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With a heavy heart, we report that the great Jim Butler passed away Tuesday, March 3rd. Butler Funeral Homes (unknown if related) is handling his services. James “Jim” W. Butler, 84, of Springfield, died at 8:17 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Memorial Medical Center. Jim was born June…

Feds say they caught up with Central Illinois gunshop smash and grab artists who stole dozens of firearms since Christmas.  They hit shops in five counties.  Until their good fortune ran out. Of course, wearing distinctive clothing didn't exactly make it hard to find these clowns. From the US Attorney's…

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 spite of their best efforts, do they continue to lose ground…

by Dominic Visione If you hang around cops enough (in a social setting, not while in custody) you may hear them refer to a colleague as an “empty holster.” Empty holsters are typically officers who are assigned to an administrative job, i.e, driving a desk instead of working patrol or…

The Governor and leaders of the gun grabbers in Springfield sent ISP Director Brendan "Empty Holster" Kelly to the capitol yesterday.  His mission:  to round up a couple of Senators to vote for imposing $200 FOID cards upon Illinois residents and making them submit to fingerprints like criminals to exercise…

Motions to Concur with House Amendments 1-3 for SB 1966 just got assigned to the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee.  This is a formality that must be held prior to a vote on concurrence. The Judiciary committee meeting has been postponed to 3:30 so they could post it for committee as…

(GSL/TTAG) - As we’ve reported, the State of Illinois has skimmed off tens of millions in unspent funds from the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Fund. Monies designated to fund enforcement of the Land of Lincoln’s gun licensing schemes. Now, after failing to spend those monies, the empty holster ISP…

GSL Member E.S. shared details of his remarkable trip to Richmond, Virginia with Guns Save Life members in several cities in February. He participated along with tens of thousands of other gun owners protesting efforts by radical gun grabbers to curtail Virginians’ civil rights involving guns. The Virginia Citizens Defense…

Americans too often believe that violent crime almost always happens to other people. Most people never expect crime will happen to them. Until it does. People don’t realize that we have a 1 on 30 chance of becoming the victim of a violent crime every year. While most folks have…

[caption id="attachment_28240" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image via Ammoland.com[/caption] The NRA has opened voting for its Life Members and above for 2020. A lot of folks are asking us in leadership at GSL who to vote for in the National Rifle Association’s 2020 elections.  After all, the NRA organization is in deep…