Author: The Notorious FDE

Jesus that’s intense, here is what went down.  the Maven writes Sevierville, Tennessee – A Sevier County Sheriff’s Officer deputy suffered an apparent panic attack four minutes into an armed standoff. A paramedic had to take his gun away from him to continue holding off the suspect. (Video below) Deputy Justin Johnson did not mention […]

Even though efforts to authorize use of the controversial warfarin-based hog poison commercially known as Kaput met with stiff resistance and ultimately failed, that has not stopped scientists from looking for other tools to use for hog control in Texas. For instance, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently experimenting with a sodium nitrite hog poison […]

Outdoor hub writes Humans do many things in a day. Just stop and think about all the tasks you complete on a daily basis; from the time you wipe the drool off your face in the morning, until you put on your Spider-Man pajamas on each night. Most of these tasks are mundane, simple things. […]

There are no advanced skills. Responding to a threat is a matter of being able to apply the fundamentals. The techniques used should be simple to understand, easy to learn – with the appropriate investment – and easy to apply. For example moving, communicating with the threat – issuing verbal commands, using cover, and shooting […]

One of the most difficult things about learning to shoot a handgun well is the general inability to see yourself, so to speak, “in action.” Certainly the advent of smartphones or GoPro-like cameras helps to some extent. Just take a look at YouTube—or similar sites like these—and you’ll find plenty of shooting content. That’s the good […]

Our 10-yard bullseye drill this month comes from top trainer Larry Vickers of Vickers Tacticalby way of Ken Hackathorn. Vickers likes to emphasize speed and accuracy, and his variation of Hackathorn’s drill uses the NRA 25-yard Timed and Rapid Fire Pistol Target to help make his point. The objective in this drill is to keep all your shots […]

Knowing how to efficiently and effectively reload is a crucial part of operating a defensive firearm in a gunfight. How to reload your gun to get it back into the fight: Empty Reload Speed Reload Tactical Reload New York Reload Perfecting Your Reloading You’re rapidly engaging targets with accurate hits. The weapon runs dry, action […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being the mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole in a Yemeni port to go on trial before an American war crimes military tribunal. Raw Story reports The justices declined to hear an appeal by […]

BEIRUT (AP) – Raqqa’s infamous public square where Islamic State militants used to perform brutal executions and beheadings has been captured Monday by the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force fighting the extremist group in Syria, as officials say they expect the city to fall “within a few days.” Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said […]

Talk of missiles and mayhem has found ample play in the news cycle as of late as Trump tweets and international sanctions inflame the nuclear aspirations of the North Korean government. The Bold Italic writes The San Francisco Bay Area is a rich and densely populated innovation hub within intercontinental-ballistic-missile (ICBM) striking distance of East Asia, and […]