NYPD has a firearms training problem.
First, NYPD cops shoot not one or two, or even three or four innocent bystanders while engaging the Empire State Building Shooter a couple of Fridays ago. No, they shot all nine, scoring direct hits on some and ricochets with the others. Sure, part of that was the heavy,…
Candid comments from the Democrat National Convention
We wrote earlier in the week about Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein pledging to reintroduce a ban on America's favorite rifle, the AR-15, and tens of millions of other semi-automatic rifles and pistols, along with full-capacity magazine bans and other stuff that's well outside what Americans want. Now, we're not big…
Chicago Isn’t Safe: High school football game stopped, cancelled after massive fight, stabbings, reports of gunfire
Another new normal with the new school year in Chicago. A brand new football stadium built is the sight of a massive brawl, reports of shots fired, stabbings and a huge police response. Just another Friday night in Chicago. [caption id="attachment_1863" align="alignnone" width="500"] Here's the new stadium the Chinese built…
Chicago Isn’t Safe: Loaded school bus raked by gunfire
[caption id="attachment_1855" align="alignnone" width="476"] A school bus transporting students to the " Our Lady of Guadalupe" school was hit by gunfire this morning as it picked up children in the 10600 block of south Calhoun. A bullet entered the bus through a driver side window, went through a seat and…
Sightmark “Sure Shot” Reflex Sight REVIEW
[caption id="attachment_1236" align="alignnone" width="350"]Sightmark “Sure Shot” Reflex Sight[/caption] PRODUCT REVIEW Reprinted from the Dec 2011 issue of GunNews. by John Boch (GunsSaveLife.com) - When you turn forty, the eyes just don’t work like they did when you were a teenager. Thankfully, technology in the form of reflex rifle sights have…
We’re flattered GLOCK USA reads GunNews…
(GunNews) - We hear from time to time how influential folks and gun aficionados in far away places read and enjoy our own GunNews each month. We’re flattered to discover that the folks at Glock USA in Smyrna, GA read our humble little publication. We discovered this when they notified…
Tom Shafer: GET OUT ALIVE!
Sangamon County Rifle Association Guest Speaker Tom Shafer Tom Shafer addressed the audience at our Independence Day meeting and talked about mindset and tactics to survive a critical incident. Shafer noted that most of the general survival books mention basic stuff like how to build a fire, but it seems…
IDNR has been misappropriating Pittman-Robertson monies for years
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] Illinois hunters.Photo courtesy IDNR.[/caption] (This article was originally published in the December 2010 issue of GunNews by remains as true and accurate today as it was then as nothing has changed with regard to Illinois government misappropriating Pittman-Robertson monies.) by Lee Williams Springfield, IL (Illinois…
Africa safer than Chicago? For one family with two of six kids killed in Chicago, yes.
I'm not a big Neil Diamond fan, but one song he's got has resonated with me and many others for decades now. "America", or sometimes known as "Coming to America" was released in 1980, at the end of the disastrous Jimmy Carter presidency and by 1981 it was a number…
NBC Chicago: GunNews is worth reading.
We at Guns Save Life are pretty proud of our GunNews Magazine, which serves as our monthly journal, done on an all-volunteer basis, primarily by John Naese and John Boch. We've been publishing it for upwards of twenty years. Today we publish 14,000 copies each month, which get mailed to…