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[caption id="attachment_3751" align="alignnone" width="600"] Brothers Gabriel,4, left, and Michael, 5, Bambenek, Champaign, smile at a gingerbread ornament at the The Junior League of Champaign-Urbana's 17th Annual Festival of Trees at the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012.Photographer:Robin ScholzPhoto by News-Gazette.com.[/caption]   John Bambenek, one of our…

It happened to me! A Home Invasion, Freezing Rain, and Other Rude Awakenings by Richard E. Klein and John Boch Part I:  Rude awakenings In our society, the matter of dealing with a home invasion is, for many, pretty removed from our daily concerns. Recently my world and all its…

Well, it's long overdue. Now that the election is over and Barack Hussein Obama doesn't have to worry about his Fast and Furious buddies breaking bad on him, he's cleaned house. Well, sort of. Some of the key players have been dismissed, but they get to keep their full pensions.…

From our good friends at the Illinois State Rifle Association. URGENT ALERT – YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED SCHEME TO BAN AND CONFISCATE MOST OF YOUR GUNS WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE THIS WEEK!  As many of you know, Governor Quinn gutted a pro-gun bill, SB-681, and…

[caption id="attachment_3726" align="alignnone" width="625"] Meet Jason Whitlock, rocket scientist extraordinaire.  One can only speculate if he was researching his latest article in this photo, "covering sports from every angle" as it says in his bio at FoxSports.[/caption] FoxSports, the network that won't accept firearms-related advertisements for UFC events, once again…

  This editorial by GunTalk radio host Tom Gresham is reprinted here with permission: by Tom Gresham Does the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) have a bias against guns and gun makers? Two weeks ago that would have sounded crazy, but this week many shooters are convinced that it’s true. Hundreds of hunts…

[caption id="attachment_3713" align="alignnone" width="742"] Roman sword hilt.[/caption] by Jordan Whitaker (Bio) (Guns Save Life) - For some people the question of self-defense, especially with deadly force, raises troubling moral and religious issues.  As a Southern Baptist pastor and former US Army infantryman, I have fielded many such concerns from church…

[caption id="attachment_3706" align="alignnone" width="478"] Pastor Jordan Whitaker.[/caption]   Please welcome Jordan Whitaker as our latest contributor to the GSL blog and GunNews. Here's a short bio on him: I am a 30 year old father of three from across the river in Missouri. Since leaving military service (US Army Infantry)…

  Crime has gone wild in San Bernardino, CA, and unfortunately for residents, this isn't limited to working girls. It's so bad that public officials are recommending residents "load their guns" to protect themselves from violent crime, including a murder rate that's up 50% this year thanks to slashed budgets…

Welcome to the Windy City, USA, home of Illinois' most stringent gun control.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in Chicago handguns are effectively banned and long guns are heavily restricted.  Only the affluent are able to navigate the onerous and expensive process to register them after attending expensive safety-training classes, rendering…