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Some are calling it a Universal Background Check but it is actually a verifying validation of FOID cards for private sales...

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Passage of the bill came almost simultaneously with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals lifting the stay on their judgment against the state's unconstitutional Unlawful Use of a Weapon statute...

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Lt. Governor Sheila Simon is encouraging home rule communities to pass a ban on commonly used firearms and magazines in advance of the new Right to Carry bill becoming law...

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Chicago continues to thumb their nose at the court, circumventing the Constitution, violateing the rights of law-abiding citizens, & stopping citizens of Illinois from protecting themselves..

The post 19 Days to Deadline, Good Carry Bill In the IL House VS. Bad Carry Bill, Senate appeared first on AmmoLand.com.

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence held an anti-gun "rally" at the State Capitol, but they forgot to tell their 95% of Illinois supporters...

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What to Expect As the Count Down to Right to Carry Approaches, June 9, 2013...

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We narrowly defeated a similar ban last week - this is no time to let up on the phone calls, emails, faxes to your state representative...

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In a week of unprecedented zany political maneuvers rarely seen even in Illinois, the Right to Carry debate raged on the floor of the IL House for nearly 9 hours this past Tuesday...

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We fully expected AG Madigan to file this challenge. We see it as a desperate attempt to capitalize on the Newtown murders...

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They Failed in the Senate - Now Gov. Quinn & Chicago Mayor Emanuel Will Attempt to Push Firearm Ban Through the IL House of Reps...

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After passing the bills out of Senate Public Health Committee on Wednesday night, the bills floundered on Thursday when the sponsors could not gather enough support to call the bills for a vote...

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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...

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