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Guns Save Life will begin hosting a monthly grassroots gun rights meeting in Decatur region beginning one week after IGOLD, on Wednesday, April 3rd.  Meetings are open to everyone and free to attend!  Come out and join us! The meeting will take place at Coz's Pizza, 1405 East Village Parkway, Mt…

[caption id="attachment_26994" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Image via HuffPo.[/caption] Appendix carry in a holster, improperly executed, can result in bad things happening.  Appendix carry without a holster?  Well, Darwin approves of that method.  As one very lucky Marion, Indiana man discovered this past Thursday morning at about 6:30am.  Seems Mark Anthony Jones…

Park Forest PD are a good bunch of people.  Their chief came and spoke at our Guns Save Life meeting in Chicago.  He didn't know us from Adam, but I think it's safe to say he liked us and we certainly liked both his presentation and his personality.  On a…

[caption id="attachment_26981" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Image via CWBChicago.com[/caption] Chicago isn't safe.  And the sentence for a pair of thugs committing a pair of Class X offenses with aggravating factors should outrage everyone in Illinois.  But especially gun owners.  Two armed men committed an armed robbery and home invasion not even two…

If you had any doubt before, the White House made it clear earlier this week that President Trump will not sign any of the gun control measures promoted by Democrats in Congress. The White House says the two main bills under consideration remain "incompatible with the Second Amendment’s guarantee of…

You read that right: Since 1950, 97.8% of mass public shootings happen in so-called gun-free zones. As if we, the People of The Gun needed another reason to avoid these locations whenever possible. Dr. John Lott, author of the ground-breaking book, More Guns, Less Crime, has done a ton of…

GLOCK introduced the new Slimline model G48 earlier this year and showed it off at the SHOT Show. It's actually a longer-slide version of their new G43X pistol. Since it's the same size, some describe the G48 as a hybrid between the GLOCK G43X and the GLOCK 19. I would…

[caption id="attachment_26961" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Courtesy Illinois News Network (ilnews.org)[/caption] Illinois' new Gun Dealer Licensing Act doesn't even take effect until July, but already it has claimed casualties. A number of small dealers have opted to close their businesses rather than submit to the expensive new rules and regulations. As of…

[caption id="attachment_26957" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Courtesy GoogleMaps[/caption] While virtually all gun owners act responsibly and ethically with their guns, sometimes "that guy" can't do either. We call them squirrels in our concealed carry classes. Anyway, one of these squirrels nearly killed himself with a negligent discharge during a medical office visit in…

The Napa County, California Sheriff's Department released a deputy's bodycam video of a fatal police-involved shooting. It happened at night when most deadly force incidents tend to happen. Fortunately, the deputy, Riley Jarecki, survived the attempted assassination and returned fire, killing her attacker. Hernandez Morales, 48, died as a result…