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By John Naese (Guns Save Life) - Gun safety, basic pistol, and personal protection classes used to be few and far between. There were a lot fewer opportunities and locations to take such classes even 10 years ago. Not anymore. The rise of the concealed carry movement (49 states and…
By Paul H. Vallandigham (GunsSaveLife.com) - When it comes to being in a gunfight, the only rule is to survive. The best gunfight to survive is the one you avoid. Any defensive training instructor, whether involving guns, knives or martial arts will tell you that the first defense is to…
[caption id="attachment_2267" align="alignnone" width="360"] Graphic courtesy hunter-ed.com.[/caption] Pheasants Forever Young Guns will be sponsoring a Hunter Safety Education course this Friday and Saturday near Gibson City, IL. For information or to register, contact the Gibson City Illinois Department of Natural Resources office at 217 784-4730, ext. 223. Flyer here!
This Sunday, September 30 from noon until 4pm the Pheasants Forever Young Guns group will be hosting a Trap Shoot and Fun Day for young people age 18 and under. (Kids under 12 must have parent or guardian present). It's being held at the Green Acres Sportsman's Club in Roberts,…
How cute. A slew of misguided clergy in the Quad Cities area of Illinois submitted an editorial piece urging that gun ownership be sharply restricted except for hunters and sport shooters. In other words: Guns suitable for self-defense against other two-legged predators should be "controlled". Their screed follows our reply:…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo courtesy State Line Rifle Association.[/caption] State Line Rifle Association sponsored an NRA Family Fun Day Shoot last weekend (the second of the year) and Guns Save Life helped promote the event for them in GunNews. We received this in the mail today: We had another…
[caption id="attachment_2248" align="alignnone" width="550"] S&W Model 642, one of the S&W Airweight family of self-defense revolvers.[/caption] So, TSA in Pennsylvania catches and absent-minded flight attendant forgot her CCW piece in her luggage and was called out on it. [caption id="attachment_2249" align="alignright" width="180"] Jaclyn Luby, the flight attendant with a carry…
Mission Accomplished by John Naese Last week, a GSL Highway Sign crew went out and totally refurbished one set of our "Burma-style" sign sets, on westbound I-72 between White Heath and Monticello, and got a good start on refurbishing the other set, on the eastbound lanes at the same location. …
[caption id="attachment_1813" align="alignnone" width="201"] Guns Save Life President John Boch.[/caption] by John Boch President, Guns Save Life Originally published in the December 2011 issue of GunNews. As 2011 winds down, I’d like to thank each of our members for their contributions, both large and small, to our fine organization…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Image courtesy Favim.com[/caption] A spoof on the drug commercials. [youtube]http://youtu.be/xN0254u56Mc[/youtube] Be sure you stick with it through the contraindications and side effects.