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WICS 20 Television out of Springfield, IL hosted an hour-long town hall on "Guns in Illinois".   It ran live.  As the Guns Save Life Executive Director, I had the privilege of representing the gun owner perspective with a host of other panelists to talk politics, gun rights and more.…

The Illinois State Rifle Association put out an "Urgent Alert" three days ago, calling attention to, as they put it, a "West Suburban Auto Dealership To Host Gun Control Fund Raiser".   Based upon a Chicago Tribune Naperville Sun story (since edited) that mentioned an upcoming carwash "behind" the Bill Kay…

By Mike Keleher Come on man. Seriously? A thousand human beings have been shot in Chicago from January to the end of May in 2018. To be completely precise 1071 were shot and 200 killed...but I think the point here is "Who is counting, and who is caring about this?"…

[caption id="attachment_25732" align="aligncenter" width="540"]Photo courtesy Bloomington Pantagraph.[/caption] Illinois concealed carry instructors Rick Noble and Dean Hazen hosted a free Illinois CCW class to school staff members this past weekend in Farmer City.  It went well, and garnered some nice coverage from both television and newspaper media outlets. From the Pantagraph:…

4 IDNR Youth/Ladies Wingshooting Clinic Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24 Middle Fork State Fish & Wildlife Area Oakwood, IL (Vermilion County) Sponsored, in part, by Guns Save Life Teaching students the fundamentals of hitting a moving target with a shotgun with reasonable reliability. TO REGISTER:  (815) 258-8474 tdoyle2@msn.com…

For those Guns Save Life members and friends who cannot make the Peoria Guns Save Life meeting Thursday evening, we have an event you won't want to miss.  Senator John F. Curran (Rino-41) will hold a Town Hall meeting in Darien, IL. Heck, he's even inviting us to come crash…

What a day!  I made my first national television appearance this morning - and my first LIVE television appearance - on behalf of Guns Save Life.  It went well as I lambasted the Village of Deerfield for their cosmetic gun ban.  I ridiculed their gun ban as making as much…

Guns Save Life loves Chicago's gun buybacks.  Three times in the past dozen years or so, the scrappy Illinois gun rights group has sold rusty junk to Chicago's taxpayers, and then used the proceeds to send young people to an NRA gun camp.  Saturday, Guns Save Life pulled it off…

By Mike “Well Known Zombie Shooter” Keleher Oh yeah. It is time again to shoot the undead in Grand Island, NE where all targets are zombies, and headshots are heavily encouraged, because…well, you know. This is the seventh year the Zombies in the Heartland match is being held at the…

“It’s a certified terrible frat house.” That's how yet another victim of persistent sexual harassment describes the Illinois General Assembly. One of the very rabidly anti-gun members of the Illinois House, Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang was named and shamed at today's news conference by Maryanne Loncar.  Lang, the sponsor…