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Lyons OKs 'unprecedented' gun shop regulations

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#sectio.../p2p-84845085/

Midwest Sporting Goods, which has operated a gun store in Lyons for more than 50 years, must follow an unprecedented set of rules, such as maintaining a "do not sell" list of customers whose weapons have been traced to a crime. In addition, the gun shop will have to report to authorities the names of anyone who attempts to purchase a gun illegally.

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From our friends at the ISRA

"INFORMATION ALERT - CHIEF'S CONVENTION A GUN-CONTROL CIRCUS

The rabidly anti-gun International Association of Chiefs of Police rolled into Chicago this past weekend to hold its annual convention at McCormick Place. With the bloodstained streets of the South Side as a backdrop, the Chiefs attacked lawful gun owners, vilified the NRA, and called for the end of civilian firearm ownership as we know it.

As one would expect, Chicago's cartoon-character police superintendent Garry McCarthy delivered the welcoming address to those in attendance. While doing so, McCarthy made clear his fervent belief that the state's lawful firearm owners were at the root of Chicago's violent crime problem. McCarthy emphatically asserted that regular citizens, such as dentists, lawyers and accountants living in Naperville, must be relieved of their firearms so that drug lords in Chicago will stop shooting one another. One need not have a very cynical eye to recognize that McCarthy's fixation on civilian disarmament serves as a mere distraction from the real problem - woeful mismanagement of Chicago's police department.

For many years, the Chicago Police Department's Detective Bureau published an annual report analyzing numerous factors impacting the city's homicide rate. Publication of the homicide report was an unusually transparent endeavor for a Chicago governmental agency. Available to the general public, the homicide report chronicled the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Chicago Police Department's crime fighting efforts. The report also provided facts to support effective rebuttals to assertions made by the gun control movement. Publication of the annual homicide report ceased after the 2011 edition. Coincidently, 2011 was the year that Gerry McCarthy became the Chicago Police Department's Superintendent.

Tidbits taken from the 2011 Chicago Murder Analysis paint a picture that does little to support disarming law-abiding Illinois citizens:
Chicago has 25 police precincts - 8 of them account for about 67% of the murders committed in 2011

A full 68% of Chicago's murders in 2011 happened in streets or alleyways

In 1991, 67% of the murders that year resulted in arrest and prosecution. In 2011, only 30% of the murders committed that year resulted in arrest and prosecution

Of the 312 murders committed in Chicago in 2011 where a motive could be determined, 51% were incidental to gang or narcotics activities

Of the 433 people murdered in Chicago in 2011, 75.3% were Black, 18.9% were Hispanic, 4.6% White, and 1.4% Asian or other race

In instances where the race of murder offenders could be determined, 70.5% were Black, 24.3 were Hispanic and 3.5% were White

77% of Chicago's murder victims in 2011 had previous arrest records

87.3% of murder offenders in 2011 had previous arrest records

Of the 433 murders occurring in Chicago in 2011, 362 were committed with a firearm - 351 utilizing a handgun; 1 utilizing a rifle; 5 utilizing a shotgun and; 5 of unknown type

42% of murders take place between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM
Based on Chicago's 2011 murder statistics, there's a good chance that you'll either commit a murder or become a victim of a murder if you are a young adult male night-owl gang member with a previous criminal record who hangs out on the streets of certain police precincts. Otherwise, you'll probably live a long and uneventful life. But, if you do get killed in Chicago, there's a 70% chance that the person who killed you will never face justice.

Of course, these statistics are from 2011 and, since these statistics are no longer published, we have absolutely no idea if the McCarthy regime has at all quelled the criminal blood lust on Chicago's south and west sides. Yet, we suspect things haven't gotten any better since McCarthy took office.

One thing that hasn't changed since 2011 is the abject hatred Chicago officials hold for lawful gun owners. The post-Daley years have seen no let-up in the city's concerted effort to eliminate private firearm ownership. Their very own facts notwithstanding, Chicago city officials lay the blame for criminal and gangland violence on law-abiding citizens who wish to do nothing more than exercise their constitutional rights free of interference from sawed-off dictators like Rahm Emanuel.

