A 59-year-old man is in police custody after a Chicago homeowner with a valid Concealed Carry License (CCL) shot him during an attempted garage burglary early Saturday morning. The incident occurred in the 5100-block of S. Loomis Boulevard, and the suspect is expected to survive his injuries. CHICAGO, IL — The early morning silence of Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood was broken by gunfire Saturday when a homeowner confronted an intruder on his property. At approximately 2:39 a.m., Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 5100-block of S. Loomis Boulevard. Upon arrival, investigators…
Author: Tommy Grant
Let’s be honest—finding the perfect range bag can feel like trying to find a needle in a tactical haystack. Soft-sided, hard-sided, backpack-style, duffel-style… there’s no shortage of options. But what if the best range bag wasn’t marketed as one at all? Yep, we’re talking about using a tool bag as a range bag—specifically the CLC 25-Pocket Tool Bag. Originally designed for tradesmen, this rugged, no-nonsense workhorse has quietly become a go-to option for shooters who want something low-key, durable, and highly functional. If you’re tired of overpriced, overbuilt range bags that scream “I’m carrying firearms,” stick around. You might just…
This article was originally published by Lance D Johnson at Natural News. The United States, in lockstep with Israel, has ignited a direct military conflict with Iran, a move that has triggered an aggressive and catastrophic retaliation, which is currently justifying a sweeping expansion of war. The U.S. targeting Iranian leadership and sinking an Iranian frigate in international waters has elicited blood-curdling vows of revenge from Tehran’s highest clerical authorities. Key points: Senior Iranian Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli has explicitly called for the “shedding of Trump’s blood” in a televised address, signaling a shift to personal, existential threats. Iran has…
Your weekly roundup of the biggest Second Amendment and gun rights news from The Truth About Guns. The Big Story Austin Terror Attack Reignites Gun-Free Zone Debate The week’s dominant story began on the night of March 1, when Ndiaga Diagne, a 53-year-old Senegalese immigrant, opened fire with an AR-pattern rifle at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden near the University of Texas-Austin campus. He killed two people and wounded more before Austin police engaged and neutralized him in under a minute. The attack immediately sparked two parallel debates: whether it should be classified as terrorism, and whether Texas’s “51% rule”—which prohibits…
Trump administration officials conceded during a private briefing on Capitol Hill this week that Iran’s Shahed-136 drone is proving more disruptive on the battlefield than the Pentagon had anticipated, two people familiar with the matter told Military Times. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine led the group of senior military leaders who warned lawmakers that gaps in counter-drone technology could leave U.S. forces and assets increasingly vulnerable.“They were ill-prepared,” one person inside the briefing said, referring to U.S. defense plans in the Middle East. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has…
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force, Joint Interagency Task Force 401, is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico over the weekend.“By working hand-in-hand with the [Federal Aviation Administration] and our interagency partners, we are ensuring that these cutting-edge capabilities are safe, effective, and ready to protect Americans from emerging drone threats,” U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of the JIATF-401, stated in a release. “Our measure of success is to quickly deliver state-of-the-art C-UAS capability to the warfighter, and this test furthers that mission.”The release did not state the…
You just dropped serious money on a quality suppressor. You waited through the paperwork. Now you’re finally on the other side of that process, can threaded onto your barrel, and ready to experience the quietest, most satisfying range session of your life. Then you feed it the same bulk steel-case plinking ammo you’ve been running through your AR for the past three years. Here’s the thing: it’ll probably work. But “probably works” and “performs at its best” are two very different things when you’re shooting suppressed. The ammo you choose has a bigger impact on your suppressed shooting experience than…
An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday.While the U.S. has used Patriot and THAAD missile systems to take down Iranian missiles successfully, there are limited effective anti-drone defenses now in the Middle East, according to a U.S. defense official, one of two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters.The U.S. response to countering Iran’s Shahed drones has been “disappointing,” the other U.S. official said, particularly because…
The National Rifle Association is calling out the mayor of Michigan’s largest city for his recent disparaging remarks about lawful gun owners. In a recent news alert, the NRA chronicled how Grand Rapids Mayor David LaGrand, a first-term Democrat, recently went on a tirade against gun owners. And there’s no doubt he spoke what he really thought because he prefaced his comments with, “The NRA is going to be mad at me.” In late February, LaGrand held a community meeting where he was expected to address community policing policies following an officer-involved shooting that is currently under investigation. Instead, he…
Air Force Global Strike Command conducted an operational test launch Tuesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test reentry vehicles.Designated GT 255, the launch was scheduled years in advance and was not in response to current world events, according to an official AFGSC release. The test, which occurred at 11:01 p.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, is one of more than 300 conducted under a decades-long evaluation program aimed at confirming the weapon system’s reliability and performance.The missile’s two reentry vehicles, designed to increase the missile’s effectiveness against defended targets, traveled thousands of…