Month: September 2012

SPLAT! CeaseFire interrupter winds up pushing daisies

[caption id="attachment_2315" align="alignnone" width="593"] The irony: The Google Street View image for the murder block shows a Chicago Police cruiser behind the Google car.  Photo courtesy Google.[/caption] One of Tio Hardiman's former "interrupters" or ganster-mediators turned up dead earlier this week.  Just a hazard of being a bad guy hanging…

George Soros is one bad dude

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] George Soros.[/caption] by Jim Butler President, Sangamon County Rifle Association (GunNews) - George Soros is one of the most powerful and dangerous men on the face of the earth.  As a New York hedge fund manager, he has amassed a personal fortune estimated at about $14…

Calling all gun owners Saturday! OUTBREAK!

It's an emergency!  Local government is calling for all gun owners to report south of the Clinton Nuclear Power Station to deal with an outbreak of some sort.  Report to the DeWitt County Sportsmen's Club by 9:00a.m. for assignments!     Clinton, IL (DCSC News Service) - Authorities are urging…

Meanwhile, in Sarah Brady’s paradise…

[caption id="attachment_2311" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo courtesy Syndey Morning Herald.[/caption]   The good folks over at "An NC Gun Blog" have been keeping a daily tally of gun crimes that surely couldn't really be happening in Great Britain and Australia, two nations that enacted utterly Draconian gun laws following criminal rampages…

Training: The Long and the Short of it

By John Naese (Guns Save Life) - Gun safety, basic pistol, and personal protection classes used to be few and far between.  There were a lot fewer opportunities and locations to take such classes even 10 years ago. Not anymore.  The rise of the concealed carry movement (49 states and…

5 Simple Rules of GUNFIGHTING

By Paul H. Vallandigham (GunsSaveLife.com) - When it comes to being in a gunfight, the only rule is to survive. The best gunfight to survive is the one you avoid. Any defensive training instructor, whether involving guns, knives or martial arts will tell you that the first defense is to…

Hunter Safety class this weekend: Ford County, IL

[caption id="attachment_2267" align="alignnone" width="360"] Graphic courtesy hunter-ed.com.[/caption] Pheasants Forever Young Guns will be sponsoring a Hunter Safety Education course this Friday and Saturday near Gibson City, IL. For information or to register, contact the Gibson City Illinois Department of Natural Resources office at 217 784-4730, ext. 223. Flyer here!  

Clergy vs. Guns: Guns Save Life’s response…

How cute. A slew of misguided clergy in the Quad Cities area of Illinois submitted an editorial piece urging that gun ownership be sharply restricted except for hunters and sport shooters. In other words:  Guns suitable for self-defense against other two-legged predators should be "controlled". Their screed follows our reply:…