The winning number for the 12 month drawing is #67.  Thanks to all who participated.

A friend of mine sent me a picture of a 79-year-old Ukrainian woman getting her first lesson on how to shoot an AK47 obviously in preparation of the Russian invasion of her country.  The photo stirred memories of years ago when the anti-gun crowd claimed the Second Amendment was useless when it comes to defending your homeland with armed citizens.  I do not agree with that premise nor do most Ukrainians.  My guess is that there are Russian soldiers who also might disagree with that premise.

It seems that no matter which way we look, some government somewhere is tightening the noose of government control to lessen the freedom of law-abiding citizens to make their voices heard.  Of course, I am speaking of the people’s freedoms, not the government approved freedoms we are supposed to support.  The freedom to not follow the mask mandates is the one I am speaking about, the fight against government ordered masks.  The mask mandates have become a symbol of government overreach and therefore have become the line in the sand.  Protests are popping up all over the world.  For us here in the United States, it is a battleground.  There are those who love government control right here in the United States.  They espouse the government propaganda line on masks, gun control, social justice and everything else.  These are the left-wing billionaires who support no-bail, reduced sentences, easy on criminal policies, open borders and all the rest of it that is tearing our country apart.  Much of this is supported by people like George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg and Ed Bastian of Delta Airlines.  There are others also.  The big battle is coming.

Kimber Mfg. Inc. ("Kimber") has discovered a quality issue involving the firing pin safety block of certain Kimber R7 model handguns shipped from January 10, 2022 through February 14, 2022.  Firearms assembled with the subject firing pin safety block may release multiple rounds from a single trigger pull.  https://www.kimberamerica.com/serial-r7-mako

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The Illinois State Police (ISP) has released a statement regarding their efforts in getting FOID cards processed.  Actually, the ISP does a good job as long as the person fills out the application correctly.  If you, or whoever helped you, made some mistake on the application you are still in the soup.  If you are an ISRA member, there are two staff members in the office who will help you.  Please do not call on Mondays or before 10am.

Due to incoming winter storm. the ISRA office will be closing at noon today.

Due to the incoming winter storm, all ranges will be closing at noon today, Thursday, February 17th.