The City of Dallas has released a video and a “Frequently Asked Questions” guide to advise the public about changes to Texas open carry laws that will go in effect on January 1, The Dallas Morning News reported. Citizens with concealed carry permits will be allowed to openly carry handguns in non-prohibited areas. Realizing that…
Military History: The Legendary Christmas Truce of 1914
This month’s original Task & Purpose comic is in the spirit of the season. During the Christmas Truce of 1914, German and British soldiers laid down their arms and met in no man’s land to play a spirited game of soccer. An incredible story that’s hard to imagine ever occurring. Read the Remainder of the…
Crusader Corner: When Terrorist Assault Cities
To be prepared for these Terrorist eventualities, we, as Civilian Operators, have to STOP thinking in these very broad, ambiguous terms of “Preparing for Terrorism” and start narrowing our focus in how EXACTLY we are going to prepare for these attacks. In the vast majority of attacks in the past decade, several small teams of…
Cartel Corner #39: Sinaloa Cartel Boss’ nephews Murder could spark more Narco Violence
Although details on the killing of a power drug capo’s nephew are still scarce, there is reason to believe the murder foreshadows a conflict for Mexico’s mighty Sinaloa Cartel. In the city of Culiacan, within the Sinaloa Cartel’s stronghold of Sinaloa state, a truck full of unidentified assailants reportedly opened fire on another truck full of men….
A Case Study Why Government “Encryption Back Doors” are a BAD Ideal
ENCRYPTION BACKDOORS HAVE been a hot topic in the last few years—and the controversial issue got even hotter after the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, when it dominated media headlines. It even came up during this week’s Republican presidential candidate debate. But despite all the attention focused on backdoors lately, no one noticed that…
The People Will Waken and Listen to Hear
Let me be clear: I am NOT posting this article to show my support for Donald Trump for President..I am posting it for it’s innate message, which I think speaks for itself. -SF “In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoofbeats of that…
The Obsolete/Outdated “Empty-Chamber” Pistol Carry Method
With the preceding post about the spineless liberals at the campus at UT-Austin in my home state of Texas promoting the “empty-chamber” method of handgun carry for carry on University campus grounds, I thought it appropriate to have one of HCS’ contributing authors and one of the leading authorities on handgun training and self-defense with…
UT-Austin’s Proposed Campus Carry Rules and “Israeli Carry”
We at SCC have made our opposition to UT-Austin’s proposed empty-chamber requirement loud and clear. As we’ve repeatedly stated, carrying a semiautomatic handgun with an empty chamber flies in the face of the standard training offered by every U.S. firearms school, police academy, and military branch. In fact, we know of only one professional fighting…
Dose of Truth: Anti-Semitism is Alive and Well in the World, but “Islamophobia” is more of a headline it seems…
Is it me or is there something terribly wrong with this picture? Trumps comments about denying Muslims entry into the U.S. created a HUGE stink, but not one word of this headline will ever cross all the major “news” outlets. Wake up folks! There is an agenda here.-SF Kuwait Airways cancels NY-to-London flight rather than…
Cartel Corner #38: Mexican Marines Raid El Chapo Guzman’s Hometown, but amazingly they still don’t know where he is!
The charade continues in typical dramatic fashion….I wonder how much per day all the bribes Guzman is paying out break down too? a Million? 2 Million? -SF Earlier this week, Mexican troops entered La Tuna, the hometown of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in northwestern Mexico, and while it seems the soldiers are…