Election 2022: Gun Rights Take Beating in State of IL

Illinois voters have chosen to double down on "more of the same" state government if results as of 11pm are any indicator. JB Pritzker coasted to re-election by something like 13 points.  It wasn't even close.  We love Darren Bailey, but his campaign didn't resonate with everyday Illinoisans in Chicago…

YOU CAN BECOME A GUN OWNER!

For a long time, a lot of people in Chicago grew into adulthood thinking that only cops and criminals had guns. After all, we all see police with their openly-worn sidearms on a regular basis and we constantly hear from the media about the criminal misuse of firearms in news…

Counter-Carjacking: Brian Smith in Chicagoland

[caption id="attachment_32473" align="alignnone" width="770"] Instructor Brian Smith coaches folks on how to resist a carjacker trying to pull you out of the car.[/caption] Not long ago, Guns Save Life welcomed one of the best firearm instructors in the nation at our GSL meeting. During his visit, Brian Smith talked about…

IT HAPPENED TO ME: Crime hits formerly ‘nice’ part of Chicago… resident feels MUCH better with a GLOCK in his hand instead of a phone until cops arrive

GSL’s new Vice-President John Coyne forwarded us this story from an Illinois Gun Owners Together member who experienced yet another “active shooter” on the streets outside his condo in his Jefferson Park neighborhood. This time though, he had a Glock in his hand. It happened in a solidly middle-class neighborhood…