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From our good friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association. URGENT ALERT – YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED SCHEME TO BAN AND CONFISCATE MOST OF YOUR GUNS WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE THIS WEEK!  As many of you know, Governor Quinn gutted a pro-gun bill, SB-681, and…

[caption id="attachment_3726" align="alignnone" width="625"] Meet Jason Whitlock, rocket scientist extraordinaire.  One can only speculate if he was researching his latest article in this photo, "covering sports from every angle" as it says in his bio at FoxSports.[/caption] FoxSports, the network that won't accept firearms-related advertisements for UFC events, once again…

  This editorial by GunTalk radio host Tom Gresham is reprinted here with permission: by Tom Gresham Does the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) have a bias against guns and gun makers? Two weeks ago that would have sounded crazy, but this week many shooters are convinced that it’s true. Hundreds of hunts…

[caption id="attachment_3713" align="alignnone" width="742"] Roman sword hilt.[/caption] by Jordan Whitaker (Bio) (Guns Save Life) - For some people the question of self-defense, especially with deadly force, raises troubling moral and religious issues.  As a Southern Baptist pastor and former US Army infantryman, I have fielded many such concerns from church…

[caption id="attachment_3706" align="alignnone" width="478"] Pastor Jordan Whitaker.[/caption]   Please welcome Jordan Whitaker as our latest contributor to the GSL blog and GunNews. Here's a short bio on him: I am a 30 year old father of three from across the river in Missouri. Since leaving military service (US Army Infantry)…

  Crime has gone wild in San Bernardino, CA, and unfortunately for residents, this isn't limited to working girls. It's so bad that public officials are recommending residents "load their guns" to protect themselves from violent crime, including a murder rate that's up 50% this year thanks to slashed budgets…

Welcome to the Windy City, USA, home of Illinois' most stringent gun control.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in Chicago handguns are effectively banned and long guns are heavily restricted.  Only the affluent are able to navigate the onerous and expensive process to register them after attending expensive safety-training classes, rendering…

[caption id="attachment_3565" align="alignnone" width="600"] Get YOUR C&R License![/caption] (Gun Save Life) - Guns Save Life is encouraging its members to sign up for a Curios and Relics Federal Firearms License.  Unlike the retail gun dealer federal licenses, the C&R license is easy and inexpensive to get and it doesn’t have…

[caption id="attachment_3673" align="alignnone" width="605"] Governor Quinn had a similar look when the Illinois Senate over-rode his gun ban proposal in a rare public rebuke to the Democrat governor by the Democrat-controlled Senate.[/caption] Illinois Governor Pat "Clueless" Quinn was resoundingly rebuked by a 49-4 vote yesterday as the Senate over-rode the…

Splitting this off into its own post... Young thug in Houston gets shot after physically attacking a store clerk.  And, of course, the "black community" agitators are demanding arrest of the clerk for exercising his right to self-defense solely because the attacker was black. For the full report from KHOU.…