As important as passing shall-issue concealed carry is, gun owners should not let the carry issue distract them from other efforts already underway to diminish their constitutional right to keep and bear arms…
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced he would seek a county concealed carry ordinance. Under Dart’s proposal, law-abiding citizens would have to report to the sheriff’s office, hat in hand…
Opponents of concealed carry are over a barrel, and the barrel is poised at the top of a cliff teetering on the brink of liberty…
What might seem like an unconventional pairing, Governor Quinn’s office has been engaged in helping kill this proposal by Mayor Emanuel due to its nearly $1 BILLION cost to the state…
Anti-gun crackpot Rep. Michael Zalewski recently introduced HB 2265. This gun control bill would set mandatory 3-year jail terms for violating any gun control law…
We would not be in the predicament we are in if a large number of gun owners were not complacent…
We believe the gun banners failed to call bills to vote because your calls are making the difference and they are still short votes…
Otto Von Bismarck once said “you never want to watch the making of sausage or law”. Somehow he must have known about the Illinois legislature…
The Speaker of the House plans to use a shell bill – an empty bill with no text – and turn it into a nightmarish Chicago style carry bill and push it through the House on Tuesday…
Chicago legislators want to ban common, everyday, self-defense, and hunting firearms under the guise of calling them “assault weapons”…
Speaker Mike Madigan has called for two public hearings for Illinois residents to voice their support or opposition to proposed Right to Carry legislation…
Chicago legislators want to pass a carry law that is “so restrictive that it’s essentially non-existent”. Chicago legislators want to defy the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals which gave them 180 days to pass a reasonable carry law…
People were shocked at the level of disrespect for the U.S. Constitution displayed by the gun-controllers who organized the event…
These are the people who don’t care if you or your family members are raped, robbed and murdered by violent criminals. They only care about one thing – disarming you…
Don’t spread unfounded rumors, and don’t make up any rumors of your own. Avoid debates that cannot be held in a civil manner. Instead, concentrate your energies on working to preserve and protect your gun rights through the legislative and legal processes. Believe it or not, the system still works….
We fully expected AG Madigan to file this challenge. We see it as a desperate attempt to capitalize on the Newtown murder
The Chairman of the committee convened the committee, announced that there would be no gun bills debated for the rest of the session, then adjourned…
The Supporters in the Media are Claiming That These Gun Ban Bills Are Dead – This Is Not True!!!
Estimates are that about 50% of rifles and 80% of handguns lawfully-owned by Illinois citizens would be subject to ban and confiscation under the Cullerton gun ban…
The IL State Senate is called to order this afternoon at 3:00 p.m.. They’ll go directly to committee meetings to debate this all out ban on firearms in Illinois, call them now…
Once the Feinstein/Obama gun-grab bill becomes law, the government will publish a list of 900 “good” guns – guns that you will ostensibly be allowed to keep – for now…
There would be no exemptions and no grandfathering. You would have a very short window to turn in your guns to the State Police to avoid prosecution…
In just seven days, the liberal media spin machine has absolved the perpetrator of this horror and laid the blame for two dozen murders directly on the nation’s law abiding firearm owners…
In light of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision paving the way for concealed carry in Illinois, many thousands of Illinois citizens will soon begin the process of applying for permits to carry defensive firearms…
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has rendered a decision in the Shepard/Moore v. Madigan case that states that Illinois’ ban on concealed carry is unconstitutional…
If you see a veteran, give him or her a hearty handshake as an expression thanks for protecting you from the ill will of others…
The ISRA-FEDPac is pleased to announce its candidate endorsements and candidate preferences for the upcoming general election and endorsed the team of Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan…
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today utilized his amendatory veto authority to hijack a pro-gun bill and convert it into a ban on so-called assault weapons.
An antigun group based in Lincolnwood, Illinois is trying to block the opening of a gun shop and range in that village.
ISRA is advising subscribers to its alert service to write Chicago out of their summer vacation plans because the city is just too darn dangerous to visit.