SHE WON’T BE MISSED: Cali’s Senator Barbara Boxer bows out rather than face re-election race
California's Barbara Boxer, one of two virulently anti-gun U.S. Senators from California, has announced she will not be running for re-election in 2016. Could it be she senses America's shifting political landscape and doesn't want to bother with a bruising race for re-election? She is, after all, the Senator the…
CELEBRATE IT: Actress Katherine Heigl doesn’t hide her gun ownership
[caption id="attachment_15217" align="alignnone" width="770"] Actress and producer Katherine Heigl.She likes to shoot and she doesn't hide her gun ownership.[/caption] In many circles, some Americans seem reluctant to admit their status as gun owners. Big city residents, entertainers, and others are sometimes reticent to let others know they know and…
NINJA SILLY: Solutions in search of problems in silly “training” video
Firearms training on YouTube is always an iffy proposition. Many, if not most of the YouTube-based firearm training videos, aren't worth your time. Well, unless you're there for chuckles and laughs. They prove, as I've articulated many times in classes and in writing, that even a mediocre class is…
JE SUIS CHARLIE: “I am Charlie” in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo after islamist attack
Good people across Europe and beyond are demonstrating in solidarity with the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following the barbaric, cowardly attack on the publication's offices by radical islamic savages. The attack was France's most deadly terrorist attack in a long time. Supporters of freedom and liberty hoisted signs…
LAWLESS: Democrat Pennsylvania AG won’t defend new PA state law
Pennsylvania's rabidly anti-gun Democrat Attorney General Kathleen Kane has publicly announced that she will not fulfill her office's duty to defend a state law, instead leaving it to the Governor's office to defend a new firearms law pre-emption bill recently enacted. In recent years, some of the Democrat-controlled big…
BIG TENT, OPEN MINDS: The gun culture welcomes *all* good people
Meet Kassi Karry. She's a model, yoga instructor and Cross Fit enthusiast from North Carolina. (H/t to Miguel at GFZ) She also likes to shoot. Yes, she's got some ink, and doesn't look like your average PTA mom, but we warmly welcome her into the gun culture because she likes…
MARIJUANA IN THE WORKPLACE: Forbes Magazine says Washington DC “second” most gun-friendly state
There was a report released in 2014 that found that roughly 10% of Americans report to work high on marijuana (link - warning autoplay video). Seems as though that's happening at Forbes as well as they released a report that Washington DC was the nation's second most gun-friendly state…
TONIGHT IN PONTIAC: Todd Vandermyde, on African hunting trips and the General Assembly
[caption id="attachment_9296" align="alignnone" width="600"] The man anti-gun politicians and anti-gun activists love to hate: Todd Vandermyde. [/caption] Todd Vandermyde, the NRA-ILA's contract lobbyist for Illinois, will be at tonight's Pontiac Guns Save Life meeting. It's at the Pontiac VFW (thank you to Jerry and our gracious hosts) and it…
THEY’RE NOT KIDDING: Hollywood relies on Schwartzenegger, Stallone reprising tough guy roles as senior citizens
We wrote last week about liberal, gun-hating Hollywood execs looking at big declines in ticket sales in 2014. Not only were ticket sales off well into the double-digits, especially among the young, but attendance overall dropped 6%. Ouch. After the disastrous 2014, Tinsel Town is counting on some anti-gun 1980s…
LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD: Guns Save Life Stats… 2014
It has been a good year for GSL's blog, just as it has been for Guns Save Life in general, and gun owners in most of America for that matter. Unlike the Brady Campaign or Bloomberg's host of gun grabber groups, we're not so bashful about publishing our stats. …