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Second Amendment news GunNewsPublished monthly by GUNS SAVE LIFE Volume 23, Number 1 January 2017 Affiliated with JPFO, Civilian Marksmanship Program, National Rifle Association, Illinois Federation for Outdoor Resources, ISRA, and others 2016: YEAR OF

• THE GUN Gun sales set all-time record and the year’s not over! • Millions of Americans buying their first gun • Record support for gun ownership • Good reason: Violent Crime at a 16-year high (Guns Save Life) - America truly is enter- support ownership of America’s favorite ing into a renaissance of gun rights like rifle, the AR-15 and modern sporting rifles the nation has never seen. Gun sales like it. Opposition to their ownership is at have smashed monthly records and made record lows. Look for the trend to grow as 2016 the biggest year for gun sales with a President-elect Donald Trump continues month left to go. More and more Ameri- to use the presidency’s “bully pulpit” to cans are buying guns for the first time. In advocate for National Reciprocity so con- Illinois, gun owners have grown over 70% cealed carry licenses can be recognized since Barack Obama took office. with full faith and credit just like driver’s licenses. Donald Trump knows that the Increasing gun ownership has also led to only thing that stops a bad person with evil reshaping of our nation’s attitudes about in their hearts is a good guy with a gun. guns. A record number of Americans now For more, turn to page 23.

New Location for January! Champaign County GSL Meeting moving to Any questions? Photo by Oleg Volk. Knights of Columbus in Rantoul

In this issue January 2017 Board minutes 4 Guns Save Life Meetings President Report 4 First Thursday: January 5th PRE-SORT STD. U.S. POSTAGE P A I D PERMIT NO. 51 PEORIA, IL State of GSL 5 • Peoria: BEDBUGS! 6Childers Banquet & Catering, 3113 Dries Lane, Peoria, IL 61604 Winning Confrontations 8 • Sangamon County: First Monday: January 2nd Scheels, 3801 S. MacArthur, Springfield, IL Train Under Pressure 9 News from North of I-80 10 • Pontiac: First Tuesday: January 3rd Pontiac VFW Post 886, 531 W Lincoln Ave, Pontiac, IL 61764 Eagle Sports 11 The Truth About Gun Safes 13 • Champaign County: Second Tuesday: Jan. 10th NEW LOCATION! Knights of Columbus Hall, 1001 N Ohio Ave., Rantoul, IL 61866 Levis Hates You 14 • Charleston: Second Wednesday: January 11th Armed American 15 VFW, 1821 20th St, Charleston, IL 61920. Dinner at 6:00pm Freedom’s Forum 16 • Chicago: Last Sunday: January 29, 2017 News Stories 18 DA’s Deli and Dining, 7260 West 159th Street, Orland Park, IL Chicago Steve Davis, Esq., President Guns Save Life.com Box 51 P.O. 61874 IL Savoy, Taurus 85 Review 19 Exhibits and conversation here at 4:00pm. Meeting at 5:30pm Concealed Carry Insurance 20 Book Review: Chris Bird 21 Dinner, conversation, exhibits at 5:30pm Meetings at 7:00pm Directory / Clubs / Shows 22 Meetings are free and open to public. Holiday Gun Sales Soar 23 Come on out and join us. Good food, good fun and good friends. Membership form 24 Dinner is optional. GSL & ISRA: Stronger Together Guns Save Life President Steve Davis, left, and Executive Director John Boch, right, welcomed the Illinois State Rifle Association’s Executive Director Richard Pearson to the The World Famous Bill Oglesby! Champaign County GSL meeting at Fluid Events in Champaign. World-renowned exhibition shooter Bill Oglesby addressed the audience in Champaign with some valuable information about training and mindset. He also donated one of his custom single-action pistols to Guns Save Life! Thank you, Mr. Oglesby!

Scary guns - in Chicago! Upper left, one of our members brought in a STG-58 and a CETME, both Cold War era battlefield rifles to the GSL meeting. Our Chicago Re- gional Director Alfred Keith-Keller is pictured in the background. Unlike in Chicago proper, nobody was injured or killed by gunfire anywhere near our meeting. Upper right, oddT Vandermyde. Below, John Boch answering questions at the Chicagoland meeting. Tara Johnson won the Ruger 10/22 in Charleston. She’s pictured here with Jeff Hudson. Congrats to Tara and thanks Jeff! Bill Martin discusses planning for emer- gencies with your family. Make sure your spouse knows not to grab onto you like this (Kris Martin), restricting your movement.

Photos Historical expert Kerwin Law, left, discribes various features of the .30-40 Krag rifle as From left, in Champaign: Buck Hildreth won From our meetings Tim Hortberg holds one for him. the 50/50, Champaign’s regional direc- GSL President Steve Davis, left, with Lynn tor Alan Cermak and John Grubb won the across Illinois Wahls, winner of a Remington Model 700 S&W snubnosed revolver. Congrats gents! 22-250 rifle at the Peoria meeting. Thanks to Terry Grawey our FFL for the gun!

Marsha Brim won! Marsha won the monthly “gun” - this month George Fryk brought a $400 gift card at Scheels to buy whatever Chicagoland Regional Director Alfreda a Browning High gun she wants. She’s pictured here with Keith-Keller with Dan Collins, the winner of Power and some gun From left, Patty and Doug Swartz. Doug won the Ruger LCP II SCGSL’s retiring regional director Anthony the Chicagoland gun! Congrats to him. metal preservative. pistol. GSL E.D. John Boch and Bill Martin our main speaker. Bellin. GunNews Magazine - 2 - January 2017 Meeting Summaries GSL’s Champaign County meeting moving to Rantoul! Starting in January, we’ll be at the Knights of Columbus in Rantoul Chicago hind enemy lines” and have been banned by municipal ordinances. Chicago Regional Director Alfreda Keith- Notes and answered questions. He then in- Trapdoor .45-70 rifle. The Krag-Jorgenson Keller called the meeting of about 45 or George Fryk brought a Browning High so of the faithful to order. We began with troduced our main speaker for the evening, was a magazine fed, bolt-action rifle that Power 9mm pistol he bought decades ago. Bill Martin. fired the much hotter smokeless powder the Pledge of Allegiance and then Alfreda It had been imported from West Germany, recognized our veterans present. .30-40 Krag cartridge. At the time it was he explained, and had been issued to a Bill Martin delivered a great presentation introduced in the late 1800s, it served as police officer there. Each day the officer on the importance of good training and a big step up from the Trapdoor rifles in She noted that as our December meeting would sign out his assigned pistol from date falls on Christmas Day, that we would pressure-testing your tactics and tech- trajectory and the volume of fire they could the station armory, and when qualification niques to make sure what works under low- produce. not meet again until Sunday, January 29th. days rolled around, they had other guns for Have a Merry Christmas! stress ideal conditions works when you’re the men to qualify with, meaning George’s scared to death and just got hit upside the gun saw very, very little use before he got head. See page 9! John Boch gave the Executive Director’s his paws on it. He stored it for a couple of notes and answered questions about his decades for personal reasons, coated with new role on the Trump administration’s Sec- We had no formal tech time, but Lonnie Rig’s Universal Gun Grease to prevent rust. Wilcox did talk up some of the features of ond Amendment Coalition. John then intro- He swears by Rigs and offered to share duced our main speaker Todd Vandermyde, the brand new Ruger LCP II pistol we would some of it with members for a nominal be awarding as our monthly gun. the NRA-ILA’s point man in Springfield. donation. Todd Vandermyde discussed the recent elections and their implications for gun owners when it comes to legislation and shopping. He thanked GSL for our close It didn’t stay in service for long before the support. Todd noted that GSL’s John Boch Springfield Model 1903 in .30-06 Govern- called it for Trump some time back, citing ment replaced it. (Well, initially, it was the an enthusiasm gap. Everything Todd had .30-03 cartridge... until a German Spitzer- heard prior to Election Day suggested Hil- style bullet came along and the much hotter lary would win handily and that Republicans .30-06 cartridge came along.) The 1903 worried about a bloodbath. In the end Hil- served America for decades, and the sniper lary lost and so did Democrats nationally. Rhonda Ezell, the plaintiff in Ezell v. City variant served up through the Viet Nam war. of Chicago was present at the Chicagoland The Ruger LCP II In Illinois, the Democrats lost their super- GSL meeting. Her lawsuit challenging Kerwin had one of those to display as well. We did drawings for door prizes including majority status in both the House and the Chicago’s ban on firing ranges, is still in the Given its low serial number, it’s one of the the Beck’s microwave popcorn that every- Senate. The net effect in terms of pro-gun courts. Springfield 1903s that can be hazardous to one raves about, and the 50/50. The gun votes is nil. Practically speaking, with fewer shoot because of a heat treating process for the night was the new Ruger LCP II and moderates to counter-balance some pretty We held the drawing for the 50/50 and then that may have left the receiver metal brittle. won it. “I’ve never won a gun radical Chicago pols, the Democrats in drew for the gun. Dan Collins won the Doug Swartz Hence, he keeps it as a display rifle and not before in my life!” he said. He can’t say that Illinois have shifted further to the left on the gun, a Diamondback DB380. Congrats a “shooter”. “It’s just not worth the risk,” he any longer. Many thanks to the good folks whole. to him. Thanks to our friends at Almost said of the gun prior to the meeting. at for making it available to us. Wholesale Guns for providing the gun. Big R Mr. Law closed on the story of Sgt. Schultz from Hogan’s Heroes. The actor who Peoria Springfield played Schultz was a Jewish man who called the Sangamon The meeting began with Pledge of Al- Anthony Bellin refused to carry a Nazi-issued rifle. So County GSL meeting to order at the legiance led by Steve Schnurbusch, producers outfitted him with a .30-40 Krag. wonderful SCHEELS store in Springfield. followed by recognition of veterans and first Most viewers never noticed the inappropri- Approximately 90+ attended and began the time attendees. ate rifle. meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and John Boch presented recognition of newcomers. the Executive Direc- tor’s report. GSL’s Executive Director delivered his George Fryk’s Browning High Power. notes and GSL’s new President Steve introduced himself and delivered his Main speaker John Davis We have, according to Todd, a very thin “State of GSL” presentation. pro-gun majority in the Illinois General Boch filled in talking situational aware- Assembly. He reminded us that Illinois is Tim Hortberg introduced GSL member Ker- a deep blue state politically, and that he ness. He filled in for our scheduled win Law as the main speaker. He brought doesn’t want a bad bill to land on Gov. two specimens of the 120ish-year-old .30- Bruce Rauner’s desk and then find out the speaker who had a last minute conflict. 40 Krag to the meeting, along with one of governor isn’t as pro-gun as we thought. John Boch. the early Model 1903 Springfield rifles, the rifle that followed the in Tech Time: Kay Krag-Jorgensen Todd discussed some of the nuances of America’s military arsenals. working in Springfield, mentioning that John Davis demonstrated the use of an Up Lula would be appearing with him at the Capitol magazine loader for those needing assis- more often in the coming months. Todd’s tance in loading cartridges into semi-auto optimistic the suppressor bill will pass and magazines. It’s a real thumb-saver, espe- that the ammo serialization bill will go no- cially for new shooters. Tech Time: Anthony Bellin showed off his where. He discussed the radical gun hater Daytona Tactical AR receiver milling set Senator Don Harmon. We drew for door prizes, then Phil Jackson up to machine 80% lowers into completed won the 50/50 drawing, almost $80. The lower receivers for the AR-15. Todd answered a lot of questions on a wide winner of the raffle for a Remington 700 range of topics and the audience really varsity gun with scope was Lynn Wahls. We had a mountain of door prizes donated loved getting a first-hand account from the by members and we took quite a while to leader of pro-gun forces in Illinois’ capital Joe Miller, one of America’s handful of work our way through them. city. Olympic-level shooting coaches, will serve as our main speaker. Marsha Brim won the monthly gun, which GSL’s new President Steve Davis intro- this month was a $400 gift card to Scheels duced himself and delivered his “State of so she could buy whatever gun she wanted. GSL” report (see page 5). Pontiac Congrats Marsha! John Boch took the helm of GSL’s Pon- For Tech Time This meeting also served as the last for Mr. , we had an anonymous tiac meeting for Regional Director Jackie Visitors looked over specimens brought to member who brought two wonderful speci- Bellin as our regional director. Jay Ater Gragson. We began with the Pledge of the meeting by Kerwin Law. mens: an STG-58 and a CETME, both in Allegiance, recognized our veterans present will take over starting at the January 2017 7.62x51 NATO. Both homeland defense meeting. We’ll see you then! and did much the same with newcomers. Kerwin gave a brief overview of the .30-40 rifles had been customized for high-preci- Krag rifle and how it replaced America’s first sion work and had been wonderfully cared Mr. Boch gave his Executive Director’s breech-loading military rifle, the Springfield Continued on page 7. for and maintained. Sadly, both reside “be- GunNews Magazine - 3 - January 2017 President’s Report

