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We bring you a video (hat tip to Miguel at Gun Free Zone - if he's not on your daily stops on the web, he should be) that's terribly illustrative of pre-violence indicators.  It shows what happens when a well-meaning and confident big, strong guy tries to calm down an out-of-control…

Two thugs, aged 14 and 21, killed a Papa John's pizza delivery guy in Georgia - over four pizzas and a few bucks.  It's enough to make you sick. No impulse control.  No respect for others.  Instant gratification at all costs. Likely born and raised at taxpayer expense. Georgia is…

  [caption id="attachment_20415" align="alignnone" width="800"] So... you may see this picture all over FB. The dude in the suit texting his boss is the Bloomberg lobbyist at the WV Senate session as the Governor's veto has been overridden. The happy fellow on his left is with the FoP. They are…

  Some of you may remember Charles "Stretch" Ledford and the video he made about the GSL Burma Signs back in 2012 - "Handguns and Humor in the Heartland."    As you might imagine, we were a little skeptical about this professor of journalism that came to us wanting to…

West Viriginia's Democrat Governor Early Ray Tomblin vetoed a Constitutional Carry measure for the second time in as many years this past week. This year, the legislature there promptly over-rode his veto.  It happened this morning!  In 90 days, no license will be needed for law-abiding residents to carry a…

Guns Save Life hit a couple of home runs on our first day lobbying in the Illinois General Assembly. We met a number of people in leadership from both parties as well as rank and file members. It was a better day than we could have dreamed possible. While we…

  Remember all this hot air last summer? Coalition Files Suit Over Gun Sales in Suburbs Several mothers of young men killed by gun violence in Chicago are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against three suburban Chicago communities: Lyons, Riverdale, and Lincolnwood. The women, along with the Coalition for…

  [caption id="attachment_20376" align="alignnone" width="600"] Guns Save Life Executive Director John Boch, National Rifle Association - Institute for Legislative Action Illinois Liaison Shannon Alford and Guns Save Life President Bear St. Pierre at the Peoria GSL meeting after a day lobbying at the Illinois State Capitol.[/caption]     There is…

    It's only March, but this year is shaping up like none I've ever seen before and I'll tell you why:  The turnout for Republicans is off the charts so far this year, while Democrat turnout has been in the toilet. Here are some numbers.  Vote count difference compared…

Gun sales in February 2016 were big.  Really big. Remember how last year's gun sales were the biggest ever in recorded history?  With 23.1 million pre-sale background checks conducted, 2015 was almost 15% bigger than 2014's numbers and a clean double of those in 2007. This February, gun sales were…