Electronic In-Ear Protection
Last year I wrote a piece on hearing protection (Ear Pro) and as a long-time shooter of very noisy firearms and as an instructor, I value hearing protection just next to eye protection any time I am around guns. I still have pretty good hearing (despite what my Adventure Wife…
The evolving face of GunNews
Long-time readers of GunNews and members of Guns Save Life will notice changes in the past few months within our monthly journal. Our number of advertisers continues to grow, as does our cadre of contributors. With each issue we continue to improve, or at least that’s the goal. At the…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: D-Day then and now
To the Editor: With the 80th anniversary of D-Day now behind us, it seems appropriate to reflect upon whether or not this momentous event had any lasting impact on America and our allies: When I was young, D Day was about a day of remembrance. It also stood as a…
Unplanned Downtime
Sorry about the site being down for the last few hours. Our cloud provider had a server stop responding. It was enough "up" that it didn't show down from the outside. Our cloud hosting provider is Linode. I hope you can understand just how good they are. My initial contact…
CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, CHICAGO STYLE: Date night for nice couple turns horror as feral mob of black teens attacks, causes miscarriage of pregnancy
What happens when you blissfully ignore the red flags all around you? Denial has no survival value and a Chicago couple on date night paid a high price for their inability to recognize the forest of red flags in front of them. On Friday night, a couple out for date…
Exec Director Report: Waiting on SCOTUS…
by John Boch GSL Executive Director The US Supreme Court. Obviously we are waiting for an order from the US Supreme Court on our federal court challenge to the so-called “Protect Illinois Communities Act” gun and magazine ban. We remain cautiously optimistic for a favorable order, which will restore your…
Sun-Times runs editorial lamenting how Chicago’s Michigan Ave has turned from picturesque to a dystopian hellhole
The Chicago Sun-Times, in a moment of sanity, ran an editorial describing how the once-great Michigan Avenue in the heart of the Windy City has turned into a hellhole. Beggars, pot smoke, reckless drivers and skateboarders, homeless, dried vomit and on and on and on. The author, Carol Felsenthal, describes…
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Fighting small town speed traps
Do you always take a close look for small town cops when you come to a little towns while travelling on rural highway. Why? If you're wise, you'll watch for a cop shooting radar right at the town's entrance. They love to use out-of-town traffic tickets as a revenue source.…
PETERSON: A Green Beret’s take on building relationships to thrive in difficult times
We had a series of outstanding speakers at our most recent series of meetings at GSL chapters across Illinois. Here's one from Charleston, a former Green Beret medic and team leader. It's terribly relevant for those people who practice preparedness (or want to becoming more preparedness-minded). In short, you can't…
Give the enemy the smell he likes
In regione caecorum rex est luscus In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King by Desiderius Erasmus, a GSL member In examining military history throughout the ages, it becomes clear that deception is a big component in success. The most formidable generals were skilled at concealing where,…