Supporting gun ownership and sportsmen's rights in response to the flurry of anti-gun and sport legislation under consideration in Congress and the Illinois State Legislature.

Upcoming Events

This includes events for most of the clubs listed under our "clubs" section.
(We're trying to cover Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin - anything about about 2 hours by car.)

(If you would like to include your organization or events on our calendar, please contact us and we'll accommodate you)

Imagine (Repost)

This ad refers to a 2003 incident when a Wilmette, Illinois restaurateur named Hale DeMar shot and wounded a burglar who broke into his house. DeMar was prosecuted by the town of Wilmette, which had, at the time, a ban on the possession of handguns. To prevent a reoccurance, Illinois lawmakers introduced legislation to offer legal protections to individuals who use firearms in self defense. The bill passed the Illinois state House by a vote of 86-25, and the Illinois state Senate by a vote of 39-20. Illinois state Senator Barack Obama voted against the bill.

Posted 11:54PM Oct 23, 2008 by MCSA

Happy UN Day - October 24th!

In case you haven't seen these, take a look and get informed... (BTW - In video 4, she gets into it with the crowd over semi-autos. She is wrong: ISSF recongnizes "Rapid Fire" with .22's as a sport and the discipline is part of the Olympics...)

So, with all that in mind, have a slice of Americana: (God Bless Texas!)

Posted 07:39PM Oct 23, 2008 by MCSA

National Parks update

From Days of Our Trailers: 

Section 27.42—Firearms
27.42 generally prohibits visitors from possessing an operable and loaded firearm in a national wildlife refuge unless the firearm is used for lawful hunting activities. Under the proposed amendment, an individual will be able to possess, carry, and transport concealed, loaded, and operable firearms within a national wildlife refuge in the same manner, and to the same extent, that a person may lawfully possess, carry, and transport concealed, loaded and operable firearms in any state wildlife refuge, or any functionally similar unit of state land, in the state in which the national wildlife refuge, or that portion thereof, is located. Functionally similar state lands will include, but not be limited to State wildlife management areas and state game areas. Possession of concealed firearms in national wildlife refuges as authorized by this section must also conform to applicable federal laws. 

Posted 07:27PM Oct 23, 2008 by MCSA