FBI 2025 Crime Data: Murder Rate Ties Historic Low After Record Gun Sales

The FBI reports that violent crime recorded its largest one-year rate decline since national estimates began, while the 2025 murder rate tied the historic low set in 1955 and 1956. Years of record firearm purchasing did not produce the bloodbath gun-control advocates predicted.

By Bill Cawthon •

Fudd Friday: Forget 6.5 Creedmoor, These Are Real Hipster Cartridges

I presume the naysayers’ idea was that hipsters are urbanized young adults who reject mainstream culture and like niche equipment to pursue their interests—fixie bikes, old record players, and so on. I think naysayers also believe hipsters don’t have the physique to handle highe...

By Zac K •

FirstSpear Friday Focus: General Purpose Pockets

Every loadout has gear that doesn’t fit neatly into a magazine pocket or a radio pouch. The FirstSpear GENERAL PURPOSE POCKET family is built to handle exactly that, providing durable, modular storage solutions that mount cleanly to any 6/9™ or 6/12™ compatible platform and adapt to wha...

By Eric G •

Vertx Urban Ghost 36L Weekender Travel Bag, DOPP Kit & Utility Pouch

The Vertx Urban Ghost series is seeing several new additions in the Urban Ghost 36L Weekender Travel Bag, DOPP Kit, and Utility Pouch. These are meant to be daily carry items, or storage bags to be deployed on extended travel, where you can not only compartmentalize essential items, but also your...

By Adam Scepaniak •

Fudds, Ahoy: B&P Dual Steel Waterfowl Shells Rebate

We haven’t seen an influx of new gauges that matches the rifle world’s flock of new calibers that have debuted in the past few years. We’ve got long-range calibers, short-range calibers (aka “straight-wall” cartridges), we’ve even got new rimfire calibers for r...

By Zac K •
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