Month: September 2012

MAILBAG: Thanks Guns Save Life!

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo courtesy State Line Rifle Association.[/caption] State Line Rifle Association sponsored an NRA Family Fun Day Shoot last weekend (the second of the year) and Guns Save Life helped promote the event for them in GunNews. We received this in the mail today: We had another…

Keep your cotton-pickin’ finger off the cotton-pickin trigger, sonny!

[caption id="attachment_2248" align="alignnone" width="550"] S&W Model 642, one of the S&W Airweight family of self-defense revolvers.[/caption] So, TSA in Pennsylvania catches and absent-minded flight attendant forgot her CCW piece in her luggage and was called out on it. [caption id="attachment_2249" align="alignright" width="180"] Jaclyn Luby, the flight attendant with a carry…

Highway Sign Work Report: Mission Accomplished!

Mission Accomplished by John Naese Last week, a GSL Highway Sign crew went out and totally refurbished one set of our "Burma-style" sign sets, on westbound I-72 between White Heath and Monticello, and got a good start on refurbishing the other set, on the eastbound lanes at the same location. …

WE’RE WINNING SERIES… Thank you for a great 2011!

  [caption id="attachment_1813" align="alignnone" width="201"] Guns Save Life President John Boch.[/caption] by John Boch President, Guns Save Life Originally published in the December 2011 issue of GunNews. As 2011 winds down, I’d like to thank each of our members for their contributions, both large and small, to our fine organization…

Rolling out the welcome mat for new shooters!

[caption id="attachment_1729" align="alignnone" width="281"] Guns Save Life President John Boch.[/caption] by John Boch, GSL President (GunNews) - Illinois’ excessive and oppressive gun laws impede new shooters taking up safe and fun shooting sports, not to mention deriving the potential life-saving benefits of firearm ownership. By educating more of our state’s…

ANOTHER Mayor Against Illegal Guns member arrested…

[caption id="attachment_2227" align="alignnone" width="493"] Former Mayor Against Illegal Guns Member Myron Rosner who was taken into custody for criminal acts and corruption charges alleged to have occurred while in office.[/caption]   What is it with Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns?  The ones who aren't kiddie porn aficionados are busted…

Distrust of mainstream media hits record high

[caption id="attachment_2224" align="alignnone" width="720"] Photo courtesy Media Resource Center.[/caption]   Americans disgust with the mainstream media has reached new highs, with almost two-thirds of Americans, an all-time high according to Gallup, distrust the liberal major media outlets. Also, the number of Americans with fair or stronger confidence in the MSM…