Illinois Concealed Carry update
Implementation issues have been the main topic of news relating to Illinois’ new Firearms Concealed Carry Act. There are also a couple of potential mine fields to avoid for prospective licensees. Fingerprints. Illinois is going to require fingerprints for applicants seeking an Illinois concealed carry license, either in the…
Don’t Mess With an Old (Armed) Man
Two young thugs no match for 75 year old homeowner with a gun and a quick mind. Gypsy Wayne Watts, seen in better days before a fatal error in victim selection. In Minnesota, two young, fit men thought they could easily victimize an elderly man with some physical limitations.…
So-called “prepper” fail: “We’re going to take what you’ve got and there’s nothing you can do”
[caption id="attachment_9951" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tyler Smith stands back with two of his sons as wife Katie blasts pumpkins Friday at their home in Buckley. Smith started the survivalist group Spartan Survival to protect his family from a doomsday event. Smith will be featured on “Doomsday Preppers” at 6 and 8…
Americans 34 times more interested in buying guns than Obamacare
[caption id="attachment_9947" align="alignnone" width="498"] Image via ZeroHedge.[/caption] You do the math. Nearly 1.7m Americans bought guns last month, paying good money to secure the means to defend themselves and their family from criminal attack. Nearly 50k bought Obamacare - and most of them got it for free or darn close…
Anti-gun activists haven’t figured out that posters don’t stop bad men with guns
Oh, the irony is rich. (h/t to "GunFree Zone" blog). Anti-gun activists in Philadelphia can't see the forest for the trees. "GunCrisis.org" claims to be "Seeking solutions to the epidemic of homicide by gunfire in the City of Brotherly Love". In reality, they are advocating civilian disarmament. They hang up…
Gonzaga students disarmed following armed citizen incident, now report guns stolen
The two Gonzaga students who were the victims of an attempted home invasion by a career felon wearing an ankle bracelet have been disarmed at the hands of Gonzaga campus security despite the fact their apartment is located off Gonzaga's campus. [caption id="attachment_9939" align="alignright" width="258"] Career thug John Taylor.[/caption] The…
First-person armed citizen! A confrontation in Urbana, IL
First-person armed citizen A Confrontation and the aftermath 11/07/2013: Urbana, IL It has been estimated that between 200,000 to 300,000 righteous use of a firearm in the defense or possible defense of innocent life go unreported each year because the firearm is either never discharged or an armed citizen never…
More Guns, Less Crime true internationally.
by Awr Hawkins Since 1998, John Lott's seminal work More Guns, Less Crime has been used to show that areas with the highest gun ownership in America experience the least crime on a per capita basis. It now appears that what Lott discovered as true for the U.S.A. is true…
FLASH: Dick Metcalf axed from Guns & Ammo
Dick Metcalf, a long-time gun writer and editor of Guns & Ammo magazine, was unceremoniously fired today. His termination comes on the heels of his column in the latest issue of that gun mag, in which he discusses his approval of further regulations of Second Amendment Rights. “I believe in…