Merry Christmas
Best Christmas Light show 2012? It's the best we've seen. Turn up the sound and set it to HD. Merry Christmas.
ICHV in Champaign: Perfecting the art of irrelevancy
Greetings from Nicole Anderson-Cobb, PhD, ICHV Outreach Coordinator: With commentary from yours truly, non-ivory-tower non-PhD. 1. Thanks to all who came out to the "Silent Nights: Contemplating Peace" program last night. It was a WONDERFUL opportunity to remember, share, explore the real challenges of gun violence in our society…
Responsible for murder
Whenever there is a tragedy involving a gun, gun owners have been vilified as extremists. Questions are asked. Why do these people need military style weapons? Why do they need guns that fire so many bullets? What are these wackos afraid of? The answers are simple, the responsible parties for…
Picollo nails it: The rush to arm up
[caption id="attachment_4216" align="alignnone" width="640"] Picollo and his Seeing Eye Cat.[/caption] Picollo, the fellow in Pennsylvania many of us know as the guy who had the Seeing Eye Cat stories, offered up an interesting blog entry that nailed it on several levels. I report excerpts here for your edification. Check 'em…
Words Have Meaning
Why Are You Losing Your Freedoms? The Semantics of Manipulation by John Ross Semantics: the historical and psychological study and the classification of changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in linguistic development What is wrong with Conservatives and supporters of the Second-Amendment? Why, in…
Tis the season: GSL members help friend in need
[One of our GSL members asked around for some help for a fellow GSL member on hard times. She wanted it to be anonymous, but it didn't work out completely that way. Here's what happened...] by Jan Today, we delivered Dave's Christmas goodies. We had three BIG boxes of goodies…
Miguel hits (another) home run: Analysis of NRA’s presser
I didn't really have time yesterday to dissect the NRA's presser, but Miguel at Gun Free Zone has done a magnificent job. This is good. Really good. Two excerpts. The NRA's remarks in italics, center-justified. Miguel's analysis below. The only way to answer that question is to face up to…
Latest issue of GUNNEWS is now up!
Introducing this month's covergirl, Heather B.! You can download and read GunNews here. GunNews is the monthly journal of Guns Save Life. It's composition and layout is an all-volunteer endeavor. If you would like GunNews delivered to your mailbox each month, you can join Guns Save Life here!
So which is it? Inconsistencies on which & how many guns were used
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Guns Save Life featured in THE ATLANTIC!
A University of Illinois professor, Charles "Stretch" Ledford, has been tagging along Guns Save Life endeavors for much of last fall, shooting video for a project of his. Yes, it's a real pistol. A Jennings .25 auto I think. It's a future Chicago gun, and its previous owner told me…