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Remember the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case from Sanford, Florida? Who could forget? Well, it looks like our own state of Illinois will host a similar legal battle in the coming months. The shooting death of Xavier Hartman in western Illinois has inflamed passions and left residents divided and confused. During…

With some exceptionally mild summertime weather for Illinois, a few of my fellow GSL Defense Training instructors and I spent last weekend teaching kids how to shoot pistols. More importantly, we helped make memories for the kids on that pistol line.  Not only that, but we made sure these young…

The smiles keep me coming back to help at America's longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camp in Bloomington, Ilinois. Darnall's GunWorks and Ranges hosts the kids each year for a four-day, three night gun camp on their property. This year marks the 24th year for the event. It's also probably the only…

By Mike Keleher You may not be aware of this, but these are the bargain days for obtaining AR-15 rifles. Back when Hillary Clinton was running for president, gun owners were very worried about their gun rights and the whole Democrat gun-ban agenda brashly came into the public light. Gun…

For all of you training junkies, here's something different.  It's a 3-day blended course offering both firearms training and Krav Maga hand-to-hand combatives all rolled into one.  The instructors will include Ernie Kirk, one of the foremost Krav instructors in the world.  Think of him as the Jeff Cooper of…

At the Tactical Conference in North Little Rock this spring, some of the best legal minds warned us that in today's world, prosecutors may take even a righteous defensive gun use to the jury.  Especially if one of their constituents lost his or her life in the commission of a…

[caption id="attachment_25803" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Peter Breen says he supports gun rights. Barack Obama said the same thing.[/caption] The Politico website says the ground is shifting in Illinois when it comes to the gun debate.  Four Republicans received the strong endorsement of the Illinois Gun Violence Prevention Political Action Committee (G-PAC), which…

On Thursday, the new NRA President Oliver North's came to visit Effingham, Illinois.  He dazzled the audience with a terrific speech that hit upon God, country and family.  Oh yeah, and guns too.  The event saw seven hundred or more turn out to see an American hero, Oliver North.  The…

By Mike Keleher Dateline: Deadwood, SD. One hundred forty-two years ago. On August 02, 1876, western celebrity James Butler Hickock, was shot in the back of the head by a mentally deranged gunman Jack “Crooked Nose” McCall. Wild Bill Hickock died instantly from the single shot to the back of…

Welcome to the Land of Lincoln, with blue skies and a blue state capitol.  Monday, our Governor signed two gun control bills which passed with veto-proof majorities in both houses.  Sure, the veto-proof was not razor thin, but then again, not all pro-gun orgs in Illinois lobbied against SB-2354.  Two…