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Omar Mateen of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, came to the attention of federal authorities twice prior to being identified as the gunman in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting, a senior law enforcement source told The Daily Beast. Mateen 53 people and shot more than 100 in total at the Pulse gay nightclub early Sunday morning, […]
As the Islamic State, ISIS or Daesh, continues to lose territoryin Iraq and Syria, it’s their next act that most concerns Michael Lumpkin, the Obama administration’s new counter-propaganda czar. “What I fear is that Daesh, once it’s constrained on the battlespace, it will rebrand itself as something else. And then we have to be ready for that,” Lumpkin, told Defense […]
This photo really says it all for me. It’s not meant to pick on LaRue Tactical, I hear they make fine guns although I’ve never shot one. So what’s wrong with the sniper rifle of today? What’s plaguing an industry of copy cats and me too AR platforms? They are way too heavy and too […]
Steve DelBianco flew out to California two months ago to check on how his son was doing in basic Navy SEAL training. He left a couple of days later, feeling reassured. Danny DelBianco, who had spent years preparing for this moment, seemed to be acing one of the world’s most grueling mental and physical endurance […]
I was invited recently to shoot at Professional shooter Taran Butler’s private range just north of LA. It was a good day at the range with good company. Anyway, I’m not a big “match” (no one is shooting back at you either) shooter, but Taran is obviously a Pro and was a super nice guy. I think […]
If people are not members of ISIS, they are fair game for their corpses being mutilated and desecrated.
An American who joined ISIS was charged in federal court Thursday with providing support to the terror group. Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26, who grew up in Virginia, is the first ISIS-affiliated American to have been captured on the battlefield. He appeared in court in Alexandria, Virginia, with family members and heard the charges he is […]
One of the biggest challenges facing Iraqi special forces as they try to recapture territory from the Islamic State comes in persuading local communities with a deep distrust of the Iraqi government to reveal any ISIS sympathizers living among them. That challenge was clearly exposed in a recent Vice News documentary produced by two journalists who embedded […]
China Defense Blog has republished a series of photos depicting life on one of China’s most modern ships. The photos show a world not too different from western navies, albeit with more spartan living conditions. Hefei, a Type 052D guided missile destroyer, is roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Displacing 7,000 tons, Hefei has […]
The child soldier posed for the camera, holding a machine-gun and wearing black clothes and army boots. He refused to give his name or his age, but it was obvious from his appearance – his facial hair barely grown – that he was only a teenager. The boy fights along with Hashd Al Ameriat – a shia militia. The […]
Disenchanted Islamic State (ISIS) members recruited from the West have increasingly been contacting their governments and asking for help in getting home, according to diplomats and a Syrian network that aids defectors. Some have turned up at diplomatic missions in Turkey, and others have sent furtive messages to their governments seeking assistance in escaping from […]
The makeshift mortar looked like something from an old pirate ship, and it took the Kurdish fighters several days to figure out how to use the improvised weapon seized in a skirmish with ISIS. When they finally did, they crouched behind sandbags and launched a series of homemade shells found with the device at a […]
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Our roots in shooting sports started off back in 1996 with our founder and CEO, Josh Ungier. His love of airguns took hold of our company from day one and we became the first e-commerce retailer dedicated to airguns, optics, ammo, and accessories. Over the next 25 years, customers turned to us for our unmatched product selection, great advice, education, and continued support of the sport and airgun industry.
