Guns Save Life

They misused 62% of a Department of Justice grant.

Including paying the head cheese a $287k salary.

Gun grabbers just can’t help themselves.

Philly’s ‘Goods for Guns’ Program Misused Grant Funds: DOJ
By Vince Lattanzio

(NBC10) – An audit has charged a Philadelphia gun buyback program, which provided grocery gift cards in exchange for weapons, misused more than $450,000 in grant funds from the federal government.

Philadelphia Safety Net (PSN) received $800,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Justice to run its “Goods for Guns” program from July 2010 through March 2012. The program would hold events where Philadelphia Police would collect guns and, in return, Philadelphia Safety Net would provide $100 grocery store gift cards.

The DOJ’s inspector general a

Photo from Aero Precision.

You can buy one of these receivers too, even if you’re not a low-information legislator – or even a low-information voter!

h/t GunFreeZone

They are inspired by this low-information legislator:

S&W says “thanks, but no thanks” to silly California anti-gun regulations dealing with gun registries and microstamping.  Even though California has the best looking Attorney General, according to President Barack Hussein Obama, that wasn’t enough to sway S&W.

By the way, where are all of the “War on Women” warriors decrying Obama’s comments about Harris? Hmm?

Hopefully S&W and its distributors will not sell to law enforcement or government agencies in California either.

(Breitbart) – On January 22nd renowned gun maker Smith & Wesson joined Sturm, Ruger, & Co., by announcing it would cease California sales of its semi-automatic pistols due to microstamping requirements that went into effect last

Screen grab from Tuesday, January 21.

Screen grab from Thursday, January 23rd.

The Illinois State Police’s implementation of the new Firearms Concealed Carry Act is working like a finely tuned, well-oiled machine it seems.

In talking with a couple of other folks who were also approved in the past three days, they too are all now “under review”.

One possible reason for the change of heart?

The Illinois State Police want to give line officers additional training on how to i

If an effeminate, spoiled-brat crooner isn’t your thing (just busted for driving under the influence and resisting arrest), then we invite you to check out the ABC News show 20/20 on January 31st.

They are scheduled to run a profile of the Armed Citizen Project, the group that gives away shotguns to families in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods in an effort to make it a more law-abiding, polite neighborhood.

They’ve been doing this for a couple of years now and Guns Save Life is a proud supporter and partner group of sorts, working to bring the program to Illinois.

The Illinois State Police proposed rulemaking announcement that medical marijuana card users would have to surrender their 2nd Amendment rights to use marijuana as a drug is probably not going to stand constitutional muster in the courts.

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that police have no grounds to strip gun rights from medical marijuana users solely for taking the drug.  Here’s a report from the Oregonian.

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled this morning that Oregon sheriffs have no grounds to deny concealed handgun licenses to the state’s 39,774 medical marijuana cardholders — solely because they use pot.

Specifically, the high court said Washington County Sheriff Rob Gordon and Jackson County Sheriff Michael Winters were wrong to deny concealed handgun permits to four law-abiding medical pot users on the basis that doing so would violate the federal Gun Control Act. The act states that “an unlawful user … of any controlled substance” can’t own a gun. The sheriff’s argued that the federal act trumps Oregon’s 13-year-old medical marijuana law, which unlike federal law legalizes pot possession for patients with qualifying a

Bruce Rauner:  The guy running a ton of commercials on TV in his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor has ginned up a lot of support.

That’s despite the fact his campaign manager Ron Gidwitz gave $5,000 to an anti gun group in Chicago.  Really.  Read all about it.

Here’s his version of the “Kerry for President” crass pandering shot seeking gun owner support:

Bruce Rauner and Ron Gidwitz. They say they support your gun rights, while Gidwitz is funding the anti-gunners. Then again, Barack Obama says the same thing about supporting our gun rights.

Remember this picture?

Illinois’ new medical marijuana law is pretty strict (not unlike the new concealed carry law).

One little bugaboo:  Those seeking a medical marijuana card would lose their rights to own or possess firearms in IL.

It’s all in the Chicago Tribune today:

Patients who want to qualify for medical marijuana in Illinois would have to be fingerprinted for a background check and pay $150 a year — and give up their right to own a gun, state officials proposed Tuesday.

