CHICAGO ISN’T SAFE: Violence up 40% over 2014
Welcome to Chicago, also known as Murder City, USA. The powers that be love to massage the numbers, but here's the bottom line: Despite the brutally cold weather in January this year, Chicago's criminal class racked up an average of a murder a day and overall criminal violence was up…
SURVIVING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER: 10 minutes that could save your life
The LA County Sheriff's Office has released an excellent video entitled: "SURVIVING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER". For the average person, it provides an excellent primer to surviving a spree killing event. Yes, spree killings are rare, but that doesn't mean they should be ignored as a potential threat. Lightning strikes are…
PRODUCT REVIEW: USCCA Instructor Toolkit
by John Boch I’ve been an instructor for sixteen years now and I still remember the very first class I taught in Springfield, IL along with John Naese and a third brand-new instructor. It was exciting, but not so much in a good way. A lot has changed in…
GOOD NEWS! FDIC abandoning “Operation Choke Point” for gun shops
The National Shooting Sports Foundation released some great news. Not only did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acknowledge wrongdoing with regards to discouraging banks from doing business with gun shops, but that the FDIC was going to cease the arbitrary and unconstitutional actions against law-abiding merchants. Operation Choke Point was…
CARRY YOUR GUN: Crime happens everywhere. Even the pet store.
Rich Miller over at Capitol Fax was disturbed enough by a pair of armed robberies at pet stores in Springfield, IL to post about it at his heavily trafficked blog. He wrote that he and his dog visit those locations regularly and he was rattled. The first incident was…
BIG BROTHER: Automated license plate reader shenanigans make the news
More and more reports are coming out about certain law enforcement agencies' misuse of automated license plate readers. These reports have hit the mainstream media, including stories about these unlawful practices in the Wall Street Journal (articles hidden behind pay-walls so we won't link to them and drive traffic their…
CHLORINE, GENE POOL: Gangsta Rap video gun handling claims another
[caption id="attachment_15445" align="alignnone" width="488"] Waka Flocka Flame from "Bustin' At Em" video from YouTube. The not-so-catchy tune often repeats the line, "Bitch, I'm bustin' at 'em."[/caption] The gangsta, hip hop culture celebrates pretty much everything the Ten Commandments forbids. Along with the unlawful use of both guns and violence. But…
GUNNEWS IS UP!
The February 2015 issue of GunNews is available for download. If you want to get your copy in the mail a week or two before we post it online, you can join Guns Save Life! Members enjoy a host of benefits, including receiving a printed copy in the mail…
FREEDOM: “No Muslims” range, five months later
Freedom is a wonderful thing. Including the freedom to be a bigot. Such is the case with a Hot Springs, Arkansas range that bans Muslims. While only a handful of fringe lunatic Americans love radical Muslims and their jihad against the West, characterizing all Muslims as potential Sudden Jihadi Syndrome…
MOHR: Life isn’t fair. Get over it. Better yet, overcome it.
FERGUSON & UNEQUAL TREATMENT: Life isn’t fair. Get over it. Better yet, overcome it. By Marsha Mohr Tonight I heard Michael Brown’s mother say that cop left the house that morning looking for someone to kill. My first reaction was “lady you’re nuts.” But then I thought for a moment,…