We defend your right to defend yourself. GunNews Second Amendment news Published monthly by GUNS SAVE LIFE Volume 21, Number 12 December 2015 Affiliated with JPFO, Civilian Marksmanship Program, National Rifle Association, Illinois Federation for Outdoor Resources, ISRA, and others MUSLIM TERROR

ATTACK!by John Boch Alternatively, you can prepare as best (Guns Save Life) - For the second time you can. Get your carry license, seek in a year, France has experienced additional quality training and carry horrendous, coordinated Muslim ter- your gun. ror attacks, this time with nearly 200 dead. Savage monsters are at war The only thing that stops evil is a good with Western civilization and we should guy with a gun. Gun-haters dispute be prepared, not afraid, to meet them that simple fact and pretend otherwise, head on. but when the going gets tough, they call for help from good guys with guns We’ve known for some time that just like the rest of us. there are Islamic terror sleeper cells in America. It’s just a matter of time Don’t live in fear of Muslim terrorists before radical Muslims launch similar, or violent criminal actors. Instead, live multi-pronged attacks in America. Are your life with the attitude that should you ready? barbarians or thugs have the misfor- tune of picking you as a victim, it will You could join the gun control advo- be a sudden and profound mistake on Jamie Douglas runs the rifle stage at the DeWitt County Sportsman’s Club “Out- cates by sticking your head in the sand their part. break” zombie shoot on Saturday, October 24th. The event saw a hundred or more competitors show up and offered a great, family-friendly time for all involved. and living in denial. Denial, of course, Douglas won the rifle side with a time of about 33 seconds. As you can see, he was has no survival value. You have people who love you, just as moving. you love your spouse and your kids. Continued on page 23.

In this issue GSL Champaign 2 December 2015 GSL Charleston 5 GSL Sangamon County 6 GSL Chicago 8 Guns Save Life Meetings PRE-SORT STD. U.S. POSTAGE P A I D PERMIT NO. 51 PEORIA, IL GSL Peoria 9 • Sangamon County: Second Monday this month: Dec. 14th, GSL Chicago 11 Scheels, 3801 S. MacArthur, Springfield, IL. (Usually first Monday) GSL Pontiac 20 • Pontiac: First Tuesday of the month: Dec. 1st, Pontiac VFW Post 886, 531 W. Lincoln Ave., Pontiac, Illinois 61764 News Briefs 3 • Peoria: First Thurs. of the month: Dec. 3rd, Childers Banquet & Board minutes 4 Catering, 3113 Dries Lane, Peoria, IL 61604 News from North of I-80 10 • Champaign: Second Tuesday of month: Dec. 8th, Fluid Events, Outbreak: DCSC Zombie Shoot 11 601 N. Country Fair Drive, Champaign HOOAH! 13 • Charleston: Second Wed. of the month: Dec. 9th, VFW, 1821 20th Armed American 15 St., Charleston, IL, 61920. This location dinner begins at 6pm Freedom’s Forum 16 • Chicago: Last Sunday of the month: Nov. 29th & Dec. 27th, Oak Why We Win 17 Lawn VFW Post 5220, 9514 South 52nd Ave., Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

Eric St. Pierre, President Guns Save Life.com Box 51 P.O. 61874 IL Savoy, Training / A Call To Action 18 Dinner and conversation at this location at 4pm, Meeting at 5:30pm Bearing All / Glock 43 Review 19 Mission 22 for soldiers & vets 21 Dinner, conversation, exhibits at 5:30 p.m. Meetings at 7 p.m. GSL Leadership Directory 22 Come on out and join us. Meetings are free and open to public. Upcoming Events 22 Dinner is optional. Good food and good friends. It’s a lot of fun too! How to Join GSL 24 Burma-style highway sign count: GUNS SAVE LIFE.com 24 sets, 10 counties, two states. 500,000+ sightings per day, 182+ million per year Guns Save Life Champaign-Urbana, Illinois GSL’s President Eric “Bear” St. Pierre Main Speaker: opened the November 2015 meeting of Guns Save Life to Vincent Speranza Mr. Vincent Speranza made his second order and led off with the appearance at a Guns Save Life meeting Pledge of Allegiance. for the month in Champaign, dazzling the We recognized newcom- audience with his remarkable story of fight- ers from as far away as ing in the city of Bastogne, Belgium during North Carolina to our the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. meeting. They were in for quite a treat, to say The World War II vet is no spring chicken, the least. but he’s still full of life and energy. He kept the audience spellbound, and occasionally Bear passed off the One of many laughing with him as he talked about his History comes to life: Vincent Speranza microphone to GSL’s newcomers. WWII experiences. Battle of Bastogne veteran Vincent Speranza was our featured speaker and delivered executive director John one of the best presentations we’ve ever had. It will soon be available at the Guns Boch to deliver his update on politics, news He grew up, the son of Italian immigrants, Save Life website. and analysis. in New York City. When the Japanese attacked, he recalled that Americans were Bear took a moment to wish the U.S. drink. He found a beer tap that worked in a incensed and young people eagerly sought Marine Corps a happy 240th birthday and bombed out tavern and filled his helmet and Breathtaking collection... to volunteer to serve their country. Speran- asked the veterans in the audience to stand returned to the improvised hospital located za had to wait until he was 18 to get in, and and be recognized. Dozens stood and in the stone-walled church in the town. Ev- from there it was 19 weeks of basic training were given a hearty round of applause for eryone wanted some of that beer and when followed by months of additional training. their service. he returned, the only doctor was seriously angry with Speranza. “You could kill these He was among the first paratrooper in- Guest Speaker #1 men with that beer,” he said. “I should have ductees at the 101st Airborne, a patch he you shot!” Chief AJ: A proud US Marine proudly wears still today. When he finally made it to Europe in mid- to late-1944, he Young Speranza dumped the beer over his didn’t parachute into the most famous battle head and scrambled back to his foxhole of his service, but rather they were trucked before the major followed through on his into Bastogne as the Germans were bear- first impulse. The story has since been ing down. immortalized by the French in the form of “Airborne Beer”. The weather was the coldest it had been in two decades, and the troops were ill- He served and fought through the end of equipped with summer-weight uniforms the war. He mentioned how his unit liber- and a paucity of weapons. They scavaged ated the Dachau concentration camp in weapons from stragglers of three American the final days of the war before Germany divisions withdrawing from the German surrendered. He described the sights as onslaught. Speranza’s 101st was told horrific. GSL member John “Chief AJ” Huffer talks to hold Bastogne and block the German briefly about his “Slingbow” device that fires armor. Twenty-five divisions of Germans Upon his return to American, he went to an arrow from a sling-shot-type device. were attacking, seeking to capture the school under the GI Bill and later became It’s used for hunting and target shooting, port at Antwerp, and that single division of a school teacher. He noted that every one and will bring down large game. It’s been Americans was all that stood in the Ger- of his history class students left his class as written about in the Wall Street Journal. AJ mans’ way. patriotic Americans. says that giving a Slingbow isn’t giving a Guns Save Life’s nationally-known collector gift, but giving an adventure. There’s prob- It was cold, miserable and bloody fighting, of outstanding military Colts, Dan Sadler, ably more than a little truth to that! but the Americans stopped the Germans, Tech Time: Dan Sadler brought a number of museum-quality, highly despite being surrounded and perilously low USMC Colt revolvers collectible U.S. Marine Corps specimens to Chief AJ took the stage and talked about his on ammo, food, medicine and other sup- Dan Sadler brought in four Colt revolvers, the meeting in celebration of the USMC’s latest project, the Slingbow. It’s a slingshot plies. The Germans had even captured the manufactured for the USMC in the very 240th birthday. Thank you, Dan! that has been beefed up with stronger tub- Americans’ field hospital and all the goodies early 1900s. Handling them with white ing to launch arrows with enough energy to therein. gloves, Sadler noted their history and how bring down large game. “I’ve used one to they were replaced by the Colt Model 1911 take a black bear,” Chief said. semi-auto pistol that remains popular today. Winners!

