(Guns Save Life.com) - Yesterday, the McLean County State's Attorney Ron Dozier released a statement to the media (republished below) saying that he would not prosecute FOID-card holders who are arrested for merely exercising Heller and McDonald affirmed 2nd Amendment rights. As we mentioned in our original news release ahead…

[caption id="attachment_1006" align="alignnone" width="507"] Homicides in Chicago are way up this year.Photo courtesy totallycoolpix.com.[/caption] Chicago (Guns Save Life) - Homicides in Chicago have spiked dramatically this year, up 27% over 2011 as of August 16, 2012.  The shocking truth, though, is that over three-quarters of homicides in Chicago have gone…

[caption id="attachment_1000" align="alignnone" width="500"] Edwards County State's Attorney Mike Valentine.Photo courtesy disclosurenewsonline.com[/caption] CHICAGO (FOX Chicago News) - A prosecutor in Southern Illinois won't enforce the state's ban on carrying loaded, concealed handguns and other state's attorneys may soon announce the same policy. State's Attorney Mike Valentine said he believes it's…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="620"] A 9mm Hi-Point and an RG .22Short revolver are typical of guns confiscated from criminals. Other typical examples are 25ACP and 22LR autoloaders and 22LR or 38Spl revolvers — those are relatively inexpensive and easy to conceal. Nicer weapons, such as the 9mm Taurus at the…

by John Naese, GSL Sign Committee chair At the September meeting, you’ll have the chance to create some new Burma-type slogans for Guns Save Life’s famous roadside signs. Start thinking now.  We want these to be clean, have some rhyme, and be something that a family with kids traveling down…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="434"] McLean County State's Attorney Ron Dozier.Photograph courtesy Bloomington Pantagraph.[/caption] Bloomington, IL (Guns Save Life) - McLean County State's Attorney Ron Dozier is set to announce publicly today, Monday, August 2o, to the media and residents of McLean County, Illinois, his decision not to prosecute Firearm Owner…

PHOTO GALLERY Foosland, IL (Guns Save Life) - The Ford County Pheasants Forever Young Guns group brought their very successful youth trap, rifle and splatter-board shoot to the Foosland Sportsman’s Club on Sunday, August 5th. Between sixty and seventy kids participated at the event which saw shooting for about four…

[caption id="attachment_870" align="alignnone" width="472"] U.S. Troops armed, on patrol.Photo by Sgt. Jeremy Todd.[/caption] U.S. troops have long been tasked with fighting with one hand tied behind their backs with silly, politically correct rules of engagement. You know, things like, "we can't target enemy combatants because they've run into a building…

[caption id="attachment_658" align="alignnone" width="378"] Students come from all walks of life seeking to learn the proper execution of the fundamentals at classes.Photo courtesy GSL Defense Training.[/caption]   The Daily Caller has an excellent article on selecting a shooting school. We ran a similar article relating to training available in the…

[caption id="attachment_649" align="alignnone" width="336"] Jeffrey Parsons, President of THR & Associates, examines some jewelry in Decatur in 2010.-- photo courtesy Decatur Herald & Review[/caption] It's been a bad couple of years for little Jeffrey Parsons, who first surfaced on the Guns Save Life radar in 2010 when his show rolled…