Joining McCarthy in last week's orgy of gun hatred was Barack Obama. In his address to the Chiefs, Obama cynically tried to allay the fears of gun owners by saying that he was not going to take anyone's guns away. However, in his next breath, Obama pushed the Chiefs to support legislation that would ban better than 80% of the firearms now in civilian hands.

When on friendly turf such as the Chiefs' convention, gun grabbers like McCarthy and Obama lose their inhibitions and speak freely of their plans to punish citizens who dare to own firearms. After listening to the addresses made at the Chiefs, it should be clear to all gun owners that Obama and his ilk have no respect for our Constitution and the liberties it is designed to protect.

As a gun owner, the only way to survive is for you want to keep your guns more than the gun-grabbers want to take them away. That means that all gun owners will have to put more effort into protecting the 2nd Amendment - at all levels - than the gun-haters put into destroying our heritage. Only you can protect your gun rights. So, get involved, get vocal, get in the faces of the gun controllers. Force them to back down - force them to abandon their morally-bankrupt campaign for domestic disarmament."

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Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM
Donald J. Trump in Springfield, IL
Prairie Capital Convention Center, Springfield, IL

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/donald-...ts-19373427443

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Come see the ISRA at the following gun shows:


Join the ISRA and help defend the 2nd Amendment!

Saturday & Sunday, November 7th and 8th - Bloomington, IL at the Interstate Center

Saturday & Sunday, November 7th and 8th - Kankakee Gun Show at the Kankakee County Fairgrounds

Sunday, November 8th - Rockford, IL at the Forest Hills Lodge

Sunday, November 8th - St. Charles, IL at the Kane County Fairgrounds

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"NRA has learned that a proposal will be introduced on Monday to impose a tax on firearms and ammunition, similar to proposals reported on in the past.

This proposal creates a tax on firearm purchases, and would therefore penalize law-abiding gun owners for exercising their fundamental right to keep and bear arms. By definition, holders of a valid FOID card are the only persons legally permitted to purchase a firearm in Illinois, and therefore are the only persons subject to this tax – not the criminals responsible for the violence on the streets of Chicago. Studies by the Bureau of Justice Statistics have shown that less than one percent of state prison inmates who were behind bars for a firearm-related crime obtained their firearms from gun shops. Instead, most obtain guns through theft or black market transactions.

As gun ownership and legal carrying of firearms elsewhere have risen to all-time highs, the nation’s murder rate has fallen to nearly an all-time low, and both the nation’s murder rate and its total violent crime rate have fallen by half in the last 20 years. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Cook County politicians continue to blame law-abiding gun owners and legal, licensed dealers, for their failure to respond appropriately to the problems plaguing their community.

As Chicago-area jurisdictions have learned in court, the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental, and any revenue raised by this additional burden on citizens exercising that right is likely to be consumed by costly litigation and attorney’s fees. Federal and Illinois courts have consistently held that discriminatory taxes on the exercise of fundamental rights are unconstitutional. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a tax on the cost of paper and ink used to produce publications because “[a] power to tax differentially, as opposed to a power to tax generally, gives a government a powerful weapon against the taxpayer selected.” Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Com’r of Revenue, 460 U.S. 575 (1983). Likewise, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down a surcharge on marriage license fees to fund domestic violence programs because people “forced by the tax imposed to alter their marriage plans” would suffer “a serious intrusion into their freedom of choice in an area in which [the court had] held such freedom to be fundamental.” Boynton v. Kusper, 494 N.E.2d 135 (Ill. 1986).

The Cook County Commissioners are proposing to continue a failed policy of passing illegitimate and ineffective legislation in order to unfairly burden honest citizens and drive lawful businesses out of Cook County.

NRA has not yet learned the specifics of the proposal, but your NRA-ILA will continue to keep you informed as more information is available.