Board of Directors Minutes October 25, 2016 President, is planning to attend all GSL BOD Meeting Minutes meeting locations to encourage members towards “action” commit- tions, one vote is not only important, but possibly ATTENDEES: Allan Cermak; Joel tees to assist with maintenance of The Power of YOU decisive. Gain; John Boch, Executive Direc- our signs. by Steve Davis tor; David Pike, Immediate Past President, Guns Save Life If you belong to any organization, whether it President; Bob Holland; Larry Shur- MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Ken relates to your church, your credit union, the bet, Treasurer; Kay Davis; Steve and Amber Miller have done a In 1980, Nancy Brinker of Peoria, Illinois, had YMCA, a service club, or Guns Save Life, you Davis; Doug Logue; Peter Wheeler; great job as new coordinators; they the sad occasion to sit at the bedside of her have undoubtedly noticed that a few active and Lou McClellan; John Olden; Ken report that all renewals have been only sister who was dying of cancer. One of her Miller; Amber Miller; Adrienne completed. motivated members have a disproportionate sister’s last requests of Nancy was that she do Logue, Vice President; Eric St. influence in how that organization is managed Pierre, President; Ryan Sweeney; Joel made a motion to give Don everything she could to raise cancer awareness or operated. Their energy and/or leadership Ben Sweeney; Jim Sharp; Lois Bikileski a GSL membership in and promote cancer research. Following the provides the momentum of action which others Morton, Secretary. exchange for his monthly contribu- death of her sister, Nancy created a charitable naturally follow. The issue in such an instance is tions to GunNews and other work; foundation in her sister’s name and an organiza- not the ability to make a difference, but rather, the seconded by Allan; passed. Bear called the meeting to order at tion to further cancer awareness and treatment. desire to do so. If an organization is important to 6:01 p.m. with a quorum present. To date, The Susan G. Komen Foundation has OLD BUSINESS: you, the only thing holding you back from making Adrienne made a motion to accept raised almost two billion dollars for breast cancer the September 2016 meeting min- Larry made a motion to cancel a bigger difference is your own lack of confidence utes; seconded by Kay; passed. the GSL banquet in part because research, education, and health services. Nancy and commitment. the planned venue is unavailable; Brinker has made a positive difference in the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: John seconded by Kay; passed. lives of many, many people. One final observation: people who sometimes reports that he has taken copies of make a profound positive difference in our world the pre-election issue of GunNews Regarding the Police Blue Line One of the principal reasons that many people may not have thought it possible of themselves to several locations in Northern program, Steve suggested inviting give for not “getting off the couch” and becoming and may be far from “hero material”. A man Illinois and Indiana to facilitate dis- speakers to each satellite meeting more involved in their community and national tribution. He also reports that GSL to give an overview of this program; I consider a friend who I met him when I rep- will have a storage unit at Fluid David Pike will be the point person affairs is their belief that one individual cannot resented a party suing him has been arrested Events for copies of GunNews, as for all Blue Line information. really do much to influence events. At Appleseed numerous times including eight DUIs. Yet on one well as the GSL merchandise which weekends I frequently cite the story of Nancy occasion while he was driving illegally, this man is sold at our monthly meetings. Ryan made a motion to cancel Brinker to clearly indicate that one motivated stopped and dived into a burning vehicle and the bingo and pull tabs program; individual can have a profound influence in the saved the lives of a mother and her two young PRESIDENT: Bear will hand over seconded by Allan; passed. outcome of important events. children. His shirt was literally burned off. Before the GSL gavel to Steve Davis, our incoming President, at the close of NEW BUSINESS: this incident, everyone, including my friend him- Another place where I hear the rationaliza- this meeting. Steve Davis, our newly elected self, would have considered him to be an unlikely President, took the gavel. Steve tion that the individual is powerless is when we hero but we should never underestimate our abil- VICE PRESIDENT: Adrienne reports that he is planning to visit encourage people to exercise their right to vote. ity to make a difference. My friend certainly did. reports several phone calls from all satellite meetings in the next I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard members asking about listings of couple of months someone say that their vote really does not mat- The power of one is available to each of us if we . future gun shows. For reference, ter. Yet, every election cycle demonstrates that are willing to get off the couch and dive into mak- each issue of GunNews has a Adrienne made a motion to give an individual vote can make a huge difference. CTO $750; seconded by Jim Sharp; ing a difference. “Coming Events” page, which lists For example, in 2008, a Saturday Night Live upcoming events in several coun- abstained by Larry; passed. ties. Lots of good info! comedian, Al Franken, won a U.S. Senate seat in As my predecessor has said repeatedly, volun- Ryan made a motion to give the Minnesota by 312 votes after a recount. Re- teering for Guns Save Life allows your voice to TREASURER: Larry reports Pontiac 4H Youth Shooting Pro- member, this is out of millions of votes cast. be amplified dramatically in terms of reaching that GSL has $1500 available for gram 2500 rounds of .22 rimfire for people and educating them. Join us in reaching next year’s events (up to $250); October, November and December In almost every local election, there are contests everyday Americans who haven’t yet learned to grants. seconded by Adrienne; passed. decided by single digit difference or sometimes embrace gun ownership. Make a difference, just a tie vote and a coin flip. In those close elec- MEETINGS: We discussed each of Kay made a motion to adjourn; as Nancy Brinker did. the meeting locations events from seconded by Jim; passed. the previous months. Special Note: GSL WEBSITE: John Olden has Starting in December, GSL’s been updating the website Board Meetings will be held on the Fourth Thursday of the SIGN COMMITTEE: We have month at the Red Wheel Restau- several signs that require main- rant, 741 Broadmeadow, Rantoul, tenance; Steve Davis, our new IL. Next meeting: Dec. 22 6pm. GROSS’ BURGERS 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 25 Henderson Street Ly o n s -Su ll i v a n Re a l t y , In c . Danville, IL 61832 321 W. Ma d i s o n St r e e t , Po n t i a c , IL 61764 (217) 442-8848 Of f i c e 815-842-1400 | Di r e c t 815-674-6299 Ly o n s Su ll i v a n Re a l t y .c o m

GunNews Magazine - 4 - January 2017 Illinois Capitol Beat: GSL President Steve Davis The gun haters aren’t retreating! ON THE STATE OF GSL President Davis visited the regional GSL meet- ings in November and December and likes what he sees. GSL continues its steady growth in membership and our regional meet- ings have achieved critical mass. by John Boch, GSL Executive Director ing and ammo serialization. Oh joy. “I’m impressed with the I spent time in Springfield in recent weeks, Of course, despite the highly regulated enthusiasm and atten- working as a team with Shannon Alford and nature of suppressors, the gun haters still dance of our regional Todd Vandermyde of NRA-ILA, Whitney oppose those with every fiber of their being. meeting sites,” he O’Daniel of the NSSF and Rich Pearson It’s obviously irrational as they were unable says. “The regional di- rectors are doing great from ISRA to put Illinois gun dealer licens- to provide even a single instance of the Steve Davis (r) and Frank Wright at the Charleston meeting. as well and should be ing schemes and the ammo serialization criminal misuse of a registered suppressor proud of themselves proposals to bed, once and for all. in Illinois - or even nationally. for what they have ac- ing to mend frayed relations between GSL complished.” & ISRA. I’m still learning the ropes, but I’ve got a Rational isn’t part of their lexicon. They do great teacher in Springfield veteran Todd want to ration your ability to buy guns. Or, Our new jefe noted that he’s the first GSL ISRA’s Rich Pearson coming to Cham- Vandermyde. My happy, bouncing off the better yet, they would like to remove your president to come from outside of Cham- paign County’s GSL meeting in mid-De- walls post-election demeanor ran smack right to keep and bear arms. They com- paign County and that his election shows cember served as a concrete example of into gun grabbers in Springfield who seem pletely ignore Supreme Court precedents that GSL has matured. Davis hails from how Davis’ efforts are paying off already! to think Hillary Clinton won the presidential and the temperament of Donald Trump’s Galesburg in Western Illinois and is a race - and that Americans want gun control. proposed nominees to SCOTUS. These semi-retired attorney. He and his wife are Davis says some of his focus in the com- They are wrong on both counts of course, radical gun grabbers like Don Harmon are both Appleseed instructors, and NRA and ing months will be maintenance on our but they continue to work relentlessly to serious about it, too. There’s no reasoning USRA instructors who teach with GSL signs, gun show participation and encour- Defense Training. They are skilled shoot- wrangle votes for gun control schemes. with them any more than you can reason aging greater volunteerism. ers, experienced instructors and strong with the violent criminal actor pointing a gun advocates for gun rights. Davis noted that with the election, there’s Colleen Daley, the Illinois Council Against at your kid while demanding your money a risk of complacency among gun owners Handgun Violence Executive Director, and valuables. Steve says he recognizes the value of that Bloomberg and his pals would love pledged to me personally - with a little smirk strong relationships with other groups. to exploit. We’re not going to let that on her face - that she’ll be back next legisla- Don’t let your guard down. They aren’t giv- He’s working hard to strengthen relation- happen. tive session with those bills - dealer licens- ing up. Not by a long shot. ships between Guns Save Life and other shooting organizations including Apple- “There are people in the Illinois General seed, The Well Armed Woman and the Assembly that desperately don’t want National Wild Turkey Federation’s Women us to have guns,” he noted. “The elec- in the Outdoors programs. tion results have the effect of creating a false security blanket, especially here in He also has been in communications with Illinois.” the Illinois State Rifle Association, work-

