We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
Illinois already layers FOID cards, universal checks, and a 72-hour wait onto every lawful gun sale. That is the statute. Sadly, there are some shops then invent extra obstacles to exercising the 2A and treat them as gospel. The wait is 72 hours from the moment buyer and seller agree…
East Peoria, IL (GSL) - On August 15, I walked into the Walmart in East Peoria looking for church shoes for the boys. I found a man playing cop instead. Just inside the front doors stood a young guy in olive pants, uniform boots, and a black T-shirt. Strapped to…
by John Boch How does a SCOTUS win impact Illinois’ PICA law? The short answer: it’s a multi-faceted answer. The honest answer is: a win in Viramontes kills the heart of PICA. It does not, by itself, delete every line of the statute from the Illinois compiled statutes at 10:01…
Go woke, go broke. Some people figure it out the first time. Others? Their family trees look more like wreaths. The Illinois Times is a Springfield chapel that mistook an "alternative" weekly for a moral superpower. Because, of course, the already lefty mainstream media that few trust isn't quite woke…
Geoffrey Carter was kind enough to put me on Catchin’ Up with Carter — Episode 177 — and I owe him a thank-you for the chair. His show started on a college internet station in Rockford in 2012. It has always been about interesting guests and a real conversation, not a…
Guns Save Life exists to defend your right to defend yourself. That’s the job. The last few months we’ve been feeding the site harder than usual, and the scoreboard finally looked back. September 1–19: 146,800 views and 137,200 visitors. That’s up 285% and 301%. Then September 14 happened — a…
Guns Save Life meets in Mattoon **Thursday, September 10**—the eve of the 25th anniversary of September 11. The topic is not “should you fight.” It is what happens after you do. Yeah, we know there was a typo that said Mattoon was on September 9th. Sorry. I don't walk on…
Guns Save Life is entering its election cycle and is publishing the nominating committee’s slate. There is one vacancy: corporate secretary. Any member in good standing who wants to run for that office should contact Rich Goodall or John Boch. The secretary’s work is modest—taking minutes at the monthly Zoom…
Corie A. Walsh of Frankfort, Illinois, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after her two-year-old son, Barrett (“Bear”), was found hanging from a basement rafter on September 1, 2026. A neighbor discovered the toddler with a ligature around his neck, feet off the ground, cold and pulseless.…
Our September GSL meeting in Springfield is relocating to the Air Combat Museum. Scheels closes early for Labor Day, so instead of settling for the usual cancellation for the holiday, we’re moving the meeting to the 8th and stepping into living history. You’ll stand beside two of the greatest fighters…
