Well, Congress took most of August off, as is traditional. Some did come back to deal with the affects of Katrina, but they are back to the basics today.

Next Tuesday, September 6th, Congress will be starting the second session of the 109th Congress. There are many bills we like and many we don't. But, the next gun control measure to be dealt with will be the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in the House. They have the choice of either using the version already introduced into the House - HR800, or they can pick up where the Senate passed S.397.

We expected it sooner or later, but the day has come. The Forum was hacked and we lost about 170 posts. Not the end of the world in the grand scheme. But we have moved to an admin approval system for new ids on the forum. We apologize for the inconvenience, but it is necessitated by the immatureness of our opponents.

It was never the intention of this site to get involved with state or local politics beyond the Forum. But when something does not pass the smell test, you feel compelled to warn people that there is a stink headed their way. And so it is for Cook County, Illinois.