New Mexico: Senate Passes Sweeping Ban On Many Semi-Automatic Firearms, Magazines

New Mexico lawmakers just approved one of the broadest semi-auto gun bans in the country, targeting rifles, handguns, magazines, and dealers—while openly acknowledging the law won’t survive constitutional scrutiny. The post New Mexico: Senate Passes Sweeping Ban On Many Semi-Automatic Firearm...

By Mark Chesnut

Garrett Shoulder-Fired Mortar: Nice (But Painful) Idea

“Missed Peleliu because of that damn thing.” The old 1st Marine Division veteran massaged a spot on his upper chest and grimaced. “Told us we could fire that mortar from the prone and get direct fire into Jap bunkers. I was one of the first to give it a whirl. Broke my collar...

By Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret)

First M16 Rifles in the Vietnam War

In the late 1950s, there were basically two camps in the U.S. military on what the next service rifle should be — those who thought a service rifle should be made of wood and blued steel and wanted a modified version of the M1 Garand, and those who thought the future of the modern service ...

By Robert A. Sadowski
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