By John Chapman Executive Director, Task Force 70 Foundation Photo courtesy of John ChapmanAsk most cops what makes a good loadout and they will start naming gear. A better belt. A lighter pouch. Whatever sling everybody is running this year. Good equipment matters, but a collection of good equip...
North Carolina's SB 50 permitless carry override is back on the House calendar Monday at 10 a.m. Where the vote math stands now. Read the original story: Back on the Calendar: North Carolina’s SB 50 Override Gets Another Shot Monday at 10 A.M.
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is the radio hardware nobody issues you: the accessories, the earpiece choices that actually fit your assignment, and the battery discipline that keeps a working radio from turning into a brick at hour ten. Front Line Frid...
Montgomery County, MD signed a rewritten gun law after a court ruling, keeping 100-yard carry bans near schools, parks, and churches. Read the original story: Montgomery County, MD Rewrites Gun Ordinance After Court Loss, Keeps 100-Yard Carry Ban Near Schools, Parks, and Churches
Blue Force Gear® built one of the most successful tailless rifle slings in the world. Then we built a tailed one. On the surface, that does not make much sense. The Vickers Combat Applications Sling™ (VCAS™) helped redefine the modern two-point rifle sling by eliminating the loose webbing sh...
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...
Miller County deputies say a 35-year-old man kicked in the door of a Brumley, MO home with a rifle and was shot dead by a man inside. Read the original story: Man Shoots and Kills 35-Year-Old Who Kicked In the Door of a Missouri Home With a Rifle, Woman Told 911 the Intruder Was Her Ex-Husband
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted Monday to rehear United States v. Squire en banc, vacating a June panel opinion and setting up what could become the most consequential challenge to federal gun law in decades. Here’s the surprising part. The case is no longe...
A sling has always had a simple job. Carry the firearm when the hands are needed for something else. That was true when early American fighters moved across rough ground with long guns. It remained true through two world wars and every conflict that followed. It is still true today. For 250 years...
Platform selection for concealment, the holster and print-management realities that separate a workable off-duty setup from one that stays in a drawer, and the mindset differences that matter more than the hardware when an off-duty officer encounters a threat.