Armalite’s “David” ad “offends” Italian government. Tough.
The Italian government just gave Armalite a ton of free publicity with their creation of a hullabaloo over a gun advert. Armalite photoshopped one of their rifles into the arms of the classic "David" statue from Italy. The Italian government claims to own the rights to the statue's likeness and…
Illinois Gov. Quinn’s violence prevention money: 7% of one neighborhood’s went directly to single political crony
[caption id="attachment_11480" align="alignnone" width="750"] Dorothy Brown's husband Benton Cook gives her a big, fat kiss. This wasn't the kiss he gave her when he received a big payday courtesy of Governor Pat Quinn. He should have kissed the taxpayers of Illinois instead. After all, we're the ones who got... uh,…
HAPPY MONDAY! Bad guys fare poorly against Armed Americans
Do you have the Monday Morning blues? We can help. We've got some stories that will cheer you right up! First up: an 81-year-old fella who a neighbor says, "is the kind of guy you don't mess with". It's Palm Beach Gardens, FL and 81-year-old Rosko Rock has rented…
DELICIOUS IRONY: Gun guys permeate audience of anti-gun conference on how to “disrupt the gun lobby” UPDATE: Watts crying foul
Shannon Watts, the head Mom Demanding Action (someone point her to the nearest singles bar, will ya?) and her merry band of paid gun control shills, held a conference this past weekend on how to disrupt the "gun lobby". It wasn't well attended. The delicious irony? Some of those in…
Tuesday evening, Rantoul, IL: Former Iranian hostage speaks
Mr. Paul Lewis was a young Marine less than a full day in Iran when the Iranians stormed the US Embassy in Tehran when another feckless U.S. President was at the helm... Jimmy Carter. 444 days later, Mr. Lewis was released. He'll tell his story Tuesday evening in Rantoul…
March GSL Rantoul lineup: Win a new Glock 42 .380 pistol, Iranian Hostage Crisis survivor
How cool is this!? Guns Save Life is offering one of the new Glock 42s, the new .380 Auto Colt Pistol cartridge offering from Glock, compliments of our friends at 10-8 Outfitters in Bloomington, for our March 2014 monthly drawing gun at the Rantoul meeting. If you want to see…
EPIC FAIL: Illinois governor’s “Hire-a-Thug” program to reduce violent crime
[caption id="attachment_11447" align="alignnone" width="750"] Jermalle Brown (pictured) and Douglas Bufford were gang members hired to help combat violence on the South Side. In July 2012, they allegedly broke into a Grand Crossing home with one other man and announced a robbery. Bufford was fatally shot in the back of…
A picture worth a million words
One of our members tipped me off to a post by GSL's Jim Sharp at AR-15.com. I made it into a picture.
Mitch McConnell: Crass Pandering
[caption id="attachment_11435" align="alignnone" width="558"] Mitch McConnell brought a rifle out and presented it to Sen. Tom Coburn today at the CPAC convention in a crass display of pandering.[/caption] Mitch McConnell uses a gun to pander to conservatives. His action today was patently offensive given his record. Does he think we're…
GIBLIN: Dry firing
by Tim Giblin of Train Illinois (GunsSaveLife.com) - Dry firing is truly a necessity. Very few people have a location where they can shoot near their home anymore. With a twenty-minute-or-greater commute to the range becoming more common, most people simply don't have the time to shoot regularly. Coupled…