Great Britain has some of the strictest, most socialist Gun Laws in the World and yet a politician was SHOT and STABBED in broad daylight Today. If the liberal idealogy of “The Answer to gun violence is more Gun Regulation” then why is that asinine ideal not holding water in one of the most anti-gun, socialist…
Author: The Tactical Hermit
Armed Texan and Part-Time Bard.
Modern Crime: The Worst Pedophile in History
For more than 40 years, William James Vahey drugged and abused hundreds of pupils at international schools around the world. A Guardian investigation reveals that, despite numerous opportunities to stop him, nothing was done. On 21 March 2014, a 64-year-old teacher named William James Vahey checked into a cheap hotel in the tiny Minnesota town…
Texas News: Muslim Threatens To Kill Those Who Refuse To Take Copies of Qur’an
First the Amarillo Wal-Mart thing, now this. I did a post yesterday Warning you guys about Ramadan. Just Another example of why. -SF It is shaping up to be such a lovely Ramadan. Twenty more days to go, too. “Man Threatens Death on Those Who Refuse to Accept Copies of the Quran: Police,” by Frank…
Dose of Truth: Before You Go Thinking Guns Are the Problem…
In Memoriam: MSgt. John Davis, USMC
I wanted to take a moment and send out a Memorial to my friend Bobby who lost his dad, Master Sgt. John Davis, USMC this week to illness. Jut letting you know our thoughts and prayers are with you and your Family Bobby during this time. May the road rise up to meet you….
Security Corner: Never Forgetting Where You REALLY Are
As a Parent, yesterday’s news about the 2 Year old at Disney World Resort getting killed by an Alligator was gut wrenching for me. My family’s thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the child during this very hard time. Every time there is a tragedy like this, it is inedible that questions…
Military Weapons From the Past: The Soviet SVT-38 Rifle
A lot of people think that the US was the only country in World War II to mass-issue a semiautomatic infantry rifle, but that isn’t true. While the US was the only country to issue *everyone* a semi auto, both the Soviet Union and Germany produced large numbers of them. The Soviet rifle in particular…
Military History: The Waterloo They Remembered
By Bernard Cornwell Two hundred years ago, in a shallow valley south of Brussels, three armies fought the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon had returned from exile on Elba to face a coalition of European enemies, who were now determined to oust him a second time. The closest opponents were the Prussian and British-Dutch armies to…
Inspirational: My Father Escaped the Nazi’s and Then Taught Me Everything I Know
Popular Mechanics senior home editor Roy Berendsohn sits down with his father Oscar to talk about the advice and inspiration he received from his dad, a veteran and satellite engineer. For three decades, Popular Mechanics readers have turned to senior home editor Roy Berendsohn, 56, for instruction on nearly any home project, along with advice…
World War II History: 8 Bad-Ass Women of WW2
Heroism — especially in times of war — tends to produce gendered associations. We think of men fighting (and dying) valiantly, while women wait passively at home for their spouses to return. The historical record produces a different picture, however. Among the many heroes of World War II are these bad-ass women. Spies, snipers, surgeons,…