Prairie State Wire

With approximately two months to go until the primary election in June, Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey stressed in an April 25 tweet his firm stance in support of the right to bear arms.

Bailey, who also represents the 55th District in the Illinois State Senate, took to Twitter following a recent trip to a shooting range.

"Cindy and I visited KAM Shooting Sports in Morton today," he said in the tweet. "I support the Second Amendment and will always stand up and fight to defend your freedoms."

As part of his campaign, Bailey hosted a gun raffle that ended on April 23.  

"Friends, help fuel our movement to reform Springfield and restore Illinois and enter to win one of these great guns," he said in an April 22 tweet. "Winners will be drawn tomorrow at our event from 2-4PM. You do not have to be present to win."

Bailey has been a longtime proponent for getting rid of the state's Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards. Last year, he took to social media where he called the cards unnecessary and purposeless.

"Honest Illinoisans should not be jumping through hoops and putting their families and personal information at risk to exercise their God-given right to protect themselves and their families," he said in an August Facebook post. He pointed blame at the Pritzker administration, calling it "another failure."

Bailey's hard work to get on the Illinois ballot has not gone to waste. Last month, he announced his name would be at the top of the Republican primary ballot.

"GOOD NEWS: we are the first on the Republican Primary ballot to fire JB Pritzker," Bailey said in a recent tweet, quoted by the Prairie View Wire. He thanked his supporters and gave a special mention to those who've helped him in his campaign, which is aimed at bringing reform to Illinois government and restoration to the state.