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Patriots United for America and the Illinois Freedom Alliance have partnered up to bring us Grassroots Rising on Saturday, April 27th in Peoria.   The event will take place at the Holiday Inn and Suites at Grand Prairie. Why should you go?  Their speakers will share how you, one of the…

See that photo of that guy (girl?) painting?  That's what me painting the interior of my home would look like.  So we've got a couple of gents in Bloomington who paint for a living painting the interior of our home. Part of that involved tearing down my electronics suite to…

OK. Why go with a 10mm pistol? Power. Lots of power. Large heavy bullets at high velocities. Add in the newest higher capacity pistols on the market, and now you are fielding 15 shot magazines chock full of magnum speed bullets.The 10mm is certainly not the most popular choice for…

Yes, we know some folks aren’t getting their copies of GunNews in a timely manner. The US Post Office in Peoria “lost” a pallet of GunNews back in November and they were delivered (checking notes) 96 days after we mailed then in November. Now the April 2024 issue, with a…

Primary Elections and looking ahead to November Gun owners did pretty well with candidates who won most of the contested primary races. Our biggest disappointment happened in far southern IL where Darren Bailey wasn’t able to defeat 4-term incumbent Congressman Mike Bost. Despite the national Republican Party spending a lot…

An aspiring career criminal who cops say carjacked an Uber driver five days after getting released for felony gun possession.  Cops tried to pull him over, he fled and ultimately crashed into a CPD vehicle. And the judge released him until trial. He didn't even have to pinkie-swear to be…

The Illinois State Rifle Association put on the Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day event yesterday.  About 300 mostly enthusiastic people showed up and Alan Gottlieb delivered a great presentation from the podium warming up the crowd for the march to the Capitol building. The ISRA event did net a little…

Do you recall Devin Krueger? He’s the prolific and destructive sociopath who savagely victimized one Guns Save Life family - repeatedly. Repeatedly as in three times in five days. He now calls the Graham Correctional Center Prison in Hillsboro home. [caption id="attachment_41262" align="alignnone" width="770"] Satan? No. It’s Devin Krueger.[/caption] Krueger…

Join us tonight at Jamie's Outpost in Utica, IL for our LaSalle County GSL meeting. Our monthly drawing will be for a case of 1000 rounds of .223 FMJ ammo.  How sweet is that? Last month, our main speaker John Anthony (pictured above), the former State Rep., former cop and now…

Camp Independence is the nation’s oldest and original preparedness gathering. The event started in 1968 with a small group from Chicago renting a single cabin at Tippecanoe River State Park in Indiana, and conducting outdoor survival training. The event grew over the years until Live Free USA rented the entire…