He is the only person to have shot a U.S. president who was ever freed. On March 30, 1981, Hinckley, then 25, brought a .22 caliber revolver to the Washington Hilton, where President Reagan was addressing union members. As the president walked to his limousine, Hinckley fired six shots...
The 6.5 Grendel, using a 123-grain bullet, achieved a ballistic coefficient of .547, demonstrating superior ballistic performance relative to the 7.62mm NATO. At 1,200 yards, the bullet was still supersonic and produced considerably less recoil than the heavier caliber. This is also reflected in...
The fight for more stringent gun control laws derives in part from the idea that more guns mean more violence. As it turns out, though, in the United States and the rest of the developed world, total murder and suicide rates, from all causes, do not increase with rates of gun ownership...
Someone yesterday, in comments, expressed confusion that we “refused to accept” that China could do things perfectly with 40 year old technology. Leaving aside the fact that this wasn’t the claim that started the whole thing: that claim was that China had got the capacity to deliver a mi...
The act is named for James Brady, Reagan's press secretary who also was injured in the attempt and went on to become a gun control advocate. The possibility of legal reform remains unclear, and the composition and effectiveness of such laws remains hotly debated. One proposed gun law reform...