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GunNews Magazine - 5 - January 2017 Did you quit the school because of some- another reason why you should be a mem- Don Bekeleski: one you didn’t like? You’re a big boy so you ber and follow the election endorsements! stayed in despite those you don’t like. U-ndergound gun owners! “If I don’t A different sort of The same applies with gun rights groups. get involved, no one will know who I am.” No one is perfect all of the time, including Duh? Do you have a FOID card? Ever you. If the goals are right and the aim of bought a new gun at a store? Big Brother the organization is right, a mature individual already knows all about you. So staying BEDBUGS will stick with it! out of an organization that fights for you to be able to have a proud open profile really makes little sense doesn’t it?

Membership in gun rights groups will help by Don Bekeleski say, “I only shoot shotguns”. They believe you stay informed about legislation and Bedbugs seem to be a real problem now, legislation in Springfield doesn’t affect political candidates. Join the rest of us in but the NRA, GSL and ISRA and other “their” sport. WRONG! fighting to defend your rights too. defenders of the Second Amendment have had our own type of bedbugs around for a One gun ban proposal included all semi- G-roaners! “I’m doing fine without the long time. Let me explain what I mean! automatic shotguns. Others have included NRA.” My response is, “You are doing fine rimfire rifles. Some people thought Spring- because of the NRA and you don’t even field legislators only wanted to ban “those realize it!” military rifles”. Yet you will moan and groan when asked to B-eginning shooters! New shooters love join. You will have all kinds of excuses. All shooting and can’t get enough of it. This I can say is you are in a very sad state as a is great, but they have yet to learn of the gun owner. many politicians who don’t like their new recreational interest. Some bad-guy politi- S-ideliners! They think NRA is doing fine cians want to take away your guns and without them, and at the same time want to ammo. Shooters and enthusiasts, new and make damn sure it’s doing something for B-ystanders! who believe in the right the old, must work to preserve our gun rights! them. If these guys had been around when 2nd Amendment grants but do not own the British came in 1775, I wonder which guns or target shoot. If it involved their There is strength in numbers. Gun rights way the Revolution would have gone. right of free speech would they still not groups fight for the very sport new you and get involved? Freedom is not a specta- other new shooters have found so gratifying So the NRA and other gun rights groups tor sport. That has been proven over and and enjoyable. Just because new people have our share of BEDBUGS to deal with. over through history. If you want to keep it, D-dissenters! that once belonged to the are getting into shooting doesn’t mean But unlike real bedbugs, I don’t want to get you had better be working to maintain it, or NRA and then quit. Why? Maybe because Bloomberg and his friends have taken a rid of them. you’ll lose it! Nothing in life is a gimme! they thought the NRA sent too much mail, break from working to pass new laws to or because they don’t like Wayne LaPierre. make your new hobby more burdensome Instead, I welcome these folks to join us in E—lite people! These are people with the How about, “Oh I don’t really feel it’s neces- that it already is. protecting and defending that which we all attitude of “it doesn’t really affect me”. They sary to belong, they do alright without me!” enjoy and rely upon to protect our families. I are the hunters and target shooters who It also helps to know who to vote for. Just welcome them with open arms!

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10% Discount to GSL Members GunNews Magazine - 6 - January 2017 Charleston Situational awareness needs to be ex- Meeting Summaries Almost sixty of the faithful came out for ercised by everyone at all times. Avoid the Charleston GSL meeting held at the being in denial of your surroundings. Some Continued from page 3. civilian disarmament. It would be foolish to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1592 on (potential jury members) consider all gun think that just because of Trump’s election Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Country owners as being people just looking for Champaign that we can let down our guard, Pearson Catering brought another good meal and trouble. If you can avoid or escape injury told the audience. While good things may our members and guests brought the great by employing the Nike Defense (running Champaign County Regional Direc- lie ahead, the other side won’t be rolling companionship. like Hell!), then do so. He reminded us that tor Allan Cermak opened the December over. we never “Shoot to Kill”, but instead we Champaign County GSL meeting for its final Bill Harrison called the meeting to order “Shoot to Live”. time at the now-former Fluid Events facility Pearson also sounded very optimistic about and led the attendees in the Pledge of Alle- in Champaign. We welcomed the faithful turning to a new page in the sometimes giance. A half-dozen first-time attendees got Deadly force is justified when faced with with the Pledge of Allegiance and recog- strained relationship between GSL and the recognized, along with almost two dozen the Immediate and Otherwise Unavoidable nized veterans and newcomers. ISRA. We welcomed that news! veterans. Danger of Death or Grave Bodily Harm to the Innocent. Attorney Steve Davis added, Mr. Cermak reminded folks that the Cham- World famous exhibition shooter Bill GSL President Steve Davis gave an never use deadly force to protect property! paign GunNews distribution hub is now Oglesby came over from Springfield as our upbeat report and encouraged everyone to located just north of the Fluid Events build- main speaker. He’s looking pretty good and remain active. There are too many people Frank talked about Ability, Opportunity and ing in a storage container. GunNews will be he’s as good as ever at dazzling audiences. who don’t like it that we can own guns in Jeopardy and the role of Disparity of Force. in that container by December 21st for vol- this country for us to get complacent. More He covered the Reasonable Man Doctrine unteers to pick up. There’s a combination Badlands Bill Oglesby is not only one of of his report is on page 5. John Boch de- and asking for an attorney after you’ve lock on that storage container. If you don’t the last world-class exhibition shooters in livered his Executive Director’s report. identified witnesses, evidence and told the have the four-digit combination, contact the world, but he’s also one of the most officers that you’ll cooperate the prosecu- Allan by calling or texting him at 217 381- talented and innovative gunsmiths. His Arietta Ememecker gave a quick report tion of the bad actor. 2340. (Or John Boch at 217 649-3702). specialty? Ruger single action pistols. How on the “TacPack”, a monthly subscription We gave out the number at the meeting. good is he? He won the American Pistol- where they send you a box full of tactical Tech Time: Frank Wright, Steve Davis smiths Guild Pistolsmith of the Year in 2015. stuff for a $49.95 subscription. She showed and John Boch teamed up to show and We will be holding our meetings starting off a bunch of stuff in last month’s kit includ- explain differences between the several AR- in January at the Knights of Columbus His presentation on training proved educa- ing a distraction device, a fancy ceramic- 15’s they had brought. Some were primarily facility in Rantoul at 1001 N. Ohio Street. tional and entertaining at the same time. “If coated coffee cup, a bottle opener and a for urban self-defense while others were Many will remember we used to meet there you missed your target, that means your slew of other items valued at over $120. effective beyond 500 yards or more. All had a few years ago and have made some great sights weren’t lined up when you pressed some manner of optic. memories there. The food has always been the trigger. Why would you press the trig- Main speaker Frank Wright presented a very good and expect it to run about $11- ger if the sights aren’t lined up?” very knowledgeable and entertaining talk on Dr. Mark Emenecker won $50 in the 50-50 15, depending on the meal. the Judicious Use of Deadly Force. drawing. David & Tara Johnson won the He shared some of his training from his Ruger 10-22 obtained from Hudson Agri- GSL Executive Director John Boch de- younger days, including dry firing (“I started He gave some reasons for not using deadly cultural Services. Thanks to all! livered his report. GSL’s new President very close to the target spot because I nev- force in self-defense, noting rather bluntly Steve Davis introduced himself and gave er wanted to see my sights not lined up on about how nothing good happens after you Mike Brown, the renowned Deer Antler his report on GSL as well. Davis proudly the target”) and live fire (“I shot thousands use force in self-defense. Sleep distur- Carver from Teutopolis, IL, provided a num- announced successes from meetings with of rounds each day”.) He has learned and bances, Mark of Cain, substance abuse, ber of door prizes from deer antlers. the lllinois State Rifle Association’s refined muscle memory as few have done. PTSD, fallout for family members, divorce, leader Richard Pearson to strengthen the financial ruin and potential incarceration are Coming up: Our next meeting will be on relationship between our two organizations. He chuckles about shooting a dot on a all reasons not to shoot. January 11, 2017 at the Charleston VFW. Davis then introduces Mr. Rich Pearson as flying golf ball or shooting a golf ball out of We’ll give away a DPMS Oracle AR15. a very special guest. a short length of pipe. “It’s all about being patient and waiting for things to line up.” Mr. Pearson thanked us for having him and congratulated John Boch on his appoint- After his presentation, he announced that ECA Hunting & Trade Shows ment to the Trump administration’s Second he would donate one of his custom modi- Amendment Coalition team. He asked if fied Ruger Single Actions to Guns Save Life the “DT” in Boch’s “GSL DT” license plate in 2017 for us to use as a fundraiser. Thank stood for “Donald Trump”. (“It does now!”) you Mr. Oglesby!

For Tech Time, Ken Miller brought some of his blow out kits and showed us some of the evolution of his first aid kits over the years. As an Appleseed firearms instructor, he’s had an opportunity to use some of his medical training and skills now and then. He says the kits can be a lifesaver.