Chief AJ represents a remarkable world Gun Drawing: Bill Greenwood won the record holder. He’s got several, but his Ruger LC9s Pro and Becky Pike won the most notable was shooting 40,060 wooden Slingbow donated by Chief AJ. blocks out of the air without a miss in 1987. Video Tribute. He recounted how the Wall Street Journal Bear St. Pierre also recently sent a reporter out to do a feature played a video trib- story about his new Slingbow. ute to memorialize the passing of long- Election by acclimation: In other meet- time GSL member ing business, we voted by acclimation to Vincent Speranza pictured in front of some and GSL director From left: Bill Greenwood won the Ruger accept the nominations of seven directors bottles of Airborne Beer. Photo by State Journal-Register. Dean Rothermel. LC9s Pro, GSL President Bear St. Pierre, for two-year terms. Those elected include Chief AJ who graciously donated one of his Tammi Dash, John Olden, Peter Wheeler, “Slingbow” devices and the winner of the Joel Gain, Kay Davis, Alan Cermak and Lou Speranza told the story of visiting one of Slingbow, Becky Pike. Congratulations! McClellan. his wounded buddies who asked for a GunNews Magazine - 2 - December 2015 News Briefs

15 years of expensive failure MD dumps ballistic fingerprinting (Baltimore Sun) – Millions of dollars later, Maryland has officially decided that its 15- year effort to store and catalog the “finger- prints” of thousands of handguns was a failure.

Since 2000, the Americans love that which guns protect and state required that defend gun manufacturers Moms Demand Action reduce an Firearm sales at all-time high fire every hand- act of war to “gun violence” gun to be sold (Free Beacon) – The Federal Bureau of (GSL) - Moms Demand Action and other Moms: Concept of teaching gun here and send the Investigation processed a record number of fringe gun control groups are famous for safety to children is “atrocious” spent bullet casing background checks in the month of Octo- their bloody shirt waving tactics in the after- (Yahoo Parenting) - ...Jennifer Hoppe, to authorities. The ber, indicating that gun sales were at an all math of tragedies. Their latest on Face- deputy director of Moms Demand Action idea was to build time high for the sixth month in a row. book in the aftermath of the Muslim attacks for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of a database of “ballistic fingerprints” to help in Paris sets a new low for appalling. Cyn- The FBI’s National Instant Background the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, solve future crimes. the best way to reduce gun deaths among ics wonder if their mourning also applies to Check System processed 1,976,759 fire- those who lost their lives to explosives too? arms related checks in October. That is a children is to be keep the weapons out of ...[T]he system...never solved a single case. 373,290 increase in checks over last year children’s hands altogether. “It’s atrocious to and a new record for the month. It also put the onus of gun safety onto children — makes October the sixth consecutive month this is an adult problem,” Hoppe tells Yahoo to see a record number of checks. Parenting. Crack Shot Kyjuan

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Brazil set to liberalize gun laws Friendly fire can be unfriendly Brazil (Time) - Congressmen in Brazil, one Champaign, IL (GSL) - Champaign Police of the most violent countries in the world, say “Norff Bangers” gang member Kyjuan are proposing to dramatically loosen restric- Dorsey (pictured above) accidentally shot tions on personal gun ownership, bringing his fellow gang-member Jeremy O’Neal in the country much closer to the American the back of the head while the two were right to bear arms. Everytown spokesman threatens firing from a moving car at rival “Roc Block” gang members. Crack Shot Kyjuan has to beat senator’s “little ass” The politicians say the measures are nec- since been charged with murder. (Roanoke Times) – Pre-election feuding essary to allow embattled citizens the right GSL’s Executive Director John Boch, left, over gun control took a bitter turn Thursday to defend themselves from criminals armed with a camo-clad Governor Bruce Rauner. as Gov. Terry McAuliffe told a Republican with illegal weapons. But opponents say the state senator to “man up” over a perceived SECURITY THEATER: move will only increase the country’s toll of online threat from gun-control advocate TSA screeners miss 95% of nearly 60,000 murders in 2014. 81% of military support Andy Parker, who later apologized after it weapons, explosives in tests was revealed he posted a Facebook com- concealed carry on base (ARS Technica) - US lawmakers and The draft law, which is set to be voted on by ment threatening the senator with a beating. (Rasmussen) - Following the murder of five federal watchdogs on Tuesday derided the the lower house of congress this month, in- unarmed military personnel in Chattanooga, Transportation Security Administration’s troduces a right for citizens to own firearms [Editor’s note: Here is the threat he posted Tennessee this summer, some in Congress ability, or lack thereof, to adequately detect for self-defense or the protection of prop- publicly.] ...“WHEN YOU SEE ME AGAIN, have proposed allowing more service weapons and other contraband. erty. ...The bill also reduces the minimum members to carry weapons on bases in YOU BEST WALK THE OTHER WAY LEST age for the purchase of weapons from 25 to I BEAT YOUR LITTLE ASS WITH MY this country. A new RallyPoint/Rasmussen ...A leaked classified report this summer 21, removes a ban on those under criminal BARE HANDS.” Reports national telephone survey of active found that as much as 95 percent of con- investigation owning or carrying weapons and retired military personnel finds that 81% traband, like weapons and explosives, got and allows citizens to buy nine guns and favor such a plan. through during clandestine testings. 600 rounds of ammunition a year.

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GunNews Magazine - 3 - December 2015 GSL Board of Directors September 22, 2015 TREASURER: Larry will be putting together a thorough financial report for GSL; he and Tammy ATTENDEES: Adrienne Logue, Vice President; will make a list of ALL guns won at ALL sites, MEMBERS’ NOTICE: Pete Wheeler; John Boch, Executive Direc- what time of the year they were won, and who tor; Lou McClellan; Allan Cermak; Troy Hinds, Did you received an empty envelope from GSL? provided the guns. Speaker Coordinator; Tammy Williams, Executive Secretary; Larry Shurbet, Treasurer; John Naese, COMMITTEE REPORTS Guns Save Life sent out an important Gun News Editor; David Pike, Immediate Past SPEAKER COMMITTEE: Troy reports that the President; Bill Harrison; Kay Davis; Lois Morton, mailing to members during the first week November meetings will all focus on Veterans’ Corporate Secretary of November. Some have reported that Day; regarding the January, February and March they received an empty envelope. 2016 meetings, Troy has a group who would be Bear called the meeting to order at 6:01 pm willing to speak about medical training at the gun Pete made a motion to approve the August 2015 range. There was discussion about offering this Our printing company believes there minutes; seconded by Adrienne; passed. as a GSL class at each site. was a malfunction with the machine that stuffed the envelopes and a tiny percentage of envelopes were mailed without REPORTS: TRADE SHOWS: Tammy and Jim will be attend- contents. , contact Executive Secretary Tammy EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: John reports that he If you received an empty envelope ing shows in Belleville (Oct. 3-4); Springfield (Oct had the honor of attending the Republican Sena- Williams by phone, email or text message with your name and membership number 10-11) and Effingham (Oct. 24). No updates on torial Campaign Committee Meeting recently. He and we’ll remail you this important information. GSL patches. also reports that GSL has been formally intro- duced to the NRA, via Todd Vandermede and his OLD BUSINESS Tammy Williams | [email protected] | 217 318-9827 immediate boss, Shannon Alford. A fine time was Distribution Sheets: Troy has made up the dis- had by all. tribution sheets for those who take Gun News to each outlet. PRESIDENT: Bear reports that he has had discussion with the law firm of Winters & King NEW BUSINESS regarding GSL changing its status from a 501C7 Adrienne made a motion to give $250 to the to a 501C4, which will allow a broader spectrum Danville Rifle Club for the Myron Decker Scholar- for fundraising. This would also open up GSL Sharp Defense ship Program; seconded by Pete; abstained by to incorporate into other states. The charge for Kay; passed; Adrienne made a motion to give this “re-status” is around $3000. Bear mentioned the Champaign Chapter of Pheasants Forever that employee evaluations would be coming out $250 for a scholarship and $100 in advertising; soon; the evaluations will be sent via e-mail, and Jim Sharp seconded by Lou; opposed by Kay; passed. need to be filled out and returned to him as soon Monthly drawings: discussion about being more as possible. selective about which groups will be allowed to N.R.A. & Illinois Concealed Carry Classes offer their drawings each month. Adrienne made a motion to rescind the quar- Paxton, IL terly employee evaluations and go to an annual David Pike made a motion to move the Great Serving Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Piatt, employee evaluation; seconded by Lou; passed. Guns drawing to March; seconded by Adrienne; Bear will forward the forms in December. Champaign, Vermilion Counties and beyond opposed by Troy; passed. Bear would like to put together a part-time com- Bear appointed Allan Cermak as a GSL director. Call 217 379-3652 mittee to assist with recruiting advertisers for Gun News. David Pike offered to assist with this David Pike made a motion to adjourn; seconded project. email: [email protected] by Troy; passed. Meeting adjourned at 8:13pm.

