Front Line Friday #25: Mental Health in Law Enforcement

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the gap between how law enforcement dies and how the profession talks about dying: more officers end their own lives every year than are killed by suspects, and almost nobody trains for that number. Front Line Friday i...

By Tom R

Tarani: The Hesitation Escalation

You don’t rise to the occasion behind the wheel. You default to your last level of training. Most drivers don’t have one. They have habits, what they saw in a reel, or the assumption nothing bad will happen between ignition and destination. That assumption is where things start to unravel. A ...

By Steve Tarani

Curious Relics #137: Little Colt Speaks – Colt 1862 Police Part IV

Welcome back, folks! We have reached the end of the road on the Colt 1862 Police. Part I covered the history and Samuel Colt’s final years, Part II tackled variations and how to sort the Police from its near-twin the Pocket Navy, and Part III laid out specifications, dating, and the afterma...

By Sam.S

Trailblazer Pivot Review: A Compact 9mm Glock-Mag PCC

The Trailblazer Pivot looks like someone turned a pistol-caliber carbine into a fidget spinner. Its upper receiver rotates around the lower, shrinking a full-sized 9mm rifle into a compact 20.9-inch package.

By Travis Pike

TFB Review: Making the Missing Link- Beretta 21A Bobcat Covert .25 ACP

If you have been following along, you know I have already put time into both the Beretta 21A Bobcat Covert  in 22LR and the Beretta 3032 Tomcat Covert  in .32 ACP over on our sister site AllOutdoor. Both came factory-threaded with dark walnut grips and both were a pleasure to review. So...

By Sam.S

White Light-Laser Combos: Was I Wrong?

Back in the 1990s, it was widely predicted that laser sights might very well be the next “big thing” in handguns utilized for personal defense. The first successful laser sight was invented by Dr. John Matthews — founder of famed SureFire — some years before, but it wasn’t quite ready f...

By Mike Boyle

TFB Review: SDS Imports MAC IX 9mm Pistol

Military Armament Corporation is an SDS Arms brand, and they have been putting out some interesting guns at prices that are hard to argue with. The MAC IX  is their newest offering, a 9mm direct blowback pistol that feeds from MP5-style magazines and runs on AR-15 controls. It is a hybrid co...

By Sam.S

Flying with Guns: Episode 65 – Southwest from New Orleans to Las Vegas

Episode 65 was filmed July 9th, flying Southwest from New Orleans to Las Vegas. Rifle case, a weight fee I saw coming, and some of the best counter banter of the series. Check-In at MSY Declared firearms. This trip I had my large Pelican rifle case with a rifle and a few handguns inside, plus [&#...

By Luke McCoy
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