He showed some of the latest in trauma bandages and hemostatic dressings, along with some amazing products coming soon January 14 & 15 to help combat arterial bleeding. “Get train- Belle-Clair Expo ing!” he says. Richard Pearson, ISRA Executive Director. 200 South Belt East, Belleville, IL 62220 We drew for the 50/50 and Mr. Pearson reiterated some of Steve Davis’ Buck Hildreth won a stack of cash. won the remarks about those who oppose our right John Grubb S&W snub-nosed revolver. Next month, January 21 & 22 to keep and bear arms have not gone away, we’ve got a for some lucky Lindendale Park but instead have redoubled their efforts at Delton AR-15 winner. See you in Rantoul! 1999 Park Hill Drive, Highland, IL 62249

Reminder: Come hungry! January 28 & 29 Illinois State Fairground, Orr Building Champaign Co.’s GSL 801 E. Sangamon Ave., Springfield, IL 62702 Moving to Rantoul! February 4 & 5 Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus 1501 W. Fayette Ave. Effingham, IL 62401 1001 N. Ohio St. Rantoul, IL February 25 & 26 Dinner and conversation at 5pm. Interstate Center Meeting business at 7pm. 2301 W. Market Street, Bloomington, IL 61704

GunNews Magazine - 7 - January 2017 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: can strike with a blade or club before you HELP YOU! GET BACK! can react. Even if they are unarmed, they can tie up your ability to draw your sidearm While you’re telling them to “GET BACK”, Winning that Confrontation if you’re foolish enough to go for that draw watch their hands. Make sure the hands [Editor’s Note: This is a summary of John You scan for more information, and maybe without creating distance (and the time it are visible and empty. The hands will pro- Boch’s presentation on Situational Aware- add distance or obstacles (or exit), and you provides) to produce your pistola. If it’s a duce the weapons (or serve as weapons). ness from the Peoria GSL meeting.] are formulating a plan if things go sideways. really bad day, they may tie up your draw while poking you with their blade. If they’ve gotten in close (as in 6’ or less), “How do you win a confrontation?” It’s the You should trust your intuition too. Your there are a host of behaviors almost classic question. Of course, we all know subconscious processes information much universally exhibited immediately prior to the answer is “Don’t be there!” faster than your conscious mind. If it the actual attack. Things like grooming, senses a threat to your well-being, it alerts rehearsing, target glancing, loading, blading Indeed. The best way to win the confronta- you with that feeling of danger. Two things and so forth. This stuff is getting well into tion is not to have it - or be there. That gun to remember about your intuition before you the more advanced SA. Why mention it? If on your hip or in your purse isn’t the best even consider dismissing that “feeling”: you see some of these behaviors, it’s time tool to win any confrontation. The best tool to strike pre-emptively. is your own situational awareness (SA). 1. Your intuition always has your best inter- ests at heart. Serious fighters have an old expression Situational Awareness. 2. Your intuition is seldom wrong. they always deliver with a smile: No plan Untrained people usually show poor SA. survives getting punched in the face. What’s worse, today we have all manner of If it doesn’t “feel” right, it’s not right. Leave electronic devices contributing to task fixa- the area or take other action. Seriously, the first person to strike an effec- tion, further rendering all of us less attentive tive blow is at a great advantage to “win” to our surroundings. Condition Red happens when things have the conflict. If you see signs of a physical gone sideways and you’re (re-)acting: fight, attack, you don’t have to wait until Mongo Gas stations, for instance, present all man- flight or submit. the Magnificent pulls a blade before you ner of interrogation to customers. Credit act. Make that transition from passive to ag- or Debit? Rewards member? Car Wash? We all should “live” in Condition Yellow, gressive and strike first as appropriate. Additive? Enter your Zip Code please. even to some degree at home. If you prac- Select Grade. Is it any wonder gas stations tice awareness regularly, after a few weeks, She knew he acted suspiciously, but let him In short, the best way to avoid street crime are one of the three locations the average it becomes second nature. talk his way close enough that he was able is to carry yourself with an air of confidence, person is most likely to become victimized? to tie up her draw while stabbing her. PS: with your head on a swivel maintaining One big bad-guy behavior anyone can spot How many of you carry your self-defense good situational awareness. Use common Mr. Boch invited everyone to play a little from a long way away: loitering or moving pistol with an empty chamber? sense about what you do and where you do game the next time they are at the mall, without a sense of purpose. That might as it. If you look like a hard target, bad guys Walmart or other public place. It’s the well be a big sandwich board hanging from will look right past you towards a softer, “Who would I victimize today?” game. their shoulders that reads “predator”. Respond to that “interview” with steadfast more inviting target. Should they get close Watch people pretend you’re a criminal at- determination, a steel nerve and a very as- to you, take action to confront them, main- tacker. Pick out the most ideal candidates The OODA Loop and it’s role. sertive voice. Put on your big boy (or girl) tain your space and defend yourself. you would attack. Then ask yourself, “What People good and bad process information panties and tell them to “GET BACK!”. Got physical characteristics are they exhibiting in an OODA loop. We observe something, a light? NO. GET BACK! Got the time? In any event, stay aware of your surround- that make them an ideal candidate?” orient ourselves to what’s happening, de- NO. GET BACK! Can you... I CAN’T ings and you’ll stay much safer out there. cide on a course of action, and then act. At this point, do some introspection to see if you do any of these same things in your If you breakout of a bad guy’s OODA loop life. Ditto for any loved ones. If you - or in victim selection anywhere along the con- they - exhibit these victim characteristics, tinuum before he “Acts”, you have won that have a heart-to-heart intervention. Tell confrontation. He looks for the next target. them to change their behaviors so they take You walk away unmolested. themselves out of the “Future Crime Victims Club of America”. Example: Did you exhibit good situational awareness and carry yourself with confi- There are four primary levels of SA. dence so the bad person looked right past you to the person wearing earbuds updating Condition White is “oblivious”. It used to their social media status? You won. be the college coed jogging with her ear phones on, after dark, in a desolate area. Advanced situational awareness comes in Today, they are called earbuds, not ear- handy in recognizing behaviors of bad guys phones. Smart phone fixation is every- who have moved past observe and orient in where, especially among young people. the loop to “Decide”. They have identified you, decided on a plan to attack you and Condition Yellow is “aware”: You know are moving to close the distance to “act”. where you are, who is around you and where the exits are. You’re scanning for Bad guys “leak” tell-tale signals and behav- potential threats - including, but not limited iors unconsciously as they “work”. They to things and people who fall outside the can’t help it for the most part. Here are baseline of normalcy for your environment. some bad guy behaviors that should serve as huge red flags when you notice them. Remember that “baseline of normalcy” They will follow you, bracket (or flank) you, concept. Burn it into your mind. It varies and they may communicate amongst fellow depending on the environment, but any- bad guys - either verbally or non-verbally. one or anything way outside that baseline Sudden appearance and concealed hands bears further serious scrutiny. The quiet, are two more big tell-tale indicators of angry-looking person in a crowd of happy, trouble. If they are dialed into you, it’s time cheering people is a potential monster in to take action. the making. As is a shouting lunatic in a public library. The same goes for the guy in The primary aggressor(s) will close on you a trench coat with a heavy backpack at the in a classic straight-line approach. Once mall on a hot summer day. in conversational distance, the suspect(s) may engage you in conversation to test Condition Orange: You’ve seen some- your submissiveness and/or as a ruse to thing that doesn’t look right - or your continue closing into your personal space. intuition is warning you something is wrong. If they get to within 6-9 feet of you, they GunNews Magazine - 8 - January 2017 BILL MARTIN: Tactics, Technique and Mindset Train under pressure and have a plan [From Bill Martin’s presentation in Pontiac.] Part of planning is teaching your family how to react to trouble. Martin stressed Bill Martin is a training junkie. He served the importance of “training” them on what as an infantry officer in the US Army before to do (and not to do) in a confrontation. He getting his MBA from Columbia. Today he likened it to going to a haunted house and works for a Fortune 500 company. In his having your significant other or kids grab spare time, he’s a fitness fanatic who loves you when the scary clown pops out. “Make CrossFit. He’s also been involved in Martial sure they don’t grab on to you in a real- Arts training for most of his adult life, and world encounter, limiting your ability to draw today holds classes in Krav Maga twice a your gun or to fight,” he said. “It’s part of week in Normal, IL. having a plan.” His wife, Kristin, showed an example of how not to react to a confronta- Krav Maga means “contact combat” in tion, clutching at Bill’s arm. Hebrew and serves as the official hand-to- hand combative of the Israeli armed forces. He pointed to the GSL Defense Training The audience in Pontiac loved Bill Martin’s presentation. It’s known for its efficiency and real-world Force-on-Force class, and how that helps applicability, as well as its fierce counterat- everyday people prepare for how to handle tacks upon aggressors. tough situations in a relatively safe envi- ronment. Martin teaches a Krav segment Bill Martin got his two Krav blackbelts and as part of that class to give the students his instructor certifications from the Wingate options for aggressively countering an Institute in Israel, which serves as the world aggressor who has gotten close-in. His headquarters of Krav Maga. segment includes how to overcome grabs, chokes and attempted disarms as well as Bill talked about some mindset and training how to strike. strategies to the Pontiac audience, a slight variation from some earlier presentations He says that Krav often induces stress in he’s done in Peoria and Champaign GSL the participants to test their ability to per- meetings. form under less-than- He stressed the importance of situational ideal condi- awareness in keeping an individual safe. tions and to He says that’s not enough. “You should replicate the have a plan,” he said. Know where those short, but exits are. 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Why?your business “Because is promotingyour technique gun control, will thenKrav you practi probably- ought to take a pass. degrade when you’re under the stress of an tioners also attack.” learn what they can The stress of a potential conflict does a lot and can’t do to a person, both physically and mentally. physically, adapting various techniques to This is why, he noted, that it’s important to what works for them. He pointed to a class train under stressful conditions. In essence, earlier in the spring where he and other you’re pressure testing your tactics and Krav instructors helped a wheelchair-bound techniques so you can perform when under man adapt Krav techniques to his unique attack. This is the great benefit of force-on- situation. force training. It helps break the “freeze” everyone faces when attacked and allows He came full circle in his talk towards the them to functionFor so muchmore better information in a fight. end, encouragingon advertising those present to train under pressure and to have a plan while in GunNews, practicingsee page their situational 24. awareness.

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[Editor: Chicago has published a proposed Use of Force Policy for public review and comment. Second City Cop gave their take on the 41-page proposal.]

(Second City Cop) - So…if your partner is using, let’s say, Deadly Force. And you, for whatever reason, decide that the use of Deadly Force is above and beyond what you would have used. You must intervene to stop the alleged misconduct. According to the Use of Force Model, Deadly Force is countered with…..Deadly Force.

So……shoot your partner?

We’ve worked with a lot of cops over the years. A few great ones, some not so great, most just honest guys and gals trying to get through the day, get home, drink a beer, see the kids’ school play, get some sleep, whatever.

We can’t recall ever wanting to actually kill them, but according to the Wicked Witch of the West Coast, we’ll be required to “intervene” when witnessing misconduct, up to and including, shooting our partner to stop misconduct, disregarding the fact that two people can witness the same situation from different vantage points and come up with completely different interpretations of events.

Media vs. Reality in Chicago.

