Guns Save Life

About the Champaign County Rifle Association

Who We Are

We are the Champaign County Rifle Association (CCRA) and GunsSaveLife.com is our web site.

We are a civil rights organization dedicated to fully restoring to the citizens of Illinois their full rights as guaranteed by the US Constitution. Our main focus is, of course, the Second Amendment.

One of our primary activities has been putting up the "Burma Shave"-style signs that you may have seen along many of the major highways throughout Illinois.

Although our focus was originally local, our success has drawn the attention of other like-minded groups throughout the state of Illinois, and around the US. We have an active outreach program that helps other associations advance their civil rights struggle.
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What We Stand For —

The CCRA believes that the Second Amendment means precisely what it says: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Thus, we believe that laws that restrict, hamper, or deter the free exercise of this right are in error and must be rectified. An example of such a law is Illinois' complete and total prohibition on the carrying of a loaded firearm on one's person for personal protection. In Illinois there are no permits, licenses, or other mechanisms which allow a law-abiding citizen to carry a gun for protection. Again, in Illinois there is NO legal way for a law-abiding citizen to carry a loaded sidearm on their person for personal protection. Are Illinois residents somehow less intelligent or responsible than our neighbors in Indiana who have had permit-to-carry for over 20 years? Are we, as Illinois residents, less intelligent or responsible than the residents of Kentucky?

At this point, we have been successful in clarifying a portion of Illinois' prohibition on concealed carry with the passage of our version of the Safe Neighborhoods Act. This new law clarifies the rules governing the transportation of an unloaded gun as long as it is in a gun case. (You must have a FOID card, however.) The ammunition may be close at hand, but not in the gun itself. We call this "Six Seconds from Safety" because it takes the average person about 6 seconds to retrieve a gun and load it. While not concealed carry, it does offer an added measure of safety to individuals who feel that they need a firearm close at hand.

Of course, "Six Seconds from Safety" is no substitute for concealed carry of a gun in a holster – which we call "One Second from Safety"! We are currently working to correct Illinois law to allow law-abiding citizens to carry holstered side-arms.

Contacts For More Information —

Six Seconds to Safety John Boch (217) 351–3575

Burma-style signs Robert Eft r_eft@juno.com

We can also be contacted via US Mail at:

CCRA/GSL
P.O. Box 51
Savoy, Illinois 61874

If you would like to send us e-mail, just send it to our webmaster.
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