Month: August 2012

Chicago (home of Illinois’ strictest gun control) isn’t safe: Over 75% of homicides unsolved, year to date

[caption id="attachment_1006" align="alignnone" width="507"] Homicides in Chicago are way up this year.Photo courtesy totallycoolpix.com.[/caption] Chicago (Guns Save Life) - Homicides in Chicago have spiked dramatically this year, up 27% over 2011 as of August 16, 2012.  The shocking truth, though, is that over three-quarters of homicides in Chicago have gone…

Edwards County State’s Attorney announces refusal to charge FOID holders for concealed carry

[caption id="attachment_1000" align="alignnone" width="500"] Edwards County State's Attorney Mike Valentine.Photo courtesy disclosurenewsonline.com[/caption] CHICAGO (FOX Chicago News) - A prosecutor in Southern Illinois won't enforce the state's ban on carrying loaded, concealed handguns and other state's attorneys may soon announce the same policy. State's Attorney Mike Valentine said he believes it's…

USCCA: Criminals and the Guns They Carry

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="620"] A 9mm Hi-Point and an RG .22Short revolver are typical of guns confiscated from criminals. Other typical examples are 25ACP and 22LR autoloaders and 22LR or 38Spl revolvers — those are relatively inexpensive and easy to conceal. Nicer weapons, such as the 9mm Taurus at the…

Get your Burma on!

by John Naese, GSL Sign Committee chair At the September meeting, you’ll have the chance to create some new Burma-type slogans for Guns Save Life’s famous roadside signs. Start thinking now.  We want these to be clean, have some rhyme, and be something that a family with kids traveling down…

UPDATED! Blockbuster announcement: McLean Co. State’s Attorney says “No charges for FOID holders merely exercising 2nd Amendment rights”

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="434"] McLean County State's Attorney Ron Dozier.Photograph courtesy Bloomington Pantagraph.[/caption] Bloomington, IL (Guns Save Life) - McLean County State's Attorney Ron Dozier is set to announce publicly today, Monday, August 2o, to the media and residents of McLean County, Illinois, his decision not to prosecute Firearm Owner…

U.S. troops ordered to carry loaded guns on base.

[caption id="attachment_870" align="alignnone" width="472"] U.S. Troops armed, on patrol.Photo by Sgt. Jeremy Todd.[/caption] U.S. troops have long been tasked with fighting with one hand tied behind their backs with silly, politically correct rules of engagement. You know, things like, "we can't target enemy combatants because they've run into a building…