The Southern Illinoisan, a small-town newspaper out of Carbondale, Illinois (home of Southern Illinois University - Go Salukis!), doesn't seem satisfied by its sagging circulation numbers. So, in an effort to push them (further?) into irrelevancy, they publish an inflammatory editorial to share with they surely assume are the unwashed…

C'mon, Governor Haley:  It's time to end the criminal protection zones in your state's churches! (Daily Caller) - The Charleston, S.C., church massacre is already drawing comparisons to the tragedies at the Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn., and at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. because it happened in…

  UPDATE:  This began as a story about the Charleston spree killer, but further research has found that the killer was a prohibited person, "gifted" a firearm for his 21st birthday, two months after a felony arrest which made him a prohibited person (until and unless charges were dismissed or…

Food & Water Storage Avoiding common pitfalls by John Boch Emergencies never happen at convenient times.  Be it a tornado, power outage, winter storm or a health emergency, they seldom happen with meaningful advanced warning. It’s up to you to be ready for life’s emergencies well before they happen, lest…

Louisville, KY cops are good people, like 99% of cops in other cities. They aren't going to stand by like cops in Ferguson, Saint Louis, Baltimore, Madison, New York, Charlottesville and McKinney, Texas have done in the face of race-hustlers, leftists and criminals who would try to use sensationalism and public attacks…

It only takes a momentary lapse of attention and concentration to lead to a negligent discharge. What's worse:  if you're not paying attention to the three rules, it can hurt. Such was the case with a University of Illinois Police Training Institute firearms instructor who shot himself in the leg…

The New York Times just can't help itself.   If they weren't so blinded by their leftist, control-freak ideology, they'd recognize their writing - even their headline - was reason enough why circulation continues to decline. Check out their editorial: The Growing Right-Wing Terror Threat By CHARLES KURZMAN and DAVID SCHANZER…

We'll let CBS New York set this one up: NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Bullet-riddled windows, yellow crime scene tape, and evidence markers denoting where shell casings fell on the sidewalk are becoming all-too-familiar sights on New York City streets. Now in an unprecedented move, a federal agency is joining the…

Meet Arieus Fitch. No, he's not a direct descendent of the Fitch of Abercrombie and Fitch fame. Instead, he's the 20-year-old aspiring rap artist who Chicago police say shared a little bit of Chicago gangsta cultures with two boys, aged 14 and 15 over Memorial Day weekend.   The younger boy…

Church violence found its way into the mainstream media's headlines as nine died yesterday in an attack on an AME church in Charleston, SC.  A bad man, with evil in his heart, entered the place of worship and went on a rampage, killing nine and wounding more. Of course, the…