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How bad is it for the "gun control" crowd in Illinois? Well, it's bad. In the past couple of years, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, or Gun Ownership or whatever they are called has: Lost it's long-time director Thom Mannard, as he saw the writing on the wall and…

  Yes, there is a free lunch out there. Compliments of the people working at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and volunteer wingshooting instructors. Saturday, May 02 900 am to 400 pm Moraine View State Park 27374 E 900 North Rd Le Roy, IL 61752 (309) 724-8032 Open to…

At Guns Save Life, we call a turd a turd. A recent (as in days) shooting in South Carolina is a turd, no doubt about it.  The cop claims self-defense in discharging his pistol in the course of a scuffle.  Supposedly the suspect - a fifty-year-old man who is overweight…

[caption id="attachment_16242" align="alignnone" width="600"] Photo taken Tuesday afternoon of the crash site investigation. Click for full size.[/caption] Our condolences go out to the families of some fine people who lost their lives in the crash of a plane roughly two miles shy of the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington,…

[caption id="attachment_16237" align="alignnone" width="595"] A cartoon from The Economist. We can only wonder what sort of bigoted caricatures they drew of black folks when civil rights activists were fighting segregation in 1960s America. While they might consider this cartoon satire, I consider it offensive.[/caption]   The Economist treats the world…

Child molester gets his just desserts in Michigan, courtesy of the man in chains pictured above. He freely admits he took the child molester's life. We say his cell is a good place to house the worst of the worst when it comes to child molesters. The child molester?  He…

Bill would pay gun owners to hand over assault weapons (The Hill) - Gun owners would receive tax breaks for voluntarily turning in high-powered assault rifles under new legislation proposed Monday. The Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act expected to be reintroduced next week by Rep. Rosa…

Dear Illinoisans: Today is election day. Go vote. Remember to support those who eschew tyranny. Remember to punish those who promote tyranny. And remember to vote as early and as often as they'll let you.

[caption id="attachment_16219" align="alignnone" width="600"] Gabby Giffords[/caption] Darwin was an advocate of "natural selection", where nature culls out those who don't interact well with their environment. Gabby Giffords, the former Congressman from Arizona nearly killed by a far-left assassin, now heads (figuratively) the Americans for Responsible Solutions. Giffords' "ARS" is struggling…

Seven months and counting... Fitness Training:  Just Do It. by John Boch Bloomington, IL (GunsSaveLife) - It’s been seven months now since I decided to get into better shape and support my domestic supervisor as she wanted to do the same. We found a gym that was a good fit…