ROCKFORD, IL: Don’t bring a pellet gun to gunfight

[caption id="attachment_3768" align="alignnone" width="738"] Police at the scene where a 17-year-old aspiring armed robber was struck down in his prime by a store clerk.[/caption] Rockford (Guns Save Life)  - A 17-year-old aspiring armed robber and soon-to-be father Brandon Pierce of Rockford, IL was struck down in his prime while robbing…

An open letter to Bob Costas and Jason Whitlock

  Alexandria, aka "Alexthechick" at Double Plus Undead posted a superlative open letter to Bob "The Lightweight" Costas and Jason "Mr. Couple inches of pain" Whitlock It starts with a bang: Gentlemen: I see that you have chosen to use the horrific crime of the murder of Kasandra Perkins to…

The truth about Costas and Guns…

by John Lott (FoxNews) - Did Jovan Belcher, the 6’2” 228 pound linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, need a gun to kill his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins? How about to commit suicide? Apparently some think that Saturday's murder-suicide tragedy in Kansas City wouldn't have happened if he hadn't had a…

Merry Christmas! From front page of the News-Gazette today…

[caption id="attachment_3751" align="alignnone" width="600"] Brothers Gabriel,4, left, and Michael, 5, Bambenek, Champaign, smile at a gingerbread ornament at the The Junior League of Champaign-Urbana's 17th Annual Festival of Trees at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012.Photographer:Robin ScholzPhoto by News-Gazette.com.[/caption]   John Bambenek, one of our…

Home Invasion at Richard Klein’s residence

It happened to me! A Home Invasion, Freezing Rain, and Other Rude Awakenings by Richard E. Klein and John Boch Part I:  Rude awakenings In our society, the matter of dealing with a home invasion is, for many, pretty removed from our daily concerns. Recently my world and all its…

FoxSports hack blames 2nd Amendment, not KC Chiefs killer

[caption id="attachment_3726" align="alignnone" width="625"] Meet Jason Whitlock, rocket scientist extraordinaire.  One can only speculate if he was researching his latest article in this photo, "covering sports from every angle" as it says in his bio at FoxSports.[/caption] FoxSports, the network that won't accept firearms-related advertisements for UFC events, once again…

Don’t support Wounded Warrior Project

  This editorial by GunTalk radio host Tom Gresham is reprinted here with permission: by Tom Gresham Does the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) have a bias against guns and gun makers? Two weeks ago that would have sounded crazy, but this week many shooters are convinced that it’s true. Hundreds of hunts…