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The Outdoor Sportsmen's Group is headquartered at #2 News Plaza in Peoria, IL.  While you may not have heard of the company, you surely recognize and probably grew up with their dead-tree publications:  Guns & Ammo, Firearms News (formerly Shotgun News), Handguns, Shooting Times, and many more.  Employing scores of…

Last weekend's orgy of violence in Chicago actually made the national news. With 78 shooting victims and 12 dead, it well and truly should have. But as a closer look makes extremely clear Chicago has a virulent gang problem, not a gun problem. What's more, Chicago Police internal documents show…

Two good commentary pieces do a pretty decent job hitting the nail on the head when it comes to why nothing changes despite the horrific gang violence on Chicago's streets. First, on the police.  Jack Dunphy notes how Chicago PD's leadership is filled with butt kissers who pander to the…

[caption id="attachment_26157" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Image via Galesburg Register-Mail[/caption] Judge Raymond Cavanaugh rejected a probable cause to continue Knox County Assistant State's Attorney Brian Kerr's indictment for murder in the shooting death of Xavier Hartman.  However, because of the previous grand jury charges, the charge will remain in effect.  I am not…

  I heard the shooting numbers this Monday morning, and the count just got higher and higher as the morning wore on. I quit watching Chicago TV news on Sunday nights years ago- it is all just death and destruction. I tune in on Monday for the recaps and today…

Melissa Hartman, mother of the slain 19-year-old man named Xavier Hartman, blames YOU for the death of her son.  Yeah, she blames the law-abiding members of America's oldest civil rights organization for her son's violent death in late June in rural Knox County, IL.  As I wrote earlier this week,…

Education professionals:  Did you miss your chance for the free teacher gun training back in July?  Well, we have another opportunity for you.  GSL Defense Training, the same people who put on the free class earlier, will host another Illinois Concealed Carry class on September 8 & 9, 2018 at…

A father and concealed carry license holder did what he had to do when faced with a naked child molester in Georgia. Tae Lovelace and his family worked to feed the homeless at a church event. As they enjoyed the day, a man began taking his clothes off and grabbing…

Remember the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case from Sanford, Florida? Who could forget? Well, it looks like our own state of Illinois will host a similar legal battle in the coming months. The shooting death of Xavier Hartman in western Illinois has inflamed passions and left residents divided and confused. During…

With some exceptionally mild summertime weather for Illinois, a few of my fellow GSL Defense Training instructors and I spent last weekend teaching kids how to shoot pistols. More importantly, we helped make memories for the kids on that pistol line.  Not only that, but we made sure these young…