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(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.…

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.…