By Dan Eldridge The atrocious package of legislation, aka ”Fix the FOID” proposed by Kathleen Willis will be heard Tuesday, May 21 at 8:30 AM in the House Judiciary-Criminal Committee. As of this writing, the amendment’s language has not been posted, but we have a good idea from drafts what will be included. The tragic … Read more
Whenever the massive, expensive, inefficient, rights-impinging jobs programs that operate this country’s gun control bureaucracies fail, the solution is always to enact still more restrictions on law-abiding gun owners. So the Illinois State Police’s failure in issuing the Aurora shooter (a felon) a FOID card now means the rest of the state’s gun owners will … Read more
By Larry Keane The murders in Aurora, Illinois, reveal the inability or unwillingness of many in authority to ensure that our existing laws are working. The convicted felon who murdered five at his workplace last week should never have had a gun. We need to know why that happened so it can be fixed so … Read more
Gary Martin was in the process of being fired by his employer yesterday when he pulled a gun and began shooting, killing five people. He’d worked at Aurora, Illinois valve manufacturer Henry Pratt Company for fifteen years. According to the Chicago Tribune, Martin was issued an Illinois firearm owner identification (FOID) card back in 2014 … Read more
Six people, including the shooter, are dead after a workplace shooting in Aurora, Illinois this afternoon. From the Chicago Tribune: Authorities confirmed the shooter, Gary Martin, 45, was killed in a shootout with police. Police believe he was an employee at Henry Pratt Co. in the industrial park in the Chicago suburb, and said they … Read more
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