A shooting involving a federal immigration enforcement officer in south Minneapolis led to a heavy law enforcement response, protests, and calls for a local, transparent investigation. City and state leaders are urging calm even as tensions rise over public safety, federal presence, and the use of force in a busy neighborhood. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE MINNEAPOLIS, MN (3 minute read) ...
Editor’s Note: In today’s article, author Joe Kurtenbach reviews the 9mm Speer Gold Dot Carbine ammunition in a Springfield Armory SAINT Victor Carbine. Speer provided the ammunition for testing. When the editor-in-chief of The Armory Life reached out to me and asked if I’d be interested in testing out a new Speer loading — the Gold Dot Carbine 135-gr. 9mm — I ...
A deadly shooting in the Berry area of Tuscaloosa County is being reviewed as a possible act of self defense after investigators interviewed witnesses and collected evidence. One man died and another survived with injuries, and the case is now headed to a grand jury for a decision on charges. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE BERRY, AL (3-minute read) — Deputies ...
Forsyth County deputies say the first homicide of 2026 has been ruled a justifiable act of self defense after a late night shooting at a home on Hartman Plaza Court. Investigators, working with the district attorney, concluded that the resident’s use of a firearm met the legal standard for self defense, though the incident remains a tragic loss of life. ...
Eugene Morrison Stoner was born in Gosport, Indiana, on 22 November 1922. He passed away in Palm City, Florida, in 1997. In the intervening 74 years, Stoner established himself as the most successful American firearms designer of the modern age. When Stoner graduated from High School in 1939, his parents could not afford to send him to college. Instead, he ...
A Texas jury in Corpus Christi is being asked to decide whether former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales committed a crime by not confronting the Robb Elementary gunman sooner. The rare case uses Texas child endangerment law to test how far police duty to act extends during a mass shooting. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (3-minute read) ...
The Springfield Armory Echelon is not one of the market’s best 9mm, polymer-frame, striker-fired handguns. It is the best. Springfield designed the Echelon from the ground up to create a handgun the shooting world needed — even if they didn’t know it at the time. I’ve been a big fan from the start, and I have extensive experience with both the ...
Police say Raleigh science teacher Zoe Welsh was killed after calling 911 to report a man inside her Clay Street home, sparking outrage and grief across the community. The suspect, 36 year old Ryan Camacho, faces murder and burglary charges amid renewed scrutiny of his long criminal history and questions about public safety and self defense at home. LISTEN TO ...