The Shooters Hangout

What is 2015? 2015 is the year we increase our game! It is the year we train. It is the year non-gun owners buy their first firearm. It is the year non-shooters learn how to shoot for the first time. It is the year we really develop our proficiency with our firearms. It is the […]

We did it! We hit 50,000 followers in just one year! I’ve been watching the numbers and I knew we were getting close. This morning the number was 50,0154 individual gun owners following TheShootersHangout.com news site! The growth has been amazing! Most are subscribed to the news site’s email newsletter, and thousands more are following […]

February 12, 2015 By Greg Campbell “In what is perhaps the most-logical and long-overdue idea to emerge from our legislative body, Senators will soon have the opportunity to consider allowing citizens with concealed carry permits to exercise their Second Amendment rights across state lines. While some might call this notion “radical,” many who understand the […]

“2nd Annual Sheila Hamed Charity Handgun Course” April 10-13, 2015 (Friday-Monday). At Front Sight Firearms Training Institute in Nevada. An annual event. This is a 4 day defensive handgun course. Or a 2 day course if you choose. In addition to enrolling in the course, everyone will donate $50 that will go to the national […]

I am excited to announce that this news site “TheShootesHangout.com” hit the milestone of 40,000 followers this morning!!! Amazing! I’m not talking about 40,000 web hits, I get about twice that every day. I’m talking about 40,000 individual gun owners that are following us. I got up this morning and the count was 40,057. Wow! […]

Aug. 25, 2014 11:19am Fred Lucas “Chicago’s crime rate has dropped since Illinois became the 50th state in the nation to adopt a concealed carry law last year, the Washington Times reported. Robberies are down 20 percent this year, according to Chicago Police Department statistics. Burglaries are also down 20 percent, while motor vehicle thefts […]

The Fourth of July ended in fireworks for many Americans, but for one group of Chicago partygoers, the night ended with something else: a firefight. Two side-by-side parties provided the scene of the Friday confrontation, the Chicago Tribune reported. A group of four people, including one military member, was leaving one party when one of […]

“You can play the ‘what if’ game over and over again, but I think it’s pretty clear in his case the presence of this man and his ability to take very quick and very decisive action prevented a further tragedy,” East Peoria Police Chief Dick Ganschow said. It was just after 8p.m. Saturday night (June […]

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Office will propose a new ordinance to restrict the legal sale of guns in Chicago after a ban on stores was found unconstitutional. It’s been more than three decades since stores could legally sell handguns in Chicago. But now the handgun ban is gone and concealed carry is […]

Evil abounds in this world. It always has and always will. The great question for those who oppose evil has ever been the method of that opposition. On Friday April 25, 2014 the rampant evil of out-of-control gang violence took the life of Leonore Draper in the West Pullman area of Chicago, Illinois In a […]