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10% Discount to GSL Members GunNews Magazine - 4 - December 2015 From the dozen veterans who elected to Guns Save Life speak, there were a pair from the Navy and Air Force, a Marine, and the balance from Charleston! the Army. Interesting reflections came from one Air Force veteran. He was 16 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and he, with several of his classmates went to their local recruiter to enlist, saying that they were 18. Correction x2! The recruiter identified their youth and the by John Boch young men were turned away and told to by Bill Harrison In the November 2015 issue of GunNews, come back in a couple of years. He did! The monthly meeting of GSL in Charleston in the memorial “Dean Rothermel Remem- was held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars His service was as a trainer for the B-24 bered”, I not only mis-attribute Dan Masters’ Post 1592 on , Wednesday, Veteran’s Day Liberators, and his unit was honored for (the Indy 1500 gun show promoter) challenge November 11, 2015. their work. to Dean to do something meaningful that was Approximately 50 attendees were present larger than himself for gun rights to Bob Leck- to enjoy a fine meal catered by Country rone, but I also misspelled Mr. Leckrone’s last Catering as well as some very interesting name. I humbly and profoundly apologize to commentary from several veterans present. both gentlemen for my late-night misattribution and misspelling. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by GSL Site Co-coordinator, Bill Harrison, who led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. First-time attendees were warmly welcomed, as is our custom. May you all become regulars! Central Illinois’ Largest Executive Director’s Notes. Bill Harrison read the Mr. Boch’s notes on what’s been happening in the world. GUN AUCTIONS Attendees were asked to review copies 2601 Lakeland Blvd., Mattoon, IL One Navy veteran, the wife of a local of GunNews which had been distributed physician now, took a duty assignment for them, in addition to the GSL website. option of serving in Hawaii during the Also, consignment and estate auctions. Consignments welcome! Those present who aren’t already members 1980’s, and indicated that service there was were encouraged to join. We did pick up Complete listings & photos at www.bauerauction.com quite pleasant. new members! Several had served in VietNam and more Next big gun auction: July 20th, 2014 Ron Stoner, from Bob Oetting Insurance recent combat zones. Some had escaped Ron Baker FFL (217) 273-5056 Agency in Charleston, identified insurance bodily injury, while other had not. Bauer Auction (217) 259-5956 which is available for gun owners and left brochures for interested persons to review Lic. #440000242 No Tech Time because of our military along with information about upcoming veterans talking about their service. CMP matches in Elkhart, IN. Numerous nice Bill Harrison read some statistics provided Door Prizes & Drawings. items were given away for door prizes, by the Illinois State Rifle Association from including flashlights, an ammo box, pocket the 2011 Chicago Murder Analysis. In knives, pepper spray & more. short, the analysis told us what we already know: If you’re a young male hanging Justin Bawcum’s daughter, Elizabeth, was out late, late at night in crime-ridden asked to do the honors of drawing the Door neighborhoods, you stand a greater risk of Prize tickets, the 50/50 drawing and the gun ending up dead. Unfortunately there’s a drawing. 70% chance that the person committing the murder will never face justice.

Of the 433 murders in Chicago in 2011, 75.3% of the victims were black. When suspects could be identified, 70.5% were Black. 77% of the victims had previous arrest records, while 87.3% of the offenders had previous arrest records.

Statistics beyond 2011 are no longer published, however Internet users can visit the website HeyJackass.com for some of the most comprehensive crime data out there.

Main Speakers: Our Veterans In observation of Veteran’s Day, our main speakers were the Veterans present at our Justin Bawcum, above, from Charleston meeting. Each was given an opportunity held the matching ticket for the drawing for to identify themselves, what branch of the the Walther P22 with a brick of .22 ammo service they were in, when they served, obtained from Town & Country Trading Post what rank they attained, any special in Mattoon, IL. honors they received, and any personal recollections they had about their service. Supplemental drawings were made for a knife and a multi tool. Frank Swolkin and Darrel Newcomb held the winning tickets for those.

Coming up Our next meeting will be held at the Charleston VFW on December 9 and there will again be a 50/50 drawing and a drawing for a Bersa Thunder Combat .380, obtained from Wide Eurp’s Guns in Ashmore, IL.

GunNews Magazine - 5 - December 2015 Sangamon County Guns Save Life

Sangamon County Guns Save Life’s new interim regional coordinator Anthony Bellin called the meeting of the faithful to order at NOTICE: The Second Monday in December! our magnificent new meeting location, the Battle of Bastogne veteran Vincent Speranza dazzled the audi- Dec. 14th at Scheels, 3801 S. MacArthur, Springfield. Scheels superstore in Springfield. It was ence with his recollection of his service in World War II, including standing room only as 132 people were his time at the Battle of Bastogne in December 1944. packed into a room set up for 70 (we’ll fix Dinner and conversation start at Gramma Ginna’s on the that next month). first floor and the meeting starts at 7pm upstairs. Come audience, a song which described how had been refinished visit us for good food, good fellowship and good fun. boys changed to men during that battle. and it looked very We began with the Pledge of Allegiance nice. and then recognition of our nation’s vet- Mr. Greenwood also spoke of more modern erans in honor of the upcoming Veteran’s political concerns, saying the only thing Jay answered some Day. A number of the vets present intro- worse than war was to lose freedom. He questions and we duced themselves and which branch they gave four examples of how that can hap- held a couple of served. They were given lots of applause. pen (Sanders, Obama, Clinton, Durbin) drawings and heard and talked of how yesterday’s “Reds” have a couple of an- It was a great night as we began to get “repainted” themselves “Blue”, calling their nouncements. settled in. Anthony Bellin introduced him- policies socialism and progressivism. self, and then introduced GSL’s John Boch We had a 50-50 to give his monthly update on politics, news drawing, which was and information. From there, history came Main Speaker #2: Vincent Speranza Battle of Bastogne veteran Vincent Sper- won by Jim Henry to life with two speakers from famous mo- anza held the attention of the audience, from Sidney, Illinois. ments in wars long ago. keeping them on the edge of their seats The gun drawing with his description of his time in the service was won by Marsha near the end of World War II. There’s a Brim. Congrats, more complete run-down on page 2 from Marsha! It was a full house with about 132 people showing up for the where he spoke in Champaign. SCGSL meeting at Scheels in Springfield, or about twice what we expected. Next month, we’ll be prepared for comfortably handle Both mens’ presentations should be up on 140 or more. Come early for a good seat and to browse the the Guns Save Life website in the coming impressive Scheels store. days.

Jay Ater, with an assist from Anthony Bellin, gave a quick tech time presentation on the venerable Model 1903 Springfield rifle. His particular specimen was manufactured by Smith Corona - the typewriter maker - in Carl Greenwood, who fought with the First about 1943 during World War II. The stock Marine Division during the Korean War Battle of the Chosin Reservoir.

Main Speaker #1: Carl Greenwood. Carl Greenwood served in the First Marine Division when the Korean War broke out, and found himself at the Chosin Reser- voir when a much larger Chinese force surrounded them during extremely cold weather conditions.

He spent some of his time describing the extreme conditions - which caused more Jay Ater, left, and Anthony Bellin, demon- casualties than the fighting. Temperatures strate how to make the Springfield 1903 rifle as cold as -35 degrees, with snow, high a crew-served weapon. winds and less than ideal clothing made life miserable, even when the massive numbers of Chinese weren’t trying to over-run them.

Since the war, Greenwood has done re- markable work trying to educate the public about the “Forgotten War”. The Korean War Memorial Association he heads has raised the money necessary to build a Ko- rean War Memorial in Illinois and today they maintain it. The group also sends books to schools and libraries to held educate young people about the Korean “Conflict”. Marsha Brim won the Kel-Tec PMR-30! Congratulations to her and thanks to Birds As part of his description, he played a and Brooks in Springfield for providing our recording of “The Ballad of Chosin” for the November drawing gun.

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GunNews Magazine - 7 - December 2015 The two women work to provide able repre- sentation to people they are pretty sure are The last Sunday of the month guilty, and they note with a chuckle, “Even if we get them off on the charges, they’ll often Sunday Nov. 29 and Dec. 27 be dead in six months anyway.” Oak Lawn VFW VFW Post 5220 | 9514 S 52nd Ave | Oak Lawn, IL 60453 GSL Chicago Dinner, conversation and displays begin around 4pm. GSL Chicago Coordinator Alfreda Keith Meeting business at 5:30pm. Keller called the Chicago GSL meeting to order on October 25th. The room was near capacity as we began with the Pledge of Allegiance, welcoming of newcomers and recognition of our veterans.

