Black People, Black Guns and Black Politics
Kenn Blanchard has an excellent piece at the Daily Caller a couple of days ago that's superlative, as is much of what Mr. Blanchard does. He talks about the "soft bigotry" relating to black folks when it comes to swimming and guns. The money quote: "Gun control is racist. Anyone…
Democrat war on your guns continues: Nickel tax per round proposed
[caption id="attachment_2622" align="alignnone" width="640"] Cook County wants you to pay an extra nickel per round for ammunition to pay for their mismanaged county's crime problem.[/caption] Democrats in Cook County are joining the Democratic Party of Illinois in wearing the "DEMOCRATS: The party of gun control" label with their latest…
Sustainment training: Keep your skills sharp
by Scott Norton Firearms and Tactics Instructor US Training Center Since I’ve never met anyone who could shoot that didn’t dry fire we’ll start by assuming that you keep up with that. Now that we’re at the range but short of time or funds how do we keep in…
Teach your children well
[caption id="attachment_2615" align="alignnone" width="620"] Scene of the fatal home invasion in Dallas.Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News.[/caption] Gun owners in America face decisions on whether or not to make their firearms accessible to their children as part of parenting. When should you teach your children basic firearm safety? That one's easy: …
DEBATE #2: Obama wants to ban America’s favorite rifle!
[caption id="attachment_2609" align="alignnone" width="600"] President Obama.Photo from glittarazzi.com.[/caption] The Brady Campaign got its wish and last night, Candy Crowley, the host of the second presidential debate, picked a question on gun control, specifically: President Obama, during the Democratic National Convention in 2008, you stated you wanted to keep AK-47s out…
When trouble shows up, will you be ready?
[caption id="attachment_2598" align="alignnone" width="620"] Scene of a mass shooting in Bloomington early Sunday morning, October 16th.Photo by Pantagraph.com.[/caption] When trouble shows up, will you be ready? For people oblivious of their surroundings - in Condition White as Col. Cooper would say (or "unaware" in the NRA's scale of awareness)…
GUEST POST: Ask your local Democratic candidates if they’ll fire Michael Madigan
[caption id="attachment_2595" align="alignnone" width="400"] Speaker Michael Madigan.[/caption] We're posting a guest column from the We Are Illinois.org. Ask your local Democratic candidates if they’ll FIRE MADIGAN A recent survey of voters showed that Illinois House Speaker/Illinois Democratic Party Chairman/Father of the Illinois Attorney General, Mike Madigan has a public approval…
Critic: Guns Save Life is “a little too aggressive for my tastes”
[caption id="attachment_2589" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Guns Save Life faced a rash of vandalism of our pro-gun highway signs some years ago. Membership monies paid for the materials and volunteer labor put up a "double decker" set of signs. The new slogan, posted below the vandalized signs, stated:AS YOU CAN SEETHUGS SPRAY…
Nov 2012 GunNews is here early!
We're putting up the current issue of GunNews a little earlier then normal, in part because of the upcoming election. Download it and enjoy. To get your copy delivered to your mailbox (the dead tree version) each month, sign up for a membership in Guns Save Life. We defend your…
Tom Shafer: On Survivalism
[caption id="attachment_1848" align="alignnone" width="507"] Tom Shafer.[/caption] About a month ago, some old guy predicted the end of the world on May 21st. And when it didn’t end, he said he had the date wrong and it’s now in October. He’s milking this pretty good, especially since the October date will…