Guns Save Life

One nice thing the ISRA does is publish an update every Thursday.

This week, they included an “Executive Director’s Message”.

I don’t know if Pearson’s ghost writer wrote it or if he wrote it himself, but in either event, bravo.

Pearson writes about the dead actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, writing that he was hardly a role model.  We agree, unless you aspire to be a spoiled, selfish, drug-addled “guy” who can’t – despite great privilege – hold things together.

If you want to mourn the loss of a great life, how about Tyler Doohan…

Don’t recognize the name?

He hasn’t gotten near the ink Hoffman’s death has received, even though he was a hundred times the man at all of eight years of age that Hoffman ever was.

Doohan was the courageous eight-year-old boy who  rescued six relatives from a house fire,  but died while trying to save his disabled grandfather from the burning trailer.

Here’s a kid who made multiple trips into a burning structure to rescue innocents, and he perished on his last trip inside.  Unlike the drug addict Hoffman, who died with a needle in his arm, this boy was a real role model and genuine hero.

Good guys with a gun are the only thing that stops bad guys with evil in their hearts.

That was the case Wednesday, February 5th in Perry, Florida, as a disgruntled employee for Timberland Ford crashed his truck through a display window and came out blazing with a semi-auto shotgun.

The violent attacker (scumbag’s name redacted) was shot dead right there by a sheriff’s deputy getting his squad car serviced less than sixty seconds after the incident began.

It was nothing more than a random act of violence, and in this case, a good guy with a gun was there to truncate the bad guy and his evil intentions.

We have no doubt the perverse irony that Moms Demand Action (Go to a singles bar, girls), the Coalition Against Gun Violence, the Violence “Policy” Center and all the rest of the paid shills for gun contro

Author Curtis Johnson with a sample of his 19th century gun collection. Click for full size.

“Judicial Candidate Grosboll to Hold Event on 19th Century Gun Makers”

Citizens to elect Gabe Grosboll as Menard County Judge are holding an event on Saturday, March 1st, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Gillmore’s Cafe in Petersburg, IL featuring author Curtis Johnson who will speak on 19th century gun makers from central Illinois.  His presentation will largely focus on Illinois gun makers from the 1840’s to the 1890’s.

“Central Illinois had quite a number of makers.  One of the more notable was Robert Bishop, who made rifles in Petersburg from the time of his arrival in 1841, until at least as late as 1881,” said Johnson.

Mr. Johnson will speak on this topic and bring a sample of rifles from th

(Southtown Star) – A black gun with a red slash through it.

It is a sign of the times, as well as a sign that is sure to become ubiquitous.

School officials want the public to know that in compliance with state law (House Bill 0183), schools, churches, government agencies and liquor stores statewide will be posting 4-by-6-inch stickers reminding the public, particularly those with a concealed-carry license, that there are limits on where a gun can be carried.

While schools didn’t allow guns even before the concealed-carry law was passed, they still are required to display the reminder. Some officials are questioning the mandate, and some find the sticker image disturbing.

Our so-called educators, gun-fearing and gun-hating, are trotting to the mainstream me

If you see Terry Zeiters (left) or Wayne Jensen (right), wish the congratulations on their winning the monthly gun drawing. Jensen came away with the home defense shotgun. Zeiters on a rimfire steel plate rack.

Over two dozen folks braved what were supposed to be terrible winter conditions to attend the Pontiac GSL meeting Tuesday evening.

In the end, the weatherman was wrong, and the roads weren’t that bad.

Guns Save Life’s Pontiac regional coordinator John Gahm led the meeting, where we discussed the latest news and information about gun rights, right-to-carry and more.  We met a candidate for sheriff, Jack Wiser.

GSL’s president John Boch spoke about concealed carry “insurance” policies, explaining some fundamental differences between the differing / competing “policies”.

by Tim Giblin
(GunsSaveLife) – There is always a new and improved tool (or toy) to make us “better”. The reality is, no one has time for that type of constant experimentation. This article is an attempt to present a very simple concept: consistency trumps potential any day of the week.

