CHICAGO, IL – A group of kids in Chicago attempted to rob a CCL holder with a pellet gun. Their plans took an unanticipated turn when their intended victim, with a concealed carry license, responded with a real firearm. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon on Chicago’s North Side. CWBChicago reports that a group of people approached a 37-year-old woman…
Unsurprisingly, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the state’s assault weapon ban constitutional. This overturns a lower court decision on the DAN CAULKINS vs. JAY ROBERT PRITZKER case from March. Illinois Assault Weapon Ban Update In the 4-3 ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court wrote, ” First, we hold that the exemptions neither deny equal protection nor constitute special legislation because plaintiffs…
Illinois – If you are a parent in Illinois, you might think carefully about getting your child a squirt gun because a new ambiguous law has just passed. HB-218 amends the “Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act” leaves a lot open to interpretation. Illinois Firearm Industry Responsibility Act, HB-218 The Firearm Industry Responsibility Act, House Bill 218, is supposed…
A Chicago man is lucky to be alive after getting into a gunfight with a car thief in Chicago this past weekend. Shortly after noon on Jan. 28, 2023, a 46-year-old man saw someone trying to break into his car. The address in the news reports matches Best Buy in Burbank, IL which is a suburb of Chicago. We can…
On Jan. 30, 2023, a home invasion at an apartment complex near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport was thwarted when the 80-year-old victim successfully defended himself with a firearm. The victim was inside his home on West Catherine Avenue when two suspects, one male, and one female, attempted to enter the residence without permission around 10:30 a.m. A physical altercation ensued,…
I usually steer clear of putting my personal opinion on politics, but enough of that on this one. Illinois is trying to make felons out of hundreds of thousands of law-abiding gun owners. HB 5471 was just signed into law, and you would have thought after the royal screw-up of the SAFE-T Act that went into effect on January 1st,…
On the evening of December 15, 2022, outside of Chicago Ridge Mall, two people were shot in what appears to be an extension of a continuing domestic dispute. While leaving a restaurant at approximately 8:20 PM, three men confronted a couple entering their vehicle to leave. One of the vehicle entrants, a concealed carry permit holder, fired numerous shots at…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Two suspects were shot by a CCL holder after shooting at him in what was believed to be an attempted carjacking in Chicago’s Loop. The shooting occurred Saturday, December 10th, at around 3:37 am. The incident occurred in the Loop’s 0-100 block of West Randolph Street. Chicago police reported that the armed citizen, a 31-year-old man, was…
On the night of December 7, 2022, an argument at an Ashburn (a southside Chicago community) gas station between a man and a woman (also a concealed carry holder) led to the woman drawing her firearm. A struggle ensued for control of the weapon, and the concealed carry holder was shot in the hand, and the man was shot in…
A Chicago man with a concealed carry license (CCL) left a gun inside his unlocked truck last Friday morning, and I bet you can guess what happened. CWB Chicago always finds some of the most interesting crime-related stories in the Chicago area, and today they came through once again. In today’s news, there was an incident in court involving a…