The O’Fallon Police Department is emphasizing safety after multiple fights and reports of shooting involving minors broke out during City Fest this past weekend. [More]
So… the FOID card didn’t help here…?
[Via bondmen]
Notes from the Resistance
Illinois Lt. Governor Tweets That Michael Brown Was “Murdered” – In fact, Brown was shot when he sucker punched a cop and tried to grab his service weapon. Yet 11 years after Brown’s shooting, the lie persists and is spread by politicians and activists. [More]
The people stirring up the mob are the sane ones who demand you be defenseless against the calculated violence they incite.
[Via Michael G]

Still, the brief adds some important points that an ultimate Supreme Court decision will need to consider: Among recognized “uses by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes” are “self-defense, target shooting, and public defense,” that last category touching on the core purpose the Framers had in mind as articulated in the first 13 words of the Second Amendment. [More]
My latest from Firearms News looks at a long called for DOJ action in support of the Second Amendment that matches its new words.

There have been so many reports of CRIMINAL ANTI-GUN DEMOCRATS… that it’s fair to assume none of these people are atypical. [More]
Gun-grabbers sure seem to have a lot of “prohibited persons” in their ranks.
Gun owners in Illinois face $10K fine if weapon is stolen and used in a crime [More]
Rip ’em off twice. Brilliant.
But ex post facto will protect Chicago PD from being liable for the gun collected at a Snuffy Pfleger “buyback” and subsequently used in three shootings, right?
[Via Jess]
The Illinois House Gun Violence Prevention Committee is holding a public hearing today in Springfield on House Bill 3320, the so-called “Responsibility in Firearm Legislation (RIFL) Act, and Prairie State gun owners are encouraged to contact committee members and ask them to reject this measure. [More]
Remarkable!

If you want relief, contact your state representatives, the Democrat ones who are passing citizen disarmament edicts, and ask them not to. [More]
The bipolarity will continue until such time as gun owner advocates have a seat at the decision-making table.
Critic of embattled Dolton, Illinois mayor sees business destroyed by ‘suspicious’ fire: officials [More]
Breakfast at Tiffany’s…
If you want to know what kind of people elected her, just know that “Dolton” is what we’d call an aptronym.
[Via Michael G]
The Appellate Court for the 4th District in Illinois has ruled against the Second Amendment, deciding that Gun Owner FOID ID laws are constitutional. [Watch]
I’d say something about this, but I don’t have a state-approved speech ID card.
Besides, I thought permits were a “remedy.”
[Via Jess]
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin retiring, will not run for reelection in 2026 at end of term [More]
Illinoi voted for him 55% to 39% over his Republican challenger, and there is noreasonto believe that will change or that his replacement will be any better.
[Via Jess]
Yet again MORE financial conflicts of interest with IL Supreme Court Justice Rochford [More]
Not that the new and improved DOJ cares…
Abusive Discretion picked it up, but none of the “gun groups” are incentivized to mention it.
[Via Non_Fudd’s Ghost]
Yet ANOTHER example of bias/Conflict of Interest with anti-gun IL Supreme Court Justice [More]
More on Elizabeth Rochford…
And ARFCOM News noticed DOJ indifference, @ 5 minutes in…
[Via Non_Fudd’s Ghost]

Yet despite clear evidence of bias, thanks to a U.S. Department of Justice official policy of deliberate indifference, such judges will remain on the bench. [More]
What’s that John F. Kennedy quote about making peaceful revolution impossible…?

Illinois Dem lawmaker pushes bill to legalize attacks on police for people having mental health episode [More]
That seems a bit bipolar, since she also supports edicts making police the “Only Ones” with guns. And it’s an interesting admission about the constituents she represents.

“This is an important ruling in a case that has been up and down the Illinois judicial ladder a couple of times already,” noted SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “We expect the state to appeal again, which could put the case right back before the Illinois Supreme Court for the third time, and we are confident we will win. It’s hard to see how the Illinois Supreme Court avoids the constitutional issue, as they have done on the previous two visits.” [More]
They’ll pull something out of their … robes.

“What are you going to do about it, President Trump?” [More]
First, we neeed to realistically look at what he CAN do. Then we need to realistically look at what he WILL do and use every means at our disposal to get his ear and try to keep him on course.
Multiple Republicans voted for gun confiscations without due process in HB-4144 [More]
Until gun owners let the GOP know they cannot betray us and win, this will continue. They need uncompromising gun owners more than uncompromising gun owners need them.
So does that mean I’d rather let a really, really anti-gun Democrat win the seat instead?
Does that mean you’d surrender your guns if they did?
Karina’s Bill advocates for the use of ex parte hearings to obtain orders of protection, immediately triggering a warrant to confiscate the subject’s firearms and ammunition… What can/will President Trump do? [More]
I think I just found my next article…
There comes a point where it’s simply unbelievable to say that judges actually think that way and aren’t perfectly aware of the tyranny they’re willing parts of.
[Via Jess]
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]