If you’re keeping score in the War on Stupidity, add another mostly "W" for the good guys. Sunday night, April 5, around 10:21 p.m., a pack of aspiring gang-banger geniuses decided the SCHEELS Sporting Goods store on South MacArthur Boulevard in Springfield looked like an easy target. Motion alarms started…

They're calling them "flash mobs" like it's some cute TikTok dance party. It's not. What we're actually seeing is packs of feral thugs — almost always large groups of black youths, politely labeled "teens" by the mainstream media — organizing on social media to swarm stores, streets, and parking lots…

IGOLD: Still breathing after 20+ years, but it’s struggling — but you should show up anyway. Back in the day, Gene Martin (a GSL director) had a crazy idea: get every gun group in Illinois together for one massive, in-your-face rally at the Capitol. It worked. For years, IGOLD grew…

The 2026 NRA Board of Directors election results are official, and we couldn’t be prouder: two Guns Save Life members are heading back to serve on the NRA Board! Dick Fairburn, who has contributed a near-monthly column to GunNews magazine, won a full three-year term. Dick is a retired law…

Yes, gang bangers in Chicago are certified morons.  And those are the few who can read.  Then there are the illiterate ones.  Because, you know, school is for suckas! Need another example of the brain trust that is Chicago's criminal class? Meet Mark A. Sanchez, aka Dirty Sanchez, the 23-year-old…

What's the average IQ of a Chicago gang banger who dropped out of high school? 60? 70?  Maybe on a good day. Nineteen-year-old Jeremy Jones—street name probably "Spoody" from that lame-ass Instagram handle @spoodyfrm76th—wasn't even scraping the bottom of tenth of a tank of brain power. This oxygen-wasting genius spent…

In an unpredictable world, personal safety isn't something to take for granted. Violent confrontations can happen anywhere, at any time—whether it's a home invasion, a road-rage incident, or a random encounter in public. Police response times average several minutes or more, and that's often too long when seconds count. A…

Hello, Pheasants Forever members, supporters and friends! On Saturday, April 18, Champaign County Pheasants Forever will hold its annual Seed Distribution event. Landowners wishing to plant wildlife habitat can pick up seed for their projects and get planting advice from CCPF Habitat Chair Bruce Stikkers. All the details can be…

In a long-overdue change to military policy, the days of "gun free zones" on military bases are over. From the US Department of War: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum directing military installation commanders to allow War Department personnel — namely, uniformed service members — to request to…

Lonoke, Co, Arkansas (GSL/SNW) - In a jaw-dropping twist straight out of an action thriller, a no-nonsense dad named Aaron Spencer just bulldozed his way to victory in a three-way primary for sheriff in an Arkansas county—while staring down murder charges against him like a boss. Yes, you read that…