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So this morning I visited the Bloomington Wuhan flu testing facility set up on the grounds of the Interstate Center on the west side of Bloomington.  If you've been to a McLean County Sportsmen's dinner or the Bloomington Gun Show in recent years, you've been to this building. I arrived…

[caption id="attachment_28396" align="aligncenter" width="960"] We all know what happens to Ensign Ricky and his friends...[/caption] Greetings and salutations.  Heard from a nurse working the ER at OSF St. Francis in Bloomington Sunday. She says they are seeing one to three dozen people each shift that they strongly believe are CV…

It's Day 8ish of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's "Shelter in Place" order - or whatever you want to call it.  The number of cases is going up each day in Illinois (duh!).  Most of the new confirmed Chinese virus patients are in Cook County. The good news is that while…

So, our volunteers who distribute GunNews each month are reporting that some locations are closed for the Chinese virus "shelter in place" that Illinois has implemented. With that in mind, and given how our members have received their copies in their mailboxes already (for the most part), the GSL Board…

Politicians left and right both love to talk about how they support civil rights.  But when some get their hands on power, and an opportunity presents itself, they become heavy-handed, paternalistic little tyrants.  Yes, actions speak louder than words and some pols find that jackboots fit them quite well. Even…

[caption id="attachment_28374" align="aligncenter" width="720"] It's a trap. Image via GunFreeZone.net.[/caption]   'Rona update.   The chyron says it all. It's looking more and more like the Chi-com flu isn't as deadly as earlier predictions claimed.  This is good news for America.  And bad news for the sensationalist media, the opportunist…

It's been a busy time considering the much of the nation, including Illinois, has shut down. Here's the latest from my world: Ammo becoming unobtainium. Illinois gun retailers are considered "essential" by the Illinois State Police and the governor.  And business has been brisk.  Very brisk. Especially ammo sales. I'm…

A fabulous piece from FoxBusiness. by Chad Storlie The struggle I faced as the COVID-19 recommendations became school closings, "stay-at-home" orders, store closings, and zero social interactions was: how will I make it through the day? I have critical work responsibilities, a large team of now remote workers to lead, my…

Increased time spent at home along with missed social interactions in the workplace, at Guns Save Life meetings and at church takes a lot of us out of our comfort zones. Here are some ideas on how to stay a little more “sane” in this time of at-home quarantine. Perhaps…

More and more Illinois communities are adopting "Emergency" powers ordinances.  And yes, many of those ordinances include giving Podunk town mayors the powers to ban the sale of gasoline, firearms and ammo and to "reallocate" critical goods. Normal, Illinois passed theirs Monday night.   Their meeting proved a trainwreck in that…