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 participating site, 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 July 6, 2009. 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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Jim Butler


Chicago's Handgun Ban Court Case
by James Butler, President, SCRA





Phil Davis

Semi-auto Snipers - the M1C
and M1D Garands

Phil Davis, SCRA




Tom Shafer

Foid card turnaround time
Father's Pfleger's Follies and IGOLD
Glory - a sharp Contrast

Tom Shafer, SCRA





Brent Harney


Training Rifles for Appleseed -
.22 rifles for 25-meter training
 Brent Harney, SCRA




Mike Reynolds, SCRA


Black Powder Rifles
Mike Reynolds, SCRA





"Badlands Bill" Oglesby


"An American Presence"
by "Badlands Bill" Oglesby






Pro Second Amendment Resolution continues to sweep the state!!!

To date 90 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.

NRA Lobbied Against Illinois LTC Bill

Law-abiding people deserve right to carry firearms

The Armed Schoolteacher - IGOLD Was a Blast


IGOLD 2008


















The Armed Schoolteacher - Blog
IllinoisCarry.org's Valinda Rowe Rebuts 20/20 Hit Piece


YouTube - THE TRUTH ABOUT IGOLD an Expose'

About Ammunuition Encoding -
From the ISRA Freque
ntly Asked  Questions


2009 Illinois Legislation Impacting Gun
Owners and Hunters


Illinois Firearms Laws

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

Guns Save Life Mission Statement

Articles

Central Illinois Gun Courses

Guns Save Life Defense Training

Events, shooting and recreation, meetings, etc.

Springfield Tactical Shooters

Shooting Ranges of Springfield, IL
.

The Appleseed Project

Links to DNR sites


Links to other Pro-Firearms Organization

GunNews Editor: johnnaese@comcast.net



Sangamon County Rifle Association
Springfield, Illinois
Jim Butler, President
Contact us
217/528-0963