We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
[caption id="attachment_26677" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Photo by Sam Wheeler on Unsplash[/caption] God bless my mom. She enjoys reading the previous day's news in the dead tree. Of course, I haven't subscribed to a newspaper since a couple of years out of college. Frankly, newspaper subscriptions are following land-line telephones and buggy whips.…
[caption id="attachment_26671" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Image courtesy thepatch.com[/caption] Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Combating Illegal Gun Trafficking Act into law this past week. The bill enacts all manner of onerous and expensive regulations upon dealers, with up to $10,000 in civil penalties for each and every violation. The bill's advocates claim that…
What happens when you have the same name as a guy with an outstanding federal warrant and who has skipped bail? In states like Virginia that have "bail bondsmen" operating, you too might find a bounty hunter on your doorstep. A literal body snatcher. That very scenario happened December 29th…
by John Boch The 2018 midterm elections brought a surprisingly high turnout nationwide, including right here in Illinois. With the votes tallied, Illinois’ Michael Madigan gained a Democrat supermajority in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly. And JB Pritzker as governor. [caption id="attachment_26647" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Image via Blue Sky…
A lot of us in Illinois enjoyed the story of the 25-year-old Chicago woman who struck down a goblin early one morning while waiting for a bus. He ran up to the bus stop, stuck a pistol in her face and told her to give it up. She gave it…
by Steve Davis GSL Immediate Past President Image by Oleg Volk. Used with permission. We defend your right to defend yourself. I’ve put forward that GSL mission statement on every stage and every platform during my tenure as president. We have remained true to that mission statement in years past,…
by Steve Davis, Esq. Guns Save Life Immediate Past President When I graduated from the John Marshall Law School in 1979, I purchased a class ring. I still have that ring and frequently think about the Latin inscription on the ring “Lex Ancillary Justitiae.” Roughly translated the inscription means that…
By Warren Lind In the last couple of months America has witnessed three high-profile murders of women who were exercising or playing sports alone: 1. Mollie Tibbetts. A knife-wielding illegal alien raped and then murdered this Iowa coed as she jogged alone. 2. Cella Barquin Aramaean. This Iowa coed and…
by Steve Davis, Esq. Guns Save Life Immediate Past President Greg Ellifritz always delivers some of the best presentations among the distinguished cadre at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference. Based in Ohio, he works as a cop during the day and does top tier training on the side as the…
It’s no longer a matter “if” we should arm teachers. Today, it’s about implementing armed teachers nationwide. by John Boch Remember when we had to fight state by state to educate people on the proven benefits and public safety associated with right-to-carry? Today we face similar battles when it comes…
