Month: December 2012

High-drag, low-speed video of the day

[youtube]http://youtu.be/nZUP2dbQW8Q[/youtube] You want to learn poor gun handling skills?  We've got a pretty decent video for you today! Charlie, our "instructor" shows us a lot of things. Let’s see if we can identify the red flags early on: 1. A home-made you-tube instructional video. 2. An “instructor” who doesn’t really…

Don’t be so quick to castigate Senator Trotter

[caption id="attachment_3845" align="alignnone" width="600"] State Sen. Donne Trotter, D-Chicago, listens as the pension reform plan is presented to the Senate Executive Committee Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (MICHAEL TERCHA/Chicago Tribune)[/caption]   Introduction by John Boch Senator Trotter made a mistake forgetting about a gun…

Quote of the Day on makeup-wearing Bob Costas…

[caption id="attachment_3833" align="alignnone" width="678"] Bob Costas.[/caption] Breda commented at Say Uncle: Newsflash: grown men who wear makeup and get plastic surgery so they can discuss other grown men playing ball games on television might not be intelligent/informed enough to offer commentary on anything other than sports!   Here's Bob in…

Family of teen armed robber killed in Rockford speaks out

[caption id="attachment_3768" align="alignnone" width="738"] Police at the scene where a 17-year-old aspiring armed robber was struck down in his prime by a store clerk.[/caption]   Rockford, IL (Guns Save Life) - The family of the armed robber killed last Friday in Rockford while robbing  jewelry store behind his home has…

Oops. My bad. IL Senator tries to take .25 Auto on plane

[caption id="attachment_3820" align="alignnone" width="960"] Democrat Sen. Trotter.Photo by Chicago Tribune.[/caption]   (Guns Save Life) - Democrat Illinois State Senator Donne Trotter was carrying  a .25 Auto pistol in his carry-on bag as he tried to board a flight at O'Hare. Was this a properly registered gun in Chicago? Was Democrat…

Chicago cop shoots pup, then goes home safely…

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - A North Side family is furious over what they claim was an unjustified police shooting of their 7-month-old miniature bull terrier, Colonel Phillips, known to the neighborhood as "The Colonel."...But on Saturday afternoon, the Colonel became a target himself. He was shot by a Chicago…