Chicago Targets Gun Vendors While Its Homicide Rate Rises

Chicago is preparing new purchasing requirements for firearm and ammunition vendors, but the order does not address the repeat offenders and concentrated violence driving the city’s bloodshed.

By Bill Cawthon •

Capt. Dale Dye: The Battle of Guadalcanal

“It was scary, you know? The damnedest thing…” The old Marine flicked at a bright yellow tie he was wearing. “We were ordered to take Atabrine to prevent malaria. Most of us did that but it tended to turn our eyes and skin a bright yellow. And then a rumor started that the stuff would Rea...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) •

M10 Booker: Not Your Daddy’s Light Tank

For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...

By Mason Berryman •

POTD: The Lightweight M26 Modular Shotgun In Action With MPs

Soldiers with the 554th Military Police Company conduct range training and qualification on the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System at Panzer Range Complex in Böblingen. The M26 MASS, a 12-gauge manually operated shotgun, mounts directly under the M4 carbine or fires as a standalone weapon.

By Eric B •

The Thompson Submachine Gun

Few firearms have had as colorful a history as that of the iconic “Tommy Gun.” It was developed for the trenches of the First World War. But, as it arrived too late, the Thompson submachine gun was marketed to civilians, and later was carried by Allied soldiers in World War II. It could be ar...

By Peter Suciu •

Front Line Friday #28: Field Training Programs

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week's editorial is on what separates field training programs that produce street-ready officers from those that produce paper compliance. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going every week.

By Tom R •

Derya MAX Breaks Cover: Three Barrels, Six Magazines, One New Shotgun

Derya Arms has officially launched the MAX in the United States, a completely new proprietary magazine-fed 12-gauge shotgun built from the ground up rather than an evolution of the company's existing DY12 line. The MAX made its public debut at the GOA GOALS 2026 summit and is now in producti...

By Eric B •
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