Something may be better, but if you don’t practice and have experience with it, most of the time, it’s simply not going to be better for you. Sure, you might get under a one-second draw every eighth try. However, without a subconscious understanding of the new holster because you got it yesterday, you’re going to miss the grip when you’re not in that textbook shooting stance.

So many are talking about carrying a “BUG” (back-up gun) for every day carry, and three spare magazines. Well, as someone that has legally carried for years, I can tell you that such a set up will last about three weeks.

I’m not s

He’s No Tom Dart!
Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh, pictured here at the January 2014 GSL meeting in Rantoul, is no Tom Dart when it comes to attitudes about law-abiding civilians owning, possessing and carrying guns. Cook County’s Dart eschews civilians with guns. Walsh looks upon them as an ally against violent crime.

Champaign County’s highest law-enforcement official, Sheriff Dan Walsh, was our first speaker of the evening at the January 14, 2014 Guns Save Life meeting in Rantoul, IL.  He tackled some of the questions on everyone’s mind about the new concealed carry bill.

“This is a miserably written law that’s very difficult to read,” Walsh began.  He’s got no shortage of criticisms of the law law and its provisions – and to a lesser extent the Illinois State Police’s re-invention of the wheel in terms of how to implement carry in Illinois.<

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Shooting the Bull 410 has released the video from his second phase of testing on the new G2 Research R.I.P. round, touted in the media as some new end-all, be-all self-defense round.

We wrote about the initial phase of testing here, and here’s the video from the second round.

Here’s the write up.  Thanks to The Truth About Guns.

If you’re a Cliff’s Notes kind-of-guy, then here’s the scoop:

It does okay though barriers, but in the end, it offers – at best – the same stopping power as a good .380 Auto hollow point.  Is it the last round you’ll ever need?  Shooting the Bull 410 says it’s probably the last round he would ever want.

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al jazeera, the international symbol and beacon of freedom, tolerance and understanding now has a branch in America.  It shouldn’t be surprising that al jazeera America (capitalization intentional) is just as active promoting freedom, tolerance and understanding here in the good old US of A as the rest of that so-called news agency is in the rest of the world.

(That would be sarcasm, for the sarcastically-challenged.)

Given their love of freedom, liberty and diversity, it’s probably not surprising that they are offering their network as a platform for fringe moonbats to promote racist, classist and sexist gun control proposals.

Just today, Marda Dunsky, a so-called journalist teaching at the Medill School of Journalism at Illinois’ Northwestern University was published, asking “Will we come to our senses on gun control in 2014?”

Dave Clark, left and Shawn Light of X-Ring Guns show off the trophies awarded to the top coyote hunters as part of their not-so-PeTA-approved “Coyote Competition”.

Dave Clark from X-Ring Guns in the metropolis of Toledo (Illinois, that is) has been busy.

He’s got himself a new website, organized a very successful third annual coyote hunting competition (story in the local paper) and in his spare time, has been teaching Illinois concealed carry classes in the state’s leading county in per-capita application rates (

Everyone always watches the Super Bowl commercials to find “the best one”.

This year, it wasn’t even close.

Budweiser scored a grand slam.  Probably the best Super Bowl commercial for years, in fact.

“A Hero’s Welcome”

See it yourself.

Bill Mahar struggles to remain relevant with another bigoted swipe against mainstream America.

Friday, on his HBO program watched by 187 people world-wide, Mahar quipped, “Now that liberals have forwarded their agenda by inserting a mass gay wedding into the Grammys, conservatives must match them tit-for-tat by having a mass shooting at the Country Music Awards.”

Bill Mahar:  A classic…

Here’s a more entertaining idea, Bill:  How about you try to suck start a shotgun.

Leave it up to County County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and her cadre of gun-hating, self-defense eschewing underlings to charge a Chicago man on crutches following a home invasion where the homeowner used his gun to thwart a pair of gang-banger home intruders.

Two thugs broke in, but only one broke out.  The one that got away was yelling gang slogans.  The homeowner, on crutches, and his 18-year-old daughter were unharmed.

Police declined to arrest the man, but charges were later brought by prosecutors after the investigation determined the man’s FOID card had expired.

