Month: January 2016

TEACHING WOMEN: How not to screw up a good thing

THE DOs AND DON’Ts OF INTRODUCING WOMEN TO SHOOTING Originally published in Recoil Magazine, Issue 20 From Sass Brass and Bullets by Diana Hufstedler You know who you are. You’re the guy who shoots a lot, maybe competes a little. You sometimes browse the online profiles of female shooters, secretly wondering…

“TRYIN'”: 52-year-old Robbery Artist gets shot dead. His momma says “He was tryin’ to do better than minimum wage.”

  [caption id="attachment_19710" align="alignnone" width="620"] That may have been the case in the 1960s.  Today though, the greatest purveyor of violence is young, black males committing said violence against other young, black males.  Photo via Post-Dispatch[/caption]   It's unknown if Crayton "Big Wes" West was looking for more than cold…

CHICAGO VIOLENCE: A look at Victims Jan 08-10, 2016

[caption id="attachment_19699" align="alignnone" width="600"] Interestingly enough, this incident at the Z&S Liquor store was not included.[/caption]   We love Second City Cop.  They have all sorts of great information from the law-enforcement perspective on current events on the ground in Chicago. They love us too.  You'll notice a link to…