Take a look inside the massive Navy hospital ship tasked with saving lives in Puerto Rico

Take a look inside the massive Navy hospital ship tasked with saving lives in Puerto Rico

The massive Mercy-Class Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived off the coast of hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico earlier this week, as a part of a government wide response to the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria on September 20th.  The ship’s presence came amid a flurry of political posturing and accusations between prominent […]

After 78 killings, a Honduran drug lord partners with the US

After 78 killings, a Honduran drug lord partners with the US

The number of murders the Honduran drug lord admitted to orchestrating over 10 years was stunning. The dead included people he described as killers, rapists and gang members. Then there were the innocents: a lawyer, two journalists, a Honduran refugee in Canada, an official who was serving as Honduras’s antidrug czar and a politician who […]

2 soldiers killed, 6 injured as vehicle collides with formation on Fort Jackson, SC

2 soldiers killed, 6 injured as vehicle collides with formation on Fort Jackson, SC

Two soldiers were killed and six more were injured in an incident involving a military vehicle and group formation on Fort Jackson in South Carolina on Friday.  All of the injured soldiers were evacuated to a nearby civilian hospital where two remain in critical condition. According to a statement made by Pat Jones of the […]

ICE threatens at-large arrests after California passes sanctuary city law

ICE threatens at-large arrests after California passes sanctuary city law

The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency rebuked Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., on Friday for enacting a statewide sanctuary law for illegal immigrants, and said the decision will prompt a higher number of raids that target that population. “Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to sign SB54 and make California a sanctuary state for […]

The 5 guys you always meet on Armslist

The 5 guys you always meet on Armslist

Just recently a few local gun guys and I were discussing the worst parts of buying, selling, and trading firearms. This mostly has to do with using Armslist. Armslist is a site I love, and appreciate. The people presented have nothing to do with the platform itself. It’s more of a reflection on gun culture […]

2 US airmen describe how they escaped the scene of the Las Vegas shooting

2 US airmen describe how they escaped the scene of the Las Vegas shooting

It was just a typical day for two 823rd Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuel systems maintainers. Staff Sgt. Dondre Wood and Airman 1st Class Korie Morimoto had tickets to the Route 91 Harvest Festival Oct. 1. Little did either of them know, the events that would transpire over the next hours would lead to the largest […]

Let’s do something! Common sense gun laws for bumpfire: Change the National Firearms Act

Let’s do something! Common sense gun laws for bumpfire: Change the National Firearms Act

In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, there have been cries to do something. Many believe that we need new laws. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has introduced federal legislation to ban the sale and possession of bump-fire stocks or any other device, attachment, or accessory that can accelerate a semi-automatic rifle’s rate of fire. The […]

‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel’s probe: sources

‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel’s probe: sources

The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy’s dossier of allegations of Russian financial and personal links to President Donald Trump’s campaign and associates, sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters. A report compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele […]

I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.

I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.

Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site. She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.” Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting silencers, shrinking magazine sizes […]