Railyard gun thefts running rampant in Chicagoland (CBS) — Chicago Ald. Pat Dowell was so Dowell held off. Now, it’s happened again. concerned about railyard gun heists that last year she wanted to hold a public hear- In the latest incident, a half-dozen semi- ing to question railway representatives. automatic rifles and 27 handguns were re- portedly stolen from a rail car near 77th and Chicago as of Dec.19th: But she tells the 2 Investigators the federal Avalon, the 2 Investigators have confirmed. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Shot & Killed: 692 and Explosives and railyard giant Norfolk The most recent railyard theft occurred Shot & Wounded: 3557 Southern “strongly encouraged” her not to Sept. 18th. It was reported to Chicago Po- go public for fear she would expose serious lice 11 days later — for unknown reasons. Total Shot: 4249 security deficiencies. No weapons have been recovered. The Total Homicides: 770 suspects remain at large. Tribune photo

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GunNews Magazine - 12 - January 2017 Placement: You got a safe, now where to put it? Clos- The TRUTH ets are probably the best choices for sub- 800-pound safes. Spare bedrooms make good locations as well. about GUN SAFES Basements see a lot of gun safes, but you by John Boch must combat humidity, either through a full- Knowledge is power when it comes to procuring a basement dehumidifier, or an active dehu- gun safe - or a “residential security container” (RSC) midifier inside your safe (the Eva-Dry 1100 as it’s known in the industry. It’s prudent to know as unit is a great choice). Floods and post-fire much as you can about this box where you will some- damage (water flooding from fire-fighting) day concentrate much of your portable wealth before are two big risks with basement safe place- making a purchase - and then installing it. This $1000 Winchester (imported) safe ment. And post-fire, you might not be able was defeated in just three minutes with this to access the safe right away. Worst-case, There’s a lot to gun safes - and a lot has changed in hammer thanks to spot-welded seams. it might be sitting with water inside for a few the industry in the past decade or two. Materials have days. changed and there’s a lot of marketing gimmicks. Four common attacks: 1. Bad guys will steal the whole safe. Bolt Garages or other concrete-pad locations First off, most gun safes aren’t safes at all, but a less that sucker down. are sometimes the only feasible places for secure box known as a RSC. There’s often a big dif- 2. They will try to pry the door apart / open. extra-heavy safes, but keep cutting tools ference between domestic-made units and imports. Again, bolt it down as prying at a safe that’s stored elsewhere and make sure it’s well- The imports often specialize in a lower price point for standing doesn’t allow for nearly as much secured to the floor. Don’t forget about price-sensitive customers - especially those at the big leverage as attacking a safe laying on its humidity, particularly in the summer months. box stores. Manufacturers get to that lower price by back. using less steel and cutting corners on construction. 3. Cutting the safe body with a non-torch Put a moisture barrier between a concrete You get what you pay for. At the big box stores, the cutting tool. The body on most safes is one floor and your safe (thick plastic sheeting gun safes might look impressive, but may have14- half to one third the metal as on the door. works well) to protect against rust. Don’t gauge (or thinner) steel walls - not even .08” of steel. 4. Torches. It’s rare, except for high end worry about piercing the plastic to secure safes, but buying stainless steel inserts help the safe to the floor. Consider a safe an investment as it will last for de- defeat torch cutting. cades, providing security and peace of mind. Com- mon sense dictates that you don’t put $50,000 or $100,000 worth of valuables in a $500 safe. A good rule of thumb is to not secure more than ten times the purchase price of a safe in protected contents. Thwart thieves: 1. Bolt your safe down. No matter how Sure, the door looks thick, but everything inside big and heavy, bolt your safe down. You the outermost panel is concealment for the lock- spent hundreds or thousands of dollars to ing mechanism. What’s more, as the photo to safeguard your valuables, but you won’t the right shows, “composite” doors aren’t solid spend $25-$50 to secure the safe to the steel. Steel is what stops intrusions and frankly, floor? C’mon. Why anchor your safe? So most skilled attacks against safes don’t come at it can’t be literally carried (or wheeled) out the doors. of your house. It makes them harder to pry open. It makes it more difficult to hammer, Weight limits: Some things to look for, even on affordable saw or hack (as in with an axe) them open. Keep the fully-loaded weight of your safe safes: You want a continuous weld throughout under 1000 pounds in well-made wood- the frame, with locking bolts on all four sides 2. Put your safe in a tight spot where frame construction floors. It might be of the door and a reinforced frame for the door possible. Putting your safe in a closet or prudent to keep that under 800 pounds in bolts to rest against. smaller area inhibits break-in artists from modern construction. attacking the sides and/or top of the safe. There’s no industry standard when it comes to fire protection. Compare the labels with (Only if you’ve secured it to the floor!) Yes, you can go heavier and not risk it fall- not only time protection, but also the test temperature. A 2.5-hour test at 1200 degrees ing through the floor, but you may damage is about the same as a 1.5-hour test at 1680. Those living rurally will be better served 3. Communicate with your neighbors. the floor permanently (sagging) and/or the with a (much) higher fire protection rating as fire service response times are usually Offer a $500 cash reward if they call police walls (and windows) on the floor below in as longer and water less plentiful to fight a structure fire. should they ever see people, even in little as a few months by overloading floors. uniform, carting your safe out if you’re not Ditto for ammunition storage. Interior lighting is highly recommended, as is some sort of protection from humidity. The present. “Golden Rod” heaters are good, as are active dehumidifiers like the Eva-Dry 1001 unit. This goes double if you have any insect 4. Store your power tools and big ham- damage, or if holes have been cut into Electronic locks are quick to open, but they may be susceptible to electromagnetic pulse mers away from your safe. . rafters for electrical or plumbing lines. attacks. Old-fashioned dial locks take much longer to open, but they don’t require batter- ies and will usually last forever. It’s up to the consumer to consider the pros and cons of locking mechanisms for their own personal needs. Fort Knox has recently introduced a dual-lock system but it’s a $350 option. One last thing when buying a safe, be aware that they shrink. Your spouse and kids will State Line Rifle Association want to put things into the safe. You’ll find additional things to secure, including backup hard drives, coin collections, mementoes, photographs, business records, jewelry, cash, Proud sponsor of Brownell’s NRA Day Family Fun Shoot. bullion, electronics and more. 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GunNews Magazine - 13 - January 2017 Arm yourself with Gun Facts > Children’s deaths few and far between

Levi’s Hates You and Thinks You Have a Short Memory by John Boch The prudent man isn’t worried about MYTH: 13 children are killed each day by guns (Guns Save Life) - Levi’s wants to make needing a gun to try on a pair of jeans. less money. No, really. Levi Strauss CEO The prudent man knows that you never Fact: Adults included – This “statistic” includes “children” up to age 19 or 24, de- Chip Bergh told Fortune Magazine that know where a bad guy will choose to pending on the source. Since most violent crime is committed by males ages 16-24, his company doesn’t want your guns prey on an innocent – maybe even a the “13 children” number includes adult gang members dying during criminal activity. (and, by extension, your money) in their Levi’s store. The proper definition of ‘child ’ is a person between birth and puberty (typically 13 -14 stores. What’s more, Mr. Bergh’s utterly years old) and in 2013 only 1 child was killed on an average day nationwide. Fact: unconcerned about a boycott as “most The denim company’s head honcho went 411 children (age 14 and under) died from gunfire in all of 2012 or slightly more than boycott threats around this topic ulti- on to further demonstrate just how out- one per day. This includes homicides, accidents, and suicides combined. mately blow over.” Mr. Bergh thinks gun of-touch his beliefs remain by tying the owners are stupid, with short memories gun prohibition to high profile terror at- and no doubt other stubby attributes. tacks - as though Islamic terror is a “gun violence” issue and not a terror issue. > Dealers don’t sell to criminals Mr. Bergh dove head-first into a very Myth: Corrupt dealers sell almost 60 percent of crime guns shallow pond of liberal politics follow- Clearly strict Euro-style gun control ing the recent election. Most smart folks worked so well to save lives across the Fact: Only 0.5% of the reported traces were for original purchase three years of less would think it wise for an iconic American pond, right Mr. Bergh? Florida’s blanket before the trace was conducted. Thus, 99.5% of retailer sales had left their control brand to avoid divisive politics, but not prohibition on licensed good guys car- long before the gun was traced (and many traces are not for crime guns). Mr. Bergh. He told Fortune, “You don’t rying in establishments that serve liquor need a gun to try on a pair of jeans.” – even if they remain sober – saved doz- Fact: The average “time to crime,” the time between the retail sale of a firearm and ens at The Pulse nightclub, right Chip? its use in a crime, was 10.48 years in 2015 nationally, and 11.81 years for IL dealers.

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GunNews Magazine - 14 - January 2017

The Should have been an Armed American Armed American story True stories of firearms used by law-abiding Americans to save innocent life.

“I’d shoot him again!” Dimwits from Decatur, Springfield, MO (KSPR) - A man shot while IL bring 2x4 to gunfight, trying to break in to a home in northwest Springfield died at a hospital. The resident get nailed of the home who shot him talked about it on Decatur, IL (Herald & Review) – A resident Wednesday morning. who shot three men on Saturday night did so in self-defense, police said Monday. Corrections officer Decatur police Sgt. Chris Copeland said the assassinated in NYC From left: Stephon Kinchen, Neil Thomas, incident occurred at about 6:40 p.m. Satur- Brooklyn (Pix11) — An off-duty city cor- Anthony Simpkins-McDonald. day in the 2200 block of North Woodford St. rection officer was fatally shot while sit- When police arrived at the nearby intersec- ting in her car in Brooklyn Sunday night. Three Chicago Stooges tion of Garfield Avenue and Charles Street, Off-duty city correction officer Alastasia meet Illinois CCW holder they found the three men, aged 18, 23 and Bryan, 25, was fatally shot while sitting 28, all suffering from non-life threatening in her car in Brooklyn on Dec. 4, 2016. Chicago (Guns Save Life) - Three armed gunshot wounds. robbers (above) stormed into a store in The shooting happened around 9:15 the 7400 block of North Western Street in The three males went to the 32-year-old p.m., near Avenue L and E. 73rd Street Chicago. One employee, with a valid Illinois shooter’s residence after one of them was in the Flatlands section of the borough. concealed carry license, drew his equalizer The shooter tells KSPR’s Sheena Elzie this in an altercation with him a short time ear- and dispensed some ballistic deterrence whole thing happened because of a jealous lier, Copeland said. They were armed with a Alastasia Bryan, 25, was sitting in her toward the offending trio. Two of the three ex-boyfriend. He says his friend’s ex came two-by-four piece of lumber. car when a dark colored Honda pulled bad guys sprung leaks. All of the offenders here where kicking and banging on the up and fired, police said. made a hasty retreat, leaving a trail of blood windows until he got through this one and One of the trio made a motion toward his that came in handy for police to follow. that’s when shots were fired. waistband, apparently to imply that he had a firearm. The resident opened fire, striking Chicago PD nabbed all three. Two of the “There’s the bullet hole, I was way over all three of them. three perps have been charged with armed there when I shot him,” said Mark Glidewell. robbery with bail set at $900,000. Bail for He was arrested on a charge of possession the third, Simpkin-McDonald, is $250,000. He is not ashamed that he shot and killed of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owners Not only did the three pick the wrong shop, a man with his deer rifle. “If it happened ID card. The shooter was issued a notice to they picked the wrong judge for arraign- again I’d shoot him again,” said Glidewell. appear in court on that charge. ment. No electronic home monitoring for these creeps… they’ll be cooling their The man he shot, Charlie Ingram, a man heals in the Cook County lockup. Talk about with a long criminal history, who Glidewell bad luck for the bad guys. says came here yelling, breaking windows, and broke in, in a rage over his ex, all while his ex and Glidewell were inside. Did you know... In 1968, the U.K. passed laws Reminder: Come hungry! that reduced the number of licensed firearm owners, and Champaign County’s GSL thus reduced firearm availabil- Meeting Moving to Rantoul! ity. U.K. homicide rates have steadily risen since then. Ironi- Knights of Columbus cally, firearm use in crimes has 1001 N. Ohio St. doubled in the decade after the Rantoul, IL U.K. banned handguns. Dinner and conversation at 5pm. Meeting business at 7pm. -GunFacts

