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Melissa Hartman, mother of the slain 19-year-old man named Xavier Hartman, blames YOU for the death of her son. Yeah, she blames the law-abiding members of America's oldest civil rights organization for her son's violent death in late June in rural Knox County, IL. As I wrote earlier this week,…
Education professionals: Did you miss your chance for the free teacher gun training back in July? Well, we have another opportunity for you. GSL Defense Training, the same people who put on the free class earlier, will host another Illinois Concealed Carry class on September 8 & 9, 2018 at…
A father and concealed carry license holder did what he had to do when faced with a naked child molester in Georgia. Tae Lovelace and his family worked to feed the homeless at a church event. As they enjoyed the day, a man began taking his clothes off and grabbing…
Remember the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case from Sanford, Florida? Who could forget? Well, it looks like our own state of Illinois will host a similar legal battle in the coming months. The shooting death of Xavier Hartman in western Illinois has inflamed passions and left residents divided and confused. During…
With some exceptionally mild summertime weather for Illinois, a few of my fellow GSL Defense Training instructors and I spent last weekend teaching kids how to shoot pistols. More importantly, we helped make memories for the kids on that pistol line. Not only that, but we made sure these young…
The smiles keep me coming back to help at America's longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camp in Bloomington, Ilinois. Darnall's GunWorks and Ranges hosts the kids each year for a four-day, three night gun camp on their property. This year marks the 24th year for the event. It's also probably the only…
For all of you training junkies, here's something different. It's a 3-day blended course offering both firearms training and Krav Maga hand-to-hand combatives all rolled into one. The instructors will include Ernie Kirk, one of the foremost Krav instructors in the world. Think of him as the Jeff Cooper of…
At the Tactical Conference in North Little Rock this spring, some of the best legal minds warned us that in today's world, prosecutors may take even a righteous defensive gun use to the jury. Especially if one of their constituents lost his or her life in the commission of a…
[caption id="attachment_25803" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Peter Breen says he supports gun rights. Barack Obama said the same thing.[/caption] The Politico website says the ground is shifting in Illinois when it comes to the gun debate. Four Republicans received the strong endorsement of the Illinois Gun Violence Prevention Political Action Committee (G-PAC), which…
On Thursday, the new NRA President Oliver North's came to visit Effingham, Illinois. He dazzled the audience with a terrific speech that hit upon God, country and family. Oh yeah, and guns too. The event saw seven hundred or more turn out to see an American hero, Oliver North. The…
