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It’s one of the most memorable monikers for a fighting force around, and its legend stems from a brutal battle fought more than a century ago. The term was reportedly adapted from the German Teufel Hunden, and applied to American Marines following the Battle of Belleau Wood during World War I. This Charles H. Waterhouse painting illustrates the brutal efficiency of the U.S. Marines during the Battle of Belleau Wood. Image: NARA While various scholars have argued that point — and we’ll look into that shortly — an understanding of how such a familiar and persistent term came into American parlance…
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The Brief: A mobile mass shooting in Midland, Texas, on June 12, 2026, resulted in one fatality and ten injuries. The gunman fired into traffic and businesses before barricading himself in a commercial building. Law enforcement used tactical robotics to confirm the suspect was deceased following a high-intensity standoff. Midland Memorial Hospital treated several victims while maintaining a temporary lockdown for safety. Local and state authorities, including the Texas Rangers and the FBI, are investigating the multi-mile crime scene. This incident draws local comparisons to a previous 2019 mobile shooting spree in the region. MIDLAND, TX — A terrifying wave…
I got my Liberty Lincoln L-15 Deluxe model gun safe back in 1995 because I was a new father who had guns and ammunition in the house and a couple of just-ambulatory children. Anyone who has faced this problem probably worked through the process much like I did. The worst outcome wasn’t some bad guy getting in, though that would be plenty bad, of course. No, the worst outcome I could imagine was one of my kids getting a gun and ammo I left out and hurting themselves. So, secure storage was a requirement.The Liberty Lincoln safe before the drill…
FN has just announced the ARKA, a 5.56 rifle that blends AR ergos with the SCAR operating system.Aiming to meet the demands of modern militaries and law enforcement, FN Herstal has just launched the ARKA, and they’re calling it a next-generation service rifle. Chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO, the ARKA combines the short-stroke piston system of the SCAR with the controls and ergonomics of the AR-15.Benefits offered by the short-stroke gas system include excellent reliability and optimized function with suppressors. Meanwhile, the AR-style controls offer widespread familiarity and easy manipulation. The AR-inspired controls on the ARKA include its T-shaped charging handle,…
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Photos by Niccole Elizabeth Not too long ago, we had the opportunity to take a pistol class from a group called Blue Green Alliance. BGA is run by a pair of active-duty Force Reconnaissance Marines who have brought their training and operational experience to the LE and armed citizen communities. Part of that unique experience is that, even as you read this, the 1911 continues to ride in their duty holsters on deployments all around the world. While Browning’s legacy currently lives in Force Recon armories in the form of the Colt M45, it got us thinking about leveraging the…
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The Brief: The Department of Justice has launched a pattern-or-practice investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department’s firearms licensing procedures. This federal inquiry focuses on whether the city’s subjective character and reputation standards for revoking carry permits violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments following a confrontation with an armed community group. Local officials defend the permit revocations as necessary for public safety during confrontational police interactions. Meanwhile, the DOJ aims to prevent administrative overreach that infringes on constitutional rights. The investigation may result in mandated systemic reforms or federal litigation if the city fails to comply with constitutional standards. PHILADELPHIA, PA…
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Private Dwayne Hicks sat in an expansive classroom alongside the rest of his platoon of newly minted boots. Each Marine had a well-used Pulse Rifle sitting on the table in front of them. The weapons were clean enough to be used as surgical implements and smelled vaguely of CLP. The Armat Battlefield Systems M41A Pulse Rifle is the standard-issue combat weapon for the United States Colonial Marines in the Aliens universe. Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Madman” McGehee stepped to the front of the class carrying his own Pulse Rifle as though it was something with which he had been born. Holding…
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Photos by Kenda Lenseigne While the AR-15 has been subject to just about every modification imaginable, the quest for a belt-fed AR upper version took longer to come to fruition than anyone imagined. Way back in 1998, rumors started circulating of an AR upper that could be fed from either box magazines or M27 links, like the FN Minimi or its apple pie offspring, the M249 SAW. For anyone with an M16 lower, this would be an easy way to add a belt fed to the collection, and for those of us who had to content ourselves with semi-autos, well,…
These days, upgrading your AR-15 trigger is easy, but is it always a good idea?Back in the not-so-good old days, triggers for ARs were crappy. All we had were mil-surplus parts or whatever Colt deigned to send us. The mil-spec was “anything under 7 or 8 pounds was good, anything under 6 was unsafe.”So, of course, we went through all kinds of work to improve triggers.Now? Really, you have to ask?Triggers now come in two types and two flavors (I’m leaving out the forced-reset triggers because I’m not a fan): “packet” triggers and parts triggers.Plug and PressPacket triggers (sometimes called…
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