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Last year, because of the demands of a few radical activists, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's elected officials made the decision to eliminate their local police department. Now, months later, those radical activists are gone along with police. And the locals are complaining about rising crime and a lack of police presence.…

On June 14th, a Greenville County Sheriff's Deputy shot a “fiercely-patriotic” gun-owning homeowner in Simpsonville, South Carolina. For weeks, the department contended that the homeowner had jerked open his front door and pointed a handgun at the responding officer. But bodycam video that was just released shows a very different…

By Mike Keleher When I first heard of the statistics that spawned the Mission 22 volunteer organization, I was shocked. The stunning and sad news, is 22 American Veterans commit suicide each and every day of the year. Mission 22 has become a premier group who fund outreach and treatment…

Watching young people gain self-empowerment and confidence shooting handguns makes me happy. That serves as the payoff for me and my fellow GSL Defense Training instructors at America’s longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camp in Bloomington, Ilinois. Darnall’s GunWorks and Ranges hosts the kids each year for a four-day, three-night gun…

So, did you know that Chicago had a pair of seven-person victim mass shootings Saturday night?  Neither did anyone else.  Because the mainstream media obviously doesn't really care when a bunch of African-Americans get shot down. It's true.  Two incidents as reported by Hey Jackass.  Seven people maimed at each…

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Gun Dealer Licensing Act (GDLA) in January 2019, shortly after taking office. Despite claims from the bill's sponsors that it would not impact dealers or cause any hardship, those predictions have not aged well. In reality, the new law has decimated gun dealers…

The Washington Examiner reports that the vast majority of Democrats expect to see politically-motivated violence resulting from the current political war of words. In fact, 91% of Democrats believe this, compared to "only" 61% of Republicans. Here's an excerpt from the Examiner story: After a week that saw President Trump…

From our friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association...   Summary:  March For Our Rights, a student-led group, will rally in Wheaton on July 20 at Memorial Park at 10:00 am The student-led, nationwide "March For Our Rights" organization will hold their 2nd annual Chicagoland Rally in Wheaton on July…

[caption id="attachment_27632" align="aligncenter" width="770"] AP Photo[/caption] LaShawn Ford has served as an Illinois State Representative since 2007.  Like his fellow Chicago Democrat General Assembly members, he has been a fairly consistent vote against gun rights since, well, forever. But he recently appeared on radio station WLS-AM encouraging residents to arm…

Guns Save Life members netted our second biggest haul ever as we once again turned in broken-down, often rust-laden junk for perfectly good cash at a July 13th Chicago gun “buyback.” GSL will use the proceeds from this event to fund organized youth shooting programs, including sending young people to…