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Recently, counter-demonstrators to a rally in support of President Donald Trump showed up open carrying rifles and pistols. When a Phoenix New Times reporter noticed the rifle-totin’ red-scarfed brigade, he followed along . . . As I walked next to them, we would encounter obstacles, like parked cars, and so forth, and…
Meet career criminal Joseph Jakubowski. He wrote a rambling, 160-page manifesto and mailed it to President Donald Trump. In the diatribe, Jakubowski threatened to kill the leader of the free world. He also stole some 16 firearms from a gun store in Wisconsin. Police hope he will turn himself in. …
Guns Save Life's Chicagoland Regional Director Alfreda Keith-Keller, right, enjoys sharing a momentary lead in this year's march to the state capitol. Gun owners in Illinois stepped up to the plate for the 11th annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day. Thankfully, not even a steady drizzle or cool temperatures could…
Between gun stores and the internet, gun owners new and old can learn a lot. Great information is widely available (including right here at The Truth About Guns!) about gun ownership, maintaining guns and their use in competition, recreation and self-defense. Unfortunately, the quality of information can vary widely. Some…
Mossberg's new Shockwave shotgun was introduced at the SHOT Show and is finally being seen in the wild. The shotgun, classified by our friends at the BATFE as a "non-NFA firearm," features a 14-inch barrel and a 26.5-inch overall length. In short, it's a short-barrelled shotgun of a sort that doesn't…
Bug-out bags, sometimes known as get-home bags, provide some basics to survive while evacuating from a disaster. While philosophies vary about the bags and their contents, should guns and ammo be a part of yours? But-out bags are really must-have items. They can save your life. The old expression "proper…
Why does Chicago have a violent crime problem? Could it be the criminal justice system provides no deterrence to criminality? Let's face it folks: You're on your own in America's (formerly) Second City.. Crime in Wrigleyville & Boystown blog has the story of armed robbers catching sentences of probation after…
Guns save life. Suppressors save hearing. These are the facts of life. Suppressors also make you a good neighbor to those around you when you shoot. Not suprisingly, those opposed to gun ownership also oppose allowing mufflers for guns. Their arguments make about as much sense as opposing the use…
The America Civil Liberties Union loves to defend some civil liberties. Other civil liberties, like the Second Amendment's protections, tend to feel the ACLU's bus tires rolling over it. Continuing that trend, radical ACLU "senior policy advocate" Harold Jordan wrote an op-ed for the Pittsburg Post-Gazette advocating disarmed cops work…
IGOLD event schedule... NOTE: Guns Save Life members will meet at the Golden Corral restaurant at 1038 Lejune Dr, Springfield, IL 62703 (In Walmart Supercenter Plaza on S. Sixth Street) at 10:45am for lunch and camaraderie prior to heading to the Prairie Capital Convention Center. All are welcome to join…