Front Line Friday #25: Mental Health in Law Enforcement

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...

By Tom R •

POTD: The Springfield Trapdoor Carbine – Custer’s Cavalry Gun

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a carbine that rode into the most studied battle in American history. This is a Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor carbine in .45-70, and this one falls in the serial range issued to the 7th Cavalry. In other words, it’s the type of gun G...

By Sam.S •

POTD: B&T Dominates Subs at EnforceTac 2026

When B&T AG brought its modular 9mm ecosystem to EnforceTac 2026 in late February, the message was pure Swiss pragmatism: submachine gun design philosophy, infinite configurations (and more to come). This trade fair caters exclusively to law enforcement, military, and security decision-makers...

By Eric B •

XTech Tactical Launches X-Flare AR-15 Magwell Lineup

Reload speed is often a geometry problem as much as it's a training/repition one, and XTech Tactical thinks it's found a cleaner solution than the billet flare kits that have dominated the category. The new X-Flare 556 and X-Flare Digital  are glass-filled nylon magwells built spec...

By Luke C. •

TFB Review: Viridian Weapon Technologies Closed Emitter Optics

The market for weapon lights and optics has become flooded with domestic and foreign products. When a manufacturer is organic to the United States, it is always well received, but when the products are engineered and manufactured domestically with some overseas manufacturing, it is a noteworthy a...

By Toby M •
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