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Americans across the nation have heard Democratic Party leaders expound on how terrible guns are and how we need to ban them. They are casting their lot against Obama, Feinstein and Quinn and they are voting with their wallets to do so. People are buying guns and ammunition like there's…

Sad and shocking news: President Obama turns out not to be an avid skeet shooter despite his unequivocal claims to the contrary. We wouldn't want to accuse Mr. President of being delusional so as not to diminish Joe Biden's accomplishments in this arena. Would Mr. Obama ever lie to the…

Two "Armed American" defensive gun use (DGU) stories this morning for you. One, a big-city metrosexual man.  A second one from an ordinary male in flyover country. First, our big-city hero and the epiphany he had following his encounter: Patrick Blanchfield has a burglar.   He keeps his shotgun and shells…

[caption id="attachment_5374" align="alignnone" width="550"] A woman hears that her sister, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elemetary School, was among the victims. She died shielding her students with her body.[/caption]   Elizabeth Cameron, one of our Guns Save Life family, had a piece published at Lew Rockwell a few days ago…

Welcome to Chicago. [caption id="attachment_5362" align="alignnone" width="480"] Chicago Police investigate near a body after a shooting on S. Champlain Avenue near 75th Street in Chicago on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Caption by Chicago Tribune.[/caption]   Chicago's already off to a rousing start this year, with forty-some…

[caption id="attachment_5300" align="alignnone" width="600"] It was packed, standing room only at the January GSL meeting in Rantoul. Here, Frank Wright gives our response to the Newtown, CT massacre.[/caption] Guns Save Life’s President John Boch called the January 2013 meeting to order at 7:00 sharp. It was a chaotic night with…

It's here. Folks, there's a lot to like here. Todd Vandermyde did well on this bill. Guns Save Life stands behind this bill. We look forward to seeing it passed onto the governor's desk within 45 days, tops.  

Jon Hotchkiss, a TV producer and creator, wrote on the Huffington Post (fair warning:  it's an anti-gun hit piece that will make you hurl in your shorts, complete with a compensating for small penis comment) that firing the AR-15 and a Glock made him feel invincible. Firing the AR-15 [Rifle] Made…

Last night, at a local restaurant in downtown Champaign (one with a flair a little left of center based upon clientele in general), we overheard an interesting conversation. It was five university-types sitting around.  One with a Brit accent seemed to be getting quizzed by four others. Our ears perked…

[caption id="attachment_5296" align="alignnone" width="600"] Nicole Anderson-Cobb, left.[/caption] Champaign, IL (Guns Save Life) - The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence’s ivory-tower hired-gun Nicole Anderson-Cobb, PhD, decided to have a sing-a-long for a group activity for the Champaign County Grassroots Chapter of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence at the Champaign Public…