Month: November 2012

A WWII Hero: OB Streeper, Silver Star recipient

OB Streeper from Chenoa, IL address our Guns Save Life family at the October 2012 GSL Meeting in Rantoul.  If you missed this, you missed a fantastic presentation from a remarkable man. Video is at the bottom of this post. Enjoy... Main Speaker Owen B. “O.B.” Streeper Silver Star recipient…

James Yeager: Hurricane Sandy aftermath is ‘medieval’

[caption id="attachment_3143" align="alignnone" width="750"] People wait in line to fill gas cans at a Hess Gas Station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, in Secacus, New Jersey. EPA/PETER FOLEY[/caption] by Frank Sharpe Fortress Defense Consultants To all,James Yeager of Tactical Response just sent this note out: "I am getting reports…

Chicagoland: Traffic-trap suburbs.

[caption id="attachment_1827" align="alignnone" width="556"] Photo courtesy mchenrycountyblog.com.[/caption] Public service to our members Traffic-trap suburbs (GunNews) -  Not only is Chicagoland a dangerous place to live or visit, home of the highest local sales taxes in the nation, and the nation’s top city for traffic enforcement cameras but it also sports…

Evanston Gun “Buy Back” FAIL BOAT arrives Dec. 15.

[caption id="attachment_2549" align="alignnone" width="630"] Evanston PD 3-star Chief Eddington.  Clearly, he's inferior to a 4- or 5-star police chief.Photo by Evanstonnow.com.[/caption]   Evanston Police are working on putting together a gun buyback which will pay market value on "high end" firearms turned in. There are a couple of catches. It's…

Took my training… Now what?

Ok, so you purchased your gun. You took some training. You feel confident. Now what? What will you do at 2am when the door gets kicked in? How will you respond in all of the confusion? Will you remember where your gun is? Will you remember how to load it?…

Bigotry of a different stripe

  [caption id="attachment_3119" align="alignnone" width="600"] University of Colorado Boulder Economics Advisor Ken Bonetti holds a sign that he previously had posted on his door to his office, stating "absolutely no guns", but after administrators told him he couldn't have his sign, he posted a new one asking not to bring…

Social Media and Looting

During Hurricane Sandy, we learned a lot about what our fellow citizens are made of. We learned of their character and in some cases, their character defects. There were many brave people serving those who were trapped and in need of help, there were also those who were preying on…