PAID ADVERTISING: Eight-hour Illinois Concealed Carry class $50. Friday, July 18th. Clinton, IL
For Friday, July 18th, 2014 class: Tuition is slashed for last-minute enrollees to $50. That's right: For those with prior military service or Illinois State Police recognized training, you can pick up the final eight hours of training to get your concealed carry license for $50. No pre-registration required. Simply…
DICK METCALF RESPONDS, PART I: Admiration for GSL, says reporter “artfully” miscast facts on Metcalf’s Aspen Ideas appearance
[caption id="attachment_12887" align="alignnone" width="675"] Dick Metcalf. NY Times photo.[/caption] When an Atlantic piece came out profiling the former gun writing guru Dick Metcalf, we reached out to PASA Park gun range to see if Mr. Metcalf was still the President there. None other than Dick Metcalf responded. "Yep . .…
ILLEGAL UPDATE: Released illegal murders, Border Patrol on verge of mutiny
You didn't see this in the mainstream media. Yes, the story was out there, but the MSM left out the part about the guy being one of Obama's "catch and release" illegal aliens pouring in from south of the Rio Grande. Yes, Obama's influx includes lots of criminals and…
Pennsylvania mom’s plight gets national, mainstream attention… Julie from PA’s thoughts as well
[caption id="attachment_12879" align="alignnone" width="613"] Shaneen Allen, 27, was pulled over in New Jersey’s Atlantic County after making an unsafe lane change in the early morning hours of Oct. 1. Allen then told the officer that she had the .380 Bersa Thunder handgun, as well as a concealed carry permit in…
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Masked prankster with toy gun terrorizes people for laughs
Some serious pranksters over at "Model Pranksters TV" posted a YouTube video of them scaring unsuspecting pedestrians into condition brown by popping out in a mask, holding a toy that looks like a shotgun. The scare folks in a number of locations, including one case where a guy…
R.I.P. REMINGTON R51: Remington pulls the plug on the R51
The Remington R51 was a century-old design that was reborn last year. A lot of folks liked the novelty value of the gun and its action, but persistent reports of problems with the gun were everywhere. Some of the bigger gun mags offered up gushing reviews of the "new"…
BLOOMBERG’S BILLIONS: Did Bloomberg buy Rolling Stone’s jihad against guns?
One wonders if Rolling Stone magazine, the long-time music industry publication that's been facing shrinking readership, ad revenue and page size in the past decade, has prostituted itself out to Michael Bloomberg's cash money with their recent jihad against guns. It seems quite the coincidence that the floundering publication has…
BIG GUN CONTROL DISCONNECT: “…our federal laws failed to protect these innocent victims.” Caution: Graphic
A few stories of late have really shown the superficial veneer of intellect behind gun control proposals. Part I: Texas Following the mass killing of a family by an angry, violent loser with violent tendencies down in Houston almost a week ago, the big gun control and the victim disarmament…
GOOD GUY GUN OWNERS: Florida gun club gets injured boy service dog
Davien Martinez was four years old when he took a round to the head, fired by gang bangers in a nearby drive-by shooting, while sleeping in bed. A year later, the boy has all sorts of issues and therapists believe a service dog would allow the young boy to better…
CRASS PANDERING: IL Gov. Pat Quinn calls for gun, magazine bans. Purely a publicity stunt, nothing more.
Pat Quinn called for gun and magazine bans this weekend in Chicago, smack in the middle of low-information voter-land. Quinn doesn't have the votes to tweak the new concealed carry bill which would require only a simple majority. He'd need 60% to pass legislation at the moment. If he can't…