As adrenaline pumped into my bloodstream, I felt the beginning of tremors in my hands. Cold sweat appeared on my brow, and my breathing became shallow. Then, I heard the voice: 911. What’s your emergency? As a teenager scooping ice cream after school at the local Baskin Robbins, I wasn’t prep...
MEDFORD, ORE. – An early morning break-in attempt ended in gunfire Tuesday after a man tried to force his way into a neighbor’s apartment with an axe in the 600 block of South Oakdale Avenue. As reported by KDRV News, officers were dispatched around 4:55 a.m. following a report of a p...
When Glock announced the sixth generation of its iconic striker-fired polymer pistol series in December 2025, the firearms community responded with the usual mix of cautious interest and the usual skepticism. For me, the release was really bad timing, as I had just bought another G45 Gen 5. Was t...
The NRA’s 155th Annual Meeting in Houston showed real signs of progress, with strong attendance, leadership continuity, and Board action on governance reforms. But rebuilding member trust will take more than one good weekend.
As preppers, we sometimes tend to concentrate on the more extreme end of things, like EMP or mass casualty events. In doing so, we often overlook the far more common, though mundane, situations that can arise. If we’re being realistic, we’re far more likely to be injured working around the ho...
FBI LEOKA data show 53 officers were feloniously killed in 2025, down from 2024, with early 2026 numbers also trending lower. The long-term pattern is uneven, but officer deaths remain well below earlier peaks.
If you have been waiting to stock up on proven 9mm defensive ammo, this deal is worth a look. Ammunition Depot has the Speer Gold Dot 124-grain +P JHP Battle Pack down to $153.70 with code ALand5, giving you 250 rounds of trusted hollow-point ammo in a sealed pack built for long-term storage.
New on the market is Tasmanian Tiger’s Modular Grab Pack 30. This Beefy backpack is an ideal candidate to become your 72-hour survival bag or home emergency kit. It offers roomy interior compartments, multiple pockets and sleeves, and three carry options when things go bad and minutes count. A ...
No one on board the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) knew anything about the cargo they were carrying. What they did know was that the veteran cruiser (launched in 1931) made the trip from San Francisco to the island of Tinian in the Marianas in just ten days. The crew was proud of the “Indy”, and fo...
Military aircraft design of the Cold War era could be described as akin to physics, or, more specifically, to Newton’s Third Law of motion, which states, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” From lessons learned in the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force determi...