[caption id="attachment_31194" align="alignnone" width="770"] Image by Boch. Base image by RIPD.[/caption] Three masked thugs stormed into Blackhawk Tobacco and Vape Shop in Rock Island, Illinois earlier in January.  It was the third armed robbery for the store in the past few months.  This time, though, a gun near the cash…

Every time you hear a politician or a media personality mention “gun violence,” you should mentally translate that phrase to “gang violence.” Not only that, but ask yourself if that politician or media outlet has an agenda by mislabeling gang violence as something entirely different. Obviously politicians who have enabled…

Guest post. We all know how important it is to have clean, potable water in an emergency. But what are you going to do if your city's infrastructure is damaged and there's no way for the tap water to reach you? The solution may be as close as your kitchen…

With the weather system coming in late, late Tuesday into Thursday, GSL's leadership has cancelled our Wednesday night meeting in Decatur and our Thursday meeting in Peoria. GSL's regularly scheduled meeting in Pontiac for Tuesday, February 1st will take place.  Dinner and Conversation at the Pontiac Sportsman's Club start at…

In an interesting move this week, the Illinois State Police (ISP) have granted public access to an online dashboard map of Illinois Expressway shootings going back as far as 2019. They say it is “interactive” and allows viewers to get dates, times, and context about the shootings, as well as…

Despite surging numbers with the Wo Han Red Death nationwide, the 2022 SHOT show, the world’s largest firearms related trade show kicked off yesterday and continues this week. I personally would have bet against Vegas signing off on the health issues to allow 50,000-70,000 people in chin diapers and hand…

By Mike Keleher Well, I had occasion to ship a firearm this week, and as always, my sketchy post-COVID brain could not remember the best way to ship this item. Why I remember back in the day, just turning a rifle over to the stagecoach conductor and asking him to…

By Mike Keleher With the wind chill in the subzero zone here this week, I thought I'd make some notes on Concealed Carry in the cold weather. Isn't it nice to get to have plenty of clothes to put over your best carry gun? You can even get those bigger…

Photo Credit: WFLD Chicago Amidst the daily shooting chaos in Chicago, other lesser crime news rarely gets much attention. Last week’s announcement Cook County has had 1000 homicides this year kind of sucks the air out of everything else. That seems like alot doesn’t it? I am sure the city…

By Mike KeleherNext to Eye Protection, I treat Ear Protection (Ear Pro) as a close second when dealing with firearms. When I enter a range area, I put on eye pro and don't take them off until I am leaving the area or driving away. (I would encourage you to…