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Over at The Truth About Guns, a parent wrote publicly of his gratitude for a school resource deputy sheriff who ran towards the sound of gunfire, confronting [Scumbag's name redacted], the Socialist nutcase who was on a murderous rampage at his school. Here is James Viseur's comment at TTAG. My…
Imagine that. Al Sharpton, of the Just-us Brothers, rolled into Chicago this past Thursday for a town hall meeting to address gun control issues. It didn't go as Al had planned. The audience was fed up and angry. They weren't calling for more gun control laws. Instead, they were demanding…
One of the greats in firearm invention passed away at 94 in Russia today. Russia Today reports that Mikhail Kalashnikov has passed away. Kalashnikov is the Russians' John Browning, famous for inventing and refining the AK-47 rifle, along with the AKM and AK-74.
(Revised Jan 2, 2014) Illinois has too many Illinois State Police-approved instructors who are cutting corners in the training they provide. Even the mainstream media has picked up on this in stories here, here and here. Guns Save Life is unveiling our proposed plan to stem the tide of unethical…
[caption id="attachment_10280" align="alignnone" width="620"] Funeral services are held this morning for Dustin Friedland, the Hoboken attorney shot and killed Sunday night by carjackers seeking his Range Rover at the Mall at Short Hills in Millburn. The service is at Beth Am Shalom in Lakewood. The 30-year-old was shot and killed…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="420"] Cook County's Sheriff Tom Dart is a little man.[/caption] Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart would be a petty, tyrannical dictator if given the opportunity and ability. Fortunately for the good people of Illinois, our government doesn't allow this - and Tom Dart isn't a happy lil'…
Our friends over at the firearm internet forum Illinois Carry announced today that they were setting up an instructor oversight panel to go after unscrupulous and unethical trainers here in Illinois. We at GunsSaveLife welcome Illinois Carry's announcement. It was accompanied by a checklist folks can use when searching for…
Moms Demand Action - and no, we don't mean that sort of 'action' - have merged with Mayor Bloomberg's kiddie porn mayors' group, er, Mayors Against (Illegal) Guns. It shouldn't be a big surprise as Mayor Bloomberg has bankrolled Moms Demand Action, including paying the professional activist/agitator leader of the…
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…