Report from the SHOT Show Industry Day at the Range
By Mike KeleherOK. Industry Day at the Range is held every year on the Monday before the SHOT Show starts in Las Vegas, NV. I was fortunate enough to get an invite again this year and it remains my favorite SHOT activity. Why is this range day much better than…
PREPPING THE BATTLESPACE: Trib, Sun-Times do the unthinkable… Hint the Pritzker Gun Ban ‘might not’ stand court scrutiny
Gun grabbers know they’re going to lose in court trying to defend Illinois’ new gun and magazine ban (and registration scheme). And they are right. And now, just days after enactment, both the anti-gun Democratic operatives with bylines at the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune have prepared the battlespace…
Mom with gun thwarts attempted child snatch in Des Moines, IA
My wife has a strong fear that someone will try to snatch one of our twin boys from a public venue. You know, while strapping one into the car in a parking lot, when the other is unattended momentarily. Or in a store when they walk off in two directions. …
Solution to Shoplifting… Keep an eye on IL State Rep. Carol Ammons.
Don't think you're going to shoplift product from the Guitar Center in Albuquerque. It won't end well for you. And if you refuse to leave after they get their merch back, they'll take you out like the trash. Watch the video... Albuquerque guitar center doesnt mess around. pic.twitter.com/hsx01RboQU — 🥀_Imposter_🕸️…
WEAKSAUCE FROM WEAKLINGS: IL AG: ‘If sheriffs won’t do their jobs, others will’ Gov: ‘Comply or hit the road’
Governor Pritzker thought passing a massive gun control and gun registration measure would make him look statesmanlike and serve as a pillar of his upcoming presidential run. It has not quite worked out that way. In response, 90+ sheriffs, state's attorneys and/or county boards have told the governor to pound…
ERASMUS: What is your life worth?
In regione caecorum rex est luscusIn the Land of the Blind, the one-eyed man is King by Desiderius Erasmus, a GSL member When Dad was still alive, I would go to the range, then drive to his house, and show him my target. Theatrically putting on his bifocals, he would…
DOJ Announces New Stabilizing Brace Rule-Register or Destroy.
...And the hits just keep on a coming.... isn't it 2024 yet? Today, January 13, 2023, right on schedule, three days away from the SHOT Show in Vegas, and in line with all of the other anti-gun measures currently underway in the White House, the Justice Department along with BATF…
GO POUND SAND: 90 Sheriffs & County Boards Deliver Message to Governor Jelly Bean
Poor Governor J.B. Pritzker. He thought he was going to look like presidential material signing HB-5471, the gun control bill that bans America's hottest-selling self-defense firearms and imposes gun registration upon Illinois residents. He even signed it behind a podium that looks like the presidential podium. Within a few hours,…
Which gun should I buy for home defense?
As an firearms and personal defense instructor for just shy of 25 years, I’ve had countless people ask me what’s the best gun for home defense over the years. If it were only so simple. It’s analogous to “which car should I buy?” The answer? “It depends...” For those wanting…
33 IL SHERIFFS REACT: Go pound sand, Governor. We’re not arresting gun owners for violating GUN BAN…
The big guy - J.B. Pritzker - is not happy with 33 Illinois sheriffs (and counting) who have released statements in opposition to HB5471 that Pritzker signed into law Tuesday evening. The sheriffs, apparently working off a template furnished by the Illinois Sheriff's Association, have said they aren't going to…