The plan outlines how adults who have any of 41 specified medical cond

Little Miss Barbie Doll Wendy Davis.

PANDER:

pan·der
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noun Also, pan·der·er.
1.  a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
2.  a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.
3.  a go-between in amorous intrigues.
verb (used without object)
4.  to act as a pander; cater basely: to pander to the vile tastes of vulgar persons.
verb (used with object)
5.  to act as a pander for.

Wendy Davis, woman who worked to drive gun shows off of Ft. Worth, Texas city property when she was on the city council there, has tried to deflect attention from a litany of scandals by shamelessly pandering to gun owners

Illinois State Representative Laura Fine was planning on holding a virulently anti-gun town hall meeting Wednesday evening in her district to lambast the new Illinois carry bill.

On deck to support her was the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.

The plan:  frighten her constituents with baseless fear-based demagoguery and emotional tugs on the heartstrings.  No doubt blood dancing and bloody shirt waving was on the agenda for little Laura Fine.

The silly little woman was rumored to want to use the event to launch a campaign seek the repeal of Illinois’ new carry bill at the event.  Like that’s gonna happen.

Nobody ever accused her of being forward thinking.  Unless you count “Forward” in the sense of Barack Obama’s campaign slogan (and the old communist use of the word in their campaign propaganda).

Well, our friend

Andy over at Ace of Spades has a fabulous review of Lone Survivor.

There’s spoilers there, and here’s the deal:  It’s like Titanic.

The boat sinks.

Spoiler in this movie:  They all die except Marcus.

And they kill a whole lot of Taliban riff-raff along the way.

Anyway, Andy does a magnificent job on a magnificent movie.

I saw the movie last week.

I was reluctant to watch it as I figured it would be like Saving Private Ryan was at  the end.  In that movie, I might have wept like a little schoolgirl at the end, just like everyone else in the theater that day.  They should have issued Kleenex at Saving Private Ryan.

Lone Survivor wasn’t as intense as that, but it was still emotional at the end.

Read his review.  It’s superlative and spot on in every respect.

Ace of Spades

The film in one word: Intense

My Moron recommen

JOIN US! Join Tom Shafer, Don Gwinn, Brent Harney and all the other regulars on Monday, February 3rd for a fun evening of gun rights and good fellowship at the Sangamon County Rifle Association meeting. We’re at the Supreme Buffet on S. MacArthur Blvd. in Springfield. Come out and eat around 5:30. Meeting begins at 6:30.

by Don Gwinn
Sangamon County Rifle Association Chairman

(GunsSaveLife) -  My friends, I hope you’ve enjoyed the holidays and the Polar Vortex, because it’s about to get pretty busy around here for anyone with an interest in gun rights.

Law makers, local business owners and national corporations are all going to be making big decisions about gun rights in Springfield and Illinois soon, with some of the biggest being what role to play in implementing, blocking, or ignoring the arrival of private citizens with hard-won carry permits and

Harvey Weinstein at some Hollywood fete. Weinstein is far outside mainstream America in the make-believe world of Hollywood.  He does associate with real Americans (see above), so it’s not surprising his beliefs would be so far out-of-touch with America.

A fabulous commentary piece by Jonathon Tobin at Commentary Magazine entitled Guns, Hollywood Hypocrisy, and the NRA.

Here’s the money quote:

As we have seen in the last year, grass roots support for the rights of gun owners has repeatedly trumped big-money campaigns funded by people such as former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others who agree with Weinstein. As long as the political left and its Hollywood ATM machines keep showing their contempt for the Constitution,

How quickly can things go sideways?

This body camera recording a police encounter shows how quickly things can go from an uncooperative driver who just had a car crash threatening to cut himself to a deadly force encounter.

The cop makes contact with the guy about 1:40.

The guy advances on the drawn gun of the cop and despite repeated commands to stay back, to drop it and retreating by the cop (sound familiar for those of you who have had training?), less than ten seconds later, the cop fires repeatedly.

Good shoot?

You bet.

If you’ve got a drawn gun on someone who is acting irrationally (threatening to cut yourself is irrational behavior, as is refusing to discuss a simple incident) and they advance upon you, that should be a clue that things aren’t going to end well for one party or another.  If you’re unable to retreat with complete safety, then it’s up to you to decide which half of that equation will go home to their family and loved ones.

