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[caption id="attachment_4237" align="alignnone" width="672"] Was Congressman Himes (Democrat-CT) a loner as a child? Was he a loser? Why, you ask? We'll tell you why: We certainly don't see it heroic to advocate leaving our children defenseless.[/caption] Second City Cop nails it. Entire post here, but the Pièce de résistance…
Best Christmas Light show 2012? It's the best we've seen. Turn up the sound and set it to HD. Merry Christmas.
Greetings from Nicole Anderson-Cobb, PhD, ICHV Outreach Coordinator: With commentary from yours truly, non-ivory-tower non-PhD. 1. Thanks to all who came out to the "Silent Nights: Contemplating Peace" program last night. It was a WONDERFUL opportunity to remember, share, explore the real challenges of gun violence in our society…
[caption id="attachment_4216" align="alignnone" width="640"] Picollo and his Seeing Eye Cat.[/caption] Picollo, the fellow in Pennsylvania many of us know as the guy who had the Seeing Eye Cat stories, offered up an interesting blog entry that nailed it on several levels. I report excerpts here for your edification. Check 'em…
Why Are You Losing Your Freedoms? The Semantics of Manipulation by John Ross Semantics: the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development What is wrong with Conservatives and supporters of the Second-Amendment? Why, in…
[One of our GSL members asked around for some help for a fellow GSL member on hard times. She wanted it to be anonymous, but it didn't work out completely that way. Here's what happened...] by Jan Today, we delivered Dave's Christmas goodies. We had three BIG boxes of goodies…
I didn't really have time yesterday to dissect the NRA's presser, but Miguel at Gun Free Zone has done a magnificent job. This is good. Really good. Two excerpts. The NRA's remarks in italics, center-justified. Miguel's analysis below. The only way to answer that question is to face up to…
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A University of Illinois professor, Charles "Stretch" Ledford, has been tagging along Guns Save Life endeavors for much of last fall, shooting video for a project of his. Yes, it's a real pistol. A Jennings .25 auto I think. It's a future Chicago gun, and its previous owner told me…
This just in. Literally. Mainstream media reports... Background checks for gun sales jump in Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP/Houston Chronicle) — Background checks for gun sales in Illinois have almost doubled since Friday's school shootings in Connecticut, according to data from the Illinois State Police. Gun sellers say some buyers appear…