The Diligent Mindset: The Fight Against Complacency & Justification
A diligent mindset is the discipline against complacency. See how a quick trip for a soda turned into a knife fight, and why diligence has to be unbroken.
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It’s Official: West Virginia Adults 18 and Older Can Now Carry Concealed Without a License
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The change I wrote about this spring is now the law. As of June 12, 2026, any West Virginia adult 18 and older can carry a concealed deadly weapon without first getting a license. That date marked 90 days from the passage of House Bill 4106, which Governor Patrick Morrisey s...
Taking the M1A Loaded Precision Out to 500 Yards
The classic American service rifle, the M14 in 7.62x51mm NATO, was the replacement for the M1 Garand, adding (among other things) a 20-round detachable box magazine and select-fire including fully automatic. It was the primary service rifle for the U.S. until Vietnam where it was replac...
Dale Dye: Why Marines Are Called “Devil Dogs”
It’s one of the most memorable monikers for a fighting force around, and its legend stems from a brutal battle fought more than a century ago. The term was reportedly adapted from the German Teufel Hunden, and applied to American Marines following the Battle of Belleau Wood during World Wa...
S13E22: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Whose Fight Is It?
We review a monthly set of justified save cases to discuss decision-making in defensive gun use incidents, including questions about who was the initial aggressor and when a threat had ended.
M41A Pulse Rifle: The Ultimate Aliens Gun
Private Dwayne Hicks sat in an expansive classroom alongside the rest of his platoon of newly minted boots. Each Marine had a well-used Pulse Rifle sitting on the table in front of them. The weapons were clean enough to be used as surgical implements and smelled vaguely of CLP. Gunnery Sergeant M...
Two Legally Armed Shoppers Confronted a Missouri Grocery Store Shooter and Held Him for Police
PLEASANT HILL, MO — Two legally armed residents drew their own pistols and confronted a shooter in a Price Chopper parking lot on Memorial Day, then held him at gunpoint until officers arrived about a minute later. Police say the May 25 attack killed 45-year-old Amy Coon of Strasburg and wounde...
Battle of Britain: Myth vs. Reality
The idealized concept immediately took root and blossomed: the Royal Air Force saved Britain from invasion in 1940. The conventional wisdom holds that Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s legendary “few” handed Nazi Germany its first defeat in World War II and paved the road to eventual victo...
Armed Bystanders Stop Felon From Kidnapping 74-Year-Old Woman Outside Florida Church
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Two armed citizens stopped a convicted felon from dragging a 74-year-old woman into a car outside a Florida church, and police say stepping in likely saved her life. It happened around 10:49 a.m. on May 31 at First United Methodist Church on Southwest Prima Vista Boulevar...
Federal Imbues Peak Alloy Technology into the New 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak
Federal Premium has imbued their Peak Alloy Technology into a new cartridge that is scintillatingly hot in the new 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak. What Federal has effectively done with this new kid on the block is deploy their quality components – primers, powders, projectiles, and Peak Alloy casing...