I have just finished reading “The Newhall Shooting: A Tactical Analysis”, by Mike Wood (Gun Digest Books) and found it quite interesting and informative. For those who don’t recall the incident, four California Highway Patrolmen were killed in a gunfight with two hardened criminals in Newhall, CA, in 1970. While Wood does …

There is no denying the versatility of the SIG Sauer P320 platform. One of the major reasons for the success of the firearm is that from the fire control unit, one can build out all kinds of different P320s, from full-size to compact, with just a change of the grip …

Cold Steel has just unveiled The Republic, a new fixed-blade field knife built around a 5-inch-long, S35VN-steel, drop-point-profile blade. The Republic is ideal for hunters, campers, anglers, backpackers or anyone who needs a dependable general purpose fixed blade knife while out in the field. The S35VN blade of The Republic is …

Mission First Tactical has just launched the new ACHRO 22L EDC backpack. The name of this new every day carry backpack is inspired by the word “achromatic, meaning something without color. The name is a reference to idea of being a “gray man,” who is discreet and does not attract any …

In the 1970s, Maj. Richard J. Keogh, a retired U.S. Army ordnance officer, was visiting his sister in Ireland, where she had returned some years previously, having been raised in Massachusetts. The Keogh family had emigrated to New England from Ireland in the early 20th century, and it contained a …

The concept of a handgun that chambers both the .410 bore shotshell and .45 Colt cartridge has been around for a while, beginning with the Thompson/Center Contender in the late 1960s. Several designs followed in both single-shot and revolving form. The most well-known of the latter type is the Taurus Judge. …

Backdoor gun-control laws and regulations are often promoted as public-safety measures, as if criminals will heed new laws that limit places for concealed carry, require “safe storage” of firearms or create magazine-capacity limits. Anyone with a little common sense could tell you that only the law-abiding follow these kinds of …

Gun control activists who have been angered by President Joe Biden’s inaction that he hasn’t done more to “combat gun violence” have forced the president’s hand. Their disappointment with the administration has often spilled over into public media reports. The president is so desperate to generate some kind of excitement that …

Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) will be holding a rally against HD 4420 “an act modernizing firearm laws,” on Wednesday, September 27th.  NRA members and Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to join the rally and contact their lawmakers in opposition to this sweeping gun control legislation. Event details are below: Gun Owners’ Action League: Bring Bruen …

Armed Citizen® Today An armed trespasser suffered from serious wounds after forcing his way into a Phoenix, Ariz., home early on the morning of Aug. 10, 2023. Police responded to a call shortly before 1 a.m., arriving to find a man suffering from a “serious but non-life-threatening gunshot wound.” Investigators …