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by John Boch National reciprocity is just a starting America has a new President. Donald point. Let’s press for national Consti- J. Trump has yet to be inaugurated and tutional Carry and see where we go. Americans are already winning. Great Take suppressors out of the National jobs, great nominees, strong markets Firearms Act? Why not take every- and other good news has rained down thing else out as well? At the same on us after a long drought of a Jimmy time, let’s pack the Supreme Court Carter-like national malaise. with Scalia-like justices who recognize and appreciate the original intent in the Of course, the Left’s radicals are melt- Second Amendment - and the rest of ing down along with a few establish- the founding document. ment Republicans. They find fault in every move by Trump. They’ve driven Our opponents are going to launch America into the ditch for nearly three their shrill, Chicken Little “the sky is decades with their “expertise” and yet falling” caterwauling no matter what we they think we should still value their do. We’re dealing with zealots like Tri- insight? cia Bishop, who wrote in The Baltimore Sun, “I’m less afraid of the criminals Democrats have the fewest seats in wielding guns in Baltimore than I am the U.S. House in generations - since by those permitted gun owners.” Well, 1938 to be exact. In the Senate, the honey, clearly you aren’t thinking ratio- Republicans have a narrow majority, nally. She also wrote: but the Democrats under Harry Reid abandoned precedent and greatly I don’t know that we owe President- diminished the minority party’s power. elect Donald Trump an “open mind,” Now that the Republicans have the as Hillary Clinton suggested in her majority, the Democrats have few tools speech to supporters Wednesday. with which to hinder the Trump jugger- He’s shown himself to be a thin- naut and its mandate to “Make America skinned, tax-dodging, deal-reneging, Great Again”. racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, misogynistic bully with very little self Which brings us to guns. control... President-Elect Trump has formed a Second Amendment Coalition and Bless her heart. Tricia Bishop doesn’t expressed full-throated support for gun have an open bone in her body to offer. rights. He’s one of us. It’s time for us If asked for substance to back up her GunNews Magazine to to seize the moment. baseless name-calling she would prob- The monthly journal of Guns Save Life ably just get red-faced angry, sputter Extremism in defense of liberty is no and stutter gibberish, then run sob- Tim Hortberg, Editor vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is bing to the nearest “safe space” with [email protected] no virtue. crayons, therapy dogs and marijuana brownies. The only position she sup- John Naese, Editor Emeritus Radical gun haters like Illinois State ports when it comes to guns is con- [email protected] Senator Don Harmon want us to fiscation. She relies on ad hominem John Boch, Editor Emeritus “compromise” with him on restricting attacks as she can’t argue her case on [email protected] gun rights. Senator, we can compro- the facts or logic. Letters, including complaints or commenda- mise on how long mandated minimum Why should we moderate our mandate tions, to the Editor are welcome. Please, limit sentences should be for violent armed your letter to 200 words. We reserve the right criminals. Compromise on fundamen- for radical extremists like Tricia Bishop, to edit or refuse publication of any submission. tal Constitutional rights? Go to hell, sir. Don Harmon or others of their ilk? Anonymous letters are discouraged. Guest columns of 400 words are also welcome on It’s time we quit acting like battered Our thanks goes out to Oleg timely issues, particularly those related to People died to defend our God-given firearms, self-defense or similar topics. Letters rights. We’re not going to trade them wives and stand up for ourselves. Our Volk for his continued permis- and guest columns may be sent electronically away for your empty pledge of security empowerment is at our hands. Let’s sion to use his creative works in to: [email protected]. as part of yet another risky gun control aim for the stars in terms of freedom our gun rights advocacy work. scheme doomed to failure. and maybe settle for the moon. For You can see more of them at Or you can mail your letter to: now, at least. his website: Guns Save Life, Post Office Box 51, a-human-right.com Savoy, Illinois 61874

GunNews Magazine - 16 - January 2017 Fear & Loathing from the Left by Johannes Paulsen bear arms was questionable. While I con- Given the way that Hillary supporters and tinue to believe that the NRA shouldn’t fritter their fellow travellers have comported away its resources and political capital by themselves since election day, the concerns searching for other dragons to slay, as gun or doubts I’ve had about the wisdom of owners we need to be cognizant of the fact voting for President-Elect Trump have been that we are in the middle of a culture war. steadily slipping away. The other side views gun owners as deplor- able, incorrigible cretins, unworthy to talk The past month hasn’t been all sunshine back to their “betters.” and bunny rabbits, though.If there’s one thing that’s been shoved in our faces and There are non-gun issues that impact us illuminated with blinding klieg lights, it’s that as firearm owners in this culture war. In the constellation of political groups on the the past, others have pointed out how the left really hate anyone who they suspect powers that be in the Democratic Party The end of one era, and the beginning of another. isn’t on their side, and nowadays going to are counting on unregulated immigration church is apparently a sin equivalent to be- to serve as cheap labor in the service of a ing Steve Bannon in their eyes. technocratic elite, as well as a way to im- ISRA’s Executive Director’s Message prove their election chances by increasing More than that, they’re afraid of people who the number of voters who are beholden to Gen. Mad Dog Mattis and Armed Forces prioritize such right wing notions as the right them. California is, of course, the model for to keep and bear arms. both, and the right to keep and bear arms Training Camp coming to IL next year does not fare well there. by Richard Pearson We’ve always known that there were some Illinois State Rifle Association I feel that the mindset of the United States people who aver that they are “less afraid For my part, I’m finding those arguments For the past eight years, the United States Military is about to change for the better. of the criminals wielding guns . . . than I am more and more persuasive — which is has suffered from the “lead from behind” As the attitude toward our military improves by those permitted gun owners,” as Tricia somewhat incredible when I reflect on my strategy of the Obama Administration. Our and we start rebuilding our military, the Bishop put it in the Baltimore Sun. In my dearly departed grandmother who came to soldiers have been handcuffed with stupid number of recruits will increase dramatical- misbegotten youth, I believed this was a this country illegally after being orphaned in rules of engagement that have caused ly. Many of those new military recruits have simple matter of ignorance, one that could a flood in Mexico. She came here to be an American soldiers to be killed and wound- never touched a firearm; therefore, will be cleared up through a liberal application American, and raised a daughter who cried ed unnecessarily. I believe this will come need proper marksmanship training. They of sunlight. There are none so blind, how- real tears every July 4th. And December to an abrupt end on the 20th of January, or should know the fundamentals of shooting ever, as those who refuse to see. 7th. Perhaps the road less-travelled really shortly thereafter. No one wants war, but if before ever joining the Armed Forces. The does make all the difference. war does come, our military must be prop- Illinois State Rifle Association was built When I see the left throwing around slurs erly equipped, staffed, trained and given off the idea of properly training civilians in like “racist”, “sexist”, “homophobe” and For those reasons, I’m quite willing to be rules of engagement governed by rules of marksmanship skills before joining the U.S. “Islamophobe” at the President-elect and forgiving toward the President-elect. If I war, not politics. I believe the appointment Military, back in 1903. We have trained his supporters while Donald Trump is, liter- occasionally feel that some of Mr. Trump’s of General James Mattis will change all of thousands of marksmen since then. ally, giving speeches where he “condemns off-the-cuff remarks on things such as flag that for the better. It is important that we bigotry in all of its forms and envisions an burning are a bit off-putting, it’s a small make sure General Mattis is appointed, There is a program to introduce new inclusive America premised on our own thing when compared to what I feel about despite the whining of the “cupcakes.” recruits to basic marksmanship before they American dream,” I see a lot of people who people who are, right now, actively push- report for duty. It is known as the Armed prefer the certitude of blindness to the occa- ing — and passing — substantive laws to General Mattis has a couple of nicknames Forces Training Camp, which has proven sional doubt induced by sight. undermine the Bill of Rights. Especially such as “Mad Dog” and the “Warrior highly beneficial in improving recruits’ when it looks like comments such as his Monk,” both of which are descriptive of his marksmanship scores when they get to ba- This is evidenced when you see things like are less indicative of an actual legislative demeanor. General Mattis is among the sic training. I have worked on this program George Takei placing the blame for an Is- agenda, and more a tool to smoke out the best generals the United States has ever for several years and have been preparing lamic terrorist’s car and knife attack at Ohio hate-filled groups who are arrayed against had. He has been found talking to on-duty to launch this program. Now is the time. State on the NRA. You also see it in the him — and us. troops at 2 and 3am, and has personally The ISRA will activate this program on sudden increase in assassination revenge served as Officer of the Day to relieve a February 18, 2017. At that time, instructor fantasies directed at Donald Trump. You No, this isn’t the Libertarian moment I’d married officer so he could be with his fam- orientation will begin. If you are interested, even see it in the quilting blog of a com- hoped 2016 would bring. I cannot say, ily. If General Mattis decided to attack the please contact me. The first instructor munity college instructor that veers into however, that the path we’re currently on bowels of Hell, not only would his troops class will be limited to 30 people. The pre- unvarnished hate for her fellow citizens. is leading us astray. I may be too optimistic follow him, they would fight to be at the requisite will be a familiarity with the AR15 (words rarely uttered in a firearms-related front of the line. General Mattis is that type and instructor experience is preferred. Let Last year, I wrote an article expressing con- publication,) but the path we’re on might of leader. me know. cern that the NRA was going far afield of its actually lead to a brighter future. For that mission when it offered the estimable Dana reason, I’m willing to give the President- Loesch a platform for conservative views elect the benefit of the doubt. whose relationship to the right to keep and Reprinted from The Truth About Guns.

