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…
Chicago Tribune gives nod to Bambenek in 52nd Senate District.
[caption id="attachment_2581" align="alignnone" width="800"] John Bambenek, center, with Rodney Davis, left and Jim McGuire. John Bambenek garnered the Chicago Tribune's endorsement in the 52nd Senate District on Tuesday, Oct. 16th. Rodney Davis was also endorsed in his race for the 13th Congressional District by the Trib.Photo by News-Gazette.[/caption] The Chicago…
Gun banner types don’t work for free
Bitter over at Shall Not Be Questioned noticed an absence of Dennis Henigan from the Brady Campaign lineup at a liberal fete televised on C-SPAN. She thought that terribly disrespectful until after doing some digging, she discovered Dennis is now working for an anti-tobacco lobby group now. It would…
Riot preparations?
Our friends over at Second City Cop are reporting cancellation of time off for the period 24 hours before and after Election Day 2012 and speculation is that it's early preparation for potential unrest should President Obama be defeated in his re-election campaign. SCC also makes the note that…
10 Things every home should have for short-term survival
by Skip Coryell (Human Events.com) - A few weeks ago, the lights in my house flickered, came back on, then died. The temperature was 32 degrees outside, and it was getting dark fast. I live out in the boondocks and that happens a half dozen times a year. I’ve learned…
Chicago isn’t safe: How bad is it? Mogadishu bad.
[caption id="attachment_2570" align="alignnone" width="600"] Chicago police at the scene of one of the many shootings in Chicago Sunday, October 14th.[/caption] How bad is it in Chicago? It's so bad the authorities don't even know how many people got shot. Or they can't keep up. Or both. The Chicago Tribune…
Olivia’s Story: One happy 7-year-old’s first shots ever
[caption id="attachment_1429" align="alignnone" width="642"] Young Olivia stands in front of the target showing results of her first shots with a real gun.[/caption] Olivia’s story by John Boch (Guns Save Life) - We had a little seven-year-old girl named Olivia at the Appleseed in Danville. She was from a family of…