How to apply for an IL carry permit
Step by step directions. Courtesy of the fine folks at ChicagoGunSmith.com. [caption id="attachment_10325" align="alignnone" width="600"] Screen grab courtesy of ChicagoGunSmith.com.[/caption]
A Christmas present from ISP: Illinois Concealed Carry Application open to all…
A pleasant surprise from the Illinois State Police Days ago, the Illinois State Police opened the online Illinois Concealed Carry application to the state's approved firearm instructors. It's over at the new ISP CCW website. It didn't take long for non-instructors to discover that they too could complete the…
Merry Christmas!
[caption id="attachment_10319" align="alignnone" width="600"] Coolest card evah!Click for full size.[/caption] Merry Christmas from all of us at Guns Save Life. (and belated Happy Hanukkah as appropriate).
Arapahoe parent speaks: Good guys with guns saved my son and countless others
Over at The Truth About Guns, a parent wrote publicly of his gratitude for a school resource deputy sheriff who ran towards the sound of gunfire, confronting [Scumbag's name redacted], the Socialist nutcase who was on a murderous rampage at his school. Here is James Viseur's comment at TTAG. My…
Al Sharpton’s town hall meeting against guns erupts in revolt against Democrat machine politics
Imagine that. Al Sharpton, of the Just-us Brothers, rolled into Chicago this past Thursday for a town hall meeting to address gun control issues. It didn't go as Al had planned. The audience was fed up and angry. They weren't calling for more gun control laws. Instead, they were demanding…
Kalashnikov dead at 94
One of the greats in firearm invention passed away at 94 in Russia today. Russia Today reports that Mikhail Kalashnikov has passed away. Kalashnikov is the Russians' John Browning, famous for inventing and refining the AK-47 rifle, along with the AKM and AK-74.
Corner cutting trainers? Ask them to do it right.
(Revised Jan 2, 2014) Illinois has too many Illinois State Police-approved instructors who are cutting corners in the training they provide. Even the mainstream media has picked up on this in stories here, here and here. Guns Save Life is unveiling our proposed plan to stem the tide of unethical…
Here’s why we practice situational awareness and carry tools to defend ourselves
[caption id="attachment_10280" align="alignnone" width="620"] Funeral services are held this morning for Dustin Friedland, the Hoboken attorney shot and killed Sunday night by carjackers seeking his Range Rover at the Mall at Short Hills in Millburn. The service is at Beth Am Shalom in Lakewood. The 30-year-old was shot and killed…
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart: A little would-be tyrant
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="420"] Cook County's Sheriff Tom Dart is a little man.[/caption] Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart would be a petty, tyrannical dictator if given the opportunity and ability. Fortunately for the good people of Illinois, our government doesn't allow this - and Tom Dart isn't a happy lil'…
Better late than never: Internet forum launches “Illinois instructor oversight panel”
Our friends over at the firearm internet forum Illinois Carry announced today that they were setting up an instructor oversight panel to go after unscrupulous and unethical trainers here in Illinois. We at GunsSaveLife welcome Illinois Carry's announcement. It was accompanied by a checklist folks can use when searching for…