ACTION ALERT: CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS! Monday eve, Feb 15
From our friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association. This will be a great time to brush up on your "Direct Action" advocacy for gun rights. I don't believe the "University YMCA" is university-owned building. It wasn't thirty years ago when I was a student. If it's not, remember…
COMING THIS SUMMER: Guns Save Life Illinois Gun Owner Discussion Forum
Guns Save Life is pleased to announce a new discussion forum for Illinois gun owners, coming this late spring. Well, it's actually probably going to launch before then, but we'd rather under promise and over deliver. It'll be a place to go for both Guns Save Life members and…
IMITATION, FLATTERY: Wayne LaPierre cites Guns Save Life’s motto in his latest column
We're proud of our motto at Guns Save Life: "We defend your right to defend yourself". So imagine our surprise to see the title of NRA's Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre mentioning something very close to our long-time motto in his latest column appearing in NRA publications. We're humbled. Once…
LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, A GUN OWNER IS THERE… CCW holder saves cop’s life in PA
Here's another reason why beat cops like card-carrying good guys. They can mean the difference between life and death for a peace officer in trouble. Don't tell that to their rabidly anti-gun police chief who would rather burn perfectly good money than sell police confiscated guns to law-abiding Americans. "Our…
HESITATION CAN BE DEADLY: “Use a TASER. He’s just a kid…” Cop killed bringing a TASER to a gunfight
Here's what happens when police hesitate thanks to second guessing from anti-police politicians and community activists, politically appointed police administrators, and the Obama Justice Department... The dispatch audio is at the Post website. It's chilling. Support your local police. Thanks them for the work they do to keep asocial violent…
HILLARY CIRCLES THE DRAIN: How’d that gun control campaign work for ya, Hillary?
Hillary Clinton: She's a mess. I have no doubt there were objects hurled across the room last night as that bitter, angry woman exploded with entitlement-complex-driven anger at her 22-point loss in New Hampshire. She didn't get beat. She got well-schlonged yesterday in the Granite State. Going back in…
IN TODD WE TRUST: Two messages from Vandermyde… one to share with Obama, one for us
[caption id="attachment_19998" align="alignnone" width="600"] NRA-ILA's contract lobbyist Todd Vandermyde testifying in Springfield. Chicago.[/caption] To his Facebook friends in the General Assembly to give to President Obama when he visits Springfield today to bring his bitter divisiveness to the mix... Link To all my legislative Facebook friends, if you get the…
FELONY-GRADE STUPID: Amy Jane fisks FoxNews’ Greg Jarrett, supposed “gun expert”
With all the seriousness of late, it's time to take a break and share a bit of comedy gold. Amy Jane has quite a sense of humor in fisking FoxNews' Greg Jarrett showering us with his great knowledge of gun laws and how guns work following the Muslim terror attack…
STATEMENT: GSL sitting out IGOLD 2016
[caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignnone" width="575"] Guns Save Life Member and IGOLD founder/organizer Gene Martin. RIP Mr. Martin.[/caption] The Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day was envisioned and later started in 2007 through the work of one Guns Save Life member: Emery "Gene" Martin. Gene was a great man. He was an…
LISTEN TO A MURDERER? A thug tries to shape national policy on guns
A murdering thug who goes by the pseudonym John Lennon writes in the news magazine Quartz "Easy access to guns helped me commit murder. I’ve changed, but the loopholes remain". First of all, how many reputable news magazines feature stories by convicted murderers? How many reputable news magazines make stories…