray he does not alter them further.
Hey, what was the text, history and tradition of operating a private horse-drawn carriage on throughways at the time of the Founding…?
[Via Jess]
As long as identity communities continue to reward corruption with power, they will continue to suffer the consequences that come from blaming others for their own poor choices. [More]
The problems are “systemic,” alright, but not in the way Democrat race hustlers would have us believe.
Illinois State Police won’t pursue charges on those who register assault weapons after Jan. 1 deadline [More]
Talk about tryin g to save face…
So come on, 99%. There’s still time to set yourself up for confiscation!
As for the 1% that have, Henry V would like a word…
Less than 1% of Illinois gun owners register banned weapons as deadline passes [More]
Skin that, Pritzker, and we’ll get you another!
Throw this noncompliance in the face of any cowardly gun owner, “rights leader,” or politician who says “Enforce existing gun laws.”
