Training to defend yourself, your family and other innocents.
PHOTO GALLERY Recent current events have pushed many Americans into seeking defensive training to improve their knowledge, skills and abilities to help keep their families safe from violent attack. Responsible firearms ownership has many proven benefits, not the least of which is personal protection. Embracing firearms ownership offers gun owners…
UPDATED Infographic: Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground states
The folks at Ready Holster have an outstanding post we're sharing... Be sure to click the link for the full graphic and explanation. UPDATE: Got a call this morning on the Templar hotline and it was from a nice gentleman from Colorado who advised me that Colorado is…
McLean County 2nd Amendment rebellion makes mainstream AP news
Prosecutor hopes to stir debate on Illinois Gun Laws Excerpt By CHRISTOPHER WILLS Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. August 23, 2012 (AP) Despite a statewide ban on concealed weapons, gun owners in one central Illinois county don't need to worry about facing charges because its top prosecutor is refusing to enforce…
Pushback begins: Opposition to downstate 2nd Amendment rebellion from surprising locations…
(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…
Chicago (home of Illinois’ strictest gun control) isn’t safe: Over 75% of homicides unsolved, year to date
[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…
Edwards County State’s Attorney announces refusal to charge FOID holders for concealed carry
[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…
USCCA: Criminals and the Guns They Carry
[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…
Get your Burma on!
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…
UPDATED! Blockbuster announcement: McLean Co. State’s Attorney says “No charges for FOID holders merely exercising 2nd Amendment rights”
[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…
Pheasants Forever Young Guns come to Foosland Sportsman’s Club
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…