AN AMERICAN HERO! New NRA President Ollie North coming to Effingham, IL July 19
The new National Rifle Association President Oliver North will speak at 7pm on July 19th in Effingham, IL. Yes, this stands as your opportunity to see an American icon and genuine hero in person right here in Central Illinois. Of course, Illinois could use a real American patriot to come…
IL Representative Peter Breen: He says he’s pro-gun, just like Barack Obama.
Peter Breen sold out gun owners in 2018 Representative Peter Breen (R - 48th / DuPage County) campaigned for State Representative by writing: “I strongly support the Second Amendment’s guarantee of every American’s right to keep and bear arms. I also support the application of the Second Amendment for…
HUZZAH! Judge Grants Guns Save Life’s Motion to Block Deerfield Gun Ban
Good news for the good guys! Guns Save Life, with support from the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, filed for a temporary restraining order to block the implementation of the Village of Deerfield's black rifle ban. Mere hours before the gun ban took effect, a Lake County judge…
GOOD FUN: Guns Save Life’s John Boch at Springfield Televised Town Hall
WICS 20 Television out of Springfield, IL hosted an hour-long town hall on "Guns in Illinois". It ran live. As the Guns Save Life Executive Director, I had the privilege of representing the gun owner perspective with a host of other panelists to talk politics, gun rights and more.…
IMPORTANT: ISRA Apologizes to Bill Kay Chevrolet; ISRA announces meeting at SCHEELS in Springfield June 20.
The Illinois State Rifle Association put out an "Urgent Alert" three days ago, calling attention to, as they put it, a "West Suburban Auto Dealership To Host Gun Control Fund Raiser". Based upon a Chicago Tribune Naperville Sun story (since edited) that mentioned an upcoming carwash "behind" the Bill Kay…
1000 People Shot in Chicago in First 5 Months of 2018
By Mike Keleher Come on man. Seriously? A thousand human beings have been shot in Chicago from January to the end of May in 2018. To be completely precise 1071 were shot and 200 killed...but I think the point here is "Who is counting, and who is caring about this?"…
ILLINOIS: Teachers Take FREE Two-day Concealed Carry Course
[caption id="attachment_25732" align="aligncenter" width="540"]Photo courtesy Bloomington Pantagraph.[/caption] Illinois concealed carry instructors Rick Noble and Dean Hazen hosted a free Illinois CCW class to school staff members this past weekend in Farmer City. It went well, and garnered some nice coverage from both television and newspaper media outlets. From the Pantagraph:…
SPACE REMAINS! GSL-Sponsored IDNR Wingshooting Clinic June 23 & 24.
4 IDNR Youth/Ladies Wingshooting Clinic Saturday, June 23 & Sunday, June 24 Middle Fork State Fish & Wildlife Area Oakwood, IL (Vermilion County) Sponsored, in part, by Guns Save Life Teaching students the fundamentals of hitting a moving target with a shotgun with reasonable reliability. TO REGISTER: (815) 258-8474 tdoyle2@msn.com…
USE THAT ANGER: Let’s crash Senator John Curran’s “Town Hall” Thursday evening
For those Guns Save Life members and friends who cannot make the Peoria Guns Save Life meeting Thursday evening, we have an event you won't want to miss. Senator John F. Curran (Rino-41) will hold a Town Hall meeting in Darien, IL. Heck, he's even inviting us to come crash…
GSL’s John Boch on Fox & Friends FIRST
What a day! I made my first national television appearance this morning - and my first LIVE television appearance - on behalf of Guns Save Life. It went well as I lambasted the Village of Deerfield for their cosmetic gun ban. I ridiculed their gun ban as making as much…