A Michigan homeowner is charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting a teen during an alleged burglary in his garage. Prosecutors say he used excessive force, while his attorney argues it was self-defense. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, MI (3-minute read) — A young Michigan homeowner is at the center of a controversial legal battle after a deadly shooting ...
At the end of the 19th Century, France’s “Canon de 75 modèle 1897” represented a breakthrough in modern artillery. During World War I, the rapid-fire French 75 (or “Soixante-Quinze”) was considered the best field gun of the war, and gave Allied armies an edge in battlefield firepower, as artillery became the leading killer in the conflict. The 75mm guns served French, ...
In this review, Dr. Will Dabbs examines the Dead Air Sandman X sound suppressor. How does it perform? That’s something that he really digs into along with an explanation of the technologies used to achieve its high performance. The suppressor was provided to the author for this review. Reading the literature from the company on the Dead Air Sandman X, ...
In March of 1915, the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment under the command of LTC Phillipp Englehardt was posted along a two-mile length of defensive trench near Fromelles, France. This regiment had already survived Ypres and had been well-blooded. Amongst the surviving veterans was a skinny, hard-charging 26-year-old Austrian. The German Gewehr 98 represented a massive leap forward in military rifle ...
Even as reddish flames were visible from my bathroom window, it still seemed absurd to think that my house would burn down. There’s something particularly ghoulish about a house fire that makes it almost too large to fully process: it’s the immediate elimination of so many memories, the loss of so many physical artifacts that come to define our identity ...
A Mississippi mother shot and killed an escaped Rhesus monkey in her yard after a truck crash released the primates along Interstate 59. The incident has sparked ongoing concerns about public safety, animal containment, and the risks of transporting research animals through residential areas. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE HEIDELBERG, MS (3-minute read) — A mother of five in rural Mississippi ...
A Birmingham woman who fatally shot the father of her child during a violent altercation was acquitted of capital murder. The jury found that she acted in self-defense after enduring years of abuse. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE BIRMINGHAM, AL (4-minute read) — A Jefferson County jury has acquitted 27-year-old Tykirel Jordan in the 2022 fatal shooting of Alpatrick McKinstry, ruling ...
Owned and operated by Jeff and Kristi Hoffman, Black Hills Ammunition has been in business for over 40 years. Jeff, a former police officer, handles the technical side of the business. Kristi, with a background in business and accounting, handles the necessary business operations such as human resources, bookkeeping, payroll and more. The author tests Black Hills Gold .308 Winchester ...