Police in Carrollton, Texas say a 16 year old boy was shot and killed after he allegedly pulled a firearm during a robbery setup and the 20 year old he met with fired in self defense. Several teens now face aggravated robbery charges, while the shooter has not been charged in the boy’s death as the investigation continues. LISTEN TO ...
The state of the art in modern special operations, frankly, is remarkable. In 2011, a group of elite Navy SEALs inserted via stealth helicopters deep inside hostile territory to kill the most wanted terrorist on Planet Earth. They successfully accomplished this daring mission for the loss of a single aircraft. Friendly forces exfilled unharmed, and the world stood amazed. However, ...
Every industry uses a shorthand. It’s efficient, impresses friends and becomes part of the vernacular. Gun enthusiasts have their own jargon, an alphabet soup of acronyms so confusing that we maintain a list for reference when editing stories. Here are a few explanations that might be helpful to the uninitiated.  We’ll start with the bullet nomenclature often employed by ...
What’s your plan when the internet disappears and the lights don’t come back on?Cell networks are down. Internet’s gone. Nobody’s posting updates, and whatever happened last night has already overloaded the system. You don’t know if it’s a storm, a cyber issue, or something bigger — only that Google is useless and help isn’t a phone call away. If you ...
It’s unusual for a rifle to be so versatile that it can be used for more than one purpose. In my opinion, the new SAINT Victor 7.62, 20″ rifle is likely that one rifle. Over the past few decades, Springfield has made rifles chambered for the relatively new 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge, and competitors have won many matches with this highly ...
A Memphis man is charged with voluntary manslaughter after admitting he shot a burglary suspect who was running away from his apartment. The case raises serious questions about how Tennessee self defense laws apply once an intruder is no longer an immediate threat. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE MEMPHIS, TN (4 minute read) — In Memphis, 30 year old Marques Griffin ...
Viridian Weapon Technologies has just unveiled its new Venta Green Dot reflex sight, meant for long guns. The new Viridian Venta Green Dot reflex sight is an unmagnified optic with a 22 mm objective lens that runs off a single CR2032 battery and provides an estimated 30,000 hours runtime. Its simple reticle consists of a 2-MOA green dot that includes ...
How far should your concealed carry handgun be capable of shooting? If you’re running off of averages, the statistics say seven yards. And I would buy that, given all the things a normal street crime lethal-force encounter involves. Positive ID, clear and present danger, blah blah blah. But if you base your needs on raw averages, you could risk it ...
The ProblemYou are an experienced shooter with multiple instructor certifications. You have been teaching classes successfully for the last several years and recently decided that it was time to seek an advanced concealed-carry certification. Recently, a colleague made you aware that a national training organization would be conducting a multi-day Advanced Concealed Carry Instructor class. The course description was somewhat ...
In January 1940, World War II was just four months old. Even so, the US Army Air Corps requested designs for a “Super-bomber”, a four-engine aircraft with a 20,000-pound bomb load and a 2,000-mile range. Boeing already had its B-17 “Flying Fortress” in production, introduced into Air Corps service in 1938. Boeing submitted the design for its “Model 345”, in ...