Month: April 2017

The Worst Self-Defense Advice, Ever?

Between gun stores and the internet, gun owners new and old can learn a lot.  Great information is widely available (including right here at The Truth About Guns!) about gun ownership, maintaining guns and their use in competition, recreation and self-defense.  Unfortunately, the quality of information can vary widely.  Some…

Mossberg’s New 590 Shockwave: The New Coach Gun?

Mossberg's new Shockwave shotgun was introduced at the SHOT Show and is finally being seen in the wild. The shotgun, classified by our friends at the BATFE as a "non-NFA firearm," features a 14-inch barrel and a 26.5-inch overall length. In short, it's a short-barrelled shotgun of a sort that doesn't…

Do Guns & Ammo belong in bug-out bags?

Bug-out bags, sometimes known as get-home bags, provide some basics to survive while evacuating from a disaster. While philosophies vary about the bags and their contents, should guns and ammo be a part of yours? But-out bags are really must-have items. They can save your life. The old expression "proper…

ACLU: Don’t arm school police

The America Civil Liberties Union loves to defend some civil liberties.  Other civil liberties, like the Second Amendment's protections, tend to feel the ACLU's bus tires rolling over it.  Continuing that trend, radical ACLU "senior policy advocate" Harold Jordan wrote an op-ed for the Pittsburg Post-Gazette advocating disarmed cops work…

Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day: Wednesday April 5th

IGOLD event schedule... NOTE:  Guns Save Life members will meet at the Golden Corral restaurant at 1038 Lejune Dr, Springfield, IL 62703 (In Walmart Supercenter Plaza on S. Sixth Street) at 10:45am for lunch and camaraderie prior to heading to the Prairie Capital Convention Center.  All are welcome to join…