In the months ahead of the Illinois State Police posting instructor and course approvals on their website, there were a handful of companies falsely (and unlawfully) advertising Illinois “Approved” or “Certified” classes on the internet and in hand-outs sometimes found at local gun stores. Guns Save Life’s online blog publicized…

Originally published in 2012 in GunNews Magazine. We're re-posting it as it's especially germane with the new Illinois CCW law's training requirement.   (Guns Save Life) - Carrying a gun lawfully for self-defense can make the difference between life and death in a critical incident, yet at the same time…

[caption id="attachment_9504" align="alignnone" width="600"] GSL fights against unconstitutional regulation of guns by law-abiding residents of Champaign County's Housing Authority properties.[/caption]   At GunsSaveLife.com, we defend your right to defend yourself.  For everyone who is legally able to own a firearm. This afternoon, Guns Save Life President John Boch dropped by…

Think Progress, according the Wikipedia, "is an American political blog that 'provide[s] a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies'.  It is an outlet of the Center for American Progress. They aren't big fans of self-defense or gun ownership. They published a story today (a huge hat tip to Miguel…

Bravo to ISP for dumping a batch of instructors onto their website this evening. We're now up to 467.  What it'll be tomorrow, who knows. For the complete list, visit here.

[caption id="attachment_9484" align="alignnone" width="500"] Here's one of the kids, Khalid Caraballo. Looks as though he might be cross-eye dominant. Photo via Gateway Pundit.[/caption] We wrote about this yesterday. The Cliff's Notes:  Two boys were target shooting an airsoft pistol on private property about 70 yards from a bus stop before…

  [caption id="attachment_9471" align="alignnone" width="600"] Screen grab of the ISP's approved instructor's webpage.  This is the place Illinois firearm instructors want to be listed.  Click for full size.[/caption] The Illinois State Police have taken byzantine bureaucracy to new levels with their botched handling of the approved concealed carry firearms instructors…

Obama's gloating yesterday at the UN in this photo as he contemptuously orders John Kerry to sign the UN Global Gun Control Treaty. Kerry signed it today. We'll post this as is without further comment, as difficult as that may be.  

  There have been a lot of blood-pressure elevating posts of late. Time for some lighter fare...   First up, a new drill for all of you training junkies...   The "Sweep the leg drill".  Hat tip to Gun Nuts Media.   Next, a story about a boy in church.…

    Chicago's police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, claims that carrying a firearm is the gateway to committing murder. "If people don't go to jail for possession of a firearm, they don't learn not to carry a firearm. Carrying a firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder," McCarthy said.…