GSL’s John Boch gave his executive direc- tor’s update and from there we launched into our two impressive main speakers. Tyria Walton answers questions from the audience. Main Speakers They both agreed that long sentences for Connie Jordan and Tyria Walton some non-violent offenses were a waste of Cook County Public Defender’s Office prison space and taxpayer money. Two attorneys from Cook County joined us, sharing their take on the criminal justice Ms. Jordan gave some anecdotal stories system, guns and self-defense and some of how she tried to help her clients, but too no-nonsense, straight talk on the impor- often they just won’t listen. One was a 15- George Fryk’s Savage Model 1899 tance of gun ownership for personal protec- year-old “boy” who liked to go into houses, rifle - a piece of history. tion in the big city. without the owners’ permission. He tried going into a 10-year-old girl’s bedroom one night while armed with a gun. Dad intro- dime for a front sight, but shoots just fine. duced him to a .45 Auto. It was a closed casket funeral for the ne’er-do-well teen. He recalled a couple of warm stories about deer hunting and good times with good men Another teenager didn’t think the State in days gone by, much to the enjoyment of should charge him with burglary after the the audience. homeowner delivered a shotgun blast of birdshot at close range, blinding him after Mr. Fryk explained his love for collecting he kicked in the front door of an elderly firearms, saying they provide pleasure to couple’s home. Junior thought the old folks their owners, and also self-defense and put were going to be easy pickings. food on the table.

In a less happy story involving a victim who He concluded his talk speaking of his wasn’t armed with a gun for self-defense, pro-gun rights work online at a number of Connie Jordan tells it the way it is in her Ms. Jordan related to seeing photos of a national online message forums, sending work defending violent criminal actors. woman fatally stabbed 120 times. people from Illinois to IllinoisCarry.com. He himself is an active participant at Illinois Both women work as part of the Homicide Tyria Walton noted that her clients tell her Carry and said that’s where he learned of Task Force in the Public Defender’s office they want nothing to do with anyone who our Chicagoland meetings. and in their spare time, help educate and might be a CCW holder. mentor young people and with their work as November’s Featured Speaker mock trial coaches. Both women talked about sentencing Mark McPherson alternatives in special cases, and how if it Information on how reformed felons - even They shared their belief that the war on involves a gun, the Cook Co. States’ Attor- “violent” felons - can get their firearm rights drugs is a failure, just as the war on guns ney’s office can be quite unwilling to bend restored in Illinois. Mark will relate his story has completely failed to provide the prom- for decent people caught up on non-violent of going up against Anita Alvarez. He’s ised relief from criminal violence. Connie gun charges. They also say the system is probably the only guy you’ll meet who has Jordan summed up the war on guns as woefully inadequate at helping those who an IL CCW license and an armed robbery merely stopping the good people from pro- have mental illness. conviction. tecting themselves from violent criminals. The attorneys answered questions for some “Gun laws don’t affect my clients,” Jordan time on a wide range of topics, offering said before telling everyone that they would information for the audience. be wise to have a gun to protect one’s self from her clients. Thanks to both for joining us. CHUCK’S GUN Tyria Walton echoed that. “Good people need to protect themselves from the people Tech Time I represent,” she candidly admitted. George Fryk SHOP Model 1899 Savage .22 Hi-Power Ms. Jordan noted that Illinois has sentence Our old friend George Fryk was present enhancements for the use of a firearm in with a wonderful old Savage Hi Power 14310 S. Indiana Ave violent crime, but it’s often not utilized by Model 1899. It was one of the first ham- (between 143rd St & 144th St) prosecutors for a host of reasons. The merless lever-actions and fired a .22 caliber victims may be uncooperative or criminals bullet from a necked-down .30-30 case. It Riverdale, IL 60827 themselves, or the arresting cops may have was a pretty hot cartridge for the time. tainted the case are two examples of how (708) 849-4455 both she and Ms. Walton work to obtain Mr. Fryk related the story of the previous “more favorable” outcomes for their clients. owner who lived in the woods and used it to Indoor shooting range! “I’m defending my clients’ rights, not their hunt deer and other critters. It has part of a acts,” Walton noted. GunNews Magazine - 8 - December 2015 were in keeping with Guns Save Life Another fraud is now in prison, having the highest traditions fraudulently sought and received govern- of the U.S. Army and ment benefits as a disabled veteran. Most reflect the greatest Peoria! though aren’t jailed, but Fritz is happy to credit upon himself, GSL’s Peoria meeting came to order under shame them. He says there are avenues, his unit, and the the Peoria Regional Coordinator Steve most notably the Internet, to validate claims. Armed Forces. Schnurbusch. He led the assembled mass “And if they can’t provide a DD-214, that’s a of the faithful in the Pledge of Allegiance big red flag,” he smiled. Mr. Fritz explained Fritz spoke in generali- and in recognizing our veterans in the audi- that anyone who says the details of their ties about the day. It ence. decorations are classified is a sure-fire im- was chilling and simply poster. “We get about a half-dozen reports amazing to hear. Newcomers were recognized in the record- every month of stolen valor at the Medal of breaking audience that neared 100 people, Honor Society,” he noted. The crowd gave Mr. as is our custom. Steve announced that Fritz a long and rous- there would be no tech time on this eve- He lauded the work that the local Veterans ing standing ovation at ning, primarily to give our very special main Administration hospital is doing with the lim- the conclusion of his speaker extra time as needed. ited resources they have, and encouraged remarks. people to visit them and see for themselves John Boch delivered his executive director’s the quality of care they provide. Meeting business. notes, sharing news of the latest on politics, Mr. Schnurbusch noted culture and analysis of what’s happening. When he finished his lengthy presentation, once more there would Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. Hal Fritz delivered a memo- In short, gun control is further on the ropes he asked if there were any questions. The be no tech time. We rable presentation at the GSL Peoria meeting in November. after elections Tuesday, and gun rights are obvious question was asked very delicately proceeded to draw for on the march not only in America, but world- and diplomatically: “Can you tell us about door prizes. wide. the incident that led to your citation?” No wait! Special announcement: Terry Grawey Here’s the citation: Main Speaker GSL members are multi-dimensional peo- ple. Such is the case with Terry Grawey, Lt. Col. Hal Fritz For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity who is the owner of SIPCO Products and in action at the risk of his life above and Medal of Honor recipient Identity Apparel in Peoria Heights. SIPCO Guns Save Life hosted one of its most beyond the call of duty. Capt. (then 1st is our FFL gun dealer that provides most of distinguished main speakers with Lt. Col. Lt.) Fritz, Armor, U.S. Army, distinguished our monthly drawing guns. Harald Fritz, a Congressional Medal of himself while serving as a platoon leader Honor recipient from his service in Viet Nam with Troop A, near Quần Lợi. Capt. Fritz He’s also a comedian, and a hypnotist, and many years ago. was leading his 7-vehicle armored column will be headlining a fundraising event for along Highway 13 to meet and escort The Penguin Project, a Peoria group that He didn’t talk a truck convoy when the column sud- works to give children with special needs much about denly came under intense crossfire from an opportunity to participate in the perform- himself though a reinforced enemy company deployed ing arts. It will be held November 21 at the Christ Steckmann, right, won the Palmetto in the course in ambush positions. In the initial attack, Lariat Steakhouse. Tickets are affordable State Armory AR-15 kit (everything sans the of his prepared Capt. Fritz’ vehicle was hit and he was and he encouraged our GSL family to at- stripped lower receiver). Congrats! remarks, aside seriously wounded. Realizing that his tend. from describing platoon was completely surrounded, vastly his 27-years serv- outnumbered, and in danger of being ing America in the overrun, Capt. Fritz leaped to the top of his military in various burning vehicle and directed the position- capacities. He ing of his remaining vehicles and men. noted there are With complete disregard for his wounds only 79 living re- and safety, he ran from vehicle to vehicle DAVE’S cipients of the MOH (now 80 with the award in complete view of the enemy gunners in November at the White House to Capt. in order to reposition his men, to improve Florent Groberg). the defenses, to assist the wounded, to TRADING POST distribute ammunition, to direct fire, and to Fritz also served as head of the Congres- provide encouragement to his men. When sional Medal of Honor Society. He noted a strong enemy force assaulted the posi- that the men who have received the honor tion and attempted to overrun the platoon, look at themselves as messengers and Capt. Fritz manned a machine gun and temporary guardians of these medals that through his exemplary action inspired his represent blood shed in the name of free- men to deliver intense and deadly fire dom. They wear blue ribbons to represent which broke the assault and routed the the courage, dedication and sacrifice of our attackers. Moments later a second enemy current and former servicemen. force advanced to within 2 meters of the position and threatened to overwhelm the He interjected some humor in telling a story defenders. Capt. Fritz, armed only with a and then spent the majority of his presenta- pistol and bayonet, led a small group of his tion dealt with calling out defective individu- men in a fierce and daring charge which als who falsely claim to be decorated Ameri- routed the attackers and inflicted heavy can servicemen in what is commonly known casualties. When a relief force arrived, Over 800 Guns in Inventory! as “Stolen Valor”. Capt. Fritz saw that it was not deploying effectively against the enemy positions, 333 DERBY STREET He cited at least six instances of men in and he moved through the heavy enemy Illinois who falsely claimed to be highly fire to direct its deployment against the PEKIN, IL decorated servicemen. They ranged from hostile positions. This deployment forced dysfunctional nobodies pretending to be the enemy to abandon the ambush site 309-353-7522 heroes to a Kane County circuit judge who and withdraw. Despite his wounds, Capt. BUY-SELL- claimed to have won the Medal of Honor for Fritz returned to his position, assisted his LARGE his service in the Navy. The judge resigned men, and refused medical attention until TRADE in 1995 to avoid criminal prosecution. Hal all of his wounded comrades had been VARIETY OF Fritz was the man that outed the judge and treated and evacuated. The extraordinary GUNS, NEW the judge’s response to Fritz? “I guess I’ll courage and selflessness displayed by RELOADING just have to get used to a lower standard of Capt. Fritz, at the repeated risk of his own AND USED living.” life above and beyond the call of duty, COMPONENTS GunNews Magazine - 9 - December 2015 CHICAGOLAND NEWS

