As rioters continue to control the streets of Chicago and other major cities, the mayors of these cities and their respective legislative bodies do nothing.  They simply don’t really care, are visionless, or on the side of the rioters.  This has gone so far that at this point it may not matter.  If this continues, these cities will become shells and turn into Petri dishes for all sorts of evil, if they haven’t already.  These gangs that roam unobstructed will eventually cannibalize the cities and spill out into surrounding areas that were once peaceful neighborhoods, suburbs, villages, towns and smaller cities.  Eventually, we will all have to face them.  It is better to prepare for a storm and not have one than not prepare and get one.  To dither and say “I hope” is a poor strategy. People who depend on hope rather than action aren’t worth much in my view.

The lack of leadership of big city mayors is phenomenal.  Mayor Lightfoot of Chicago announced that what the rioters and looters were doing is a felony and we know who you are.  Ok, so what are you going to do about it?  The answer is going to be somewhere between very little and nothing, other than hurl accusations against everyone and everything but herself and the Chicago City Council. Exasperating!

With the selection by Joe Biden of Kamala Harris as his Vice Presidential pick, the battle lines could not be clearer.  For gun owning Americans, the choice of Kamala Harris couldn’t be worse.  There is no cuckoo gun control scheme she doesn’t like regardless if it constitutional or not.  In my opinion, she has zero respect for the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Some of her positions and activities are:

* You must have good cause to get a concealed carry permit.  Of course, no cause would be good enough for people like you and me.  We would be at the mercy of the mob.

* She got the good-for-nothing Ninth Circuit to allow her to collect confidential information on not-for-profit advocacy groups without probable cause.

* She states she would have a mandatory buyback program for so – called assault weapons, according to her definition of course.

* She promises Executive Orders on gun control (Australia style gun confiscation) if Congress does not give her what she wants.

It is important to understand that Kamala Harris is more than just a Vice Presidential Candidate.  She will become the 47th President of the United States.  I predict that if Biden is elected, he will resign near the end of his first term to make Harris the President.  This would make her the incumbent in the 2024 General Election.  It would also give her free rein to do whatever she wants in the interim.  I would expect a blizzard of Executive Orders.  It is time to get off your duff and get active.  This is not only about the Second Amendment but the future of the United States.  There is 81 days until Election Day.

The controversy over mail in ballots is heating up.  I really don’t trust many of the election results in Illinois, just for the record.  Mailing unrequested ballots to everyone on the voting roles seems like a situation designed for fraud.  I am going to relate a story to you that was told to me more than 20 years ago by a friend of mine who was a rookie firefighter in Chicago in 1960.  I have thought long and hard over writing about what he told me happened.  I finally decided to publish it.  

In 1960, the two most powerful men in Chicago, and perhaps the state, were Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn.  The Presidential Election turned on whether Illinois went for John F. Kennedy or Richard M. Nixon.  My friend and two other new firemen were told to report to the Alderman’s office in the Ward where the firehouse was located.  

They were told two things: they would receive their regular pay even though they were not on duty and to keep their mouths shut.  For three days, my friend and the other two firemen marked ballots in favor of John F. Kennedy.  They marked over 10,000 ballots.  There are 50 wards in Chicago.  If even half of them participated in this fraudulent scheme, that is still 250,000 ballots.

Kennedy won Illinois with 2,377,846 votes to Nixon’s 2,368,998.  That is a difference of only 8848 votes.  The entire course of United States history changed because of that election.  We can’t allow this kind of activity to happen.  If we do, the United States will become just another banana republic.

The saga of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s treachery in prosecuting Mark and Patricia McCloskey has taken another turn.  Apparently, the pistol Patricia McCloskey was holding was used in a previous court case and had been rendered inoperable so it could be brought into court.  It, therefore, was not a weapon.  Kim Gardner and her enterprising staff had the crime lab fix the gun so it was capable of being fired.  This was done to bring charges against the McCloskeys.  I’m going to guess this wasn’t the first time this was done in the Circuit Attorney’s office.  It sounds like the McCloskeys need to hire a snake charmer as well as an attorney.  Meanwhile, I have heard George Soros, who financed Gardner’s campaign, has left the United States.  No one seems to know where he went.  While that seems like good news, it really isn’t. This guy has long tentacles.

