GSL Meetings THIS WEEK: Tuesday in Rantoul, Thursday in Charleston
Greetings! With excited anticipation, we announced not one, but two meetings coming this week. Come join us and use your First Amendment Rights to celebrate, protect and defend our Second Amendment rights at GSL meetings! Rantoul Tuesday On Tuesday, at the Knights of Columbus in Rantoul, we will meet. …
Preparing for the legal aftermath of using force self-defense
Criminal defense attorney Brendan Bukalski from the Johnson Law Group’s Bloomington office served as our main speaker at the Pontiac GSL meeting in October. He shared a tremendous presentation on the important role good attorneys play to keep you out of prison following a righteous use of force in self-defense.…
GSL’s new President Dale Lock: Please allow me to introduce myself…
by Dale LockPlease allow me to introduce myself as your new president of Guns Save Life. My name is Dale Lock. I live in Petersburg. Raised on a farm in Fulton County, I cannot say that I “grew up” there as my wife of 45 years would assert that I…
PERSONAL SAFETY: Fire Extinguisher Fundamentals
Peoria’s tech time presentation at a recent GSL meeting featured retired firefighter Al Devlin giving a short presentation on the proper and effective use of fire extinguishers. “Fire extinguishers?” you ask. Indeed. It proved a very educational presentation. Devlin talked about the four types of fire. Type A -…
BEWARE: Lots of concealed carry instructors still cut corners… even classes sponsored by indoor ranges
You would think after Illinois passed a law that mandated jail time for concealed carry instructors who cut corners in their CCW classes that unethical instructors would straighten up or just stop teaching. You would be wrong. We still get reports of instructors chopping four, six or even eight…
LIBERATE ILLINOIS: GSL Venues held hostage by Gov. Pritzker. Now Decatur GSL meeting cancelled in addition to Pontiac and Peoria this week
Venues across Illinois are being held hostage by Governor Pritzker's lockdown edicts. Constitutional rights to assemble? Ol' JB found a flu exemption to that right, along with plenty of others. We just received word this afternoon that Coz's in Mt. Zion, the home of our Decatur regional GSL meeting, has…
GSL December Meeting UPDATES (As of Tuesday, Dec 1)
We have some meeting updates to share with the membership, friends and family. It is current as of this writing and we'll update if anything changes. Read to the end. You'll be glad you did. As everyone knows, our governor and his administration have enacted all manner of lockdowns of…
MAKE YOUR ALERT LIST: Formalize plans for a post-emergency support network
[caption id="attachment_29496" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Image via Quad City Times.[/caption] by Kelvin Coburn, MBAGSL Sangamon County EmceeLife is precious and we all can take it for granted over time. However, all sorts of bad things can happen to any of us at any time. Fires, floods, tornados happen regularly, and so…
BIDEN “WINS.” What now?
by John BochGSL Executive Director Joe Biden has been proclaimed the president-elect, per some in the mainstream media. Take that for what it's worth. This leaves gun owners in a very precarious position. What happens now? In the past couple of days, I have talked with several trusted, key people. …
GSL Meetings in Rantoul and Charleston WILL TAKE PLACE
Guns Save Life meetings in Rantoul and Charleston will take place next week, regardless of Governor JB Pritzker's unconstitutional and arbitrary COVID restrictions. Rantoul: Tuesday, November 10th We will meet at the Knights of Columbus (1001 N. Ohio in Rantoul) on Tuesday. The building will open by 6pm. The KC…