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  UPDATED with new information...  1500 hrs, Nov 14. Tom Gresham posted a series of emails back and forth he and his people had with Leslie Coleman, the director of public relations for the Wounded Warrior Project, after offering WWP an opportunity to promote their cause on his nationally distributed…

  The anti-civil rights group CeaseFire is facing criticism that the City of Chicago's payment of $1 million for its criminal thug employees to "prevent" crime is not preventing a thing. Here at Guns Save Life, we've long said that monies paid by Chicago to the rabidly anti-gun CeaseFire amount…

[caption id="attachment_2939" align="alignnone" width="1292"] Muzzle flash from PMC XP-193 Ammo.[/caption] Bloomington, IL (Guns Save Life) - Low muzzle flash remains one of the non-negotiable requirements of any good self-defense load. In October, at the GSL Defense Training Urban Rifle 101 course, one of our students was using PMC X-Tac 5.56…

Chicago gave a $1 million grant to CeaseFire earlier this year to prevent crime by having supposedly "reformed" criminal thugs use their "street cred" to intercede in gang-banger disputes before the bullets fly. So, what has this cool million bought, beside a bunch of bumper stickers used by gang bangers…

[caption id="attachment_3418" align="alignnone" width="426"] Sarah Scherer of Texas Christian University set a new NCAA record![/caption] Sarah Scherer was on fire at the Ohio State Invitational shoot, shooting a one shy of perfect score in the air rifle and almost as well with the smallbore rifle, setting an aggregate score record…

[caption id="attachment_3218" align="alignnone" width="577"] Monies brought back from Joliet's Gun Buy Back in 2001.[/caption]   Guns Save Life's trips to Chicago in recent years were far from our first rodeo at turning in clunkers for cash.  (The Truth About Guns article | Guns Save Life article) Our first experience was…

  In spite of draconian gun laws, violence is rampant in Brazil's biggest cities.   Wave of violence sweeps Brazil's biggest city SAO PAULO (AP) -- At least 140 people have been murdered in South America's biggest city over the past two weeks in a rising wave of violence, Sao…

It is with great sadness we report the passing of former GSL member Richard "Dick" Burwash. He passed away at Carle hospital Saturday morning. Burwash, a life-long farmer in the area that is today Savoy, was a big supporter of gun rights. He also recently participated in the Honor Flight…

[caption id="attachment_3398" align="alignnone" width="560"] Will Jesse Jackson Jr. be smiling like this when he checks into the gray bar hotel soon? Time will tell. Don't forget to send him a card for his birthday next year!Photo by Reuters.[/caption] by John Boch Jesse Jackson Jr. is in hot water with more…

  It's official. Cook County Democrats passed a slew of new taxes, including the onerous modern-day poll tax on guns by a vote of 16-1. Chicago (Tribune) - The cost of buying cigarettes and guns in Cook County will rise next year after commissioners today voted 16-1 to approve County…