Heard “You have a cultural problem. You have a spiritual problem. You have an economic problem. That’s what you have, period. And people who want to pre- tend that it’s something that can be legislated, that some more government rules are going to fix this, is delusional.” -- Kentucky’s new Governor Matt Bevin on Join the Guns Save Life family. spike in murders in Louisville, KY Membership form can be found on the back cover.

GunNews Magazine - 17 - January 2017 News That’s just the imported stuff... Americans Bought 17,850 Tons of Imported Ammo in Last 12 Months How much ammo is 17,850 tons? That’s a 2.68 mile long freight train with 255 freight cars plus locomotives.

Carry your gun! Obama Somali refugee Miss Sloane: launches terror attack Hollywood’s latest anti-gun (Guns Save Life) - An 18-year-old Muslim hit piece set to bomb Somali refugee, brought into the United (Guns Save Life) - Hollywood is set to States by Barack Obama in 2014, launched dump another political-themed turkey on a terror attack on his fellow Ohio State Americans just in time for Christmas in Miss University students on Monday, November Sloane. 28th. Mirroring Islamic terror attacks in Israel, the man plowed his car into a group The politically tone-deaf movie features Hil- standing outside a class building after lary boot-licker Jessica Chastain as a pow- someone pulled a fire alarm. He then got erful lobbyist who decides to ignore the evil out and began slashing and stabbing any- NRA - a group with a higher approval rating one he could catch. (Breitbart) - As gun sales have skyrocketed over the past 19 months, ammunition sales than Congress and Hillary Clinton combined have also surged, with “17,850 tons” of imported ammunition being sold in the past 12 - and instead lobby for gun control. About two minutes after the rampage months. That is nearly 18,000 tons of ammo in a year’s time and approximately “2,865 began, the terrorist ran into a police officer. tons of bullets” that were imported in November alone. The Air America crowd will no doubt love The cop issued commands to drop the the movie. The rest of America? Probably knife, but the terrorist instead charged. The CNN Money pointed to figures from research firm Panjiva, which show ammunition not so much. Save your money. It’ll be on police officer put the monster down like a imports for last month were up 200% over where they were a year ago. Panjiva’s Chris a Big Lots clearance rack before Easter. rabid dog. Rogers said, “It’s very unusual in an import industry like this to see such a big move. It tells you that there’s a customer demand that’s not being met by U.S. manufacturers.”

Panjiva identifies the top foreign importer as “Poongsan Corp.” of South Korea. “Fiocchi Munizioni of Italy and Prvi Partizan of Serbia” are next in line, as far as foreign ammuni- tion importers go.

OMG! Americans! Naming Their Children After Guns! (GSL) - The UK Daily Mirror published a piece sounding the alarm at the rapidly increasing popularity of gun-themed baby names in America. Of course, the piece MO Gov.-elect’s wife launches with the number of people who robbed at gunpoint perish from gunshot wounds each day. And St. Louis (GSL) - Violent crime is rampant in fails to mention the millions of defensive parts of St. Louis, just as it has grown out of gun uses occuring each year. control in many urban centers across Amer- ica during the last eight years. In fact, ac- “In fact, a worryingly significant minority cording to Gallup, crime has risen to a 16- of parents are showing their devotion to year-high. It affects everyone, too, including the Second Amendment by naming their the wife of Missouri’s Governor-Elect Eric children after weapons,” Ruth Halkon wrote, Greitens. Fortunately her husband reports as though naming your kid with gun-themed that she’s safe after being held up by three names is a bad thing. young males in a St. Louis parking lot in the city’s Central West End neighborhood. Sorry if Americans are built of sturdier stuff than the average brown-toothed Brit, who’s She had just left a restaurant and had been conditioned to soil their shorts at any- settled into task fixation checking her phone thing firearm-related. when one of her attackers opened her car door and stuck a gun in her face. She sur- “Violent parents are also embracing me- rendered her phone and laptop and the trio dieval weapons like Mace, Blade, Saber, ran off. Saw, and Dagger for boys as well as Sabre for girls,” she wrote. Police caught up with them a short time later in a stolen car and a pursuit com- menced. The young thugs crashed and fled on foot, only to be nabbed by fleet-footed officers. The three violent predators, ages 14, 15 and 19 now face a host of charges. Authorities indicated the suspects might well be responsible for a series of break-ins and robberies.

GunNews Magazine - 18 - January 2017 Product Review: ammo, my trigger finger ached. Granted, I had test-fired a few cylinders of the old Accuracy: * * * Taurus Model 85 FBI 158gr. .38 Special +P loads too. Those The average end user is never going to were extra lively, but manageable. By the use this wheelgun to poke holes at Olympic A good gun. An even better value. time I finished shooting the +Ps and some shooting competitions. For minute-of-bad more miscellaneous practice ammo, my guy, this gun gets it done. I suspect it will one out. What’s trigger finger begged me to go home. shoot tighter groups than I was able to more, I have it on achieve. Given the limited sight radius, good authority that I encountered zero malfunctions, which was long trigger pull, and a front sight blade that when God shoots exactly what I expected. I had a handful of disappeared in the mediocre lighting where recreationally, He shell cases hang-up a bit when lackadaisi- I test fired it, the Model 85 gives plenty of brings His revolver. cally plunging the ejector rod, but that’s a minute of bad guy deterrence you want in a user-caused problem - I’ll take the blame snubby. The .38 Special is a there. Given how it’s not a full-length ejector versatile round. It’s rod (as on K-framed Smith & Wessons), Ergonomics-Handling: * * * * an effective man- that’s not unexpected. The primer strikes The rubber grip provides a comfortably solid stopper in the old FBI looked robust, too, as they should. hold on the handgun. It points naturally. It’s load, the 158-grain got some heft, but it’s not like the anchor semi-wad cutter If you have a problem with the gun, Taurus my Ruger SP-101. The long trigger pull hollow-point in +P. offers lifetime warranty on their modern trigger pull is smooth but stacks at the end. The recoil adverse production guns. While I needed no service Large-handed shooters will have to adapt can shoot standard- with this little pistol, my sole experience or get bigger grips. pressure loads with with Taurus warranty service sucked like a lighter bullets down shop vac, so hopefully your experience - if Ergonomics-Firing: * * * * to a 95-grain, .380- needed - will be better. Let’s hope that Better than average for a snubbie revolver. style projectile. In recent rumors of improvement in that area Its heft and the grips help attenuate per- fact, you can load are true. Or -- better yet -- you won’t need ceived recoil. Your trigger finger will take the up paraffin “bullets” to find out. bulk of any punishment the 85 doles out. or foam earplugs You won’t want to take it to a class where into primed cases by John Boch The Whole Package you’re shooting 250 rounds over a week- and practice shooting indoors if you’re truly For the money, this old-school snubby end, but for a 50-round trip to the range, the Taurus doesn’t like me because a couple hard-core. of years ago I nicknamed their novelty offers good value and should provide a little Taurus handles about as tolerably as a lifetime of service unless you’re working it revolver of this type can. self-defense gun without sights “The Taurus The Taurus Model 85 is comfortable to Turd”. That incident came after I endured heavily. It’s a very affordable pocket gun hold and looks good. The cylinder release that does what it’s supposed to do and does Customization: * * * a horrific $100 learning experience with is a little more difficult to engage than I’m their poor customer service. I’ve put all of it well. There’s no rail. There’s no adjustable grip accustomed to with tuned S&W Model 64s panels, although you could probably swap that under the bridge to evaluate a Taurus and 65s. The cylinder doesn’t swing out product. The Taurus Model 85 specimen I out the grips (although I think you’d be perfectly smoothly, but it doesn’t hang up or a fool to do so unless you’ve got unique reviewed is a good little gun and an even bind up either. better value. needs). The trigger could benefit from a fluff and buff by a gunsmith. Holsters, speed The ejection rod felt as though it had been I won this Model 85 at a Guns Save Life loaders, and gear are relatively easy to lubricated with extra-fine sand, but a big acquire as it’s pretty much the same size monthly meeting and I recently took it out drop of oil smoothed it right out. That was to give it a test drive. Taurus didn’t give it as the millions of S&W J-frames out there. the extent of the pre-shooting lubrication/ Night sights might be tricky, but who puts to me to review (and keep), so I don’t owe maintenance I employed. them anything. As I mentioned above, $100 night sights on a $250 gun? I don’t have a lot of love for Taurus USA First Shots today, but I’ve still got fond memories of the Overall: * * * * The lighting at the C.I. Shooting Sports The Taurus Model 85 provides great value first Taurus 85 I bought as a gift to fiancee range where I test fired the gun was a long #1. That one left with her twenty-plus years for its sub-$300 street price. For those on a way from bright sunshine, and made the budget needing a purse or pocket revolver ago. While I’m okay with that breakup, I’ve gray front sight kind of fuzz out against the always missed that little 85. That hole in (and who don’t mind the exposed hammer) same stainless steel gray of the rear notch. it’s very viable option. You can spend (a lot) my heart has been restored. Two five-round strings from 5 yards. At least it did for my almost 50-year-old more on a Smith or Ruger, but if you have eyeballs. So I used my handy Sharpie to limited resources, or want to keep a few First Looks Aesthetics: * * * * color the top half of the front sight blade more dollars in your pocket, you can rely on This old-school snub-nosed revolver is I think it looks pretty, but then again, I think red. I could have used a match and sooted the Taurus Model 85 to do what you need made of not-so-old-school stainless with a Mila Kunis is hot, so take that for what it’s the front sight blade, too, but sometimes a pocket gun to do. When mated up with matte finish. The manufacturing looks well worth. Everything fits together nicely and ranges get a little hinky about open flames. 158gr. SWC-HP +P ammo, you’ll have a done, with parts fitting together well and it looks professionally manufactured. It’s formidable personal defense piece at your little to no tool marks. It’s a five-shot re- certainly old-school and lacks some of the The trigger pulled smoothly, although it side. volver, chambered in .38 Special and rated stacks at the end. Like most guns, it could sexiness and features (cough, tactical rail) for +P loads. probably be tuned into something better of some of the newer self-defense pistols. by a skilled ‘smith. As you’d expect in a One of its biggest selling points is its price. revolver, it’s a fairly long pull, and my trigger The model 85 carries a $371 MSRP, but finger tends to bump into my support hand can be easily found on sale for low $200s. when fired in my favored two-handed grip That’s darn affordable for a brand-new gun when striving for high precision. Ladies (or for those on a limited budget. guys with girlie-sized hands) may not have Sharp Defense that problem. Why a 5-shot revolver over some of the newer, small-framed .380 Autos or even The revolver weighs in at 22+ ounces Jim Sharp similar 9mm products? Revolvers can be empty, twice the weight of a loaded Kel-Tec fired from inside a pocket or purse without P3AT. That’s a few ounces lighter than a N.R.A. & Illinois Concealed Carry Classes malfunctioning, giving a bad guy or gal Ruger SP-101, so it’s not a complete boat the surprise of a lifetime. Revolvers also anchor...more like a partial boat anchor, Paxton, IL operate using the original point and click but that heft helps tame the recoil. As a Serving Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Piatt, interface. Malfunctions in wheel-guns are long-time instructor, I’ve shot more than a Champaign, Vermilion Counties and beyond typically much fewer and farther between few ultra-light snubnosed .38s. Some of the than with semi-autos. exotic featherweight guns feature recoil akin to corporal punishment of the hands. Call 217 379-3652 Another plus: They’re easy and simple to load and unload for novices -- anyone By the time I’d shot through nearly two email: [email protected] who’s ever watched a western can figure boxes of factory Remington 130gr. FMJ GunNews Magazine - 19 - January 2017 The pros and cons and the good and the bad Mr. Glock. I non-verbally explained what was going to happen next if he continued If you’re like me, you don’t have $50,000 his course of action. 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GunNews Magazine - 20 - January 2017 GunNews Magazine 21 December 2016 Book Review Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage: When Second Count, Police are Still Minutes Away. for adults and teens, but I still picked up some new ways of looking at things. Bird hits all the basics and then some. His un- derstanding and learning is rock-solid as he shares it with readers.