Sun-Times: Gun-rights group vows to game mayor’s gun buyback Chicago (Sun-Times) - Hours after Mayor ing to return to Chicago with another 50 or Rahm Emanuel announced a $250,000 gun 60 guns to turn in. buyback program on Monday, a downstate gun-rights advocate promised to come to “We will put that money to good use for Chicago to exploit it. public awareness efforts on our part,” he said. “We don’t need gun control, we need “We will be delighted to transact business crime control.” Cook County to get Even tourists getting knifed once more with do-gooders in Chicago,” “gun violence coordinator” John Boch, executive director of Cham- Nobody’s safe in Chicago (CBS) — The Cook County Board has ap- (Gateway Pundit) – Neil McCarthy, a British paign-based Guns Save Life, said Monday. proved appointing a gun violence coor- military com- dinator who will be expected to “live, eat, bat veteran Guns Save Life used Chicago’s 2012 gun breathe and sleep gun violence,” reports of Afghani- buyback to embarrass city officials. That WBBM’s Mike Krauser. stan visiting year, members said they turned in about 60 Chicago’s guns — some of them rusty and inoperable. Oak Street Beach with They received $100 MasterCard gift cards Keeping crime low his Ameri- for each gun, which they used to buy am- CPD rejects theft reports can girl- munition for a National Rifle Association Chicago (Crime in Wrigleyville and Boys- friend, was youth camp in Bloomington and bolt-action town) – Making it difficult to report crimes is confronted rifles to give away to campers. a great way to keep Chicago’s impossibly by three low crime rates heading in a downward muggers ...At the time, city officials angrily accused direction. ...Chicago Police Department Saturday Guns Save Life of abusing a program has refused to accept reports of package night. intended to take guns off the streets of Chi- Chicago (CBS) - Mayor Emanuel says thefts from local doorsteps because—here cago and reduce violence. But Boch says officials and community leaders will make it comes—the packages were never in the the group was simply demonstrating the sure that gun rights advocates don’t scam victims’ physical possession. ineffectiveness of the program. the weapons buyback program by turning in worthless guns for gift cards. “Tell the mayor we need substance over symbolism,” he said Monday. Boch is vow- [Editor’s note: We’ll see about that!] URBANA AMERICAN Murder City, USA: 9-year-old’s murder shocks nation (Sun-Times) - Chicago Police officials are concerned the killing of 9-year-oldTyshawn Lee LEGION POST 71 could set off a spree of violence targeting gang members’ innocent relatives — who have been considered off limits in the past, a law enforcement source said Wednesday. and

(Sun-Times) - [Chicago Police Superintendent Garry] McCarthy singled out Lee’s father, SONS OF Pierre Stokes, 25, who has been particularly unhelpful in the investigation. He said Stokes has refused to talk to detectives on at least two occasions. AMERICAN LEGION

(CBS Chicago) - The mother of murdered nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee is being bashed on the Internet for using money intended for his funeral expenses to buy a car, but she is SQUADRON 71 defending the purchase.

Trump calls out failure of gun control in French Muslim attack; Leftists condemn him for pointing out the obvious Supporting Our Troops & Beaumont, TX (Washington Post) -- Donald ings and killings -- Chicago is an example, Trump says the tough gun control laws in toughest gun laws in the United States, Our 2nd Amendment Rights Paris contributed to the high death toll dur- nothing but problems. So our country better ing a series of terrorist attacks on Friday. get smart because we’re not smart right The attacks, he added, also reveal the now.” Urbana American Legion Post 71 danger in allowing Syrian refugees into the country. By making that comment, Trump doubled 107 N. Broadway Ave. down on a message he tweeted in January, “You can say what you want, but if they had following a smaller-scale terrorist attack: Urbana, IL 61801 guns -- if our people had guns, if they were “Isn’t it interesting that the tragedy in Paris (217)367-3121 allowed to carry -- it would have been a took place in one of the toughest gun con- much, much different situation,” Trump said trol countries in the world?” As that dated Open Daily 10 am to 2 am. to cheers during a political rally at an arena tweet recirculated on Friday evening, the in southeast Texas on Saturday afternoon. French ambassador to the United States, THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME! “I hear it all the time, you know. You look at Gerard Araud, tweeted at Trump: “This mes- certain cities that have the highest violence, sage is repugnant in its lack of any human $100.00 off Banquet rental for GSL members. the highest problem with guns and shoot- decency. Vulture.” GunNews Magazine - 10 - December 2015 SOUL SNATCHERS! Family fun at the DeWitt County Sportsman’s Club “Outbreak” zombie shoot Clinton, IL (GSL) - The DeWitt County easy to spot hits. “We’ve experimented Sportsman’s Club held its fourth annual with target mechanisms over the years,” “Outbreak” zombie shoot on Saturday, DCSC Vice-President Ed Adock said. “This October 24th near Clinton, IL. Nearly a year, I think everyone agrees this year was hundred people showed up to help out and/ the best year ever.” or engage in friendly competition, shoot- Looking for a place to shoot? ing zombies in the head while not shooting Black Kettle provided outstanding food for those who hadn’t turned into zombies yet. those present, and club members volun- Dewitt County Sportsman’s Club teered to do setup and make the event run Clinton, IL Young and old participated, including men, successfully. women and young adults. Indeed. It was a very good, family fun This year, the club used clay pigeons for event, sure to be even better next year. the “brains”, to make a clean target that was

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GunNews Magazine - 11 - December 2015 GunNews Magazine - 12 - December 2015 HOOAH!

by John Boch The men visited Dewey’s IED. Others’ injuries were (McLean County, IL) - The Hunt Club Wednesday, less obvious. HOOAH Deer Hunt for hunting pheasants and Heroes group held their an- learning upland bird-hunting One of the men, Jared nual Deer Camp event from skills from wingshooting Poppe, a double-amputee, November 3-8 in Central instructors from the IDNR. was interviewed by the Illinois for nine soldiers and State Journal-Register and veterans dealing with the The rest of the week was related how the HOOAH aftermath of combat injuries. spent hunting Bambi’s mom program helped lift him out and dad. of major depression last Participants began their year and he returned this trip with a police escort to The McLean County-based year to give back and help the Scheels mega-store HOOAH non-profit’s all- other veterans in their re- in Springfield, where they expense-paid events are covery. He was inspirational were outfitted from head less about hunting and more to all around him. to toe with hunting clothes about networking and help- and gear, all graciously ing the wounded veterans Guns Save Life proudly sup- donated by Scheels. Illinois overcome psychological ports the HOOAH organiza- Governor Bruce Rauner and in some cases physical tion and their work helping showed up to greet the men barriers to integration back wounded veterans recover. and wish them the best, into civilian life. Some of the declining questions from the men’s injuries were obvious, media about other matters, including the amputees or explaining his visit was for one just learning to walk and the troops, not politics. talk again after a traumatic brain injury caused by an

