Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the promotion process that turns good officers into untrained supervisors overnight, and the specific skill gaps that follow them onto the shift. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose suppor...
Transfers look like a $25-$50 paperwork fee. They are the highest-intent buyer your shop sees all week - and the cheapest customer-acquisition channel you own, if the four touchpoints between arrival and pickup are handled right.
Fast access to mission-critical items starts with where you carry them. The FirstSpear E+R WAIST BAG is a lightweight, purpose-built waist pack engineered to keep tourniquets, eye protection, and essential gear immediately accessible without adding bulk to the loadout. It mounts directly to an As...
The Winchester Model 64 was introduced in 1933, but its story actually begins with a John Browning project in the 1890s. That’s because the Model 64 is really just a gussied-up version of the Model 1894/Model 94 lever-action, the best-selling sporting rifle of all time (at least in the Nort...
Eight real-world defensive gun uses reveal critical lessons about home defense, intervention, escalation, self-defense law, and making good decisions under pressure.
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is the medical gear an individual patrol officer can carry to extend capability in the minutes before EMS arrives. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going every week.
Not every bag needs to look like a kit bag to perform like one. The FirstSpear STREETWALKER is constructed from lightweight ripstop and 500D Cordura nylon and built for professionals who move between the range, the gym, travel, and daily life without changing bags. At 12″ x 13″ x 22&#...
A Vancouver homeowner recognized a bike theft suspect from a neighbor’s security video and held him at gunpoint. He now faces arson charges. Read the original story: Armed Vancouver Homeowner Detains Man Deputies Now Say Torched a Furniture Warehouse and a Vintage Rail Car
We’re still waiting to see how all the fallout lands after the Supreme Court ended the National Firearms Act’s registration and approval requirements for short-barreled rifles and suppressors. However, some hunters are going to be very keen to take advantage of what appears to be a ma...
A new Supreme Court brief argues that Cook County and Connecticut have the Second Amendment backward: The AR-15’s militia utility strengthens its constitutional protection rather than justifying a ban.