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Don't know if you saw this one slip through the news. Doubt it got much play in the big city medias.U.S. House Representative Richard Hudson, (R-NC) introduced a bill, HR 38 this season which, if passed through the long and twisted road of our legislative process, would recognize all state…

Police released the bodycam from the police shooting back in late February 2025 just a few short blocks from my house.  Cole Turner, 15, wondered around with a Sig P365 BB or airsoft gun, acting like a tough guy one Tuesday afternoon.  People called the police and they showed up.…

The April 2025 issue of GunNews is now available to download.  Please share with your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers and everyone else in your circle of influence. We shared this message to readers of GunNews in this issue… Thank you for picking up this issue of GunNews Magazine. We’re proud of our monthly journal and…

Found the same news story on a couple of outlets today proclaiming Chicago is the USA Homicide Capital for 13th straight year based upon 2024 numbers. 573 murdered human beings. Hey Jackass.com my go to source, said it was actually 610 killed here. Potato/Potato. Seems like a lot to me.Well…

Local activists have latched onto the death of Cole Turner, a 15-year-old shot dead by Bloomington Police after pointing a handgun at responding officers, and they are trying to make it some sort of cause célèbre.  This despite the fact that the investigation continues and where bodycam video will be…

By Damon Williams GSL Member American gun owners are drowning in a plethora of Turkish made budget shotguns on the market today. Some are direct clones of current, more expensive, models. Several years ago, I bought a semi-automatic version of one of these guns for combat style competition shooting. While…

[I've updated this with a stream of information that has come my way since initially publishing it last night.] This one was too close to home for me.  It always happens somewhere else to someone else.  This time it was very close to my residence. I remember it as a…

So, do you have any kids or grandkids who might be thinking of going to Mexico for Spring Break?  Or any other vacation south of the Rio Grande or along the Gulf of America?  The prudent parent/grandparent would tell them to cancel those plans.  "But we've already put money down!"…

The struggling News-Gazette continues to publish their local paper for Champaign-Urbana, IL.  Yeah, if it weren't for the University of Illinois it would likely be a lot closer to its deathbed than it currently is.  A few weeks ago, the News-Gazette ran an open letter from Urbana's very political appointee…

Guns Save Life has partnered with GSL Defense Training and DeWitt County Sportsman’s Club (DCSC) to offer a FREE 16-hour Illinois Concealed Carry course this summer in Clinton. It will take place on June 21 & 22 at DCSC facility six miles east of Clinton on Rt. 10. Open to anyone working in…