Month: September 2013

Protective Firearms Institute responds: GSL retracts

On Friday, we posted "Buyer Beware:  Do your homework before registering for an Illinois Concealed Carry class" where we cautioned Illinois gun owners about some groups advertising classes as approved when they are not or others who certainly seem questionable at best. Among those mentioned as an example was Protective…

Col. Robert Howard: The Greatest Hero America Never Knew

[caption id="attachment_9528" align="alignnone" width="360"] Col. Robert Howard[/caption]   The Greatest Hero America Never Knew The true story of Waco's Col. Robert Howard. by David Feherty D Magazine The Department of Homeland Security is not doing its job. As proof, I, David Feherty, a 17-year resident of the Dallas area but…

Champaign County Housing Authority steps in it

[caption id="attachment_9523" align="alignnone" width="600"] YOU'VE GOT MAIL!The certified kind.[/caption] They didn't listen. Yesterday, after Guns Save Life president John Boch addressed the Champaign County Housing Authority (CCHA) board of commissioners (which, by the way, look nothing like a cross-section of the community) and expressed profound concerns with CCHA trampling of…

THINK PROGRESS: Female gun owners are stupid

Think Progress, according the Wikipedia, "is an American political blog that 'provide[s] a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies'.  It is an outlet of the Center for American Progress. They aren't big fans of self-defense or gun ownership. They published a story today (a huge hat tip to Miguel…