We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
Mossberg's new Shockwave shotgun was introduced at the SHOT Show and is finally being seen in the wild. The shotgun, classified by our friends at the BATFE as a "non-NFA firearm," features a 14-inch barrel and a 26.5-inch overall length. In short, it's a short-barrelled shotgun of a sort that doesn't…
Bug-out bags, sometimes known as get-home bags, provide some basics to survive while evacuating from a disaster. While philosophies vary about the bags and their contents, should guns and ammo be a part of yours? But-out bags are really must-have items. They can save your life. The old expression "proper…
Why does Chicago have a violent crime problem? Could it be the criminal justice system provides no deterrence to criminality? Let's face it folks: You're on your own in America's (formerly) Second City.. Crime in Wrigleyville & Boystown blog has the story of armed robbers catching sentences of probation after…
Guns save life. Suppressors save hearing. These are the facts of life. Suppressors also make you a good neighbor to those around you when you shoot. Not suprisingly, those opposed to gun ownership also oppose allowing mufflers for guns. Their arguments make about as much sense as opposing the use…
The America Civil Liberties Union loves to defend some civil liberties. Other civil liberties, like the Second Amendment's protections, tend to feel the ACLU's bus tires rolling over it. Continuing that trend, radical ACLU "senior policy advocate" Harold Jordan wrote an op-ed for the Pittsburg Post-Gazette advocating disarmed cops work…
IGOLD event schedule... NOTE: Guns Save Life members will meet at the Golden Corral restaurant at 1038 Lejune Dr, Springfield, IL 62703 (In Walmart Supercenter Plaza on S. Sixth Street) at 10:45am for lunch and camaraderie prior to heading to the Prairie Capital Convention Center. All are welcome to join…
More information continues to come forward about America's largest "mass shooting" to date last Sunday morning. Gang violence there claimed one life and left 16 others wounded in a single incident at the Cameo hip-hop club. Believe it or not, Cincinnati's cops received over 600 service calls to Cameo nightclub…
The high-energy, action-packed Gamma Phi circus returns to Redbird Arena in Normal, IL on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8th. Folks, make plans to take your entire family and any friends you like to one of those performances. It's a GREAT, family-friendly time and you'll love it. Promoters bill…
The "largest" mass shooting in America this year in Cincinnati took place early this morning as a violent thug opened fire on a large crowd, killing one and wounding 15 more. Police said the violence was not terrorism-related. To the contrary, the violence most certainly WAS terrorism. The violence…
Illinois serves as home for a lot of people who don't understand guns. They fear that which they don't understand. Some folks not only fear guns, but hate them and those who have them. Such is the case at A Place 2 Grow in Troy, Illinois near Collinsville. A Place…