Uncle Sam Cancels Navy’s “Super-Powered Death Ray” Or Not.
"The Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday voted to eliminate funding for two of the Navy’s still-in-development guns: the free electron laser, essentially a super-powered death ray, and the railgun, which shoots bullets powered not by...
Shock Horror! Gadaffi’s Troops Using RSA Sniper Rifles
"The revelations come amid continued refusals by South Africa to divulge the details of conventional arms sales to Libya’s repressive government – which totalled nearly R69m last year," news24.com. "Video clips circulating on the...
Are The Marines Done with Suppressing Fire?
"Marine infantry squads will replace their M249 light machine gun with a highly accurate, auto rifle geared for fast-moving assaults," military.com reports. "In late May, Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps,...
What’s On YOUR Toyota?
"The 2A28 Grom is a 73mm, smoothbore, semi-auto gun that fires the same RPG-style ammunition used in the Soviet-built SPG-9 recoilless gun," defensetech.org explains. "While its rounds can pierce armor up to 11 inches...
How Did Osama Bin Laden Live in Pakistan for Five Years? (Includes Video Inside...
This reports isn't "gun" focused per se, but it does provide fascinating insights the into the most famous and important firearms-based assassinations of our time.
Former Tijuana Mayor Arrested For Illegal Gun Cache
Despite the explicit protection of gun rights in the Mexican Constitution of 1857, Mexican citizens have been completely disarmed by their police and military and left at the mercy of corrupt officials and narcotics...
More On Those Military NDs From An Army Perspective
In yesterday's post about fatal negligent discharges in the military, a Marine blamed the deaths on a pervasive atmosphere of unsafe weapons handling. In a subsequent piece in Foreign Policy, an anonymous writer (evidently still...
Negligent Discharges Kill 90 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
The average police officer’s firearm handling, safety and shooting skills are poor. Sadly, the news carries all the examples of this you’d ever want to read about. But you can almost understand it, given...
Taliban Snipers [Not Shown] Take Up the Fight
Over at the strategypage.com, they've posted an entry called Never Bring a Rifle To A Missile Fight. The article chronicles a battle against a Taliban sniper that ended with a missile strike. Geddit? Yes, well, given...
Did a Pork-Coated Bullet Kill Bin Laden?
I held off on this post for weeks, until the Daily Mail let the pig out of the blanket. Now seems as good a time as any to reveal that "The makers of Silver...
Ben Tupper: Sanity is a Warm Gun
Ben Tupper was deployed to Afghanistan. He's written two books about his experiences: Greetings from Afghanistan: Send More Ammo and Dudes of War. Like many a returning vet, adjusting to civilian life hasn’t been without...
Gun Review: MilKor M32 MGL Shoulder-Fired Grenade Launcher
When you absolutely positively have to blow something up, accept no substitutes. Opt for a shoulder-fired grenade launcher. South Africa's MilKor produces a fine example of the breed: the M32 semi-automatic shoulder-fired grenade launcher. At...