Please contact the Cook County Board of Commissioners TODAY by calling (312) 443-5500, and let them know you won’t stand attacks on the exercise of a Constitutional right."

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SPECIAL ALERT – YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

GUN GRABBING COOK COUNTY BOARD ATTACKS LAWFUL FIREARM OWNERS – AGAIN

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle officially announced today her intention to pass the county’s first round of ammunition taxes during this Friday’s county board meeting. This initial tax will slap a penny a round on rimfire ammo and a nickel a round on centerfire ammo. According to Preckwinkle, the tax is being levied on gun owners in order to “…improve public safety.” As a gun owner, you know what a joke that is.

This week’s tax on ammo will kick off what is certain to be a string of taxes on guns and ammo designed to suppress your right to keep and bear arms. The intent of this tax and those to follow is to make shooting too expensive for the average citizen.

Although there is probably little you can do to stop the Cook County Board from passing the tax, there sure is plenty you can do to let the county board know that you are displeased.

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS:

1) Call each of the following numbers beginning tomorrow and continue to call them throughout the week as many times a day as you can and deliver this simple message to whomever answers the phone, “NO AMMO TAX”:

a) Cook County Switchboard (312) 603-5542

b) Cook County Board Switchboard (312) 443-5500

c) Commissioner Richard Boykin, Phone: (312) 603-4566 AND Phone: (312) 603-4566

d) Commissioner Robert Steele, Phone: (312) 603-3019 AND Phone: (773) 722-0140

e) Commissioner Stanley Moore, Phone: (312) 603-2065 AND Phone: (773)783-2412

f) Commissioner Deborah Sims, Phone: (312) 603 6381 AND Phone: (312) 603 6381

g) Commissioner Joan Murphy, Phone: (312) 603-4216 AND Phone: (708) 389-2125

h) Commissioner Jesus Garcia, Phone: (312) 603-5443 AND Phone: (312) 603-5443

i) Commissioner Luis Arroyo, Phone: (312) 603-6386 AND Phone: (773) 417-4454

j) Commissioner Bridget Gainer, Phone: (312) 603-4210 AND phone: (773) 561-1010

k) Commissioner John Daley, Phone: (312) 603-4400 AND Phone: (312) 603-4400

l) Commissioner John Fritchey, Phone: (312) 603-6380

m) Commissioner Larry Suffredin, Phone: (312)603-6383 AND Phone: (312)603-6383

n) Commissioner Gregg Goslin, Phone: (312) 603-4932 AND Phone: (847) 729-9300

o) Commissioner Timothy Schneider, Phone: (312) 603-6388 AND Phone: (847) 640-1632

p) Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolksi, Phone: (312) 603-6384 AND Phone: (708) 352-2301

q) Commissioner Sean Morrison, Phone: (312) 603-4215 AND Phone: (708) 349-1336


2) Pass this alert on to all your family members and friends and tell them to call the numbers above every day through Friday

3) Post this alert to any and all Internet bulletin boards or blogs to which you belong. Be sure to post this alert on to all Social Media to which you belong.

4) REMEMBER – GUN CONTROL IS A DISEASE AND YOU ARE THE CURE

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Illinois: Cook County Board President Announces Intention to Pass Ammunition Taxes

http://www.ammoland.com/2015/11/illi...#axzz3rIdP1kZb

Chatsworth, IL -(AmmoLand.com)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle officially announced today her intention to pass the county’s first round of ammunition taxes during this Friday’s county board meeting.

This initial tax will slap a penny a round on rimfire ammo and a nickel a round on centerfire ammo. According to Preckwinkle, the tax is being levied on gun owners in order to “…improve public safety.” As a gun owner, you know what a joke that is.

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Gov. Bruce Rauner says the state of Illinois will temporarily stop accepting new Syrian refugees in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Rauner said Monday that Illinois will consider all of its legal options pending a review of U.S. Department and Homeland Security's acceptance and security processes. Rauner is one of several U.S. governors who say they will stop allowing Syrian refugees into their states after the Friday night attacks in Paris left at least 129 people dead.

