MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Thursday 1pm: ANOTHER “Leading Lawmaker” in Illinois to be Named in *Another* Sexual Abuse Scandal
NBC Chicago's Mary Ann Ahern stands poised to drop a bomb on a "leading lawmaker" in the Illinois General Assembly come Thursday at 1pm. As if Michael Madigan and his fellow Democrats needs yet another sex harassment scandal. After all, Madigan himself has a bunch of allegations levelled against his…
SIGN UP: GSL Defense Training’s PERSONAL PROTECTION FOR TEENS June 9, June 23
Don't send your kids off to college without teaching them strategies to stay safe! The DeWitt County Sportsman's Club, along with Guns Save Life and GSL Defense Training have teamed up to sponsor the Personal Protection for Teens class this year - on June 9 in Clinton, IL. There's…
Is the .40 S&W Cartridge Extinct?
By Mike Keleher I have been observing the trend away from .40 S&W pistols and ammunition for about five years now, and there has been a marked change in shooter/owner behaviors regarding this cartridge. Back in 2013 I was down at a shooting school along with a guy from the…
DISAPPOINTING: Remington R51 v2.0 Review
Remington resurrected the old Model 51 a few years ago as the R51. The retro-styled pistol had all manner of problems and eventually Remington recalled it. A year or so later, the nation's oldest gun-maker brought it back as a version 2.0. I won one of these a while back…
Dicks Opens New Store in Gurnee-No Guns, No Ammo, No Customers
By Mike Keleher Amid manufactured fanfare, Dick’s Sporting Goods opened a new store in Gurnee, IL on Friday, May 26th in the Gurnee Mills Outlet Mall. They have been working on it for months. Banners and flags were posted. A Chicago celebrity sports figure was contracted to sign autographs…
More Details Emerge About the CMP Surplus M1911 Pending Civilian Sales
Photo Credit: //commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30214051 By Mike Keleher The pending sale of 8,000 surplus U.S. Army M1911 and M1911A1 pistols has of course been quite well documented across the gun media, and shooters and collectors have been waiting since rumors broke out in 2015 such a sale could happen. The Civilian Marksmanship…
CLASSY vs. SLEAZY: Political Reporter tries to get Rep. Tim Butler to throw GSL under the bus
Tim Butler, pictured above, is one of us. Literally. Both as a gun owner and a member of the Guns Save Life family. Bernie Schoenburg, whose middle name might be "Eileen" as he leans so far to the left, published a piece on Butler and his fundraiser coming up. Somehow,…
Houston PD Chief Art Acevedo Threatens Dana Loesch
Pity poor bully Art Acevedo. He's a political hack and gun control shill living in the free state of Texas. And he's intimidated by strong women. At the same time, just like his fellow political hack Rahm Emanuel, Art Acevedo does not believe in letting a crisis go to waste. …
GSL & ISRA GET RESULTS! YUGE opposition to Jackson County “Support for Gun Control” proposal. Sponsor bails on meeting. Proposal goes down in flames.
Guns Save Life encouraged our members and supporters, as did the Illinois State Rifle Association, to visit the Jackson County board meeting Tuesday evening. We said to push back. Harder. And boy, did you ever. The photo above shows overwhelming reaction by locals. It proves just how much they…
BLACK GUNS MATTER! Event this Saturday in Chicago should worry anti-gun Chicagoland Democrats
You gotta love Maj Toure. He's black, he's smart and articulate, and he's working full-time to educate African-Americans on the proven benefits of firearm ownership. What's more, he's coming to Chicago to share the gospel this Saturday! Not everyone loves Toure. Not all gun owners support restoration of firearm rights…