Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, reversed its ban on firearm-related transactions following intense backlash from Second Amendment advocates and conservative groups. The company clarified that legally permissible firearm purchases will now be supported. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE WASHINGTON, DC (3-minute read) — Circle, the cryptocurrency firm behind the USDC stablecoin, has officially reversed its previous policy banning firearm-related ...
A coalition of gun rights groups has filed a brief in Duarte v. United States, urging the Supreme Court to overturn the lifetime firearm ban for nonviolent felons. They argue that history shows peaceable citizens, even those with past convictions, retained their right to bear arms. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE WASHINGTON, D.C. (3-minute read) — A coalition of prominent gun ...
In Los Angeles, a naked man was shot and killed after violently breaking into a woman’s home. Her 79-year-old landlord, a Vietnam War veteran, tried to intervene, suffering serious injuries before using his firearm to stop the attack. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE LOS ANGELES, CA (3-minute read) — A disturbing incident unfolded in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles ...
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 ...