Connecticut’s gun pre-confiscation letter: Here it is.
We broke the story to gun owners nationwide about Connecticut mailing a pre-confiscation letter to that state's gun owners who were late with their registration applications. Over 200 gun and magazine owners, with notarized statements and descriptions of their property listed on completed registration applications, were sent the letters, bringing…
FOID: The numbers Illinois’ political leaders didn’t want you to see
The source is confidential, and unimpeachable. We'll let the numbers speak for themselves. (Hat tip to The Truth About Guns) Let us put the overall number of valid FOID cards into a graph for your enjoyment... You probably noticed the numbers of FOID cards revoked has stayed in the…
It’s time to think warm thoughts, concealed carry – and saving money!
*Paid advertising* It's almost March. The snow and sub-freezing temperatures will soon be gone. It's time to think warm thoughts and concealed carry! The Illinois State Police will begin mailing concealed carry licenses any day now. Yes, it's really going to happen. Even if you're not sure you want a…
Website update: Things are calming down and surpassing a milestone
Lots of good news today. We crested 100,000 unique visitors, blowing well into six-figure land for the first time in our short 18 months online in the gun blogging world. In other good news, Hostek came through bigtime, helping to alleviate the heavy load our server was groaning…
Florida “Movie theater texting killing” prosecution moves forward
As if we needed yet another example of the mainstream media's anti-gun bias, we have it for you today. You probably heard about the "terrible" incident where a man confronted someone text messaging in a theater and ended up pulling out a gun and shooting the jackwagon who was ruining…
GSL Website Problems: Good and bad
[caption id="attachment_11199" align="alignnone" width="600"] Click for full-size image.[/caption] First off, our apologies for a sluggish website. If you're like us, you're having difficulty getting on (we're able to access the site only about one out of two tries, and trying to get to the admin side of things is much…
Special Tier One training that’s just… Special.
[caption id="attachment_11194" align="alignnone" width="600"] Redefining high speed - low drag.[/caption] The boys over at Arfcom are bragging about taking training to the next level. We're pretty sure there's some satire going on there. We hope.
Connecticut sends out the first confiscation letters
Gun confiscation is one step closer in Connecticut. The mainstream media spins it as "one more chance" for non-compliant gun owners who failed to register their scary guns before the January 1 deadline. In reality, these letters - 106 to rifle owners, and 108 more to residents with standard capacity magazines…
Mark your calendar: BIG 900+ gun auction March 16th in Mattoon, IL
Bauer Auction is hosting another of their massive gun auctions on Sunday, March 16th. 900+ guns. There are some nice collectibles advertised, as well as some potential bargains. Click here for the online catalog of guns up for auction... with photos. Central Illinois Largest Firearm Auction South Rt. 45 -…
KUBICEK: “Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.”
by Fred Kubicek The thought for the day is brought to us by Winston Churchill: "Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman." According to latest statistics, 33 local law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty by…