Pervasive looting continues

[caption id="attachment_3200" align="alignnone" width="635"] A man arrested for looting in Long Island in police custody.Photo by NY Daily News.[/caption] We at Guns Save Life have been hearing from a host of sources that the looting going on the Hurricane Sandy storm-damaged seaboard is far more common than the media is…

Product Review: Swab its Bore-tips

by John Boch I hate cleaning guns. On most days, I’d rather visit the dentist than clean guns. Alas, both must be done from time to time. So it was at the NRA Annual Meetings that a rather friendly gentleman from Swab-its captured my attention with that company’s “Bore-tips” bore…

A WWII Hero: OB Streeper, Silver Star recipient

OB Streeper from Chenoa, IL address our Guns Save Life family at the October 2012 GSL Meeting in Rantoul.  If you missed this, you missed a fantastic presentation from a remarkable man. Video is at the bottom of this post. Enjoy... Main Speaker Owen B. “O.B.” Streeper Silver Star recipient…

James Yeager: Hurricane Sandy aftermath is ‘medieval’

[caption id="attachment_3143" align="alignnone" width="750"] People wait in line to fill gas cans at a Hess Gas Station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, in Secacus, New Jersey. EPA/PETER FOLEY[/caption] by Frank Sharpe Fortress Defense Consultants To all,James Yeager of Tactical Response just sent this note out: "I am getting reports…

Chicagoland: Traffic-trap suburbs.

[caption id="attachment_1827" align="alignnone" width="556"] Photo courtesy mchenrycountyblog.com.[/caption] Public service to our members Traffic-trap suburbs (GunNews) -  Not only is Chicagoland a dangerous place to live or visit, home of the highest local sales taxes in the nation, and the nation’s top city for traffic enforcement cameras but it also sports…

Evanston Gun “Buy Back” FAIL BOAT arrives Dec. 15.

[caption id="attachment_2549" align="alignnone" width="630"] Evanston PD 3-star Chief Eddington.  Clearly, he's inferior to a 4- or 5-star police chief.Photo by Evanstonnow.com.[/caption]   Evanston Police are working on putting together a gun buyback which will pay market value on "high end" firearms turned in. There are a couple of catches. It's…

Took my training… Now what?

Ok, so you purchased your gun. You took some training. You feel confident. Now what? What will you do at 2am when the door gets kicked in? How will you respond in all of the confusion? Will you remember where your gun is? Will you remember how to load it?…