TRAINING OPPORTUNITY: Knife / Counter Knife with Ernie Kirk in McLean, IL April 23rd
GSL Defense Training is bringing in a top tier Krav Maga and combatives instructor to McLean, Illinois on Saturday, April 23rd for a Knife/Counter-Knife course. Do you carry a knife with an eye towards perhaps using it for self-defense? Ever wondered how to deal with the threat of a knifing…
IF ONLY THE REST OF THE ECONOMY WAS AS STRONG: Gun sales up 36% in 2016
[caption id="attachment_20678" align="alignnone" width="600"] Click to see larger image.[/caption] We bring you more good news. (Or bad news is you're a single mom demanding "action".) Remember how gun sales last year posted the largest number or purchases (call-ins, at least) of all time? With nearly 25 million guns purchased?…
BOCH ON EOTECH REFUNDS: My experience returning EOTech Halographic Weapon Sights
by John Boch EOTech, makers of top tier halographic weapon sights, ran into a little problem last year. It turns out their famed HWS allegedly had some problems that the company allegedly concealed. Soldier Systems has a nice, dispassionate description of what's going on: USSOCOM Issues Safety of Use Message…
CRISCO? REALLY? FireClean sues blog for pointing out similarities between FireClean and Crisco Vegetable Oil.
by John Boch Here at Guns Save Life, we're no stranger to threats of legal action for reporting the facts. Facts sometimes make people uncomfortable. Why, it was barely two months ago when we got word that Mike and Valinda Rowe had retained counsel and were moving forward with a…
CHICAGO… ISN’T SAFE: Police stops down, crime through roof, thug culture runs amok and people shot in video
Chicago has become a jungle. Seriously. Chicago Police Stops Down By 90 Percent As Gun Violence Skyrockets CHICAGO (DNA Info) — Police stops in Chicago are down nearly 90 percent as the Chicago Police Department continues to struggle with bad morale and incessant violence.From the start of the year to…
WAR ON FREEDOM: Hillary brags of her opposition to civil rights, just like George Wallace and Bull Connor.
Do you remember these Democrats who proudly stood up to oppose civil rights in the 1960s? The top photo is Democrat George Wallace, who proudly not only opposed civil rights, but physically stood in opposition to them in his defiance of orders to desegregate schools in Alabama. The bottom photo…
YOU CAN EMPOWER YOURSELF, TOO! Chicago thug finds a sheepdog among the sheep and the bite hurts
People in Chicago can't even unload their cars in decent neighborhoods without not-so-decent reprobates trying to point a gun at them to commit an armed robbery. Sometimes though, the intended victims had decided earlier in their lives that they would no longer be unarmed victims. No longer would they as…
SUPPRESSORS NOW! IOWA gets suppressors. It’s time for Illinois to do the same.
No joke. Iowa has joined 41 other states that recognize citizens' rights to own and use mufflers on their guns. C'mon Madigan and Cullerton. Your opposition to this legislation in Illinois has no legitimate basis. IOWA: SUPPRESSOR OWNERSHIP AND HUNTING NOW LEGAL At 3:00 PM on Thursday, March 31st,…
YES, THERE IS A FREE LUNCH: Role-players and aggressors needed for Critical Threat Management
What are you doing April 9 & 10 weekend? Do you want to have some fun learning about personal safety? And help others learn the same? Including how not to be a victim, and get a free lunch too? We're looking for about a dozen plus role-players and a handful…
BIRDS OF A FEATHER DIE TOGETHER: Gang-banger, drug dealer, member of Chicago’s criminal culture laments her dead friends
The Trace, Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun "news" outlet, profiles a gang-banging, non-productive member of society (spending ten years getting a four-year degree is not a productive member of society) in its quest to tug at the heartstrings of low-information types. A Young Chicago Woman Has Lost 23 Loved Ones to Gun…