The video is also a good lesson about being able to handle your gear.  If you’re fumbling a draw or grip on your gun as Mr. Knife Wielder is advancing on you, particularly within 21 feet as was the case in this video, then you’re probably going to be toast.

We’re going to need a LOT more snow than we’ve been recently having to cover up the senseless violence plaguing Chicago for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police superintendent Garry “Streetlight Assassin” McCarthy.

As a light snow falls, Chicago police officer video records a dead body and the scene of the fatal shooting in the 4900 block of Huron Street in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (Photo and caption courtesy Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Fudging crime stats can only do so much to fool the public.  People still see dead bodies in the streets.  The families who haven’t been victimized themselves still hear from their friends and neighbors how violent crime has touc

Remember this disgusting so-called man?

Tyler Smith stands back with two of his sons as wife Katie blasts pumpkins Friday at their home in Buckley. Smith started the survivalist group Spartan Survival to protect his family from a doomsday event. Smith will be featured on “Doomsday Preppers” at 6 and 8 p.m. Tuesday on the National Geographic Channel. DEAN J. KOEPFLER — Staff photographer

Back in November 2013, Tyler Smith announced to all of America on NatGeo’s “Doomsday Preppers” of his grand plan for emergencies: to dress up in homemade armor and use his guns to shoot other people and steal their stuff.

In a story with the local Buckley, Washington News-Tribune, Tyler Smith bragged:

“We’re not in it to stockpile. We’re in it to take what you have and there’s nothing you can do to stop us,” Tyler Smith says. “We are your worst nightmare, and we

First of all, the Constitution’s “Full Faith and Credit” clause should apply to concealed carry licenses.

And here’s what happens when they don’t.  Some douchebag with a badge in Maryland thought he would pull over a card-carrying good guy and try to jam him up on a gun charge.

Well, guess what?  The law-abiding good guy was…  a law-abiding good guy.

And the douche cop, who frankly needs to be tarred and feathered for violating the civil rights of this family (and odds are this isn’t the first time he’s pulled this stunt), is still working.

…And some folks wonder why we tell people to not trust cops.

Drive like a pro, thanks to tips from a pro over at Popular Mechanics.

Teaser:

In eight years as a truck driver, Alan Wrobel has driven 810,000 miles (accident-free) in 45 states and Ontario. He now covers Ohio, Michigan, Ontario, and Wisconsin for a beverage distributor. Here’s his advice on how to handle yourself when the snow starts falling:

When you face a nasty winter storm, use your best judgment. Don’t go out unless you have to, and always make sure you have an emergency kit, warm blankets, and rations in the car. Now, here are some tips, basic and advanced, to help ensure you won’t need to use that emergency kit.

Relax:

Breathe and stay calm. Panic causes people to overreact. You need to focus.

Slow Down:

Drive only as fast as your abilities and the capabilities of the vehicle permit for the road conditions. If you’re out of practice on snow and ice, slow down. If your tires are bad, slow down. If your car has a low ride height, it won’t handle accumulating snow well. Again, just slow down.

Be Smooth:

Your actions need to be controlled and deliberate. Hard accelerat

We’ve seen reports that Wal-Mart is taking down the “No Guns” signage, thanks to gun owners politely contacting them and explaining the confusion the signs were causing.  GSL joined with other gun rights groups in encouraging gun owners to make their voices heard and with a little tact and finesse, it seems the signs are coming down as we wanted.

Nice job, everyone!

We will update this as we have a chance to run it down.

Once again, we see that the only thing that stops a bad person with evil in their heart is a good guy with a gun.

In Portland, a disgruntled man with no shortage of previous arrests thought he was going to “show them” after getting turned away from admission for being an obnoxious jerk.  He returned wearing a Halloween mask and carrying a gun and opened fire.

Previous booking photos for Thomas Hjelmeland.

He didn’t count on one of the customers in the bar pulling his own pistol and shooting him darn near dead right there.

Of course, Mom’s Demand Action (here’s a hint, girls:  go to a strip club), the Kiddie-porn Mayors Against Guns, the Brady Campaign and Gabby Giffords and her hubby are nowhere to be found to explain to us how we would all be safer if the guy inside the club had been