Hey Mr. President: We still use bayonets.
[caption id="attachment_2848" align="alignnone" width="550"] Marine recruits go through the bayonet assault training course in Parris Island, SC, May 13, 2011. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen (released)[/caption] From TMZ: We spoke with Dan Riker from Bayonet Inc. -- a leading military surplus outlet that specializes in bayonets -- who tells…
IL 52nd Senate District: 1998 candidate survey on guns
[caption id="attachment_2841" align="alignnone" width="317"] Illinois State Senator Mike Frerichs (D-52).Photo from mikeforillinois.com.[/caption] One of our Guns Save Life members forwarded us a link to a Project Vote Smart candidate position survey from 1998 for Illinois State Senator Michael Frerichs (D-52). In the survey, Frerichs checked the box for "Maintain…
Back through the years: Thanks from Richard Quint
[caption id="attachment_1379" align="alignnone" width="455"] A great American, Richard Quint, who was also a participant survivor of D-Day. He was addressing the audience about his experiences at the D-Day 50th Anniversary event in France.[/caption] Thanks from Iraq for toy donated by GSL members and others [Earlier in 2005, GSL member Richard…
The stupid! It burns! Salon misses the obvious
Salon's Stephanie Jones writes "If ballots were bullets" how "If Americans cared as much about their voting rights as their gun rights, they'd be up in arms right now." Well, Stephanie, if you weren't a big-city bigot, you would know that gun owners are as dedicated to voting rights for…
GSL took hit for reporting VPC Sugarmann’s “No guns for negroes” proposal
We've all seen gun rag articles gushing over marginal products which are also advertised in the same magazines. Coincidence, of course. Right? Yeah. We at Guns Save Life are aggressive in taking it to those who would take your freedom and liberty away. Some say we're too aggressive, but we…
Obama’s world crashing down around him.
[caption id="attachment_2807" align="alignnone" width="550"] We bet President Obama's not laughing like this at the prospect of a Romney-Ryan victory on November 6th any longer.[/caption] By John Boch (Guns Save Life) - President Barack Hussein Obama's final act is playing out as his world crashes down around him. Americans are…
Welcome Home Grampa Ed: Honor Flight 3 lands in Champaign, IL
[caption id="attachment_2668" align="alignnone" width="830"] Welcome Home Grampa Ed!Ed Fletcher is welcomed home by his great grandchildren at the return of the Central Illinois Honor Flight on Friday night, October 19. 2012.[/caption] PHOTO GALLERY Savoy (Guns Save Life) - Willard Airport in Savoy, IL hosted several hundred central Illinoisans, scores of…
Product Review: Tank007 TK-703 – Tiny but mighty
by John Boch If you would have told me twenty years ago that I could carry a flashlight scarcely bigger than a 7.62x51 cartridge which would emit about 50 lumens of light on a single AAA battery, I would have laughed at you. Just such an animal exists today, for…
WE’RE WINNING: NY Times screed laments lack of gun control
All the news that's fit to print - or so they claim. Late yesterday, the New York Times published a raving lament crying about the lack of discussion of gun control in this presidential campaign. The nation is in the middle of the second great depression (if you factor…
It wasn’t your imagination: Violent crime up 18% in 2011
It wasn't your imagination. Violent crime in 2011 was up a whopping 18% according to recently released numbers from the US Bureau of Justice Statistics. Just another reason to get yourself the means with which to defend your family and the training to know how to use it effectively! …