Sharon’s got a gun: Ex-alderman released w/o charges after gun arrest
[caption id="attachment_7408" align="alignnone" width="640"] Former Chicago Alderman Sharon Denise Dixon (24th) by Melissa Ann Pinney, courtesy of the Chicago Alderman Project.[/caption] Reports are rolling in that Former Chicago Alderman Sharon Dixon was caught out front of a Chicago Police Station this weekend with a loaded .357 revolver. She was…
Anti-gunners working on waking the (firebreathing) dragon
Barry Snell, a senior at the Iowa State University, has penned a magnificent piece published at ISU student newspaper. The quality and content of the piece eclipses that of most national mainstream media opinion writers. In the piece, he suggests that continued media and political hyperbole and name-calling will solve…
The Moral High Ground – Taking Back the Language
Bob Rainville of Indianapolis, IN, has written a great piece on how to turn the language of the "gun control" debate on it's head. It's a long piece, so I've broken it up into three parts; this is part one. THE MORAL HIGH GROUND by Bob Rainville …
Common Sense Controls
Thanks to Ron Gore for sending this in. One of the things that is being learned from the Boston bombing is that pressure-cookers have become the container of choice for bomb makers. At long last, who now can argue with the common sense logic that if there were no pressure-cookers,…
GSL Interview at Laws.com
GSL's John Naese was interviewed by Laws.com about the recent vote in the US Senate. Here's the blurb from Laws.com: Guns Save Life has been featured in this article on LAWS.COM. Read all about the fight to protect our Second Amendment right, along with an interview with our John Naese!
Real American heroes don’t get ‘shout outs’ from this president
By Michelle Zook (ClashDaily) - When Barack Obama returned to the podium to say one more thing at his press conference on Tuesday, it could have been about anything. Of course, a reporter had asked him about Jason Collins, but the president could have said any number of things. He…
CHICAGO ISN’T SAFE: Indifferent mayor spins an orgy of violence into “progress”
While the city's residents enjoy an orgy of violence, they also get to enjoy the nation's highest gas prices. How sweet is that? CHICAGO (CBS) — While the rest of the country, including Hawaii, enjoys the lowest springtime gas prices in three years, Chicago is leading the nation with…
More money for gun confiscations in California
[caption id="attachment_7371" align="alignnone" width="600"] California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The Democratic governor wants to give school districts more control of the money they receive from the state and provide poorer districts with a larger share of state aid. Brown…
GSL’s Peoria region inaugural meeting: Thursday, May 2nd
Please welcome our fourth monthly meeting location: Peoria! Guns Save Life Peoria Meeting First Thursday of the month Knights of Columbus Spalding Council 427 7403 N. Radnor Road Peoria, IL 61615 Dinner and Conversation at 5:30. Meeting Business at 7:00. Contact: Steve Schnurbusch at steve_schnurbusch (at) hotmail dot com
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY: Watch out! Berkeley, CA-based company seeks to bring liberal criminal justice policies to Champaign County
Central Illinois residents, particularly those in Champaign County, watch out! The Democratically-controlled Champaign County Board spent $120,000 to hire a Berkeley, CA-based criminal justice consulting firm to make recommendations for changes to Champaign County's criminal justice system. Translation: The Berkeley-based company is recommending bringing "alternative" criminal justice policies to the…