Month: July 2015

America's "Black Lives Matter" crowd remains conspicuously silent after a very busy holiday weekend for America's criminal class in Chicago. In fact, the body count is still coming in. The Chicago Sun-Times reports 9 dead, 53 injured by gunfire. HeyJackass has it at ten homicides. The reality is that there…

Those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it.   [caption id="attachment_17386" align="alignnone" width="294"] The author, Bianca Campbell.[/caption] Here's another in the latest fad of anti-gunners demanding a "right" to be free of guns around them.  This was was published by a far-left, pro-abortion blog. Powerless in the…

More and more Americans are recognizing the life-saving benefits of firearms ownership against America's criminal class. America was founded on rugged individualism and self-responsibility.   One aspect of that is personal defense, of course. You can buy a gun, and have your family learn gun safety and how to use said…

  Happy Independence Day. Go forth and celebrate. Be prudent and be armed.  Just in case America's enemies decide they want to wage jihad at the time and place where you are enjoying Independence Day.

Palastine, Texas (Guns Save Life):  47-year-old James D. Bushey was a good-old boy, according to his brother Jeff, who was "trying to get his life turned around."  So says KLTV. Suffice it to say, there's a reason his wife divorced him. In short, because he was a bully and a…

[caption id="attachment_17363" align="alignnone" width="534"] Susan Gonzalez, today a gun owner. Photo via First Coast News.[/caption] With decisions come consequences.  It took a home invasion to clue her in on the life-saving benefits of firearms ownership, but this woman wised up. There's plenty of people who, in the face of the proven…

by John Boch Note:  This is not an endorsement for either candidate.  Federal tax laws prevent Guns Save Life from endorsing specific candidates for elective office.  Mike Flynn Mike Flynn was at Guns Save Life's Peoria monthly meeting Thursday evening, joining about eighty gun rights supporters in a celebration of…

Get your concealed carry training from the best training team in Illinois! GSL Defense Training is bringing its Essential Carry Course to the DeWitt County Sportsman's Club near Clinton, IL on July 18 & 19, 2015. Bring a partner, friend or family member and it's just $225 per person.  Single…

Charles Dickens wrote the classic novel "A Tale of Two Cities" in 1859. Today, the politicians in Wisconsin and Illinois are setting the storyline for the real-life story "A Tale of Two States" - at least where it comes to active-duty members of the U.S. military stationed in their respective…