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This landed in my email last night after 10pm.  It is an apology for one of the impromptu speakers at the Pontiac meeting last week.  (More on this here.)  Eloquent, sincere and well-written.  I replied and asked if he minded if I reprinted it and he agreed. It took courage…

A former Colorado newspaper editor named Quentin P. Young, a proud driver of a 2007 Toyota Yaris, left the Boulder Camera a few years ago.  He has been unable to land a prestigious job, so he now writes for the "Colorado Newsline," which is sort of like an online alternative…

We all know that you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet.  So if your cause seems righteous, what does it matter if you have to break a few laws to speak out on issues of public policy using public school resources in your official capacity as…

Guns Save Life has reached the thirty-year milestone in our organization's history.  We've grown dramatically from less than a dozen people meeting in the basement of a restaurant in Urbana, IL each month.  Today, we're on the cusp of ten chapters meeting monthly across Illinois.  We have thousands of dues-paying…

This comes to us from French MacLean, a retired Army Colonel whose father served alongside this man.  To make a long story short, Jay Lavin (shortened from Lavinsky after the war), a decorated World War II veteran and perhaps the last remaining survivor of the Battle of the Bulge needs…

Self-defense is legal everywhere in America. Even in Chicago. Even if you’re black, Latino, gay, transgendered, Muslim or maybe all of the above. But no matter where it happens, the color of your skin, who you worship or who you sleep with, the legal aftermath of using force in self-defense…

Chicago's earned the most homicides of any city in America for 11 years in a row.  737 last year, in fact.  So what do our Chicago Democrats do with their time?  Do they work to solve gang violence, crappy schools, or single parent households that lead to crime and poverty? …

I was born and raised in Springfield, IL. I hunted, fished & trapped all over Illinois. I held an FOID card for many years and served in the US Army for over 20 years. I retired from the Army out of Iraq in 2004. Whether I was living in Colorado…

by Todd Vandermyde(originally published in 2016) Dear Hillary Hipsters, Miley Millennials and Participation Trophy Pansies, you got me thinking with your talk of playing games with the electoral college and this talk of “armed” rebellion. You expect us to take your talk of rebellion and revolution seriously? Yet you can’t…

Guns Save Life has grown in our 30 years.  We've proven ourselves a thorn in the side of government bureaucrats and agencies to say nothing of politicians.  And, no doubt, some would say we're kind of radical. While 99% of people who come out to share fellowship, friendships and gun…