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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="420"] Cook County's Sheriff Tom Dart is a little man.[/caption] Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart would be a petty, tyrannical dictator if given the opportunity and ability. Fortunately for the good people of Illinois, our government doesn't allow this - and Tom Dart isn't a happy lil'…

Our friends over at the firearm internet forum Illinois Carry announced today that they were setting up an instructor oversight panel to go after unscrupulous and unethical trainers here in Illinois. We at GunsSaveLife welcome Illinois Carry's announcement. It was accompanied by a checklist folks can use when searching for…

Moms Demand Action - and no, we don't mean that sort of 'action' - have merged with Mayor Bloomberg's kiddie porn mayors' group, er, Mayors Against (Illegal) Guns. It shouldn't be a big surprise as Mayor Bloomberg has bankrolled Moms Demand Action, including paying the professional activist/agitator leader of the…

From our friends at the Civilian Marksmanship Program:  December 17, 2013 AMMUNITION UPDATE.  The CMP has been notified by ammunition manufacturers and distributors to expect price increases and significant delivery delays for all calibers of ammunition, especially for .22 rimfire. The price increases and delays apply to orders we have…

    It's time for an another update. The APPLICATION (for instructors) Yesterday, the Illinois State Police posted a press release indicating they would offer a "soft" roll-out of the new CCW application process to existing Illinois State Police-approved firearm instructors. This was pitched as a beta-test of sorts, to…

  In a soft launch that we've hinted about for weeks now, the Illinois State Police announced today via a press release that Illinois State Police-approved concealed carry instructors can apply for a concealed carry license starting tomorrow, December 18th. Here's their press release: Early Applications for Illinois Instructors Provides…

An Open Letter To the Firearms Community Stemming the Illinois Brain Drain. by Tim Giblin Under twenty-five years of Chicago politics, many law-abiding gun owners have fled the oppressive regime of the gun grabbers in Illinois. Even for truly common-sense legislation (right-to-carry laws that failed in 2012), we do not…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Which magazine is legal?[/caption] Thinking of passing more gun control laws? An increasing number of sheriffs in America are saying, "Nope.  Not gonna do it" when it comes to enforcing them. Several state Sheriffs' Associations as well as hundreds of individual sheriffs have publicly stated their…

Two middle school students tried to play the "Knockout Game" in Peoria last Friday right outside their school. They weren't successful and the victim notified police.  A school resource officer identified the two junior thugs.  No arrests were mentioned in the article on the WHOI website. Here's what William Bigelow…

Minutes ago, at roughly 4pm CST, GunsSaveLife.com had its 2 millionth unique visitor this year. Above:  Total Visits, Unique Visitors, New Visitors, Return Visitors.     GunsSaveLife.com, the internet face of Guns Save Life the organization, went up last fall in our new format.  Elbowing our way into the crowded…