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[caption id="attachment_3576" align="alignnone" width="700"] Most of our staff after a long day. From left: Rick Pere, John Boch, Bob Holland, Frank Wright, Steve Davis, Bonnie Garrett, Jeff Schwarm, Eric Schwarm, John Naese and Wendy Lund. Absent: Pete Wheeler, Kay Davis, Greg Hertz, Dan Heaton and Rob Keller.[/caption] THANK YOU! A…
We win, but "Nevertheless we order our mandate stayed for 180 days to allow the Illinois legislature to craft a new gun law that will impose reasonable limitations, consistent with the public safety and the Second Amendment as interpreted in this opinion, on the carrying of guns in public. REVERSED…
[caption id="attachment_3890" align="alignnone" width="638"] Dorian Donee Wills at the Champaign County Jail. His last stop before going to IDOC for a few years.Photo courtesy Champaign County Sheriff's Office.[/caption] Dorian Donee Wills, age 18, is a savage beast. He and his savage beast pals Ralph Gray, 18 and Anthony Davis, also…
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400"] Photo courtesy In the Spotlight Blog.[/caption] Random Acts of Violence, not kindness (GunNews) - The residents of Champaign County are once again witnessing the aftermath of a particularly vicious and senseless act of random violence in their community. Four teenage boys, just ‘children’ in the minds…
By Tom Menner (GunNews) - You know how Subway sandwich shops stamp your lunch club card every time you buy a sandwich? When you card is full you get a free sandwich. What I need is a gun dealer who stamps my club card with every gun purchase then gives…
Miguel has a piece on firearm trainers at his "Gun Free Zone" blog that we believe the first paragraph in particular is outstanding. The importance of a good firearms instructor is not only in the bang-bang part. (UPDATED) I believe that we have a crop of less than desirable firearms…
Well, another weekend and another shooting in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reports "Three injured in overnight shootings". How is this possible? Chicago does not have concealed carry, in fact their gun laws are the most strict in the country. Ignorant politicians and law makers will continue to…
John Boch Maximizing AR-15 reliability John Boch covered a number of topics in his presentation on maximizing the reliability of the AR-15 platform. First up, he talked about magazines. “Magazines don’t last forever,” Boch said. “The standard aluminum mil-spec mags have a 4000-round life expectancy.” It’s okay to buy used…
[caption id="attachment_3862" align="alignnone" width="800"] Merry Christmas![/caption]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/nZUP2dbQW8Q[/youtube] You want to learn poor gun handling skills? We've got a pretty decent video for you today! Charlie, our "instructor" shows us a lot of things. Let’s see if we can identify the red flags early on: 1. A home-made you-tube instructional video. 2. An “instructor” who doesn’t really…