Now that we have stats running, again, we’re pleasantly suprised to see that we’re more popular than we were before our stats plugin went tango uniform in August. We attribute that to our genial commenters and to the sites that link to us, among them: WesternRifleShooters.wordpress.com. This site has been for years one of the …
Frederick II “The Great’s” sarcophagus was hidden in a mineshaft by Nazis who feared it would be destroyed by the Allies. It wasn’t (his peripatetic corpse finally was buried on his lawn where he’d originally requested — in the 21st Century). Frederick II, “the Great,” of Prussia was one of the most brilliant generals that …
This site is a worthwhile, irregularly updated look at, like the title says, the history, technology and development of firearms. It’s found at firearmshistory.blogspot.com. Welcome to the Firearms History, Technology and Development blog. In this blog, we will trace the history of firearms development over the years, advances in technologies and the world wide development and spread …
There are negligent dischrges and then there are grossly negligent discharges. We stopped counting when our number register overflowed trying to add up all the things that had to be done negligently for this accident to happen: CHICAGO (CBS) – A 5-year-old girl jumping on a bed was injured by a bullet early Saturday when …
In New Jersey, Too Many Bears Well, everyone knows the answer for too many bears. Black bears have been irritating New Jerseyites for a while, and have recently taken to eating them, which the state wildlife authorities think is just a little too much success on the part of the once-endangered predators. So they put …
It would probably have been a lot easier for Anthony Brisbane to deal with Trevor Pufall (mugshot left) if he were one of the many Floridians licensed to carry a gun, but instead he found himself in the fight of his life with just the objects he could get his hands on in his workplace: …
Only in California. A legal dope dealer’s runner gets held up — by two tong fa wielding ninjas. Lord love a duck. Could we jam more California stereotypes than that in one story? Well, insightful question, thanks for asking, and the answer is hell, yeah. The picture of the grey-maned hippie that we thought was …
Poland is a nation with a distinct language, culture, and location, and an utter lack of defensible borders. As a result, European history features the periodic appearance, flowering, defeat, enslavement, relocation and sometimes erasure of the Polish state. No one is more aware of this than the Poles, many of whom are old enough to …
There’s no shortage of good charities you can support that support the troops. Tom von Kaenel, a Yank who lives in England, is trying to raise a pretty good chunk of money for several of those charities: £5 million and $10 million to support wounded and injured UK and US soldiers respectively. Tom knows what …
The Bulgarian Martyresses: Makovsky’s painting of bashi-bazouk misconduct was pan-Slavic war propaganda. In 1877, Turkey and Russia were two empires experiencing the latest of many wars around their peripheries. The issues were the usual: territory and religion. You could as easily have said that it was one two-century war punctuated by tense armistices; for the …