GSL DIRECT ACTION EVENT: At Northbrook IL Village Hall, Tuesday, May 22
Gun owners in southern Illinois have their work cut out for them on Tuesday evening. At the same time, gun owners in northeastern Illinois have their own direct action event! The Village of Northbrook wants to enact local restrictions on Illinois' concealed carry law. Yeah, this is serious stuff. We…
PUSH BACK – HARDER! Carbondale leftists promoting a gun-grabbing Jackson County (IL) resolution
Guns Save Life DIRECT ACTION ALERT! The gun hating left from Carbondale doesn't like the gun sanctuary county resolutions passed in nearly a dozen Illinois counties. They've organized behind a couple of members of the Jackson County Board to bring Chicago-style gun control to southern Illinois. The meeting will happen…
Youth Strategies for Dealing with Bullies
by John Boch Youth bullying has been around for generations. Today’s public awareness has some folks labelling it an epidemic. Is it an epidemic? Who knows. Either way, we all know how kids can be brutal. In some ways, schools and public officials have started taking a tougher view…
ABANDONED DICK’S: Store traffic slumps at Dick’s, Field & Stream
Pity poor Dick's. Yep, Dick's Sporting Goods and their subsidiary Field & Stream stores look like ghost towns these days in America's heartland. After reading stories about gun companies ending sales to Dick's, and the company's hiring of gun control lobbyists in Washington, I decided to visit the Champaign, Illinois…
ALERT: Make these calls! The final Spring 2018 push for Gun Control underway!
Senator Don Harmon and Representative Kathleen Willis have little to do with their time other than work to impose Chicago-style gun control upon all residents of the state of Illinois. Because, with 179 homicides and carjackings rampant, generations of Chicago-style strict gun control have worked so well to make Chicago…
FREE Concealed Carry Class for Teachers, School Staff
Guns Save Life, GSL Defense Training and the DeWitt County Sportsman's Club have teamed up to offer a FREE Illinois 16-hour concealed carry course to public and private school teachers and school staff. Mark your calendars, educators: July 7 & 8, 2018! This program follows a similar offer by…
FBI Issues New Active Shooter Report for 2016-2017 Incidents-Credits Citizens With Stopping Bad Guys With Guns
Photo/Graphic Credit: KUTV Baltimore By Mike Keleher The FBI just issued a new report which reported statistics gathered with Active Shooter incidents in the United States between 2016 and 2017. They cited 50 such incidents in that two-year period and 40 incidents in the 2014-2015-time frame. One of the most…
CMP Finally Announces Dates and Prices to Purchase Surplus 1911 Pistols-Prices are a Surprise.
By Mike Keleher History and firearms buffs have been waiting patiently for two or more years for the actual release dates and possibly more importantly, the prices for the anticipated slake of WWII era surplus .45 ACP pistols by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). CMP sales have typically been quite…
Guns Save Life OPPOSES HB-2354, the latest version of the “Snitch Bill”
Democrat Kathleen Willis, a big fan of gun control, keeps bringing out revisions to her beloved Lethal Violence Order of Protections bill HB-2354. Yes, the bill Richard Pearson of ISRA dubbed the “Snitch Bill” over its original provisions to allow anonymous complaints against gun owners in an effort to strip…
Pistol Caliber Carbine Competition May Be the Fastest Growing Shooting Sport in 2018
Photo Credit: JP Rifles.com By Mike Keleher The new competition kid in town, Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC), which uses lightweight carbine length firearms primarily in 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP has sprouted up almost overnight. The evolution of how PCC came to be so popular is a bit…