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Found the same news story on a couple of outlets today proclaiming Chicago is the USA Homicide Capital for 13th straight year based upon 2024 numbers. 573 murdered human beings. Hey Jackass.com my go to source, said it was actually 610 killed here. Potato/Potato. Seems like a lot to me.Well…

Local activists have latched onto the death of Cole Turner, a 15-year-old shot dead by Bloomington Police after pointing a handgun at responding officers, and they are trying to make it some sort of cause célèbre.  This despite the fact that the investigation continues and where bodycam video will be…

By Damon Williams GSL Member American gun owners are drowning in a plethora of Turkish made budget shotguns on the market today. Some are direct clones of current, more expensive, models. Several years ago, I bought a semi-automatic version of one of these guns for combat style competition shooting. While…

[I've updated this with a stream of information that has come my way since initially publishing it last night.] This one was too close to home for me.  It always happens somewhere else to someone else.  This time it was very close to my residence. I remember it as a…

So, do you have any kids or grandkids who might be thinking of going to Mexico for Spring Break?  Or any other vacation south of the Rio Grande or along the Gulf of America?  The prudent parent/grandparent would tell them to cancel those plans.  "But we've already put money down!"…

The struggling News-Gazette continues to publish their local paper for Champaign-Urbana, IL.  Yeah, if it weren't for the University of Illinois it would likely be a lot closer to its deathbed than it currently is.  A few weeks ago, the News-Gazette ran an open letter from Urbana's very political appointee…

Guns Save Life has partnered with GSL Defense Training and DeWitt County Sportsman’s Club (DCSC) to offer a FREE 16-hour Illinois Concealed Carry course this summer in Clinton. It will take place on June 21 & 22 at DCSC facility six miles east of Clinton on Rt. 10. Open to anyone working in…

I've got the latest from Greg Bishop teed up here (starting at about 18:37): https://youtu.be/RX3LQ1nn8RU?t=1115 Here's a couple from William Kirk.  We'll start with a MUST WATCH first: https://youtu.be/oQDxoPOxTYE And here's one about the doctors in Illinois... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXrHYZ0-VvU And Four Boxes with Mark Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5F1XO4lV0&pp=ygUQZm91ciBib3hlcyBkaW5lcg%3D%3D  

by John Boch GSL Executive Director SCOTUS The gun and magazine ban cases Snope and Ocean State Tactical are back in play for consideration by the US Supreme Court. If accepted, SCOTUS would set them for next court term, starting in October. That might get us a decision by Christmas,…

Boo hoo.  Illinois' radical Dem Congressman Chuy Garcia was unhappy that ICE scooped up a gang-banging thug outside a Chicago Public School last week.  Tough cookies, Chuy. It's almost like Chuy loves gang bangers.  That story about the unholy alliance between Chicago street gangs the Democrat politicians makes even more…