Active Shooter Response: What Changed Post-Uvalde

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial on how active shooter response doctrine changed after Uvalde and what patrol officers are now expected to do differently on the street. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ev...

By Tom R •

A 1920s Colorado Grizzly Hunt That Cost a Cowboy’s Life

The account comes from a cowhand who spent more than twenty years hunting big game across North America with rifle, longbow, and camera. The most dangerous moment of his life, he writes, came by accident during the late 1920s, when an aging silvertip grizzly crossed paths with a working cattle ou...

By James Chen •

Hero Recounts Stopping Shotgun-Toting Murderer In Bend, Oregon, Elementary School

Kaylub Giamanco, the armed father who stopped a gunman at an Oregon elementary school, recounts the confrontation and credits a teacher whose actions helped him intervene. The post Hero Recounts Stopping Shotgun-Toting Murderer In Bend, Oregon, Elementary School appeared first on The Truth About ...

By Mark Chesnut •

Test Your Shooting Skills at FAST Matches | CANCON 2026

At CANCON West 2026, Russell Phagan set up a miniature FAST stage at the Boulder Rifle & Pistol Club in Boulder City, Nevada, so attendees could get a taste of what his Firearms Action Shooting Trials matches throw at competitors. I stopped by the stage to talk with Russell about what he pack...

By Luke C. •

War Stories: He Survived Omaha Beach

John looked like a character on Hee Haw, if a character on Hee Haw was not terribly silly. He carried himself like a grandfather. He was thin and always wore the same basic uniform — a pressed collared shirt buttoned at the neck and wrists, spotlessly clean bib overalls, and a ball cap. He had ...

By Will Dabbs, MD •
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