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  Paid Advertisement   Critical Threat Management Comprehensive Force-on-Force training to overcome a violent attack   We have about six slot remaining for this coming weekend's Critical Threat Management class.  This is truly cutting edge training, scarcely ever available to civilians.  It's available right here in Central Illinois this weekend,…

A courageous police union in New England snubbed Obama yesterday at a Labor Day event in Boston. Why? Read on... Via Boston Herald: Jerry Flynn, a Lowell cop on leave while serving as executive director of the New England Police Benevolent Association, said his organization’s executive board has chosen to…

  Not one, not two, but three good Samaritans got involved when they saw a police officer in trouble in Pol County, Florida in recent days.  They probably saved the life of the cop that was attacked by a member of America's criminal culture following a traffic stop. Given that…

  The funeral for the Fox Lake policeman killed by a thugs a few weeks before his retirement was yesterday. It was an impressive turn-out of many thousands of upstanding people to honor a good and honorable man who gave his entire career to protecting good people, and was killed…

The Cornered Cat has a great piece about the value of training. In it, they explore the safety aspects learned in good training.  It's a great piece.  As a trainer of almost twenty years and a training junkie myself, I agree whole-heartedly with the author. Cornered Cat John Johnston, of…

Valinda Rowe, the Illinois Carry spokesman, met with the Illinois State Police a couple of weeks ago, along with Richard Pearson from the Illinois State Rifle Association.   Mrs. Rowe's first impressions of the meeting were very positive. In fact, from her post at Illinois Carry, you would have thought she…

It's a very small statistical sample, from a very dubious source, but they make a point. Hopefully their research is better than their knowledge of how to get a proper grip on a pistol. Study Finds That Chicago Criminals Get Guns From Friends, Family Not acquired from gun shows or…

The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action has long ignored the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Ownership's repeated encouragement for their unhinged followers to call police when they see someone with a gun in public. Their reckless advice endangers not only the person(s) with a gun, but other innocents…

by John Boch Chicago is seeing similar patterns of sharply rising violent crime this year, like many other cities across America.  The Obama regime's pattern of attacking local police while martyring street criminals has led to police pulling back from aggressive law enforcement and bad guys becoming more brazen. Much…

One lucky kid will win a .22 rifle! That's right:  It's YOUTH NIGHT! at Guns Save Life's September 8th meeting in Champaign, IL. The address:  Fluid Events Center, 601 N. Country Fair Drive, Champaign, IL 61821. We're slated to have an archery range, one or more shooting simulators and a…