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  [John's note:  I received this story of first-person self-defense in Chicago today from a former student and thought I'd share.  He didn't handle it perfectly, but he handled it well enough he and his boss were able to escape unharmed and without property damage.]   I was in the…

George Takei, a man whose claim to fame was playing the role of Mr. Sulu in the early Star Trek show, founded a new gun-grabbing org following the Muslim Terror attack at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando.  Takei didn't see a problem with radical Islam, or the fact that it…

[caption id="attachment_22381" align="alignnone" width="700"] Officer Ross of the Tulsa PD jokes: "I've got all my bad guys in one place."[/caption] It's good to be in condition yellow, or aware of your surroundings everyday. When you see Walmart's new logo, the "spark", you should be thinking "Condition Yellow!" for your time…

[caption id="attachment_22373" align="alignnone" width="706"] Missouri's Democrat Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed Constitutional Carry. His veto got over-ridden. He's not a happy camper, but his constituents gain freedom and liberty.[/caption]   From The Truth About Guns: by Dan Zimmerman “Missouri lawmakers have overridden a veto of a wide-ranging guns bill that will…

Joe Adams of Project Bluelight Scouts delivered a compelling and scary look at who and what is coming across our southern border with Mexico at the Champaign Guns Save Life meeting Tuesday, September 13th. A former Marine, Joe Adams has amassed decades of work with various government agencies including the…

A home invading 16-year-old punk  Jalen Thompson Johnson, who sometimes attended high school as a sophomore, got shot dead in his chosen career path early Monday morning. [caption id="attachment_22354" align="alignright" width="214"] Jalen Johnson... "A great kid".[/caption] Shouting "POLICE!" and holding a pistol, he kicked in the front door of an…

  Chicago, Gangs, and Guns – Part II by Frank Sharpe Fortress Defense Consultants In Part I, I ran down the basics of IL Chicago gun laws and stated that they have nothing to do with the record number of shootings the city has seen this year. Here in Part…

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Winston Churchill made that line famous in World War II and it remains just as applicable today.  In Shawnee, Kansas, John Simmons III and his buddy tried to carjack a young mother at the local…

  Saturday turned into a great day at the Aurora Sportsman's Club as 210 registered shooters turned out to shoot the 10th annual ASC Zombie Shoot.  The entire event had been set up as family-friendly, with stages for everyone from kids and newbies to experienced shooters tackling a 600-yard headshot…

[caption id="attachment_22288" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Gun owner Elizabeth Southern gets a fist bump from firearms instructor Jeffrey Bova at a gun range near Piru. LA Times photo/caption.[/caption] On her first shot:  “It was the first moment in my life that I felt like I wouldn’t have to live in fear anymore,…