Twofer: MAIG Mayors going to prison (Don’t drop the soap, boys)
It's been a busy week for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) group of gun-grabbing mayors. First up, Filthy Filner, the San Diego Mayor who had a reputation for sexually harassing lots of lots of ladies, pled guilty to some reduced charges. Rumor had it his…
A nasty email from a special fan of Guns Save Life
So, I'm reading through my personal email today and came across this gem from a special fan of Guns Save Life: X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.160.587 Message-ID: <1381592065.34827.YahooMailNeo@web126204.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:34:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Orin Madden <irishpinetree21@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Orin Madden <irishpinetree21@yahoo.com> Subject: Guns save lives day To: "templar223@comcast.net" <templar223@comcast.net>,…
Draconian proposal to turn petty offenses into 3-years mandatory minimum for a victimless crime
[caption id="attachment_9742" align="alignnone" width="600"] Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, now convicted felon and prison wife.[/caption] The Shylocks in Springfield are up to their old tricks. From NRA-ILA: House Bill 2265, sponsored by state Representative Michael Zalewski (D-23), is poised to create and impose harsh mandatory minimum felony penalties ranging…
Corner-cutting “trainers”: Convicted trainer claims he’s innocent…
NRA trainers run the gamut from outstanding and dedicated experienced instructors to newbies (fairly common now in Illinois) to not so outstanding trainers. Then there are a small handful of unethical so-called "trainers" out solely for the almighty dollar, grinding large numbers of students through what are effectively "diploma…
Chicago’s “Safe Passage” signs not big enough? Five shot on Safe Passage route
Yesterday, in broad daylight,violent predatory thugs open fired on a group of people outside the Uptown Baptist Church, gathering for prayer and a free dinner. Five people were struck by bullets in what is designated as a "Safe Passage" route for Chicago school children going to and from school. It…
Caleb Giddings: 10 Steps to Successful Open Carrying
Caleb hits the nail on the head over at GunNuts Media on his "How to" post about open carry. It's good. Really good. It should be mandatory reading for those considering practicing open carry for advocacy purposes. We're going to tease you with the first four. Read the rest. …
Free Military Sam’s Club Membership Until Shutdown Ends
One of our retired military members sent us this and asked us to post it. Seems like good stuff. Especially after a magnificent Guns Save Life meeting in Rantoul where members passed the hat to raise money for seriously injured servicemen to come to Central Illinois to hunt pheasants, deer…
Man-child Obama closes USMC Memorial… Honor Flight “relocates” barricades
[caption id="attachment_9711" align="alignnone" width="568"] After the Syracuse Honor Flight participants moved through.Photos via The Weekly Standard.[/caption] Who would have thought our President would do more to barricade our nation's memorials than our southern border... And it's all a childish temper tantrum from the man-child President Obama. (The Weekly Standard)…
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Meet the new face of the NRA in Texas
Meet the new face of the NRA in Texas. Well, one of the five million faces of the NRA. Her name is Matti Warren. And she works for free. That's not true. She works for freedom and liberty. And she works with a passion that's just not found in…