Author: The Notorious FDE

Of all the US Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is perhaps my favorite. In his life he did it all: author, rancher, big game hunter, explorer, military leader, police commissioner, Secretary of the Navy… Oh yeah, and POTUS. Breach and clear writes Most importantly, he was a shooter and fellow gun hoarder. His favorite rifles were those […]

We often encourage Carry Lifers to find some mode of competition as a way to practice. The reason why, we hope, is amply clear: As a method for debugging your technique, few things are as reliable. Especially if you supplement competition with good and continuing instruction, both your skills and your enjoyment of shooting as […]

From studying history, we know that the gunfighters of the Old West usually used a point-shooting technique in their fights. That is, they raised the handgun to eye level and looked across the top of it, only referring to the sights if they were shooting at longer distances. Other popular terms for this defensive shooting […]

North Korea responded Wednesday to European concerns about being in the path of Pyongyang’s potentially nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by assuring the leader of Western military alliance NATO that such weapons were only intended for the U.S. News week writes NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said during an interview last week with Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun that “Europe has also […]

You need to give your own handgun skills an honest appraisal. From novice to expert, these standards will encourage the average shooter to excel and present a basis for procedure. Gun digest reports Handgun shooters can be classified by novice, beginner, specialist and expert. An honest evaluation of your handgun skill level is necessary to […]

North Korea’s nuclear threat may presently have the world’s attention but ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland aren’t the only weapons of mass destruction in Kim Jong Un’s arsenal. News Week reports Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities are well understood and high on the agenda of President Donald Trump in his ongoing five-country trip to Asia, but a recent […]

GUNS.com writes Courtland Hunt, the Florida spearfisherman who has been sniping invasive lionfish on their home turf, details his ‘Raygun’ underwater suppressor that looks like something out of Flash Gordon. The all-baffle and no can suppressor that isn’t is built by Airborne Arms, a Type 07-Manufacturer, with the support of Lone Wolf. Hunt has been operating out […]

A Colorado gun shop owner who once sold a gun to the Texas church shooter says he relied on federal and state systems to vet the customer. NY Daily writes Devin Kelley’s 2012 conviction on two counts of domestic assault should have prevented him from buying weapons, including the one he used in the massacre, but the Air […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A memo included in recently released John F. Kennedy documents shows that the FBI was concerned about the growing political power of Latinos, historians say. USN reports Among the thousands of documents released last week was a memo from an FBI informant who kept watch on a Dallas chapter of the […]

Conservatives are boycotting Jim Beam bourbon and donating money to pro-life organizations as retribution against actress Mila Kunis, who recently revealed she set up a recurring donation to Planned Parenthood under Mike Pence’s name, The Hollywood Reporter reports. During an appearance on Conan last week, Bad Moms Christmas star Kunis, 34, explained that she has been peacefully protesting Pence’s Draconian anti-woman […]