‘I See Deer’ children’s song by one of GSL’s own gains international attention
(GSL) - You’ve all probably heard of the Baby Shark children’s song from your kids or grandkids. That particular tune now has over 10 billion YouTube views. We're not going to torture you with a link to it. Not long ago, our longtime friend and Second Amendment advocate Liz Bron…
Florida’s ’10-20-Life’ law reduced firearm violent crime to historic lows… Why not bring it to Illinois [SPOILER ALERT: Because Democrats don’t want to put bad guys in prison…]
Our state’s political leaders seem hell-bent on “criminal justice reform” including elimination of cash bail and pre-trial detention. Will that make our streets safer? If “affordable bail” is any indication, the answer is “hell no!” Affordable bail, the half-step to elimination of bail altogether, has proved a disaster since implemented…
OIL, BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Guess how many duds I had out of 66 6-year-old carry rounds…
By Keith PippinGrowing up an Army brat in the 70s, I spent time around guns and shooting. As with most kids of the time, I never felt like I got enough of it. Then bringing up my own boys in the 90s, we did occasionally shoot but they preferred…
COUNTRY CHARACTER: Due process and ‘Red Flag’ laws
by Justin Thyme, a GSL member Due process of law represents a fundamental, constitutional guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair, and that one will be given notice of the proceedings and that opportunity to be heard before the government acts to take away one’s life, liberty or property.…
REMINDER: Gun Control FAILED yet again in Highland Park
Billionaire Mikey Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun (Control) says Illinois has the sixth most stringent gun control laws in America. Gabby Giffords gives Illinois an A- on the gun control laws imposed upon the law-abiding. Yet all those racist and classist gun control measures did only one thing in Highland Park…
GSL ACTIVISM: Guns Save Life invites localities to voluntarily end enforcement of local gun and magazine ban ordinances… or else we ‘let the real fun begin’
Guns Save Life has a reputation for aggressive advocacy of gun rights and your right to defend yourself. And following the US Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, we have already taken action to benefit Illinois gun owners and their right to own guns and defend themselves. In 2019, Guns Save Life…
A QUICK TOUR: The History behind Guns Save Life
(GSL) - Guns Save Life started almost thirty years ago. Since then, GSL has accomplished a great many things thanks to our incredible pool of talented, creative and successful members and supporters. Back in early 1994, the Illinois State Rifle Association sought to launch county-level grassroots gun rights groups to…
RAY CARR: ‘Decoration Day’ Memories
By Ray CarrI have vivid memories of Decoration Day as a young kid. We would meet up at the bowling alley parking lot. I’m nervous about my Boy Scout uniform. Some is new, some is handed down from cousins. I have never had a complete uniform and my shoes…
Chicago: Tough on legal possession of AR- pistols, easy-going on kidnapping and sexual assault
[caption id="attachment_31809" align="alignnone" width="770"] Image courtesy Springfield Armory.[/caption] I regularly advise people to avoid Chicago when possible. It's simply not safe there. The local political leaders protect the criminals while disparaging the law-abiding victims of crime. And just the law-abiding in general. Want an example? I'm so glad you asked…
BRUEN! SCOTUS decision spells doom for IL FOID Act, gun & mag bans and many ‘prohibited locations’ for CCW
Gun owners won big with the Bruen decision at the US Supreme Court. The court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Second Amendment effectively means what it says, and that any effort to restrict it must follow commonplace contemporary laws of the 18th and 19th centuries. Clarence Thomas wrote…