Combat Handguns » June 2010

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RUGER SR9c

New compact polymer powerhouse boasting up to 18 shots of stopping power.

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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Sneak Peek: EoTech EXPS3-2

EoTech’s newest optic has added a couple of new features — can perfection be improved upon?

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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

“Hollywood Guns” exhibit will debut at NRA National Firearms Museum June 25.

Guns from the hands of Hollywood’s greatest actors and icons will be on display at the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia beginning June 25, 2010. Titled Hollywood Guns, the exhibit showcases firearms from silver screen classics like Stagecoach to 2010 Best Picture Oscar Winner The Hurt Locker.
“Hollywood Guns is all about phenomenal firearms [...]

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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Mexican pirates get hooks into Texas fishermen.

Falcon Lake is famous for its monster bass and for the maniacal obsession of the fishermen who come from all over Texas — and the world — to stalk them. Now this remote reservoir that straddles the international boundary is known for something else: pirates.
In the past month, crews of outlaws in a small armada [...]

Related Topics: Mexico, Pirates, Texas

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

NRA says “there are serious problems” with endorsing Supreme Court nominee Kagan.

In her first weeks as dean of Harvard Law School in 2003, Elena Kagan put the warring sides of the gun-rights debate in a room and let them fight it out.
The debate between gun-control advocates and 2nd Amendment purists was sponsored by the law school’s target shooting club, and Kagan showed her support by [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Law Enforcement »

Oklahoma jail says inmates in pink tops, yellow and white pants easy to find.

Bright orange jail uniforms just weren’t enough to make inmates stand out in one Oklahoma county.
Some may say the hot-pink shirts and yellow-and-white striped pants now worn by Cleveland County, Okla., inmates make them look more like clowns than criminals. But sheriff’s officials say the uniforms are meant to make it easy to find inmates [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Military »

Fort Hood shooting suspect making 1st court appearance as defense attorney seeks to delay case.

The Army psychiatrist accused of opening fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding dozens more, was to make his first military courtroom appearance Tuesday as his attorney seeks to delay the case.
Neither Maj. Nidal Hasan nor any witnesses were expected to speak during the hearing, at which military prosecutors and defense attorneys planned to [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Military »

Navy’s drone death ray “successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed” a drone in flight.

For years, the U.S. Navy has been pursuing a workable ray gun that could provide a leap ahead in ship self-defenses.
Now, with a series of tests of a system called the Laser Weapon System, or LaWS), it may be one step closer to that goal.
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the service’s technology development arm, announced [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

U.S. believes it killed al Qaeda’s number three man.

Al Qaeda says its No. 3 man and commander of its operations in Afghanistan has died, according to a group that monitors Islamist Web sites.
Al Qaeda announced the death of Mustafa Abu Yazid in a message posted on such Web sites on Monday, the Maryland-based SITE Intelligence Group said. While the message didn’t detail the [...]

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Ohio reaches CCW reciprocity agreement with North Dakota.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has announced concealed carry reciprocity with the state of North Dakota.
North Dakota becomes the 20th state to have reciprocity with Ohio and the second new agreement announced this month.
Read the text of AG Cordray’s announcement below.
I am pleased to inform you that my office has negotiated another agreement to extend [...]

Related Topics: CCW, North Dakota, Ohio, Reciprocity