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Violent crime in big cities isn't limited to the "bad" parts of those cities. It's everywhere. Take Busch Stadium in St. Louis, home of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.  You would think it would be a safe place. You would think wrong.  Criminals know people can't carry their concealed…

Florida enjoys high levels of gun ownership, and  nearly 8.2% of that state's population of 19.89 million have some form of concealed carry license. The Sunshine State simultaneously enjoys that state's lowest recorded level of firearm violent crime.  Ever. Florida firearm violence hits record low; concealed gun permits up (Naples…

  (Breitbart) - The violence in Chicago did not stop even for a minute during the beautifully cool weekend that featured a “Blood Moon” and first supermoon eclipse in over 30 years. With 53 wounded, including a ten-year-old girl, and four killed during the weekend, the moon was not the…

  Moms Demand Action had a promotional piece featuring a particularly dim-witted Houston Police Chief and while searching for the original post on it, I stumbled onto this gem of deception on their Facebook page.  No, we're not linking to it to drive traffic to them. Nevermind that nobody in…

Violent criminals don't take days off.  Not Sundays.  Not Mondays. It doesn't matter if you're at Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington, or in Chicago, violence happens.  Even early on a Monday evening. The best thing one can do to avoid criminal attack is maintain situational awareness and use common…

Yes, Virginia, there is free ammo out there. Here's the email I got from Brandon at AmmoToGo.com: Brandon here from over at AmmoToGo.com, I hope you had a good weekend and the HOOAH golf tournament was a success. It looked like great weather for a very worthy cause. That got…

  Here you have it.  Right from the horse's mouth: [caption id="attachment_18486" align="alignnone" width="600"] Image via Moms Demand Action Facebook page.[/caption]   Here's a hint, chief dookey-for-brains:  If someone who is armed has a Big Mac in their hand, they are probably eating.  If they're pointing their gun at someone…

  [caption id="attachment_18475" align="alignnone" width="600"] Former Chiago Bear John Janata was our main speaker at the September 27th Guns Save Life meeting.[/caption]   Guns Save Life's Chicago monthly meeting was a big success.  We had almost four dozen people present to hear a trio of tech times, a former Chicago…

Pontiac, IL (Guns Save Life) - Guns Save Life isn't just gun rights activism, lobbying and public education.  We're not a single-dimensional group.  In addition to supporting our right to defend ourselves, GSL supports local peace officers and also our nation's armed forces - both its members and veterans. It…

by John Boch A Chicago Police detective was present at a recent Chicago Guns Save Life meeting and he passed along some excellent advice on how to reduce your risk of home invasion. The detective said that the preferred modus operandi of most burglars locally was to strike during the…