Murder City, USA: Chicago sees bloody violence on holiday weekend
Update on holiday weekend violence in Murder Mayor Rahm Emanuel's gun control utopia of Chicago. As of 2:43pm Friday... Violent start to holiday weekend: 6 dead, at least 28 others wounded Chicago (Sun-Times) - Six men were killed and at least 28 other people were wounded in shootings throughout…
GSL highway sign vandal self-identification
So, last night as I'm just about finished grilling a steak and potatoes for dinner, I get a call from a snarky gentleman who took time out from his Independence Day to call me and show his ass. Here's the email I sent to GSL's Board last night. A…
Zimmerman trial update
[caption id="attachment_8233" align="alignnone" width="321"] Angela Corey, the special prosecutor who brought charges against George Zimmerman. Screen cap via Legal Insurrection.[/caption] Legal Insurrection has been doing yeoman's work summarizing each day's events at the Zimmerman trial. Today, they took the opportunity to summarize the State's case thus far. Oy. As the…
GREAT GUNS V is here!
WIN! one of America's favorite rifles! Guns Save Life's Great Guns V is here. Rock River Entry Tactical with Dominator 2 mount. FIRST PRIZE: A Rock River Entry Tactical AR-15 with Dominator 2 sight mount. Brand new, in box. (Thank you to Hilltop Guns in Colona, IL for securing the…
Tio Hardiman wants to be an advocate for gun control, animal rights and domestic violence
Tio Hardiman, the former director of CeaseFire Illinois, whose contract as their director was not renewed after an arrest for domestic battery, was a happy man as the Cook County State's Attorney dropped charges of domestic violence against him this week. He's extra lucky, because he's got a prior domestic…
International publicity for GSL: Canada’s newspaper of record video story on Guns Save Life
Canada's newspaper of record, The Globe and Mail, ran a glowing expose about Guns Save Life.com last week in the form of a 4:44 video documentary. The folks at the Brady Campaign, or Americans for Responsible Solutions, will probably think the video is 6:66, but that's too bad. Here it…
A note from Dan Rutherford
[caption id="attachment_8213" align="alignnone" width="600"] Wendy Lund, GSL's First Lady, and Dan Rutherford at last night's GSL meeting in Pontiac.[/caption] Dan sent me a note today after his appearance last night at Guns Save Life's Pontiac meeting... Dear John, I disagree with Governor Quinn's veto of this legislation.…
Chicago’s Comptroller Amer Ahmad: A muslim with connections to islamic terror
Mayor Rahm Emanuel hates the fact that Americans, and indeed Illinoisans, have a right to keep and bear arms. So, would you believe such a champion of freedom and liberty would go out of his way to bring a muslim with links to islamic terror in to be Chicago's Comptroller?…
News round up…
No money for swimming pools for troops but Obama can blow $100M on an African vacation Pools are closed for our military because of the budget sequestration, the White House is closed for tours and there's still plenty of money for our president to jet away to Africa for…
It’s time for an over-ride! Tuesday, July 9th!
State Senator Chapin Rose nails it on the head... And, for the record, Brandon Phelps has filed for a veto over-ride today. The governor's proposed scheme isn't even going to get considered... I wrote earlier today that Governor Quinn's asinine proposal was deader than dead. And indeed, it's just that.…