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The brutal killing of 30-year-old Eliza Morales and her unborn child in Downers Grove has highlighted the extreme risks of meeting strangers for online sales at a private residence. The suspect, Nedas Revuckas, allegedly stabbed Morales 70 times and set her home on fire following a dispute over a Facebook Marketplace vehicle transaction. DOWNERS GROVE, IL (3-minute read) — A horrific act of violence has left the Downers Grove community in shock and a young family shattered. On January 26, 2026, 30-year-old Eliza Morales, who was five months pregnant with her second child, was fatally stabbed 70 times inside her…
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Would you like to make your pistol or rifle skill improvements fun? There are a multitude of drills and targets we can all use on the range for practice, but for me and many people I have instructed over the years, a little bit of fun in the training really makes the process take off. Don’t get me wrong, firearms and training are serious business. But if we can have fun while still being serious, we will retain knowledge and build positive experiences. Check out my video above, and keep reading the article below. Instead of just punching holes in paper,…
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The January 19 shooting at the Stockton Flea Market that left two suspected robbers dead has been officially ruled a case of self-defense. Stockton police confirmed that the employees of the jewelry business involved will not face criminal charges after the son of the owner engaged the armed suspects to save his father’s life. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE STOCKTON, CA (2-minute read) — A violent encounter at the Stockton Flea Market earlier this month has concluded with a legal ruling of self-defense. Stockton police announced on Tuesday that the shooting on January 19, which resulted in the deaths of two…
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Let’s talk about ammo, shall we? The term “corrosive ammo” will cause many shooters to cringe at the thought of using it, believing that it will eat the blue off their firearm before leaving the range. While it’s not quite that bad, you’ll need a little information to understand the difference between corrosive and non-corrosive ammo. With the majority of corrosive loads, the primer — not the powder — is the source of your problems. Shown here are cases for Berdan and Boxer primers. Image: Krakuspm/CC BY-SA 3.0 Let’s review the identification and effects, as well as the pros and cons…
Needing to react physically in a gunfight or a fistfight means that you have found yourself behind the action-reaction power curve and must rapidly regain the initiative. What critical tips from the professionals can help you build faster reflexes to put you ahead of the curve? Each of us is born with natural attributes. Some can run faster, jump higher or are way better at math than others. However, we all have an innate ability to react at varying speeds. If you are forced to react quickly, try regaining the upper hand during a dangerous confrontation. Situational awareness and decisive…
Enclosed optics are becoming more popular for handguns. In today’s article, Justin Opinion takes a look at an affordable red dot option from one of the best known brands in firearms optics. The company provided the optic to the author for this review. It’s interesting to think about the evolution of sighting systems on handguns over the years. Some changes certainly have been driven by need — or the desire to achieve better results, such as moving away from iron sights that were at one point actually forged as part of the slide. The author found that the FastFire E…
When the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941, it wasn’t as ill-prepared as it had been when American Doughboys were being sent “Over There” during the First World War. Yet, it would be fair to suggest the U.S. military wasn’t armed with the most advanced equipment of its day. The M1 steel helmet was only introduced in 1940, while many of the United States Marines that went off to fight in the Pacific were armed with the bolt-action M1903 Springfield rifle, as the semi-automatic M1 Garand was still in short supply at that point. Grumman F4F…
We first started to see semi-automatic, micro-compact pistols hit the marketplace about 30 years ago. These pistols were easy to conceal, but they also had magazines that held six to eight rounds, far less than larger compact 9mm pistols could carry. That changed in 2018, and all of sudden a small pistol with a 3-inch barrel could carry 11 rounds, and the race to increase the capacity of a micro-compact pistol was on. However, almost all of those guns were polymer-framed, striker-fired guns, just like their larger cousins, which means that they are easy to carry and easy to use.…