SCHEELS: A Donation’s Incredible Power Not only does the HOOAH Deer Hunt for The morning started by carefully putting Heroes program forever touch the hearts of together and labelling each soldiers’ table wounded servicemen, but it also profoundly of materials SCHEELS provided. We would touches the hearts of the many volunteers later see how that simple gesture warmed who help the veterans. Here’s an example: their hearts and touched them deeply. a heart-warming story from the event man- ager from Scheels. Right on time at 10:30am the soldiers arrived at SCHEELS in a long, police-led by Amy Beadle of SCHEELS motorcade from the Illinois State Police (Springfield, IL) - SCHEELS in Springfield, Academy. A dozen or more squad cars, IL partnered with HOOAH Deer Hunt for fire trucks and dozens of Patriot Riders es- Heroes on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 to corted the Heroes. This sight brought tears provide nine wounded servicemen head-to- and chills to store staff and customers as toe gear for their upcoming hunts. Sounds they watched soldiers and marines emerge, simple enough, but let me tell you, this followed by clapping and cheers. simple gesture ended up being the most amazing event I have had the privilege of A meet and greet reception was held in being involved in - hands down, ever! Ginna’s for everyone from the motorcade, along with the public, media and SCHEELS HOOAH is a nonprofit that was formed associates. We had over ten media outlets in 2012, operated by volunteers. They attend, as did Illinois Governor Bruce provide outdoor activities for wounded vet- Rauner, dressed in head to toe camo from erans in order to help them physically and a morning duck hunt. I am not sure who mentally rehabilitate. Most soldiers are se- was more impressed, the soldiers that our lected through Fort Campbell, KY and came governor was there or the Governor as he from as far away as Texas, California and met and spoke with each soldier. Pennsylvania. The trip, hunt and everything is provided 100% FREE to these disabled The media were asked to leave after a service members and vets (and in a few while, and we then prayed and shared cases, their spouse care-givers this year). a lasagna buffet lunch in Ginna’s with amazing fellowship. Following lunch, our Tricia (Gaither) Gale from HOOAH worked team showed the soldiers care, respect with me for over a year preparing for the and most of all patience as we fitted each event, which grew more challenging last- with their clothing and boots. Clothing was minute as some participants changed out pretty simple as it was all pre-selected and amazing and just kept on trying until every this was by far the proudest moment I have for a host of reasons. All along we were needed only a few tweaks. Boots, that was soldier had boots that fit, no matter how had. The experience will be with me and mindful that this wonderful challenge would a different story. With one double amputee, many pairs we had to piece together. many others forever. Thank you for taking all be worth it on November 3. And it was. one single amputee and three with leg brac- the time to read this. It is very hard to retell ing, etc., this was difficult. The guys were Honestly, in my 24 years of event planning, this day on paper. GunNews Magazine - 13 - December 2015 Critical Threat Management Comprehensive Force-on-Force training to manage potential threats - for civilians

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The Should have been a Armed American DEFENSIVE True stories of firearms used by law-abiding Americans GUN USE to save innocent life. Some choose to ignore the proven, life-saving benefits of firearm ownership and having a firearm accessible in event Concealed carry works in of an emergency in the home. Sadly, sometimes not having a firearm nearby, Farmington Hills, MI too! and the knowledge to use it, can be Farmington Hills (The Detroit News) — A costly. 24-year-old Detroit man is dead after being shot by his mother early Wednesday morn- ing after he allegedly tried to break into her apartment.

... There was one shot fired from the hand- Semantha Bunce (pictured in hospital with gun, which is registered to the woman who friend Hollie Ritchie) was shot twice when has a concealed pistol permit to carry. intruders broke into her home in east Char- lotte, North Carolina. (Caption/photo via UK CCW works in Chicago! Daily Mail) (Chicago Tribune) – A robbery was thwarted 13-year-old boy uses mom’s at a Southwest Side corner store Saturday Violent thug meets mama bear night when a patron with a concealed carry Glock to take care of business (UK Daily Mail) - Police have charged a 23- license shot and killed an armed robber, Ladson, SC (Post and Courier) - A 13-year- year-old man with attempted murder after authorities said. old Ladson boy fended off two would-be a shootout with an Army National Guard burglars by using his mother’s gun to pro- combat medic in the stairwell of her home. Citing preliminary information, police said tect himself while home alone Tuesday. a man walked into a store in the 2700 Reco Latur Dawkins Jr. turned himself in to block of West 51st Street in the Gage Park He killed one of them in an exchange of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police on Sunday neighborhood around 7 p.m., announced a gunfire, and the second suspect was later and was charged with attempted murder, robbery to an employee working behind the arrested, according to the Charleston felony breaking and entering and conspira- counter and displayed a handgun. County Sheriff’s Office. cy to commit felony breaking and entering Pregnant pastor’s wife shot, killed in in connection to the Tuesday break-in. home invasion in Indianapolis Another employee came from the back Lamar Anthwan Brown, 31, of Summerville, Indianapolis (CNN) – The pregnant of the store and the gunman pointed his died at Trident Medical Center of gunshot Semantha Bunce, 21, was at home breast- wife of an Indianapolis pastor was shot weapon at her, police said. He then made wounds, according to Charleston County feeding her four-month-old son Bentley and killed this week in what police are her go to the back of the store, which also Chief Deputy Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal. He when the intruders arrived on Tuesday calling a home invasion. The victim was serves as a currency exchange. was dropped off at the hospital by the sec- morning, according to CNN. 12 weeks pregnant, according to CNN ond suspect, Ira Bennett, after fleeing the affiliate WXIN. After that, a customer who was also inside Elderwood Drive home where the shooting The men knocked on the front door, rang the business pulled out a gun and opened took place, according to the Sheriff’s Office. the doorbell and kicked in the door of her The couple’s 1-year-old son was home fire at the robber, killing him, police said. home east Charlotte, North Carolina. when the shooting occurred Tuesday ...“I tell my kids that if anything ever hap- morning, but was unharmed. [Editor’s note: The 55-year-old bad actor in pens to call 911, but I also tell them to pro- The mother-of-two quickly took her son to this case had sixty prior arrests, including tect themselves if they have to,” she said. “I the bedroom and placed him in the crib Amanda Blackburn, 28, was discovered an unprosecuted arrest for armed robbery never would have dreamed that this would before grabbing her gun. by her husband, Resonate Church Pas- in 2012. His family said “he didn’t deserve have been a part of our day today.” tor Davey Blackburn, after he returned to get shot multiple times.”] When the men opened fire at her in the from the gym that morning, the couple’s stairwell, she then fired back from the bed- church said. WI: Would-be robber gets room door. Blackburn was taken to Indiana Universi- CCW works in Toledo too! more than he bargained for...... Bunce was shot several times and is ty Methodist Hospital in critical condition, Toledo, OH (13abc Action News) – A 21 Superior, WI (NNCNOW.com) -- A Superior where she later died. year-old Toledo man with a concealed carry shop clerk shot a suspect during an at- recovering in a hospital. The baby wasn’t injured. permit turned the tables on an armed rob- tempted robbery on Thursday in Superior. Hours before Blackburn was discovered bery suspect early Tuesday morning as he It was her military training that allowed by her husband, a neighbor’s house was arrived home from work. 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GunNews Magazine - 15 - December 2015 Freedom’s Forum How good it felt to have a President who was a proud American

Chicago Sun-Times Counterpoint: A comment from the website: “Peace fails when we forget what we stand for. It fails when we forget that our Go after the criminals, not the guns republic is based on firm principles, that with them we are the last best hope of man. Peace is only maintained and won by those who have clear eyes and Written By John Boch brave minds. In memory of those who gave the last full measure of devotion, Published October 20, 2015 04:30pm may our efforts to achieve lasting peace gain strength.” Chicago Sun-Times - Ronald Reagan