Some of the stuff is a little dry, but there’s plenty of tales interweaved to make you proud of your fellow Americans and gun owners. You never know when you’ve got a genuine hero next door who can and will Abe Lincoln Gun Club step up to save lives while risking his or her own. As with this “Thank God I Had a Junior CMP Shooting Program Gun” book, he interviews the players and puts you in their shoes through painstaking 6360 PEC Road, Springfield, IL | abelincolngunclub.com research and interviews. Those provide entertaining reading. On the third Sunday of every month (except April and June), the Abe Lincoln Gun Club will be hosting an open shooting event from 4 to 6pm for 10 through 20 year- There are other heroes in the book too. old youth. Basic firearm safety will be stressed, and developing/improving marks- Specifically, the people who are leading the manship skills will be the focus of these two hour sessions. charge to arm teachers, church mem- bers and their work to change policies on ALGC will furnish age-appropriate .22 rifles, ammunition, targets, eye and ear civilians carrying guns. Bird rides along protection, and all other equipment needed to learn and develop safe shooting training programs to empower teachers to fundamentals. These events are in affiliation with the Civilian Marksmanship Pro- carry guns to protect their schools. Ditto gram (CMP), a national organization dedicated to shooting competition, safety, and for church pastors and members doing the training. ALGC is a not-for-profit club that sponsors this program at no cost same for their houses of worship. to participants. Club membership is not required. NRA trained instructors and experienced coaches will be on hand. by John Boch Chris Bird should be no stranger to gun There are bad guys in the book as well. All cold weather and inclement weather sessions will be held in our heated indoor owners. Plenty of them. Both killers and politicans who enable them. You’ll get enough of both 25 yard range. All remaining sessions will be outdoors on our 50 and 100 yard range through the month of October. Come to one session or come to several If you like “Armed Citizen” stories in the to make your blood boil. throughout the year. A signed liability waiver will be required of all our guests on NRA publications (or similar stories in Club property for the first time. No personal firearms please. No FOID is required. GunNews), Bird’s book, “Thank God I Had The book strives to educate you on how to A Gun: True Accounts of Self-Defense” be- avoid become a victim of the next lunatic, longs on your bookshelf. He has gone out social misfit or terrorist killer. It makes your and interviewed the players and retells their guts churn reading about how politicians 2017 SCHEDULE accounts in dramatic fashion. He puts you (and more than a few Americans) can’t January 15, February 19, March 18, April 23, May 21, in the shoes of the good guys. He also cov- fathom how “gun free zones” are nothing June 25, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15 ers the aftermath as well, educating readers more than a dinner bell for would-be killers. on things done well - and not so well. His An excellent opportunity for familiarization, training, and friendly competition with research is outstanding. other kids in a controlled and safe environment. We also have a lot of fun...

For the casual concealed carry licensee, For more information, Contact Steve Rowoldt (217) 787-8493 smr_spi@yahoo. especially in states that don’t require com or Dan Croll (217) 836-7663 training to carry, his book “The Concealed Handgun Manual: How to Choose, Carry, and Shoot a Gun in Self Defense” is a comprehensive manual that proves easy to read. It seems almost trite to say “it could save your life”, but it could. Misguided people (imbeciles?) continue to Now, he’s released his latest: Surviving maintain the fiction that a “no guns” sign WANTED A Mass Killer Rampage: When Second stops evil like a magical talisman. Chris Count, Police are Still Minutes Away. shows us over and over that only thing that When I sat down with it, I noticed a host makes sacred places safe is people like us of topics covering the gamut. He covers who carry the attitudes and abilities with mass killings in a host of environments, which to stop evil. from schools to churches to malls and everywhere else. He relates information The book is a mixture of political advocacy he’s learned from some of the best names and personal self-defense strategies. I can in training gleaned from their courses - tell those interviews Bird has completed information that’s proven to save lives with real people have hardened his beliefs and stop bad people with true evil in their and his passion to try to help save lives. hearts. Even if you don’t (or more likely, can’t) carry, there’s tips for unarmed folks in As with his other books, his research is event they find themselves at a location that outstanding. He didn’t just talk with experts, makes headlines tomorrow. he went and took or audited their classes. He got his feet wet and hands dirty. He’s Honestly, I didn’t want to read it. Time is serious about this stuff. precious and spare time is non-existent in my world, but sampling turned into hours of Go out and get this book. It’s available We want pictures of you and your friends safely enjoying your firearms. GunNews reading. Damn Chris Bird. at Amazon and maybe even your local wants to feature our readers throughout the publication, including the front page for bookstore. If you hustle, it can be on your great photos of people having fun Yes, he jumps around a little bit but the doorstep before Christmas if you’re looking information is good. I teach much of this for that Christmas gift for someone you Send your submissions to [email protected] same stuff in GSL Defense Training courses love. Or yourself. GunNews Magazine - 21 - January 2017 Coming Events

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For more information, the Grotto, Gao Grotto, Danville, IL. 815-257-8706 Gun Show and Trade Shows email [email protected] Jan. 28 & 29 - Springfield Gun Show, Illinois Allan Cermak [email protected] State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL. [email protected] Charleston Co-Director 217-766-9961 Darnall’s GunWorks and Ranges 217-381-2340 Bill Harrison Bloomington, IL Friends of NRA [email protected] Ken & Amber Miller Tactical Pistol League Wednesday evenings Jan. 28 - Southern Illinois Regional Event 217-345-2556 Membership Service (indoors) Kay Davis Friends of NRA, Keller Convention Center, [email protected] Trap / indoor pistol ranges open to public Effingham, IL. 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(Independent Journal-Review) - From gun purchases were processed though Sandy Hook Elementary, to the church the end of November; 1.6 million more in Charleston, to the Pulse nightclub than in all of 2015, which was also a re- in Orlando, President Obama and the cord year, dating back to the late 1990s. Democrats have jumped on virtually every Storage mass shooting in America over the last Background checks have set record num- 8 years to call for additional gun control bers for 19 consecutive months. legislation. Black Friday this year set a new record for But millions of Americans aren’t buying the highest number of checks in a single Containers it. What they are buying are guns. At a day. According to the Globe, 185,713 record clip. checks were processed, edging out the 185,345 checks processed on Black As reported by The Boston Globe, 2016 Friday, last year. For Rent or Sale gun sales have already set an all-time record, based on the number of gun trans- The final count for 2016 will likely increase action-related criminal background checks significantly after this month’s numbers conducted. are included. In 2015, a record 3.3 million checks were processed in December. Containers Available in the following sizes: The reason is simple — as explained by an industry analyst, following the Sandy During a town hall on PBS in June, 8x10’ - 20’ 8x8 - 40’ 8x8 Hook shooting: “When people think they Obama was asked why he wants to won’t be able to buy guns, they buy guns.” restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, 40’ 8x9.6 - 48’ 8.6 x 9.6 which he denied. The questioner used So as Obama has dutifully followed Rahm Obama’s hometown of Chicago as an Emanuel’s famous admonition—“never let example of why many people believe Perfect for seed or chemical storage a good crisis go to waste”—his dogged restrictive gun laws aid criminals. efforts have unintentionally and ironically turned him into the “top gun salesman” in “There have been more guns sold since America. I’ve been president than just about any time in U.S. history,” he used as an ex- The Globe reports that more than 24.7 ample. Apparently he’s never realized why million criminal background checks for it’s true. MEL PRICE Reminder: Come hungry! Champaign Co.’s GSL CONTAINERS Moving to Rantoul! 1938 N. Bowman - PO Box 1637 - Danville, IL 61832 Knights of Columbus 1001 N. Ohio St. 217 442-9092 217 304-1722 Rantoul, IL [email protected] melpricecontainers.com Dinner and conversation at 5pm. Meeting business at 7pm.

GunNews Magazine - 23 - January 2017 Join us at family-friendly meetings There’s something for young and old alike at Guns Save Life meetings. Here Ryan Sweeney holds his youngest son Jeremey at the Champaign County GSL meeting at Fluid Events in Champaign.

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The Radical Left’s plans to Disrupt Inauguration Day (GunFreeZone Blog) - Michael Moore went on Chris Hayes’ show to say how the Left has to stop the SharpTrump inauguration at all costs, Defense including violence. This aligns with the Dis- ruptJ20 protest/day of violence [set for Inauguration Day], that is being staged as well. What we are seeing is a bunchJim of Liberal andSharp Social Justice elites doing their damnedest to overturn the will of knuckle-dragging, cousin-humping, dirt-under-the-fingernails, red- neck,N.R.A. unwashed & masses, Illinois aka, working Concealed class middle America. Carry They will Classesuse protests and even violence to get their way. Paxton, IL If celebrity videos and harassment sway the electoral college, or if rioters shut down the inauguration;6HUYLQJ)RUG,URTXRLV/LYLQJVWRQ0F/HDQ3LDWW I don’t think the Left knows what it is in for. Forget Obama’s status as gun salesman of theChampaign, year. Let Mr. Bowling-for-Columbine Vermilion Counties keep and demanding beyond that butthurt Left- ists try to shut down a Trump presidency.

I don’t think they realizeCall it, but this 217 is a declaration 379-3652 of war. Maybe they do realize it, and they thinkemail: they will win. [email protected] They are wrong. GunNews Magazine - 24 - January 2017