This is part two in our interview series with an ex-criminal who walks us through his process.. After the first talk I had with the guy I call Dee, the ex-criminal who walked me through how a street predator tests you before he moves, a lot of you wanted more. So did I. Because that first conversation was about the ...

Home defense remains one of the leading motivators for firearms purchases. At various times and places, our personal security and the safety of our loved ones can feel threatened even within our safe spaces or the sanctuary of our residence. Hornady’s cutting-edge VEXIS vein-reading technology offers half-second, touch-free access to the Night Guard safe, ensuring ultra-fast (yet secure) access to ...

The Brief: An armed robbery attempt at a Chase Bank in Cedar Hill, Texas, ended when a customer shot the suspect. The suspect entered the bank with a knife and threatened employees. An armed customer fired at the suspect, who fled outside, collapsed, and later died at a hospital. No bystanders or bank staff were injured. The customer remained on ...

When we wrote about the national debt hitting $40 trillion, the warning wasn’t that some number on a screen was going to blow up the economy on a Tuesday afternoon. The warning was that we keep piling debt onto a system that is already under real strain, and eventually the people who buy that debt start demanding to be paid ...

Springfield Armory has been a major player in the U.S. firearms market for more than five decades now. Its initial offering in 1974 was the M1A, a semi-auto version of the famed M14 rifle which is still used by special units in the U.S. military. Then, the company expanded into a line of quality 1911 pistols, and there was no ...

“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would make you sterile. As if ...

‘Tis the season for hunting, and there’s nothing better than being able to fill your family’s freezer with fresh meat. Venison, elk, and other wild game doesn’t always cook as easily as your standard beef ribeye, however, and sometimes taking your prized meat from field to table isn’t as tasty a result as you had hoped. There are thousands of ...

For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painfully thin. You can’t drag a 70-ton M1 Abrams through every swamp or up every mountain, ...

For the better part of the last two decades, polymer AR-15 magazines have dominated the market, as most clearly represented by Magpul’s PMAG introduced back in 2007. Since then, polymer magazines have evolved substantially, and you can now find every capacity, feature, and color you can think of being offered by dozens of manufacturers. The Lancer L5AWM brings a translucent ...

The Brief: A Leesburg, Florida homeowner defended his residence after an intruder attempted a forced late-night entry. Hearing impacts at the exterior door, the resident retrieved a defensive firearm, issued verbal warnings, and shot the suspect as he breached the entrance, halting the break-in before police arrived. Responding officers took the wounded intruder into custody. Law enforcement determined the homeowner ...