Here we go again. I remember how good it felt to have a President who was a proud American, firmly committed to the beauty of the American dream and defending our role as a positive Chicago is squandering more taxpayer force in the world. money on a symbolic gun buyback pro- It’s because if you commit a violent gram to reduce violence in the Windy crime with a gun in Florida, you go Ronald Reagan reminded us of and extolled the principles that brought forth on City. away for a long, long time. this continent a new nation, to borrow Lincoln’s language, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. The strength of our Sure, it sounds like a good idea to get See, Florida passed a sentencing principles allowed us to weather the challenges and grow to be a positive leader in the world. unwanted firearms out of circulation, enhancement law many years ago but the science is settled: Gun buy- to combat violent gun crime. Use a backs don’t work. gun in a violent crime in the Sunshine State, you get 10 years added to your Feelings and emotions don’t make sentence. Fire the gun, add 20 years. good public policy. Wound or kill someone and you go away for 25 years, minimum. There’s Guns are tools. Guns protect families no parole or probation. It’s hard time. and children. Guns save innocent life thousands of times each day. By contrast, in Chicago in recent weeks, police nabbed three youths who Instead of trying to manipulate peo- allegedly committed a drive-by shoot- ple into continued support of failed ing, wounding two. schemes like this buyback, our politi- cians, and even the Sun-Times, would The Cook County state’s attorney be better served helping people under- charged the youths with a Class 4 stand the truth so we will all be better, felony: one to three years in prison. smarter citizens. Another incident involved a woman on a YouTube video popping shots off The answer isn’t more racist, classist at people on a busy street. She was charged with a misdemeanor. and sexist gun control laws or disarma- It’s been deeply saddening to live through the Obama years and watch as he does ment schemes. his best to apologize for and fundamentally change America. The effects are al- In Florida, all of these people would be ready evident as Americans are encouraged toward envy and division by class and The answer involves a commitment to gone for a generation. race and even to debate whether the American dream is a myth. Around the world take violent offenders off the streets for the forces against freedom grow stronger, more bold and more ruthless. a long time. The choice is ours to make. Prosecute and sentence violent offenders to long Through and despite it all however, it has been heartening to reflect on the contin- prison terms, or nibble around the ued willingness of Americans with clear eyes and brave minds to step up and offer Florida today enjoys the lowest firearm themselves in military service to the nation born of these principles. The rest of us violent crime rate ever. It’s not because edges with failed, feel-good symbolism that doesn’t work. still guided by these principles have a responsibility to serve by honoring and extol- there is a paucity of guns in Florida, ling both the principles themselves and those who have given the last full measure where 1.5 million people have con- of devotion to defend them. cealed carry licenses. John Boch is executive director of Champaign-based Guns Save Life. To our veterans I offer my heartfelt gratitude and respect.

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GunNews Magazine - 16 - December 2015 And they smile because it is darn fun. Why we win... You see: The Gun Control sub-culture is sad and angry. You offer nothing other than loud complaining and name calling and after a while, it gets tiresome and irritates the hell of the regular Joes and Janes. You take somebody to protest guns for the first time and they go home at the end of the day tired and feeling angry. That may work once or twice, but save some emotional masochist, regular folks decide that they had enough soon and seek more pleasur- able alternatives.

When we take somebody shooting for the And it is right there when our side wins. first time, they feel like they are being initi- Even if that person never shoots a gun ated in a strange and curious world that again, whatever crap is that your side has they only have some nasty reference (from been pushing against us gets identified as you) about. But after we teaching them the lies. And nobody likes or trust a liar. fundamentals of shooting, rules of safety and how to act, they see it is nothing more And if you do not believe me? Check the than developing another skill like driving or face of one of the biggest advocates of Gun rock climbing or wood carving. But the real Control in this country in this picture: magic is when they are finally facing the Young Olivia Miller was bursting with excitement after her very first shots ever fired target downrange, they bring the gun up, in 2011 at an Illinois Appleseed. And look at that impressive group on her target! probably with some trepidation and almost fear, press the trigger and hit that target. [Editor’s note: Miguel Gonzalez of the Gun for the past 30 years. Your side has almost Free Zone blog wrote this rebuttal to the unlimited access to major media outlets They smile. story by Michael Maiello at Talking Points and Hollywood production companies that Memo titled, “What if we made Gun Culture allow you to cast gun owners as dangerous, They smile because they conquered a new uncool like we did cigarettes?”] nasty, racist uncool, despicable…. you get milestone. They smile because they tamed the idea. something maybe a couple of hours ago they thought they would never do. They Yet, after those many years, your side smile because even when they had been bombarded by propaganda about how they has failed miserably to achieve the goal of That would not happen to be a smile in the would die if they ever touched a gun, they exorcise us from the American Culture. Why face of Senator Chuck Schumer, would it? is that? are still alive. And That Is Why We Win. Because guns are fun. Gun owners are fun people. We have a ball when we get together to shoot our guns and even more when we bring new people into the culture.

by Miguel Gonzalez

Dear Mr. Maiello: The problem is Guns are cool!

Let’s begin with the obvious: The cam- paign to make gun ownership look not only uncool but retrograde has been going on

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GunNews Magazine - 18 - December 2015 but it wasn’t far off. I wouldn’t want to run through a 500-round course with it. Or a BEARing 100-round course. I felt myself picking up a flinch after a couple of magazines and had to concentrate on a crush grip and deliber- All ate trigger squeeze.

Accuracy? It was far more accurate than me. I had no problem pounding out a ragged hole at 5 yards.

