Posts about "teenager"
Blast from the Past: M1A-A1 Bush Rifle
Editor’s Note: This piece was crafting as a special retro-style “mini-magazine” within the Winter 2026 print issue of The Armory Life. We styled it to look as though it had been published back when the author was a young teenager poring over his collection of Springfield Armory catalogs. Yo...
California Man Takes an Armed Teen’s Gun in a Midday Apartment Break-In and Kills Him With It
Fremont police say two armed teens forced into an apartment. A resident took one suspect's gun and fatally shot him. Read the original story: California Man Takes an Armed Teen’s Gun in a Midday Apartment Break-In and Kills Him With It
Virginia State Shooting Exposes the Failed Logic of Gun Control
Five people were wounded at Virginia State University, but police were still determining who fired and why. Sandy Hook Promise nevertheless invoked the familiar “gun violence” narrative and the same disputed logic used to promote additional restrictions on lawful gun owners.
POTD: The H&K G11 - Tomorrow's Rifle, Yesterday's Budget
The G11 represents a peculiar Cold War tragedy: a rifle so technically advanced that it arrived exactly at the moment its creator could no longer afford it. Developed across two decades by a West German consortium and completed in 1990, this caseless-ammunition assault rifle was supposed to defin...
Sprayed With Bear Spray During a Cash Delivery, Loomis Driver Opens Fire on Three Robbery Suspects, Sending Two to Children’s Hospital
A Loomis armored car driver sprayed with bear spray by three suspects during a Houston robbery attempt opened fire, wounding two teens. Read the original story: Sprayed With Bear Spray During a Cash Delivery, Loomis Driver Opens Fire on Three Robbery Suspects, Sending Two to Children’s Hosp...
Deadly Seattle Center Shooting Response a Study in Incompetence?
Seattle officials face mounting criticism over their response to the deadly Bite of Seattle shooting, including a five-hour delay before the first press briefing, conflicting information about the victims and the failure to promptly disclose that another suspected gunman remained at large.
The Shooting Paradox: Slow Down to Speed Up
When I was a teenager, the misconception I had about professional racing was that the trophy would go to the most powerful car, or perhaps the most aggressive driver. It was in the mid-90s that a number of racing games hit the market that tried to simulate the physics and details of motorsports a...
Springfield Home Invasion: Pregnant Teen Defends Unborn Child, Stabs Aggressive Attacker
An 18-year-old Springfield man, Marcello Scott, is locked behind bars in the Sangamon County Jail after a seven-month-pregnant teenager used a kitchen knife to defend her unborn child during a violent home invasion. The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the expectant mother acted co...
Tulsa Apartment Shootout: Teen Defends Mother, Fatally Shoots Father in Domestic Ambush
A tragic domestic violence dispute at a South Tulsa apartment complex escalated into a fatal shooting on Sunday afternoon, May 31, 2026. Tulsa police officials confirmed that a 16-year-old boy shot and killed his 49-year-old father, Andrey Nears, to stop a violent physical assault against both hi...