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 ...
What if the situation arises where you need to shoot a target off-hand from a standing position over several hundred yards? Would you be able to do it? If it does, GunSpot has got you covered. What if you have to take a long-range shot off-hand and do not have a rest or cannot go prone? In the early 90s, Grant ...
A Ninth Circuit panel has ruled that California’s broad ban on openly carrying firearms in most populated counties violates the Second Amendment because it conflicts with historical traditions of firearm regulation. The decision removes a major barrier to open carry while leaving the state’s licensing system in smaller counties largely intact. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE SAN FRANCISCO, CA (3-minute read) ...
In the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, is just one of two surviving Junkers Ju 88 airplanes that saw service during the Second World War. Displayed with its Romanian Air Force markings, it is a former long-range, photographic reconnaissance aircraft. It had previously been on display outside ...