There is a comfortable lie sold by war movies and video games that a tank survives incoming fire simply by being an absurdly thick wall of solid steel. You take a hit, the hull rings like a church bell, sparks fly into the dirt, and the crew rolls forward without spilling their coffee. Anyone who...
A nonverbal 5-year-old died after finding a gun during his mom’s Henrico beauty appointment. The gun’s owner is charged with improper storage. Read the original story: Nonverbal 5-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Himself With Henrico Man’s Gun During Mom’s Lash Appointment; Man Charged With Improp...
Columbus Police First Assistant Chief LaShanna Potts left her gun in a public restroom. The Inspector General has opened an investigation. Read the original story: Columbus Police Chief’s Second-in-Command Left Her Gun in a Public Women’s Restroom at Ohio Public Safety Headquarters
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says law-abiding residents can possess short-barreled rifles and shotguns without NFA registration or tax stamps, issuing statewide guidance that also addresses searches, seizures, and prosecutions.
A little while back, Vortex Optics sent over their AMG UH-1 Gen II holographic sight, and it spent its time with me riding on a MAC IX and a Rossi R95 Triple Black lever action. Somewhere between those two guns, a question got stuck in my head. Holographic sights are built for larpers, close-quar...
Taurus has added a Flat Dark Earth finish to the TX9, and it covers all three sizes at once: full-size, compact and sub-compact. Both the slide and frame are FDE, with a matte black barrel peeking out through the ejection port. Taurus marketing GM Caleb Giddings put it simply when he said that in...
Cook County asks the Supreme Court to toss Viramontes as moot after the lead AR-15 plaintiff sought to exit. SAF says it should go on. Read the original story: He Wanted a Smith and Wesson AR-15. Now He Wants Out of the Case, and Cook County Wants the Whole Thing Dismissed.
Not everyone wants a tree. Trijicon has added a Standard Green Duplex reticle option to the AccuPoint 1-8x24, aimed at hunters and shooters who want a familiar, uncluttered sight picture with nothing in the way of the target. It joins the Red Triangle Post version in a lineup that now offers two ...
I have been waiting for this one, as have many, for quite some time, and it's finally here! When Magpul launched the DT Carbine Stock in late 2023 , the main selling point was an internal Dual Tension mechanism that adds friction against the buffer tube without a second locking lever. The ne...
A long horseback trip into the Alberta backcountry started as a rodeo of half-broke horses and unfamiliar stock. Then it opened into grizzly, moose, and a mess of mountain goats for two couples who had driven a long way to get there. What follows is the story of how that trip went wrong at the [&...