Month: June 2026

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.…

From Todd Vandermyde: Fellow Patriots and NRA Voting Members, The NRA is at a crossroads. For years it drifted — weakened by scandal, mismanagement, and timid leadership while our enemies worked relentlessly to destroy the Second Amendment. I stepped up and was elected to a one-year term on the NRA…

Garold Leggions, 35, of Decatur, stands accused of a spree of armed home invasions. He allegedly forced his way into multiple apartments, threatened victims with a gun, fired shots, and hit one man in the leg with a bullet. This wasn't his first rodeo. Police tracked him down after he…

Guns Save Life members, We’ve received multiple reports from subscribers that the June 2026 issue of GunNews has not yet arrived in mailboxes. You’re not alone, and this isn’t the first time. A longtime subscriber in the Glen Ellyn/Lombard area wrote today: “Hi John, first time writer, couple year subscriber.…

In one of the most shameless nonprofit grifts in recent memory, the outfit formerly known as the NRA Foundation—now rebranded as the 1791 Foundation—is demanding gun owners suffer collective amnesia. After 35 years of raising roughly $200 million by relentlessly trading on the NRA name through Friends of the NRA…

Guns Save Life members and supporters, mark your calendars for a great opportunity to back a solid candidate who understands the importance of our constitutional rights. On Sunday, June 14th from 2-5 PM, join us at the Air Combat Museum (835 S. Airport Drive, Springfield) for a fundraiser supporting Frank…

In the wake of the Illinois General Assembly’s adjournment on May 31, gun owners can breathe easier. Several aggressive anti-gun measures — including the so-called “Glock Ban” (HB 4471), the RIFL Act, ammunition serialization proposals (HB 4414), and overly broad polling place restrictions — failed to advance. As John Boch…

You can open your eyes. Take a deep breath and relax. The gun control crowd failed — again — to ram through any of their measures during the Spring Session of the Illinois General Assembly. What Actually Happened? Last night in Springfield, Josh Witkowski, lobbyist for the Illinois Federation for…

Victory in Springfield: Illinois Gun Owners Dodge Another Round of Radical Gun Control The 104th General Assembly adjourned its Spring Legislative Session on May 31, and Illinois gun owners have reason to celebrate. Several aggressive gun control measures pushed this spring failed to pass.  Technically, the session ran a few…

HOPE HAS NO SURVIVAL VALUE. Hoping a school shooting never happens won’t save lives. Preparation and training will. In 2018, after the Parkland massacre, Guns Save Life delivered a free Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) class to Illinois teachers and school staff. We’re doing it again — June 13 & 14,…