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Nick Rabenau, the slick-talking head of the Type-A Training Group, once posed as an expert firearms training expert to media outlets.  He touted his company's instructor credentials, and denigrated others.  In fact, here's what was on his site: Type A Training Group instructors are experienced operators from the prestigious United…

Pity poor Michael Bloomberg.  He just can't catch a break. Ditto for the increasingly irrelevant Brady Campaign. And all the rest of the utterly irrelevant gun control groups that maintain their meager existence on social media, as though participation on Facebook was a true measure of a successful operation. Then…

There's an old myth that guns don't belong in bars. Of course, we all agree that intoxicated people shouldn't be packing heat.  It should be a personal choice for the rest of society's law-abiding folks and I'll tell you why:  Because good guys with guns are the only thing that…

[caption id="attachment_17254" align="alignnone" width="600"] Detroit Police Chief James Craig talks with reporters at the site of the incident the day after twelve people were shot, one fatally, in gang violence in Detroit.  Photo via MLive.com.[/caption] Detroit's Police Chief James Craig brooks no nonsense.  He is an experienced beat cop who…

  A mother is sitting at a picnic table holding a toddler when she's confronted by two teen girls who are wanting to fight her. The mother remains calm, until finally, one of the aggressors grabs her by the hair, pulling her off the table.  This caused the toddler to…

by John Boch The BBC London called me Sunday afternoon as I was taking a respite from teaching one of GSL Defense Training's Essential Carry classes in Burlington, Iowa.  Mr. Wright was teaching the judicious use of deadly force and I had snuck off to relax when the phone rings. …

Gun rights activists in Illinois scored a win of sorts with the prominent posting requirement for private businesses wishing to ban gun owner civil rights. They do things bigger in Texas.  With the passage of the new open carry law in the Lone Star State, businesses will have to not…

[caption id="attachment_17243" align="alignnone" width="600"] No, it wasn't "zero" percent of gun owners complying with NY Governor Andrew Cuomo's Draconian gun registration scheme. It was close though.[/caption] New York State Police officials fought long and hard to block access to the raw numbers of gun registrations under the new "SAFE Act",…

If you want to learn more about the proven benefits of firearms ownership, and how you can avoid becoming a victim of violent crime, we invite you to attend our Chicagoland Guns Save Life meeting this Sunday, June 28th. Oak Lawn VFW Johnson – Phelps Veterans of Foreign Wars Post…

Welcome to Chicago, right? We bring you today's installment of Chicago culture - a video of gang members shooting it out in a "gun free zone".  Yes, it's a parade, and good guys with guns aren't allowed to be there, thanks to our flawed concealed carry law. The lack of…