Rauner says Illinois has to balance its tradition of welcoming refugees while "ensuring the safety and security of our citizens."

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Gov. Mike Pence says he is telling all state agencies to suspend the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees in Indiana following the deadly attacks in Paris.

Pence issued a statement Monday saying he was putting all resettlements on hold until assurances from the federal government that proper security measures have been met. He says Indiana has a long tradition of opening its arms and homes to refugees, but as governor it's his first responsibility to ensure the safety and security of Indiana residents.

He says the policy will remain in effect until the state of Indiana receives assurances from the federal government that proper security measures are in place.

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Neighbors worried about safety of proposed gun range

http://www.wrex.com/story/30532721/2...osed-gun-range

"It's a very, very peaceful environment," said Ogle County resident Craig Dimond. That's why David and Amy Eder moved to their home outside of Byron more than 15 years ago. But a proposed change to a nearby gun range is making them rethink that decision. "Every evening of every day, including weekends, there will be shooting," David Eder said. The Byron Oregon Sportsman's Conservation Club, just a quarter mile from the Eder's, wants to expand.

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Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune

5:00 am, November 19, 2015



Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's $4.5 billion budget won approval Wednesday, and people who shop, stay in hotels and file lawsuits will be paying more next year.

Overall county spending is expected to increase by about $500 million under a budget commissioners approved 12-5. The spending plan depends on a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase, a new 1 percent tax on hotels and $20 in additional fees for each lawsuit filed.

Preckwinkle's budget also includes a 20-cents-per-milliliter tax on the liquids that fuel electronic cigarettes and a bullet tax that ranges from 1 cent to 5 cents per round, depending on the type of ammunition.

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IGOLD news: ALERT! The date for IGOLD 2016 has been changed to Wed. April 6, 2016!! Please note this on your calendars and share with all your Second Amendment friends!

ILLINOIS GUN OWNER LOBBY DAY

Let your voice be heard in Springfield!

10:30 a.m. Doors open - Prairie Capital Convention Center - sandwiches, drinks available at concessions

11:45 a.m. Registration/Rally, Prairie Capital Convention Center

1:00 p.m. March to the State Capitol to lobby legislators

3:00 p.m. Rally at the Rotunda!

4:00 p.m. Buses depart for home (north side of Capitol on Monroe Street)

Thank you to those who attended IGOLD. We appreciate your support.

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Champaign Gun Show
DATE November 28 - November 29, 2015
DIRECTIONS 601 N Country Fair Dr, Champaign, IL 61821
CITY / STATE Champaign, Illinois

The Champaign Gun Show will be held on November 28th and 29th, 2015 at the Fluid Event Center. Show times are 9:00am to 5:00pm Saturday and 9:00am to 4:00pm Sunday.



Kankakee Gun Show
DATE November 28 - November 29, 2015
DIRECTIONS 213 W 4000s Rd, Kankakee, IL 60901
CITY / STATE Kankakee, Illinois

The Kankakee Gun Show will be held on November 28th and 29th, 2015 at the Kankakee County Fairgrounds. Show times are 8:00am to 3:00pm Saturday and 8:00am to 2:00pm Sunday.

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The NRA is partnering with a State Representative and a Senator to host a free concealed carry seminar. The seminar will be held Tuesday December 8th at 5pm at the Alton-Wood River Sportsman Club. State Representative Dan Beiser, a Democrat of Alton, and State Senator Bill Haine, a Democrat also of Alton, will present President of the Illinois Rifle Association Richard Pearson to answer questions regarding the Illinois Concealed Carry law.

http://altondailynews.com/news/detai...d=17&id=197357

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Supreme Court Rejects Highland Park Case

http://dailynorthshore.com/2015/12/0...t-weapons-ban/

An assault weapon ban passed by the City of Highland Park in 2013 and challenged by a local pediatrician will remain intact.

