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Plenty of folks have noticed the paucity of posts here at GSL (and some even at TTAG and SNW) authored by yours truly. It's true. My twin boys aren't in school now, nor in daycare. Next to taking care of myself, the kid rearing is more important than putting in…
In a ruling that's MASSIVE good news for freedom, and by extension to gun owners across America, the US Supreme Court threw the "Chevron Deference" into the dustbin of history today. This 40-year-old precedent gave government agencies carte blanche to increase their power dramatically, even to the point of throwing…
Last year I wrote a piece on hearing protection (Ear Pro) and as a long-time shooter of very noisy firearms and as an instructor, I value hearing protection just next to eye protection any time I am around guns. I still have pretty good hearing (despite what my Adventure Wife…
Long-time readers of GunNews and members of Guns Save Life will notice changes in the past few months within our monthly journal. Our number of advertisers continues to grow, as does our cadre of contributors. With each issue we continue to improve, or at least that’s the goal. At the…
To the Editor: With the 80th anniversary of D-Day now behind us, it seems appropriate to reflect upon whether or not this momentous event had any lasting impact on America and our allies: When I was young, D Day was about a day of remembrance. It also stood as a…
Sorry about the site being down for the last few hours. Our cloud provider had a server stop responding. It was enough "up" that it didn't show down from the outside. Our cloud hosting provider is Linode. I hope you can understand just how good they are. My initial contact…
What happens when you blissfully ignore the red flags all around you? Denial has no survival value and a Chicago couple on date night paid a high price for their inability to recognize the forest of red flags in front of them. On Friday night, a couple out for date…
by John Boch GSL Executive Director The US Supreme Court. Obviously we are waiting for an order from the US Supreme Court on our federal court challenge to the so-called “Protect Illinois Communities Act” gun and magazine ban. We remain cautiously optimistic for a favorable order, which will restore your…
The Chicago Sun-Times, in a moment of sanity, ran an editorial describing how the once-great Michigan Avenue in the heart of the Windy City has turned into a hellhole. Beggars, pot smoke, reckless drivers and skateboarders, homeless, dried vomit and on and on and on. The author, Carol Felsenthal, describes…
Do you always take a close look for small town cops when you come to a little towns while travelling on rural highway. Why? If you're wise, you'll watch for a cop shooting radar right at the town's entrance. They love to use out-of-town traffic tickets as a revenue source.…
