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The LA County Sheriff's Office has released an excellent video entitled:  "SURVIVING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER". For the average person, it provides an excellent primer to surviving a spree killing event.  Yes, spree killings are rare, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored as a potential threat.  Lightning strikes are…

  by John Boch I’ve been an instructor for sixteen years now and I still remember the very first class I taught in Springfield, IL along with John Naese and a third brand-new instructor.  It was exciting, but not so much in a good way. A lot has changed in…

The National Shooting Sports Foundation released some great news.  Not only did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acknowledge wrongdoing with regards to discouraging banks from doing business with gun shops, but that the FDIC was going to cease the arbitrary and unconstitutional actions against law-abiding merchants. Operation Choke Point was…

  Rich Miller over at Capitol Fax was disturbed enough by a pair of armed robberies at pet stores in Springfield, IL to post about it at his heavily trafficked blog.  He wrote that he and his dog visit those locations regularly and he was rattled. The first incident was…

More and more reports are coming out about certain law enforcement agencies' misuse of automated license plate readers. These reports have hit the mainstream media, including stories about these unlawful practices in the Wall Street Journal (articles hidden behind pay-walls so we won't link to them and drive traffic their…

[caption id="attachment_15445" align="alignnone" width="488"] Waka Flocka Flame from "Bustin' At Em" video from YouTube. The not-so-catchy tune often repeats the line, "Bitch, I'm bustin' at 'em."[/caption] The gangsta, hip hop culture celebrates pretty much everything the Ten Commandments forbids.  Along with the unlawful use of both guns and violence.  But…

  The February 2015 issue of GunNews is available for download. If you want to get your copy in the mail a week or two before we post it online, you can join Guns Save Life!  Members enjoy a host of benefits, including receiving a printed copy in the mail…

Freedom is a wonderful thing. Including the freedom to be a bigot. Such is the case with a Hot Springs, Arkansas range that bans Muslims. While only a handful of fringe lunatic Americans love radical Muslims and their jihad against the West, characterizing all Muslims as potential Sudden Jihadi Syndrome…

FERGUSON & UNEQUAL TREATMENT: Life isn’t fair. Get over it. Better yet, overcome it. By Marsha Mohr Tonight I heard Michael Brown’s mother say that cop left the house that morning looking for someone to kill. My first reaction was “lady you’re nuts.” But then I thought for a moment,…

[caption id="attachment_15423" align="alignnone" width="600"] Lt. Col. Dave Grossman[/caption]   Lt. Col. Dave Grossman will be presenting a one-day seminar in Mt. Vernon on May 16, 2015. The topic will be security in churches, but the material will be applicable in all areas of life, not just churches. For more information…