Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...
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
A legally armed citizen fought back against an armed criminal at a Baltimore youth football game. The accused attacker had been released from prison just eight days earlier, and a new indictment reveals how the lawful gun owner defended himself as a 12-year-old girl was killed.
Prosecutors cleared a 20-year-old in a fatal Cincinnati lounge shooting as self-defense, but she still faces a concealed weapon charge. Read the original story: 20-Year-Old Woman Who Shot Employee During ‘Vicious Assault’ at Downtown Cincinnati Lounge Cleared of Homicide, Still Faces Conceale...
Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills is asking the next Legislature to clarify state firearm laws after federal NFA enforcement changed. Police have been asked to consult state prosecutors before filing affected charges. The post Alaska AG Seeks State Gun-Law Fix After Federal NFA Enforcemen...
A Florida man hit with a vase after stepping in for a harassed woman drew his gun. His attacker was shot in the face during the struggle. Read the original story: Man Who Stepped In for Harassed Woman at Florida Midnight Party Draws Gun After Being Hit With Vase, Attacker Shot in Face During Stru...
West Plains police say a neighbor fired in self-defense after a man from a domestic disturbance confronted them. A 29-year-old man died. Read the original story: Missouri Neighbor Fires in Self-Defense After Man From Domestic Disturbance Confronts Them on Their Own Property, Police Say
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.
Connecticut does not allow bear hunting, and its bear-conflict numbers stand apart from every neighboring state. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection reported over 3,000 conflicts between residents and bears in 2024, including 67 incidents of bears breaking into homes. Of the ten...
Four glass eyes, a crimson visor and a hose snaking back to the pack. Whatever this operator is hunting probably should not exist. The kit comes from Shaw Concepts , the Alabama gear maker a Force Recon Marine started in 2019 after learning that a sewing machine cost about the same as one custom ...