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We've seen reports that Wal-Mart is taking down the "No Guns" signage, thanks to gun owners politely contacting them and explaining the confusion the signs were causing.  GSL joined with other gun rights groups in encouraging gun owners to make their voices heard and with a little tact and finesse,…

  Once again, we see that the only thing that stops a bad person with evil in their heart is a good guy with a gun. In Portland, a disgruntled man with no shortage of previous arrests thought he was going to "show them" after getting turned away from admission…

  CalGuns is reporting that Ruger is about to abandon the California market for semi-autos thanks to that state's insane gun control laws.  (Gun laws that people like Dick Metcalf would screech as "reasonable"). (CalGuns) - Ruger is going to stop selling semiautomatic pistols in California: In perhaps one of…

[caption id="attachment_10495" align="alignnone" width="618"] Dick Metcalf: Unemployed. Until his next formal job offer comes from an anti-gun group.[/caption]   “The hijacking of our movement by these radical extremists causes me to fear for the future of the right I have spent my adult life fighting to defend . . .…

by John Boch Guns Save Life has been online in our current blog form for about fifteen months now and we continue to grow. Personally, I've always worked hard to grow and improve. One of my favorite strategies is to identify someone doing things well and then work to do…

  Honest Abe Lincoln once was famously quoted as saying, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." in the past couple of days, we've seen a pair of stories about low-information legislators that boggle the mind. Let's start with our…

  Walmart prohibits on-duty employees and vendors in their stores from carrying weapons as a matter of corporate policy in all fifty states. With Illinois poised to join 49 other states with law-abiding, licensed good guys carrying firearms on their person, Wal-Mart's corporate people have caused all sorts of consternation…

For $71.50. Shop around, folks. Or just submit without fingerprints. Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh will be at the Tuesday night Rantoul GSL meeting.  You'll have a chance to ask him why he chose this particular price point. -- John   Fingerprinting for Conceal Carry License Applicants   Beginning THURSDAY…

  [caption id="attachment_10460" align="alignnone" width="640"] Public library computer work stations can be used to apply for a CCW license in Illinois.[/caption] We here at Guns Save Life have been trying to figure out how to organize a network of volunteers to assist those without internet access or those not technologically…

Graphic video. Don't watch if you get squeamish about blood.   The first rule of using and storing a projectile weapon:  Know your target and what's beyond it. This rule applies to staple guns...  and slingshots as well. Know that projectiles may bounce back, as this German gentleman discovered the…