My brother Chris and I were once again asked to offer up a rebuttal to an editorial in USA Today newspaper this week. Unfortunately, the paper rescinded the offer when Chris Cox, executive director of NRA’s lobbying division, offered to do the job. This is the longer version of what we had to say….
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Ancient Military History: The Romans Secret “Terror Weapon”
Archeologists have unearthed a set of Roman lead sling bullets which were used against the barbarian foes in Scotland. The bullets were found to make a piercing whistle noise when hurled through the air, a sound thought to have been used to strike terror in their enemies 1,800 years ago. According to an article…
Cyber-War: The Big Hack of NYC
A scenario that could happen based on what already has. On December 4, 2017, at a little before nine in the morning, an executive at Goldman Sachs was swiping through the day’s market report in the backseat of a hired SUV heading south on the West Side Highway when his car suddenly swerved to the…
Terror Watch Alert: Three People Arrested At Holland Tunnel After Vehicle Search Revealed Weapons Cache
Three people were arrested when police discovered a weapons cache in a vehicle headed to New York City during a search at the Holland Tunnel on Tuesday, officials confirmed to Fox News. 3 Arrested With Loaded Guns, Knives, Body Armor at Holland Tunnel Three people were arrested with multiple loaded guns, rifles and ballistic vests…
Armed Citizen Corner: Time to Shape Up!
This is great advice because all of us get lazy and complacent, it is just human nature. Something that is not said OFTEN ENOUGH in Firearms Training Circles is this: HAVING A GUN IS NOT ENOUGH! What good is it that you can shoot the lights out but can’t go 15 seconds in a fight…
Military Weapons From The Past: Swiss 1893 Mannlicher Calvary Carbine
I have an affinity for Swiss Bolt Actions. The Schmidt-Rubin was one of my first Curio and Relic Firearms and the 7.5×55 Swiss is one the more accurate calibers of the C/R Bolt Actions.-SF The Swiss were the first country to adopt a bolt action repeating rifle with their Vetterli, and followed this by changing…
RKBA News: All Versions Of So-Called “Terror Watchlist” Are An Affront to Liberty
Panicky Senate Republicans, spooked by a filibuster into allowing votes on using a so-called “terror watchlist” as an excuse to ban gun sales, is expected to offer up legislation today to compete with Democrat demands, in a wholly unnecessary, election year “compromise” on the right to keep and bear arms. Even Donald Trump has indicated…
Prepping Lessons: Venezuela Ransack Stores as Hunger Grips Nation
It is downright Apocalyptic in Venezuela folks. Send your prayers and anything else you can. We also need to LEARN from this, as a Nation that thinks it is too big to fail, this could just as easily be the United State in no time. -SF CUMANÁ, Venezuela — With delivery trucks under constant attack,…
World War II History: When Hemmingway Stashed Bazookas In A Parisian Hotel Room
Troops marched in Rambouillet, kicking up dust just outside of Paris as the war correspondent dotted around town on assignment. Ernest Hemingway was there, ostensibly, as a reporter, not a combatant. But he may have been stretching the boundaries of press freedoms while commanding a group of French Resistance fighters and journalists to help liberate…
Future Warfare: The Kremlin’s Football Hooligans
This year’s UEFA European Championship has been rocked by violence. While football hooliganism is nothing new, what happened this year appears organized as well as political. Moreover, the worst hooligans involved are Russian. Given the difficult relations at present between Moscow and the European Union, questions have arisen about what’s really going on. First, the…