Product Review Daltech Force SafestCarry Boot Ankle Holster By Bear St. Pierre As I have been exploring different ways First impressions can sometimes be The Glock 43: to carry concealed since we passed wrong, so I tried it out with an open our carry law in Illinois, I have been in mind. Not for beginners search of a suitable ankle carry rig. My first impressions only grew deeper by John Boch I’d been eyeballing the new Glock 43 (street Yes, I know many CCW licensees are and more negative about the Daltech price about $450) since the NRA Conven- not keen on ankle carry, at least not for Force product and I’ll tell you why: The tion when I got my first fondle. It looks and your primary weapon, but I still wanted muzzle of the firearm stuck out past the feels, not surprisingly, like a skinny Glock. to review this type of product for two base of the holster more than an inch. reasons. Because this holster rides outside Now, I’m a Glock guy. I like them, at least in 9mm flavor, and I can’t tell you how many First, even if this is not how you would my boot, that exposed the muzzle to My first seven shots at 5 yards. One dead I’ve lost in boating accidents over the years. carry your primary firearm, ankle carry all sorts of dirt and debris. This bear minion. Four of seven right smack in the I’ve had the full-size 17, the “compact” 19, is great option for a back up defense doesn’t spend his days cooped up in middle in a ragged, one-hole group. the “baby” 26 and have enjoyed them all. weapon. Moreover, ankle carry is a an office and I quickly saw this was a Right out of the gate, they all get a 3.5# viable solution if you work at a desk or no-go. trigger and tritium night sights. Outside in a seated position. Ankle carry allows Reliability? The first problem came in the of that, they are stock and they run great, for you to reach right down as you are Most products I test I try to use for a first magazine of self-defense ammo. A fail- performing flawlessly as self-defense guns. taking cover and allowing you to access minimum of 30 days. I couldn’t bring ure to feed four rounds in. Then on the sec- They’re all quite compatible with me and I your defense weapon with out having myself to do this with this product be- ond magazine, another FTF three rounds shoot that “baby” Glock just as well as the to finagle with office chair arms or seat cause of fear that my firearm might be in. A tap on the rear of the slide brought larger models. backs. damaged or cosmetically scarred from the gun into battery in both instances, but I this exposure. While I don’t mind nicks shouldn’t have to do that. Through good fortune, I won a Glock 43. As I began this quest I started looking and dings - it’s character for my working The 6 + 1 capacity had always kept me for ankle holsters my area’s local gun guns - at the same time I’m not going to Thankfully the last three mags ran flawless- away before, but winning one on a $5 ticket stores. Quickly, this bear discovered needlessly expose it to abuse. ly, but I’m concerned: two malfunctions in at the Chicago Guns Save Life meeting is they aren’t readily available in stores, 31 rounds of Winchester Ranger premium hard to beat. (I confess, I bought $60 in even the big box ones nearby. Online, One brighter spot is Daltech’s customer self-defense ammo? That’s a 6.45% failure tickets.) Chuck’s Guns in Riverdale (May- however, I found more products that I service. Whereas the product didn’t rate. That’s worse than the HiPoint 9mm ors Daley and Emanuel’s favorite gun shop, could wrap my brain around! impress me at all their customer service pistol! team was very helpful and courteous. in case you’re wondering) provided the very popular gun to GSL. When I picked it up, The first product I decided to go with Was I limp-wristing it? I doubt it, particularly I bought three additional Glock 43 factory was the Daltech Force – Over the Boot I had to call in for the return and to shooting from two-handed isosceles as an magazines and a holster. I intended to be ankle holster. The street price on these ask about the refund and the staff was experienced shooter. I can’t recall the last “carry ready” with it. is about $25 and it’s designed for small helpful. The only complaint I had is that malfunction I had attributable to me limp- to medium-framed semi-autos or revolv- to receive my refund I had to set up a wristing any other Glock. Lube issues? I The gun “felt” okay, at best. It’s a little on ers PayPal account because their system didn’t lube it out of the box, but heavy lube the small side for my hands, but someone wouldn’t refund the credit card I used is a no-no with Glocks and it didn’t “feel” dry with smaller paws hands might find it just When I first received this product I for the purchase. in my earlier manipulations. perfect for them. The sights are the ubiqui- was not impressed with the look of it. tous factory standard. The trigger is classic It seamed to lack any real shape and To score the Daltech Force Over the A few mags of 9mm ball (by Aguila) ran fine, Glock as well as I expected. looked like the material used was of Boot Holster, I give it 1.5 bear paws but I’m not carrying ball ammo to save my marginal quality. out of 5. life. As with the others in the Glock family, there’s no external safety. Some are ob- The Glock 43 is not a good gun sessed that their semi-autos have safeties, Summary: for beginners as it’s very spicy to shoot. If but I’m not one of them. Keep your booger you’ve got a spot in your heart for a petite, picker in your nose and not on your trigger skinny Glock, legitimately have the skills to and you’ll be completely safe if you observe run a “hot” little gun - and can get it to run proper holstering protocol. reliably with your self-defense ammo - this gun might work for you, especially if you’re I’m luke-warm on the 6+1 as a Glock 19 fluent in shooting Glocks. plus two spare mags is my everyday carry. That’s 46 rounds for non-Glock aficionados. My “19” alone carries the ammunition of 2.5 Follow up: After a good cleaning and Glock 43s, and there’s no need to reload. a little lube in all the right places, the Glock 43 ran flawlessly through about 70 rounds Firing it for the first time was... not exactly of the Ranger hollow-points. pleasant. The gun weighs in at under 18 ounces empty, and a couple of more with That day, I shot it side by side with a S&W bad-guy stoppers in the magazine. Shield and a Ruger LC9s Pro. The Shield is noticeably more comfortable to shoot, With Winchester Ranger 124gr JHP +P and the Ruger, while being a handful on rounds, it was a spicy handful. It wasn’t as recoil, has a trigger that rates an A+ right bad as a .380 micro pistol (Kel-tec P3AT, out of the box. I would carry either before I S&W Bodyguard .380, or Ruger LCP), would carry the Glock 43. GunNews Magazine - 19 - December 2015 Tech Time est in classes, the record-keeping require- Pontiac! CCW classes ments and potential jail time for teaching Andy Hinterlong brought a local IL con- CCW classes that don’t meet the state’s GSL Pontiac Coordinator Jackie Gragson cealed carry instructor’s thoughts to the requirements. All of these things may lead called the meeting to order, led the tradi- meeting, primarily on some of the upcoming to increased prices in 2016, Boch noted. tional Pledge of Allegiance and the proudly rule changes and their real-world impact. recognized the veterans in the room, which Asked if he thought the NRA’s moving the amounted to better than a third of those He began with the news that the ISP is classroom portions of the NRA Basic Pistol present. slated to revoke credentials for a number class into an online format would be prob- of instructors and CCW license holders be- lematic for instructors who use it for their Jackie took a moment to apologize for her cause of classes that didn’t conform to the first eight hours, Hinterlong said that was absence the previous month. She came ISP requirements. He cited an example of another huge problematic concern. down with the mumps, courtesy of some Terry Riccolo, a GSL regular, was our one instructor who spent hours on live fire, people in her college class. She also main speaker for “Veteran’s Month”. With but his legal lectures consisted of a couple Both Boch and Hinterlong reminded folks personally thanked all of our local GSL 40-years in the military, he proved a great of handouts instead of the state-mandated that their training certificates would only be members and friends who supported her speaker. classroom time learning about the judicious valid for one year once the new rules took with in helping make the HOOAH Golf Out- use of deadly force. effect, which could be any day soon. ing here in Pontiac a big success back in September. Main Speaker Hinterlong’s not happy about the limitation Meeting business Terry Riccolo of a one-to-six ratio during live-fire elements Jackie Gragson put it to a vote for next We also recognized newcomers and we Terry Riccolo (rhymes with piccolo) has of the classes, which he says will drive up month’s gun - which will be a Walther CCP had several, including the Honorable State devoted forty years of his life to the U.S. the costs as instructors need additional 9mm semi-auto. Representative Thomas Bennett (R-106th). Army, beginning his service in 1971. He’s help. seen a lot of places, particularly in Europe, John Boch delivered his executive director’s with the exception of Portugal which was He asked John Boch, who’s also an ISP- notes, bringing folks up to speed on the lat- under communist rule for much of the time approved concealed carry instructor what est news and information - most of it good he as in Europe. he thought about it all. Boch noted that the news for the cause of freedom. news of impending revocations was news Asked if he had a favorite country he served to him, but that he didn’t disagree with any- Guest Speaker in, he laughed. “I’ve been to a lot of coun- thing Hinterlong said. Illinois Rep. Thomas Bennett tries, but many of them I went in at night Freshman Representative Tom Bennett and came back out at night, so I didn’t get GSL Defense Training, Boch said, had a brought a big smile and affable demeanor to see much,” he chuckled. entirely different philosophy on teaching to the GSL meeting. “I’ve been wanting to concealed carry, but nevertheless was scal- make one of these for a long time and I’m He’s a quiet, unassuming guy and men- ing back CCW classes next year because We gave away door prizes and the Savage so glad I could make it,” he began. He told tioned that he has picked up seven spe- of a lack of interest, and instead concen- Model 220 bolt-action shotgun, renowned us about his upbringing on a farm in Gibson cialties in the military, but his primary job trating on intermediate- and advanced- for its accuracy, was won by John Wolf. City and when it comes to guns, there’s “no involved working as a green beret. Most level training. Boch noted that he knew Bev Wolf (left, no relation) won the rimfire reason, no purpose” for government to tell of what he did was training and analysis, of a great many other instructors who had steel target donated by a member. us how to take care of our guns. and he spoke to the amazing advances in ceased teaching because of a lack of inter- technology from 1971 to when he got out. We’ll see you next month! There was cool stuff in the 1970s, he said, and the stuff today was truly impressive.

Among his many assignments was his eight years at Ft. McCoy teaching, and each year he would spend three weeks at the NSA in Maryland. “A lot of folks don’t know it but the NSA is one of the biggest employers in Maryland.” (They’re also the largest em- ployer of mathematicians in America.) He mused that the NSA had a really neat golf pro shop, but you can’t get into it unless you work at the NSA. Rep. Tom Bennett with GSL Executive Director John Boch. Te r r a n c e C. Su l l i v a n , m a n a g i n g b r o k e r Among the many anecdotal stories he told was how he “rescued” a whole bunch He spoke at length about how the budget- y o n s u ll i v a n e a l t y n c of sled dogs while serving in Alaska, and L -S R , I . ary mess in Springfield is changing the 321 W. Ma d i s o n St r e e t , Po n t i a c , IL 61764 through some creative sharing (otherwise landscape. Most all of the monies are known as bribes with a furry tail and a wet Of f i c e 815-842-1400 | Di r e c t 815-674-6299 being paid because of court orders, but nose), seven of the pups ended up back in y o n s u ll i v a n e a l t y c o m the longer we go on, the bigger the budget L S R . the USA in good homes. The dogs were deficit grows. very popular among his friends.

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8. Take action: Engage in something you love. It doesn’t have to be a veterans group, but seek out something you’re pas- sionate about. Everyone needs purpose and participating in something you love is rewarding. So make it your mission to get back to being you.

9. Provide backup: It takes a warrior to heal a warrior. Sometimes the best way to help yourself is to help another. So be the Last month, Randy Lavere from Mission 22 introduced the organization to Guns Save Life, backup another vet needs. The simple act appearing at our Pontiac GSL meeting to talk up the program dedicated to raising aware- of fighting alongside another will remind you ness, enlist support, and end veteran suicide in America. Mission 22 offers information that you don’t fight alone, that there’s an to help veterans get out of that “dark place” where they might be contemplating suicide. army fighting with you, and that you have Here are some helpful strategies, courtesy of Mission 22. an ally in the war at home. In the process, you’ll find the support you give another will support you too. Intel for soldiers and veterans... from Mission22.com

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