The Brief: A shooting near an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, resulted in three deaths and two injuries on Saturday. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene, and survivors were transported to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center for emergency care. Authorities lifted a shelter-in-place order after determining there was no ongoing threat to the community. Major transit ...
I used to love working at the VA hospital. Just like everything Uncle Sam does, the Veterans Administration is bloated, inefficient, and frustrating. However, back when I worked there as a physician we still had a proper crop of World War II veterans who needed inpatient care. That was Candyland for a history nerd like me. The M4 Sherman was ...
The Brief: The Webster County Attorney’s Office cleared Josiah Byram of criminal charges following a July 24, 2026, fatal shooting in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Investigators determined Thomas Ahrens initiated an unprovoked attack, pursuing Byram to his home. Byram shot Ahrens in self-defense before immediately contacting emergency services and cooperating with police. Iowa’s self-defense laws concerning reasonable force and property defense ...
In today’s article, Joe Kurtenbach reviews the Fiocchi Hyperformance SBR Enhanced ammunition. The tested load, the .223 Rem. 77-gr. hollow-point boat tail (HPBT), was provided by the company for this review. “It’s about the most accurate AR ammo I’ve ever tested,” I said to Matt Gann, manager of 340 Defense near Charles Town, West Virginia, as I walked toward the ...
The Brief: A village employee and a concealed carry permit holder intervened during a dog attack on a juvenile in Morton, Illinois. When one animal charged the citizen, he used a firearm to stop the threat. Emergency responders treated the injured child while animal control officials secured the remaining dog. Local authorities are investigating the incident to determine the owner’s ...
“Practically every one of our dead was found with his rifle torn down next to him where he had been trying to fix it.” — Excerpt from a letter written by Marine in 1966 to his family after a firefight in Vietnam. A U.S. serviceman in Vietnam with an early M16. There were many stories of soldiers and Marines having ...
For most people, their EDC is carried in an inside-the-waistband holster. The problem with that is that you have to wear your shirts untucked. For some, this really isn’t an option for various reasons, and they need their shirt tucked in. A tucked-in shirt doesn’t have to mean leaving your EDC at home. With the right holster, belt, and shirt ...
In the summer of 1918, a new fighter ascended in the German Air Combat Forces, or Luftstreitkräfte, boasting a level of performance that would outpace any of Anthony Fokkers’ famous designs. The Fokker E.V parasol monoplane, eventually known as the Fokker D.VIII, demonstrated tremendous combat potential during Germany’s Second Fighter competition of May-June, and multiple frontline pilots lauded the E.V’s ...
