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Sharing this with my friends. Guns Save Life is featured in a video story at The Atlantic this afternoon. The video does a pretty fair job capturing the "family" of Guns Save Life, the fun and fellowship we enjoy in our activities. Take a look. Given it was done by the mainstream...

Introduction by John Boch (Guns Save Life) - Senator Trotter made a mistake forgetting about a gun in his carry-on. Yeah, he gamed the system a little bit. The gun in his carry-on was an oversight that frankly, could happen to any of us. But Anita Alvarez let him sit in the can for...

Activism pays off! Quinn's gun ban bill rebuked in Illinois Senate (Guns Save Life) - Illinois Governor Pat “Clueless” Quinn was resoundingly rebuked by a 49-4 vote yesterday as the Senate over-rode the governor’s earlier amendatory veto of SB 681. The common sense gun bill originally had...

by John Boch (Guns Save Life) - Tim over at GunNuts Media has been reporting on his progress shooting his Hi-Point C9 and putting 2000 rounds through it, a few hundred at a time over the past few weeks. He completed his project. In the end, he ran nearly 2200 rounds through it. He kept...

Seems the Democratics (their word, not mine) in Illinois have come out at the state level and are attacking gun owners with mailings suggesting we're a danger to our communities. Fear and apprehension is apparently the best some of them have, as most don't want to campaign on the tax hike and...

From Guns Save Life... Dick’s Sporting Goods new ammo purchase policy clarified… Excerpt: Mr. Eades said that the company had recently changed policy, chain-wide, and was now asking purchasers of ammunition to verify they are U.S. citizens before allowing them to complete ammunition...

Guns Save Life sent FOIA bombs to local police agencies seeking lists of the guns turned in at the August 4th gun buyback in Champaign, IL. While we'd never even hope to get a similar list from Chicago for their buyback, this local list does reaffirm our earlier experiences about the nature...

http://www.gunssavelife.com/?p=881 In short, McLean County State's Attorney has called Illinois' prohibition on right-to-carry unconstitutional and he's not going to prosecute FOID-card holding gunowners for merely exercising their rights under Heller and McDonald. Governor and AG are...

Here are some photos from the NRA Youth Shooting Camp sponsored, in part, by the kind do-gooders in Chicago who gave Guns Save Life a stack of $100 pre-paid VISA cards in exchange for some rusty junk. I haven't finished editing the write up, but here are some photos... A small sample...

Templar and his merry band of Guns Save Life members have been busy. I'm the author and permission is granted to publish this article far and wide by anyone, anywhere. Enjoy! John ================ A best buy in Chicagoland 2012: Selling (s)crap metal at a gun turn in By...

From September 2010 GunNews Magazine (c) Guns Save Life Used with permission. SCANDALOUS Caveat Emptor at Antique Treasure Hunter’s Roadshow by John Boch Urbana, IL (Guns Save Life) - Antique Treasure Hunter’s Roadshow sounds a lot like the PBS Television program Antique Roadshow doesn’t it...

I'd encourage anyone who either wishes to shoot better with their rifles to sign up for an Appleseed. Here is an after-action report from an Appleseed held last weekend in Bloomington, IL. Enjoy. Pre-publication draft. Bloomington, IL (Guns Save Life/CCRA) - The third annual Guns...

Shane is doing a magnificent job in his "Listening to Katrina", and he's only just started. His recommendations are well thought out and truly thought-provoking to is readers. His writing style is entertaining and it makes for a good read. It's a nice change from the "you need this, this and...

I spent much of the weekend at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Ft. Mitchell, KY this weekend. Sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms, among others, this event brought together leaders from scores of grassroots organizations throughout...

I'll preface this article from GunNews by saying our tests were far from scientifically controlled, but they do provide some insight into the performance you might experience with one of these items. John From GunNews Magazine, September 2003 issue Mayview, IL (GSL.com) – The U.S...

Hey, thanks Chicago Gun Best Buy! PART II Greetings and salutations, folks. You'll recall my trip up to Chicago on July 21st to turn in a bunch of scrap metal for what amounted to $100 bills. The thread, "A BEST BUY in Chicagoland: Selling (s)crap metal at a gun turn in" can be found...

Hey, thanks Chicago Gun Best Buy! That credit card look familiar to ya? It should... Greetings and salutations, folks. You'll recall my trip up to Chicago on July 21st to turn in a bunch of scrap metal for what amounted to $100 bills. The thread, "A BEST BUY in Chicagoland: Selling...

A “BEST BUY” in Chicagoland Where else can you turn this... On Saturday, July 21, Chicago held its largest and most generous city-sanctioned gun buy of junk and orphaned firearms. The organizers paid $100 for each firearm, regardless of age, functionality or type. Turn in locations...

I've always enjoyed reading Nomad's AARs from the various classes. I thought I'd share one on a class I took earlier this week. After Action Report John Farnam's Urban Rifle Class May 16, 17 Showed up a little early to Sand Burr Gun Ranch (Rochester, IN) as I didn't get the official...

Whoa here. Isn't Osborne's son got drug & alcohol issues in his past &/or felony convictions? John Indiana Town Swears In D-List Celebrities as Cops So They Can Carry Guns for Reality TV Show Wednesday, December 06, 2006 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234977,00.html Dec. 4: Singer...