First, let's look at the relationship between gun laws and violence in general. It is possible to have a violent society without guns. Prime evidence of that is the former Soviet Union and its successor states such as Russia, which despite stringent gun control laws, posted murder rates from...
A little over a year ago I published an article on lifeinthearmy.com, titled “The Big Lie About the US Army – What the US Army is not telling the American People”. In it I talk about the standards being higher now, than ever, especially physical fitness, the Army Combat Fitness Te...
reflecting its modularity and versatility. While the standard caliber for this system — the .223 Remington or 5.56mm — is adequate, others are more suitable for some applications. Two of the best calibers on the market for the AR-15 are the 6.8mm SPC and 6.5mm Grendel. ...
the tactical structure of the GermanWehrmachtwas organized not around the rifleman, but rather the machine gun squad, with rifle-carrying infantry playing a supporting role. This is a major reason army planners chose to retain the Great War-era Mauser 1898-pattern bolt-action rifle rath...
Do you think the police leadership will be better at catching psychopaths than the army highly paid and trained people who are analyzing the next possible leader of Ford? Just to be stupidly optimistic, let's assume that we institute an insanely good screening process that is superior to the ...
Join the Army. Make yourself useful. And if you don’t? Then you are a burden on the rest of us. Did you say burden? A young suicidal patient of mine who had suffered a crushed foot in a mining accident and had to have an amputation said to me, “If a man can’t work he ...
Stefano is hired to restore the unfinished work of Legnani, a deceased painter cloaked in mystery; he was dubbed the “painter of agony,” due to his penchant for drawing those near- and in-death. As Stefano gets to work, the townsfolk get more ominous by the second, and bodies start ...
“I don’t know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi,” the president told “Fox & Friends.”“I would be more inclined to the second.” SCHIFF REPLY In response Schiff wrote: “Mr. President, this is low. Even for you. No, I didn’...
The wooden block from which a bell is suspended. Store An electronic memory device; A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached Stock The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the...
traveller called William Freckleton (possibly not his real name!) wrote to the Weekly Vindicator, complaining about just this situation. For Freckleton, the cause of all evils in travel was nothing to do with health or the journey but instead having to pay tips to a veritable army of ...