The United States Supreme Court decided Dec. 7 not to hear the appeal of Highland Park pediatrician Arie Friedman and the Illinois State Rifle Association challenging the city’s constitutionality of the ban that could lead to it being overturned, according to a Supreme Court spokesperson.

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State rep says keep taxes off guns, ammo

http://myjournalcourier.com/news/893...-off-guns-ammo

A state representative has filed legislation that would prohibit local governments from placing their own taxes on guns and ammunition, something more places have been considering.

House Bill 4348 would bar the addition of any new tax, fee or other charge beyond the normal sales tax. It would also invalidate such existing taxes, and it would apply to both home rule and non-home rule units of government.

“At the end of the day, obviously I believe the right to bear arms is a constitutional right,” state Rep. Jerry Costello II said.

“I don’t believe that communities have the right to make defending yourself a socio-economic issue, and the less fortunate have just as much of a constitutional right to defend themselves as every other citizen in the state,” said Costello, D-Smithton.

Todd Vandermyde, the National Rifle Association’s legislative liaison for Illinois, said the NRA supports Costello’s bill.

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CHICAGO (CN) - The Seventh Circuit upheld an Illinois law requiring that anyone age 18 to 20 trying to buy a gun must have a parent or guardian sign the permit form.

Tempest Horsley challenged the law when the Illinois State Police returned as incomplete an application she completed for an Illinois Firearm Owners' Identification Card (FOID) upon turning 18 years old.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/1...ers-upheld.htm

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Merry Christmas to ALL!


Large Michigan Avenue protest planned for Christmas Eve

http://abc7chicago.com/news/large-lo...s-eve/1132604/

Protesters are urging people to shop elsewhere as they try to get Mayor Rahm Emanuel's attention and ultimately force him to resign. Protesters held a "die-in" Tuesday night outside the office of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, then they left City Hall and marched downtown.


Gun rights group lawsuit targets new Cook County ammo tax, says violates U.S., state constitutions

http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/...-constitutions

An Illinois group which advocates for the rights of gun owners has taken aim at Cook County’s taxes on the sales of firearms and ammunition, asking the courts to find the county’s taxes to be unconstitutional infringements on the Second Amendment rights of citizens in the county.

On Dec. 17, Guns Save Life Inc., a group which purports to include members in Cook County and throughout Illinois, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against the county, the head of its Department of Revenue and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, alleging the county violated the U.S. and Illinois state constitutions in enacting the special tax on guns and ammo.

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Background checks for guns are the norm in Illinois

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#sectio.../p2p-85493372/

When it comes to background checks — the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s executive actions to keep people who should not have guns from legally purchasing them — Illinois already is far ahead of the rest of the country.

But those on both sides of the gun debate agree that the president’s new policies will have little, if any, direct impact on the flow of illegal guns that are used to commit crimes in Chicago.

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The Bloomberg Moms will be holding a recruitment rally as follows:

DATE: Monday 18 January
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Naperville Unitarian Universalist Church,
1828 Old Naperville Road, Naperville, IL

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PROTECT YOUR GUN RIGHTS:

1. Be sure to attend the Moms' recruitment rally on January 18th.

2. Be sure to tell all your family and friends to be there too.

3. Post this alert on any and all blogs, bulletin boards and social media to which you belong.

4. It is VERY important that we get as many of our people into the building as possible. Here are some tips to help achieve that goal:
a. Show up at the location early, 6:00 PM would be good.
b. The official color of the gun-grabbers is orange. So be sure to wear orange and hide any pro-gun materials from sight.
c. Pretend to be an anti-gunner so you can get in the door. Try to blend in, as disgusting as that sounds

5. If approached by the media, you should vigorously defend your right to keep and bear arms

6. Enthusiastically challenge any anti-gun statements you may hear

REMEMBER - GUN CONTROL IS A DISEASE AND YOU ARE THE CURE