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From our friends at the Civilian Marksmanship Program: December 17, 2013 AMMUNITION UPDATE. The CMP has been notified by ammunition manufacturers and distributors to expect price increases and significant delivery delays for all calibers of ammunition, especially for .22 rimfire. The price increases and delays apply to orders we have…
It's time for an another update. The APPLICATION (for instructors) Yesterday, the Illinois State Police posted a press release indicating they would offer a "soft" roll-out of the new CCW application process to existing Illinois State Police-approved firearm instructors. This was pitched as a beta-test of sorts, to…
In a soft launch that we've hinted about for weeks now, the Illinois State Police announced today via a press release that Illinois State Police-approved concealed carry instructors can apply for a concealed carry license starting tomorrow, December 18th. Here's their press release: Early Applications for Illinois Instructors Provides…
An Open Letter To the Firearms Community Stemming the Illinois Brain Drain. by Tim Giblin Under twenty-five years of Chicago politics, many law-abiding gun owners have fled the oppressive regime of the gun grabbers in Illinois. Even for truly common-sense legislation (right-to-carry laws that failed in 2012), we do not…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Which magazine is legal?[/caption] Thinking of passing more gun control laws? An increasing number of sheriffs in America are saying, "Nope. Not gonna do it" when it comes to enforcing them. Several state Sheriffs' Associations as well as hundreds of individual sheriffs have publicly stated their…
Two middle school students tried to play the "Knockout Game" in Peoria last Friday right outside their school. They weren't successful and the victim notified police. A school resource officer identified the two junior thugs. No arrests were mentioned in the article on the WHOI website. Here's what William Bigelow…
Minutes ago, at roughly 4pm CST, GunsSaveLife.com had its 2 millionth unique visitor this year. Above: Total Visits, Unique Visitors, New Visitors, Return Visitors. GunsSaveLife.com, the internet face of Guns Save Life the organization, went up last fall in our new format. Elbowing our way into the crowded…
Why are anti-gun activists so violent? (Thanks Say Uncle) The latest scumbag looking for a new high score in the school massacre "game" in these sickos minds was an 18-year-old "highly opinionated Socialist" according to one of his classmates. The Denver Post scrubbed the mention of Socialist from their article…
If you got a deer this year, you're ahead of many of the folks out hunting Bambi through the woods. Lousy weather and other factors brought the number of deer taken in the 2013 firearm deer season down almost 25%. Chicago Now has the numbers: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="624"] Kyle…
The key to making money in the stock market this year? In a word: Guns. So much for gun control, which observers say is pretty much a dead duck with the exception of a few isolated areas. The Wall Street Journal's Marketwatch has an article today about the great profits…