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Chicago Police solve less than 20% of homicides. I've heard numbers as low as 10%, but let's give them the benefit of the doubt. It's not because police are incompetent, or lazy, or indifferent.  No, the blame falls squarely on the people who refuse to get involved in keeping their…

      Champaign, IL (Guns Save Life)  - Gun control advocates were on hand to help organize gun control at the grassroots level in Champaign at a town hall meeting of sorts sponsored by the local Illinois Democrat Representative Carol Ammons.  Probably close to two thirds of the fifty-five…

[caption id="attachment_20076" align="alignnone" width="600"] Senator Mark Kirk.[/caption] An "F" grade from the NRA will be the last thing any Republican will have to worry about if they vote to approve an Obama appointment to the Supreme Court. (Daily Caller) - Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt said on CNN’s “State of…

We were set to have Civilian Force Arms owner Yanos Hagos as our main speaker at the last GSL Chicago meeting, but Mr. Hagos was unable to attend because of a family obligation.  He sent one of his employees, Marty Munns instead.  In doing a little background for the write-up…

  Justice Antonin Scalia passed away Saturday morning in Texas. Scalia was a staunch ally for gun rights and Constitutional Conservatism on the U.S. Supreme Court. It's expected the the divisive President Obama will seek to fill Scalia's seat with another fringe leftist appointment before time runs out on his…

  via Calvert Memorial Home Dorothy E. Holland 94 of McLean, Illinois passed away 5:25 AM February 10, 2016 at Manor Court, Clinton, IL. Services will be 10 AM, Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Calvert Funeral Home, Clinton, IL with Rev. Becky Barrow officiating. Burial will follow at Oak…

From our friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association. This will be a great time to brush up on your "Direct Action" advocacy for gun rights. I don't believe the "University YMCA" is university-owned building.   It wasn't thirty years ago when I was a student.  If it's not, remember…

  Guns Save Life is pleased to announce a new discussion forum for Illinois gun owners, coming this late spring.  Well, it's actually probably going to launch before then, but we'd rather under promise and over deliver. It'll be a place to go for both Guns Save Life members and…

  We're proud of our motto at Guns Save Life:  "We defend your right to defend yourself". So imagine our surprise to see the title of NRA's Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre mentioning something very close to our long-time motto in his latest column appearing in NRA publications. We're humbled. Once…

Here's another reason why beat cops like card-carrying good guys.  They can mean the difference between life and death for a peace officer in trouble. Don't tell that to their rabidly anti-gun police chief who would rather burn perfectly good money than sell police confiscated guns to law-abiding Americans. "Our…