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…
eBay won’t allow legitimate gun sales, but stolen phone sales are A-OK
It's interesting that eBay won't allow legitimate gun sales at their online "auction" house, but they seem to have no problem with people selling stolen smart phones. Judging by the number of stolen cell phones offered for sale on eBay, it's a dumping ground for people to offload their stolen…
Mom holds statutory rapist for police with her gun
Mom finds a strange man in her home in the middle of the night. She thinks he's a burglar until the 15-year-old daughter says it's her "boyfriend" that she met via social media. Mom calls the police and holds the 23-year-old so-called "boyfriend" for police - at gunpoint…
Detroit thugs slow to learn: Armed good guys will kill them dead
Detroit residents have been taking care of business, using firearms to even the score against predatory criminal thugs breaking into homes to victimize the residents and steal their property. Three times Detroit homeowners have shot and killed intruders in the past week, including two in one night! Nice…
Eighth annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day a success
Thousands of Prairie State gun owners braved very cold temperatures and wind-chills in Springfield to march seven blocks to the Illinois State Capitol building to promote gun rights and self-defense on Wednesday, March 5th. It was the eighth annual IGOLD event, sponsored by the Illinois State Rifle Association, in conjunction…
How about a national discussion on black violence?
Weerd at Weer'd World would like to have a national discussion, but not necessarily completely about guns. Instead, he's asking for a discussion regarding the disproportionate - massively disproportionate - representation of blacks in crime stats. There seems to be a cultural problem among black families in America. Perhaps there's…