A Carbon Hill, AL homeowner shot and killed a woman he says kicked in his back door. Her family says she was no threat. I disagree. Read the original story: Alabama Homeowner Shoots and Kills 32-Year-Old Woman Who Kicked In His Back Door at 1 P.M. as Her Family Insists She Was Not a Threat
An armed citizen stopped the killer at Silver Rail Elementary. The intervention exposes the contradiction between praising an armed defender and supporting policies that prohibit licensed citizens from carrying on school grounds.
I’ve recently been teaching my oldest how to drive, and one of the things I love most about being a parent is teaching what I know. It’s rewarding to see your kids learn. I asked myself, when do I teach him how to use a firearm defensively? When does he learn defensive pistol skills? As [&#...
A routine family visit turned into the kind of firearm discovery most shooters will never experience. When my buddy ducked into the guest room to check on his kids, he certainly wasn’t looking for anything exciting.
Like so many hunting calibers of the 20th century, particularly in the sub-30 caliber segment, the .243 Winchester is a descendant of wildcatter experimentation. As early as the 1940s, Warren Page was experimenting with .243-caliber rounds, and when the Winchester .308 was released in the early 1...
The 1100 and its big brother, the 11-87, were the best semiauto shotguns that Remington ever produced The post The Remington 1100 Was the Greatest Gas-Operated Semiauto of Its Time. And It’s Still an Excellent Shotgun Today appeared first on Outdoor Life.
Despite the marketing success of the Winchester ‘73, the Springfield trapdoor rifle was more likely the rifle that really tamed the Wild West. The U.S. government equipped its cavalry and other troops with these robust, hard-hitting rifles. A repeater like Winchester or the competition sold...
I have worked with Dr. Will Dabbs for much of my career as an editor and consider him to be both an exceptional contributor and a good friend. No matter the deadline or the assignment, I always know that I can count on him to deliver a well-rounded, thoroughly researched and — most importantly ...
Earlier this summer, CCI and Henry Repeating Arms teamed up to come out with a special limited-edition run of 36-grain .22 LR ammo said to be “optimized” for cycling within the Golden Boy rifle - which I happen to have handy, as I’m sure many of you out there also do. CCI is no ...