Every gun owner has that one item in the safe that makes the barbecue guests go quiet. A pair of goggles with a single cyclops lens staring back at you does the job nicely. One look at this setup and your first thought is probably not Swiss precision engineering. It is The Silence of the Lambs &n...
Surely a highlight of a long, frenetic, and eclectic career in an out of uniform was the work I did on HBO’s “Band of Brothers.” That epic miniseries is passing a milestone 25th Anniversary this year, causing me to review how we managed to capture lightning in a bottle and turn it into the ...
Muskies feed hardest in the weeks before a lake locks up, and if you want the biggest fish of your life, this is the window to target. The reason is biological: muskies carry an innate urgency to feed heavily and store body fat to survive winter, and that drive often overrides their usual caution...
October's adjusted NICS checks rose 7.9 percent while the raw FBI count fell 8.1 percent. The election did not change this quarter's demand, but it changed the state map that sets your 2027 compliance costs and product mix.
Amtrak will let riders 18 and up bring declared, unloaded guns in locked carry-on cases on some trains. A rail union calls it lunacy. Read the original story: Amtrak to Allow Locked, Unloaded Guns in Carry-On Bags on Acela and Northeast Regional Trains; Rail Union Calls It ‘Lunacy’
St. Augustine removed visitor center gun ban signs and agreed to pay Florida Carry $40,000 to settle a state preemption lawsuit. Read the original story: Florida Carry Lawsuit Ends With St. Augustine Pulling Visitor Center Gun Ban Signs and Paying $40,000
There is a comfortable lie sold by war movies and video games that a tank survives incoming fire simply by being an absurdly thick wall of solid steel. You take a hit, the hull rings like a church bell, sparks fly into the dirt, and the crew rolls forward without spilling their coffee. Anyone who...
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on October 19, 2026, to review Maine's 72-hour firearm waiting-period case, Beckwith v. Frey. The order leaves the First Circuit's preliminary-injunction decision undisturbed, without deciding whether the law is constitutional. The post Supreme Court Declines Revie...
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...