Need Another Reason to Carry? Cops Make Arrests Resulting in Convictions in Just 2% of Major Crimes

Welcome to 2021. For those of you out there who have not made a resolution to pack heat every day for personal defense, here’s a fact to consider. Police make arrests in just 11% of major crimes nationwide. Here’s another factoid.  Only 2% of major crimes result in a conviction of the guilty party. There … Read more

IT PLAYS IN PEORIA: Citizens Turn Out to Support Their Local Police

With just a few days notice, some Peoria residents put together a “Back the Blue” rally on Saturday.  Americans are familiar with the age-old figure of speech, “Will it play in Peoria?” This event played well in America’s heartland and it went off without a hitch. It took place in the city where a few … Read more

Chicago Vigil for Gang-Banger Sees One Dead, One Critical, and One Shot in Butt

If it weren’t for generations of gun control imposed upon Chicago residents, they might more fully embrace the live-saving benefits of conventional, law-abiding firearm ownership.  Instead, among the good guys at least, there’s a paucity of gun ownership.  That lack of gun ownership allows the bad guys to intimidate, bully and ultimately, to victimize the … Read more