From the Chicago Tribune:

A 44-year-old man on crutches fatally shot one of two intruders who came charging at him Friday morning in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, according to poli

This billboard along the I-55 Stevenson Expressway in Chicago is causing apoplexy among Moms Demand Action’s agitators.

The Chicago Tribune is just the latest mainstream media outlet to report on the manufactured kerfuffle over a billboard along the I-55 Stevenson Expressway in Chicago.

The billboard, pictured above, featured the suggestion:  baseball, apple pie and an AR-15 are “Pure American” – and they are!  Baseball is America’s favorite pastime, apple pie is America’s favorite pie and the AR-15 is America’s favorite rifle – outselling all other rifles by a wide margin.

There’s an entire niche industry in the gun world that revolves around products to customize the AR-15 rifle, including the “Slidefire” stock advertised on the billboard.

Great story profiling Gerald Vernon’s work in the heart of the Chicago, educating inner-city residents on the proven benefits of firearm ownership.

He’s doing yeoman’s work there among Chicago’s working class residents, debunking myths of gun ownership perpetuated by the mainstream media, Chicago’s Democratic Machine politicians and community agitating clergymen like so-called Father “Snuffy” Pfleger.

It’s title says it all.

And when anti-gunners read it, it’s probably going to cause their blood pressure to go up and the urine to run down their legs.  It’s the stuff that makes Mayor Bloomberg wet his bed at night.

Gerald Vernon. Photos by Chicago Reader.

Dismantling the stigma of guns
Gerald Vernon believes conceal-and-carry laws

G2 Research’s new “Radically Invasive Projectile”.

What a farce.

In short:  When you can duplicate the G2 RIP’s performance with a half-assed .22 long rifle round meant for prairie dogs and squirrels, you’re going to be in for a world of hurt if you think this projectile is going to save the day for you in a self-defense shooting.

If you’re going to shoot small watermelons and water balloons, then great.  Have at it.

If you’re going to shoot bad men with evil in their hearts and weapons in their hands, that’s another story entirely.

Shooting the Bull 41o has gotten his hands on this stuff and tested it in ballistic gelatin.  Here are his findings.  They are golden:

And now we’ve conducted the world’s first independent review of the ammo’s actual performance. That means that you, dear reader, are about to find out what really happens when you fire G2 R.I.P.

HCTC CEO Tim Murray, right, with Richard Hettinger who was the first shooter on the range.

We didn’t venture out much today with the freezing rain and general nastiness out in the world, but we did see where High Caliber Training Center and Indoor Range finally staged a partial opening to the public.

Partial opening in terms of the range only.

We say finally because there have been countless setbacks, as we’ve been told.  The latest:  waterlines that froze and broke back in January (probably when we had that first Polar Vortex or whatever they called it).

In any event, congratulations to Tim Murray and the rest of the investors who made this indoor range in Champaign-Urbana possible and a reality.  It’s long overdue!

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Diane Sawyer is on the case of the “epidemic” of accident gun deaths among children in the Friday, January 31 episode of 20/20.

According to the CDC, there were 28 deaths involving firearms accidents in 2010.

28.

And because of that, Diane Sawyer is trying to gin up support for parents to ask the families of kids where their children play if they have guns in their homes.

Why do gun control proponents always

Instead of trying to manipulate people like Diane Sawyer is trying to do in her hatchet job report, why not try to educate people with the truth?  We should all want people to understand the truth so we will all be better, smarter citizens.

If 28 children under 10 years old dying in firearm accidents is an “epidemic”, then what is the 602 children under 10 who died by drowning that same year.

Should parents instead ask if their kids’ playmates have a pool at home instead of a gun?

262 kids died in fires and almost a thousand died in car wrecks.

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An armed citizen in Chicago – a rarity but becoming much less so thanks to Illinois loosening gun restrictions – defending his life and his home from a 31-year-old thug Friday.

He was declared dead right there about ten minutes later after police and paramedics arrived.

(Chicago Tribune) – A man who was breaking into a home was shot to death by a property owner in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood this morning, authorities said.

Mario Viramontes, 31, was declared dead on the scene in 2000 block of West 21st Street at 9:22 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police were called to the scene about 9:10 a.m. for a burglary, and when they arrived, they found that a “male offender” who had been trying to commit a burglary had