Results of Chicago paying tribute to thugs…
Works about as well as gun control... Paying tribute to thugs to ‘prevent’ crime nets us this gem... (GunNews) - Ceasefire Illinois got a million dollars from the City of Chicago earlier this summer to hire ex-convicts to "mediate" disputes between violent criminals and to "prevent" crime. It's true. This…
IN THE AFTERMATH OF A SHOOTING: What to do, what to say
by John Boch (GunNews) - It’s Friday night and your legs are wobbly and you’re shaking like a leaf. You’re holding your handgun after opening fire on a violent predatory criminal you reasonably believed was about to inflict great bodily harm upon you. The smell of cordite still hangs in…
GSL Monthly Meeting reminder: September 11, 2012 IL Treasurer Dan Rutherford will join us!
The monthly Guns Save Life meeting will be held in one week at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Rantoul Illinois. September 2012 Meeting Tuesday, September 11th Knights of Columbus Hall 1001 N. Ohio Rantoul, IL 61866 N 40°19.447’ W 88°09.347’ Dinner, conversation, exhibits at 5:30 p.m. Meeting at 7…
Darwin wins again! Teen shoots privates while “cleaning” gun… yeah!
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] Michael Smeriglio.Photo courtesy WTSP.[/caption] So, you're an 18-year-old stud with a BMW car, you like to smoke cancer sticks and you got yourself a new pistol at a party a month before... I mean, we always carry some extra greenbacks with us so when we…
Lott: Did Colorado killer single out Cinemark theater because it banned guns?
How interesting! John Lott has done some investigating, something our mainstream media can't be bothered with doing if a story deviates from their anti-gun template, and he found that the lunatic killer that killed those folks at the Batman movie premiere didn't choose the closest theater complex to carry out…
RECOIL from Recoil Magazine. “MP7A1 is unavailable to civilians and for good reason.”
by John Boch Recoil Magazine, a new gun rag trying to make a go of it really stepped in a big, steamy fecal pie with their fourth issue. In reviewing one of Heckler and Koch's latest, the MP7, the writer wrote that the gun is unavailable to civilians "and for…
Fanny pack carry is legal. Period.
While some politicians posture in public to the contrary, "fanny pack carry" is legal in Illinois. Here is Illinois law explained, directly from “Transport Your Firearm Legally”: HOW CAN I LEGALLY TRANSPORT A FIREARM ON MY PERSON OR IN MY SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV), PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, STATION WAGON, OR…
Violent attacks on campus at the University of Illinois… racial, random or both?
(GunNews) - The local mainstream media outlet, the News-Gazette published a huge front-page article about violence on campus last weekend (and then ran it online this Sunday), basically letting folks know that incidents like those we knew as Polar Bear Hunting attacks from 2010 are still going on and that…
PRODUCT REVIEW: Poor man’s power supply – Harbor Freight 800W genset
[caption id="attachment_1778" align="alignnone" width="528"]Photo courtesy hankswandering.com.[/caption] (GunNews) - Here’s a little genset that will provide portable power for anyone who’s considering a generator but doesn’t want to invest a lot of money. Harbor Freight has an inexpensive 800ish watt generator for $99. With their 20% off coupon that’s usually in…
Mexico does what Eric Holder and the Obama administration could not: Bring a killer to justice.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="478"] Brian Terry.[/caption] Mexico does what Eric Holder and the Obama Administration could not: Bring a killer to justice. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police detained a man accused of fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent almost two years ago in Arizona in a botched…