Sangamon County Rifle Association
Right Reason on Second Amendment Rights
Springfield, Illinois





Jim Butler


Commentaries by

 Jim Butler, President, SCRA
Published in GunNews








Index

Global gun banners set sights
on America - 2/05


Pre-requisite for genocide:  GUN CONTROL - 3/05

Is the Daley Dynasty Crumbling? - 4/05

You can lead big-city bigots to water
but you can't
make them drink - 5/05

Second Amendment:  Protecting Freedom - 6/05

Registration useless and dangerous - 7/05

Our constitutional rights are under assault - 8/05

Illinois "Assault Weapons" Battle Looms - 9/05

New York's Sullivan Law:
 Making criminals'
work safer for 100 years - 10/05

Who's closed-minded and intellectually
"challenged" - 11/05


Gun hater predictions:  Wrong every time -11/05a

State Police Director needs to go - 12/05

Professor John Lott Expose Gun Myths - 1/06

Cities with most restrictive gun laws
have the highest crime rates - 2/06

England has forgotten the lessons
of history - 3/06

Federal government agents should be
held accountable - 4/06

Concealed Carry - Illinois residents deserve
the right to choose - 5/06

Daley tries bringing the rest of us
down to his level - 6/06

The U.N. Gun Grab - 7/06

Gun Control in U.K., Australia, Brazil
and USA -7/06a

Futility of Gun control Laws - 7/06b

Bolton magnificent in defense
of Second Amendment - 8/06

The Constitution - It's Worth Saving - 9/06

Free-Speech Blackout - 10/06

Your Rights are irrelevant -
if you're dead - 11/06

The  Lautenberg gun ban
Ex Post Facto Law has no
place in America - 12/06

All is Not Lost - 01/07

Don't Fall for the Daley Diversion - 02/07

"Assault Weapon" Deception - 03/07

The Second Amendment
It means what it says - 04/07

Myths of the .50 Caliber - 05/07

Antis Gun-Free School Zone
Failure - 06/07

The Second Amendment
  Individual or Collective Right 07/07

Special Session Shenanigans 08/07

Reasons to Reject Gun
Registration 09/07

You Don't Have to Wonder 10/07

Phony photo-op 12/07

2nd Goes to the Supremes 1/08

The "Miller" Decision 2/08

Rights "on loan"from government?" 3/08

Gun-free zones are really "Kill Zones" 4/08

The Real Problem:  An Absence of Culture 5/08

BATF Behind the Bush-Clement Brief
on the D.C. v. Heller Case 5/08a

Bloody Chicago 06/08

The Second Amendment
  Individual or Collective Right 08/08 (Repeat)

D.C. Defies Supreme Court 09/08

Firearm Registration Gateway
to Loss of Freedom 10/08

Soros helps fund U.N. Gun Grab 11/08

Chicago poiticians deny citizens self-defense 12/08

Phony "Assalt weapons" Ban Resurfaces
 with Obama's Election 1/09


Do Gun Control Laws Work? 2/09

Rights Lost Through Government
Crisis Management 3/09

Illinois Concealed Carry Long Overdue 4/09

Mexican Weapon Deception Exposed 5/09

Sangamon County and the Second
Amendment Resolution 6/09

Chicago's Handgun Ban Court Case 7/09

Self Defense 8/09

Trashing our Constitution and Republic 9/09

Time to reclaim our country 10/09

McDonald v. Chicago 11/09

The Fallacy of Gun Control 12/09

Yet another mass murder in a
"Gun-free zone" 01/10


The Socialist Onslaught Against
America 02/10


McDonald v. Chicago
The Supreme Court Case 03/10


Illinois Last State for
Concealed Carry? 04/10


Bloomberg's Federal Plan To Bypass
 Congress and Disarm America 05/10


Obama using the United Nations
for gun control 06/10


Chicago's Gun Ban Failure 07/10

Daley's New Criminal
 Protection Ordinance 08/10


Trashing our Constitution and Republic 9/09
Editor's note:  Jim Butler is recovering from eye surgery
and will return next month.  In the meantime, he asked
that we re-run this as one of his "best of" columns.

George Soros:  One bad dude 12/10

Illinois Last State to Allow Citizens to Carry
 Firearms for Self Defense 01/11

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords 02/11

Illinois Only State Left - CCW 03/11

Time for the FOID Card to go 04/11

Illinois Right-to-Carry Now 05/11

The fight for Illinois right-to-carry goes on 06/11

U.N. working to disarm the U.S. 07/11

Illinois:  Welcome To The Last State Without Right-to-Carry 08/11

Obama's Financal Meltdown 9/11

Fast & Furious Scandal:  A Putrid Mess 10/11

Welcome to IL:  The only state to deny its residents right to carry 11/11

2011:  A Good Year For Gun Owners 12/11

It's time!  For Eric Holder to go...01/12

Obama's Ongoing Anti-Gun Agenda 02/12

Mayor Rahm wants to be our king 03/12

Illinois anti-gun politicians condemn Illinois
 residents to the mercy of thugs 04/12


United Nations threat to gun ownership imminent 05/12

Most Important Polical Battle in American History 06/12

Unbridled Power! 07/12

Why don't we have right-to-carry in Illinois? 08/12

Let's take back our country 09/12

Stop Obama's legacy to future generations
 before it's too late 11/12


Obama and Holder's plans to take over
your local police 12/12


Federal Court reverses Illinois ban
on Right-to-Carry 01/13

On school shootings and gun bans 02/13

The Leftist Jihad Agsinst Homeland
America's Favorite Firearms 03/13

Disarming America 04/13

Purpose of the Second Amendment 05/13

Second Amendment - Freedom and Survival 06/13