We are still waiting for a court hearing date on our suit against the Illinois State Police for not issuing new FOID cards in the time required by law.  There are many of you who have properly completed the renewal of your FOID card and are outside the time limit receiving it and still have heard nothing.  Many of you have contacted the office with the details.  Please continue to do that by email and be sure to put your contact information in.  Your email will be forwarded to our attorney.

The very same is true for those who have renewed their Illinois Concealed Carry License and are outside the time limit.  You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out where the ISRA is taking all of this.  Let me say the ISRA is fighting for your Second Amendment Rights.  We need your help so if you get this and are not an ISRA member, join today.  If you have friends that are not ISRA members get them to join also.

The saga of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s treachery in prosecuting Mark and Patricia McCloskey has taken another turn.  Apparently, the pistol Patricia McCloskey was holding was used in a previous court case and had been rendered inoperable so it could be brought into court.  It, therefore, was not a weapon.  Kim Gardner and her enterprising staff had the crime lab fix the gun so it was capable of being fired.  This was done to bring charges against the McCloskeys.  I’m going to guess this wasn’t the first time this was done in the Circuit Attorney’s office.  It sounds like the McCloskeys need to hire a snake charmer as well as an attorney.  Meanwhile, I have heard George Soros, who financed Gardner’s campaign, has left the United States.  No one seems to know where he went.  While that seems like good news, it really isn’t. This guy has long tentacles.

We are still waiting for a court hearing date on our suit against the Illinois State Police for not issuing new FOID cards in the time required by law.  There are many of you who have properly completed the renewal of your FOID card and are outside the time limit receiving it and still have heard nothing.  Many of you have contacted the office with the details.  Please continue to do that by email and be sure to put your contact information in.  Your email will be forwarded to our attorney.

The very same is true for those who have renewed their Illinois Concealed Carry License and are outside the time limit.  You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out where the ISRA is taking all of this.  Let me say the ISRA is fighting for your Second Amendment Rights.  We need your help so if you get this and are not an ISRA member, join today.  If you have friends that are not ISRA members get them to join also.

I, like many of you, have long thought civil war might come to the United States.  That possibility came a step closer in June when ANTIFA declared they were forming a Red Army in the United States with the goal of annihilating their enemies. That translates to people like you and me, just in case you are not getting what they mean.  ANTIFA was formerly known as ACORN, whose members roughed up voters going to the poles.  ANTIFA are the rioters who follow Black Lives Matter protesters that burn, vandalize and loot stores.  They are ruthless and don’t care about killing anyone who gets in their way.

Those left wing millionaires and billionaires who fund these people should be tried for sedition. Sedition is trying to inspire revolution and overthrow the government.  There are a few of them who are naturalized citizens and should be deported and stripped of all property in the United States.  George Soros comes to mind. If they have worked with foreign governments, they could be charged with treason. That would include the United Nations in my book.  

The punishments for sedition or treason could be death, by the way.  Congressmen Jerry Nadler (D-17 New York) said in an interview, on Sunday, that ANTIFA is a myth.  Well, Jerry wouldn’t it be fun to find out how you might be connected to ANTIFA?

Remington has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years.  Remington’s 950 million dollar debt load came from litigation cost due to a faulty safety on their Model 700 rifle and from the Sandy Hook shooting.  The Sandy Hook lawsuit should have never involved Remington.  The mother of the shooter legally purchased a Bushmaster AR15 (Bushmaster was owned by Remington).  Her son murdered her and took the rifle which was used in the shooting.  This is an example of using the courts for political purposes.

The National Muzzleloading Championship scheduled for September has fallen victim to the Coronavirus.  They are cancelled for this year.

The sales of firearms continue to break records.  July was up 134% over last year.  Ammunition continues to be in short supply.

I had an amazing conversation with someone this week asking what he could do to help and I asked him to join.  He asked how much it was and I told him $30.  He hesitated and said he would have to think about it.  I have had this conversation many times before. 

There are some gun owners who think all the time, money and effort that goes into protecting your Second Amendment Rights just happens by itself.  It doesn’t work that way.  Freedom isn’t free.

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