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




Welcome!

The Sangamon County Rifle Association welcomes you to our website.  SCRA is an organization whose principal purpose is to support Second Amendment issues.

In January 2004, Guns Save Life (the Champaign County Rifle Association), our sister organization located in Champaign County, Illinois, invited SCRA to publish a few pages of Sangamon County monthly news and commentary in their highly successful GunNews. SCRA proudly accepted their invitation and published its first pages in GunNews in March 2004.  

SCRA would like to say a special thank you to the fine folks who make it possible to bring GunNews to its readers in Springfield and the surrounding area each month and to those who allow members to put it into their facilities where it can reach the public.  Pick
up a copy at any of these participating sites, join Guns Save Life and receive your copy each month in the mail or, read GunNews right here online, courtesy GunsSaveLife, (the Champaign County Rifle Association).

If you live in this area we invite you to attend our regular SCRA meetings on the first Monday of each month at Diamond's Buffet, 2441 S. MacArthur in Springfield at 6:30 PM (5:30 PM for dinner and conversation). SCRA's next meeting will be June 2, 2008.  The food is good, all you can eat!  You'll have a good time handling the hardware (firearms), talking about the issues and joining in the fun of some great technical presentations. SCRA does not charge membership dues.

And if you have Second Amendment questions and issues you would like to have answered or discussed at a meeting or, know of someone who could do a related technical presentation, please call Jim Butler at 217/528-0963.  We hope to see you there.


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and
The Real Problem:  An
Absence of Culture

Jim Butler, President, SCRA






Phil Davis

Semi-auto Snipers - the M1C and M1D Garands
Phil Davis, SCRA

Coming soon:
"The Judge"






Tom ShaferHey Governor Blago:  It's hard to run for office when you're in the slammer
Tom Shafer, SCRA's resident activist and thorn in the side of smug politicians from all over Illinois 




"Badlands Bill" Oglesby

"An American Presence"
by "Badlands Bill" Oglesby

Trick Shooting Videos




"Gun Free" zone is easy victim zone
Five Murdered, Many Wounded in so-called "Gun Free" Zone

Readers favor concealed carry

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus

Reader:  Why won't the state allow us to protect ourselves?

Pro Second Amendment Resolution continues to sweep the state!!!
To date
81 Illinois counties have passed the resolution in support of the Second Amendment rights of county citizens.

Legislative Bills in particular that this resolution opposes

To keep track of the progress feel free to drop in at:  http://www.pro2aresolution.com/index.html. You can also find a copy of the resolution and information on getting the resolution passed in your county.



Pending Firearms Legislation
These are the bills that will determine your future rights


GunNews Monthly

Sangamon County Rifle Association's April
Meeting News


I Will Not Go Quietly . . . My Story
By Valinda Rowe


HB1304 - FIREARMS-CONCEALED-PERMITS


Write your Congressman

Contact your Illinois State Senator

Contact your Illinois State Representative

Check out your Illinois State Senator/Representatives record on Second Amendment Issues at icarry.org 

Armed and Safe Blogspot

Illinois Gun Law Changes

NRA-Ila.::State and Federal Gun Laws

Illinois Digest of Hunting & Trapping Regulations

Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) Card
Application


Illinois State Police Official Gun Law Book

Transport your gun legally (in) Illinois

Gun facts - Your guide to debunking gun control myth

Gun Law News


Guns Save Life Mission Statement

Articles

Central Illinois Gun Courses

Guns Save Life Defense Training

Events, shooting and recreation, meetings, etc.

Shooting Ranges of Springfield, IL.

The Appleseed Project

Links to DNR sites


Links to other Pro-Firearms Organizations






GunNews Editor: johnnaese@insightbb.com


Sangamon County Rifle Association
Springfield, Illinois
Jim Butler, President
scra@insightbb.com

217/528-0963