A terrifying, mobile shooting spree shattered the peace of South Austin over the weekend, leaving four people injured and triggering a massive, multi-neighborhood shelter-in-place order. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis confirmed that two suspects have been arrested and law enforcement is actively hunting another accomplice tied to at least 10 seemingly random shootings that targeted passing motorists and two local ...
Cop-killer bullets. That’s a pretty inflammatory phrase that is thrown around a lot. It seems to have been invented by hoplophobes and then used by politicians to attack your Second Amendment rights. As a former law enforcement officer myself, I believe the overly emotional descriptor for what is also called “armor-piercing” ammunition is prejudicial and intentionally used to sway uninformed ...
The M1 Abrams was conceived with a singular, unyielding purpose: the total destruction of enemy armored formations. Over the last four decades, it has become the absolute pinnacle of tank warfare made manifest. Its sheer battlefield dominance has not only won conflicts, but forced militaries across the globe to fundamentally rewrite their combat doctrines when it comes to both employing ...
There’s no time like the present to take a critical look at the Craft Holsters Lynx IWB holster, which I tested with my Springfield Hellcat. But first, a little background info. Craft Holsters was formed in 2009 with a vision of offering holsters that are more than just interchangeable pieces of gear. If made with true craftsmanship, they could instead ...
In early 1918, as the American Expeditionary Force prepared to face battle-hardened German troops in France, the bayonet was a vital component of the Doughboys’ combat equipment. It is difficult for many people today to understand the importance the U.S. military placed on “cold steel” during the Great War. Beyond the material components of a long blade fixed to the ...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville, alleging the local government maintained an illegal registry of firearms brought into city buildings between July 2023 and early 2025. The suit challenges the city’s previous decision to avoid criminal penalties despite a State Attorney’s Office investigation that confirmed the registry logs were in ...
Let’s take a quick trip back in time, around 15 years or so, Travis Haley and Chris Costa had just released a very popular DVD (remember those?) called “The Art of the Tactical Carbine,” and pretty much everyone in the firearms training industry picked up a copy and watched it from beginning to end. The techniques demonstrated by Haley and ...
Pennsylvania’s Second Amendment landscape shifted significantly on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, as the State Senate advanced two high-priority firearms bills. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move Constitutional Carry (SB 357) to the floor, while the full Senate approved SB 822, a measure designed to penalize local governments that violate the state’s firearms preemption laws. HARRISBURG, PA — The halls ...
Delaware State Senator Eric Buckson has introduced Senate Bill 304, also known as the “Safe Schools Sentry Act,” which would allow private schools to authorize trained employees to carry firearms on campus. The bill, assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2026, aims to provide smaller private institutions with a more affordable security alternative to full-time school resource ...
A former Marine and a Massachusetts State Police trooper are being credited with preventing a mass casualty event after they neutralized a gunman who fired upwards of 60 rounds into busy afternoon traffic on Memorial Drive. While other drivers fled for their lives, the armed citizen—utilizing his tactical training and legal firearm—ran toward the suspect and engaged him with precision, ...