The debate over so-called "assault weapon" bans and magazine capacity restrictions has reached a critical moment. In a move that could reshape Second Amendment jurisprudence for decades, the U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to review a challenge involving Cook County, Illinois' assault weapons ban, signaling that the Court is finally…

The TL;DR version:  We lose.  For now.  But frankly, this half-assed analysis used by Frank Easterbrook and Amy St. Eve may well help in the US Supreme Court's analysis in the upcoming Viramontes case that SCOTUS accepted all of ten days ago. My hot take is that Easterbrook wanted to…

State Representative Carol Ammons (D-Urbana), the Bernie Sanders-endorsed Democrat Socialist and rabid gun-grabber who co-sponsored PICA — Illinois’ unconstitutional assault weapons and magazine ban — has been indicted by a federal grand jury along with her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons. Along with their daughter Tatianna. While Ammons loudly…

(A letter to the editor we shared in the June issue of GunNews)... Last month in GunNews, you covered emergency preparations for storm season as part of one of your speakers at a meeting. Well, Mother Nature delivered a serious test last Thursday [June 11]. A major storm system ripped…

We know a whole lot of gun owners in Illinois are “thirty rounds every five years” kind of shooters. Sadly that includes some GSL members. If that describes you, you’re relying on hope and luck to overcome a potential lethal threat. Pro-tip: Hope has no survival value. At our GSL…

Last night at Maranatha Church in Decatur, before an exceptional fireworks show lit up the sky, I stood with roughly 16 fellow Americans and received one of the greatest solemn honors of my life: helping hold a massive 10x20 flag retired from the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. As…

Guns Save Life: From Humble Basement Beginnings to Illinois Powerhouse Thirty-three years ago, a small group of passionate patriots—fewer than a dozen—gathered in the basement of a restaurant in Urbana for the very first meeting of the organization that would later become Guns Save Life.  No fancy headquarters.  No big…

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a bold band of patriots looked tyranny in the eye and declared, “No more.” They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor—not for a government handout or safe space, but for liberty. On July 4, 1776, they lit the torch of freedom…

Why GunNews Belongs in Your Mailbox Every Month In Illinois today, the politicians in Springfield and Chicago have made their priorities crystal clear: they will disarm law-abiding citizens with PICA and FOID while releasing violent predators back into your neighborhoods under the SAFE-T Act. Chicago’s gang-driven chaos now spills into…

After years of lower court defiance and deliberate foot-dragging, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally stepped up. On the last day of its 2025/2026 session, SCOTUS granted certiorari in two critical challenges to so-called “assault weapons” bans, consolidating Viramontes v. Cook County (Illinois) from the Seventh Circuit and Grant v.…