GSL Chicagoland has moved! Effective our February 28, 2016 meeting, we'll be at: DA’s Deli and Dining 7260 West 159th Street Orland Park, Illinois 60462 Food is back!  Bring your appetite.  We’re encouraging attendees to eat.  The food is outstanding per Alfreda Keller, our GSL Chicagoland Coordinator.  Options range from…

This is what happens when you try to pull a gun on someone who knows how to fight. Kevin Gonzales, 28, thought he would break into someone's garage and steal their stuff.  When the homeowner confronted him, Big G pulled a heater out and the fight was on for the…

Just released. In the case of Kolbe v. O'Malley, the US Fourth Circuit of Appeals overturned a district court decision upholding the Maryland "Firearm Safety Act" which banned scary semi-auto rifles and full capacity magazines. That law is now null and void and this creates a split between the Fourth…

  Product Review DeSantis Gunhide Neoprene Ankle Double Mag Pouch by “Bear” St. Pierre If you remember from last month’s installment of BEARing All, I am on the search for an ankle rig that I can call a winner. I’m still looking for the perfect ankle rig for my pistol,…

Meet Andrew Holmes, the man on the right wearing the "I'm a man.  I don't need a gun" t-shirt.  He's comforting a woman whose child was killed by a stray bullet fired in black-on-black violence in Chicago. Who is Andrew Holmes? He's a "community activist" in Chicago, employed as a…

Is Hillary trying to replace ol' Jug Ears as the nation's greatest gun salesman? January Gun Sales Set Yet Another Record (Free Beacon) - The FBI conducted more gun-related background checks this January than in any other January since the system was created. With 2,545,802 checks processed through the National…

The Wounded Warriors Project has us on their radar, and we sure as heck have them on ours. Initially they came to our attention when they proclaimed that they didn't want gun owner donations, or money from Christians, but money from fundraisers at the Playboy Mansion were A-OK (Parties 1…

Low-information voters give us low-information politicians. DC bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes WASHINGTON (AP) -- They say crime doesn't pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders. The D.C.…

It's never a good day when someone breaks into your home at 5:15 in the morning.  It's even less of a good day when you're a single woman and the man breaking in is an ex-boyfriend intent on beating you to a pulp.  After all, if he was delivering flowers,…

Maintain your situation awareness at all times. There are a host of pre-violence behavioral indicators, and pro-incident indicators.  Come out to the Critical Threat Management Force-on-Force class to learn the subtle nuances in body language that often precede an attack. Sometimes you don't need training or education outside of everyday…