DICK’S STRUGGLES: Filling Shelf Space as Sales Sag
Dick’s Sporting Goods won high praise from gun grabbers and the media for their knee-jerk reaction to the Parkland school massacre. Under CEO Edward Stack, the chain pulled magazines and modern sporting rifles from their shelves. They also unilaterally decided to end sales of all guns to anyone under 21. It…
Gun Free Zones: A teacher’s perspective
By A Guns Save Life Member: Imagine arriving at work and you must disarm before entering your workplace. Not too difficult as many folks work in gun free, easy victim zones, right? Imagine though being responsible for the safety of scores of young people in addition to yourself in that…
Illinois Legislative Update from John Boch
by John Boch Guns Save Life’s Executive Director The Illinois General Assembly has now returned to finish the spring session. A couple of weeks ago, it looked as though Illinois Democrats were going to finish off Illinois gun owners’ rights as well, with the help of a few Republicans. I've compared…
ILLINOIS: Ask Your Elected Officials to Oppose New Gun Control
From the NRA-ILA website and a mailing: Illinois: Ask Your Elected Officials to Oppose New Gun Control Your Second Amendment rights are under attack like never before! Multiple anti-gun bills threatening your fundamental right to self-defense are in various stages of the legislative process in Illinois. Your lawmakers need…
Smith & Wesson’s NEW M&P EZ… Two Thumbs UP!
For twenty years now I've looked for an arthritis sufferer-friendly pistol for my mom. Without the strength to rack a slide, she can't operate semi-autos. Add in the inability to pull a double-action revolver trigger, or even cock a revolver without significant difficulty, her options have remained pretty limited. She's not…
The Gun Control Fantasy World
by Steve Davis, Esq. President Guns Save Life The people who steadfastly believe in gun control live in a fantasy world. They exist, mentally at least, in a place no more real than Skittle-crapping unicorns, winged fairies and dope-smoking caterpillars. Pretending Alice in Wonderland is true doesn’t make it…
ILLINOIS AND BEYOND: To Critics in the Gun Community
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat…
Guns Save Life files suit against Deerfield’s gun confiscation ordinance with NRA’s support
Guns Save Life’s motto is simple: “We defend your right to defend yourself.” So when we saw Deerfield, Illinois amend a local ordinance to ban America’s favorite rifle and many similar guns, we didn’t sit around and complain. We took action. We’re pleased to announce a lawsuit challenging the Village…
Recent Wave of Bombs and Suspicious Packages Reported in American News- No Marches, Boycotts or Children’s Crusades Noted in Opposition.
By Mike Keleher The anti-gun agenda continues to make daily headlines, and if you would believe the news, the left is making great strides towards changing gun laws and demonizing AR-15 carbines in the wake of the recent school shooting in Florida and some other people committing crimes with firearms.…
ILLINOIS: Political Update, Contact your legislators, and WITNESS SLIPS!
by John Boch At our monthly Guns Save Life meetings this month, I've said that absent a large outpouring of calls from gun owners, pretty much all of these gun control measures will pass and land on the Governor's desk. Did you miss those? Don't panic. We've got a meeting…