SHIPPING NOW!! Magpul Fall Apparel Line

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September 22, 2016

Magpul is excited to announce the release of our Fall 2016 Apparel Line. Details can be found at the links below. Please help us spread the word around the industry.

“With Fall comes Magpul’s second release of apparel, a few new styles that will keep you warm and active outdoors as the temperatures drop and the adventures change. These new additions to our “Everyday Wear” apparel continue the direction of mating traditional styling with modern engineering to create performance essentials that are as useful in the work week as they are on the weekend. By mixing natural fibers like wool and cotton with more modern synthetics we have created several new styles that you can use and abuse, wash at home and never have to visit a dry cleaners. Everyday Wear, Everyday Where?”

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Brodie Flannel https://www.magpul.com/products/magpul-brodie-flannel
Hays Polo https://www.magpul.com/products/magpul-hays-polo
Sterling Sweater https://www.magpul.com/products/magpul-sterling-1-4-zip
Barton Henley https://www.magpul.com/products/magpul-barton-henley
Pullover https://www.magpul.com/products/magpul-badge-hoodie-pullover
Wicking Polo https://www.magpul.com/products/magpul-wicking-polo

Behind Delta Force, the most secretive unit in the world

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September 22, 2016

Delta Force is the Army’s top covert combat unit, with a long history of hunting terrorists and rescuing hostages in war zones around the world. When Kurdish fighters in Iraq heard that ISIS was preparing to execute dozens of captives during the last year, America sent Delta Force commandos to help.

The raid was a success, resulting in the rescue of 70 hostages. But Delta Force also lost one of its own, 39-year old Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler, a married father of four.

Delta Force isn’t mentioned in the Pentagon’s depictions of the raid, or of Wheeler’s career. Officially, the U.S. military doesn’t even acknowledge Delta Force or the other covert counterterrorism units under its Joint Special Operations Command, which have conducted some of the most successful operations of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and have become President Obama’s favored on-the-ground weapon against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

But the missions are often chronicled in the media, and have been the subject of numerous books and movies, most notably the Navy’s SEAL Team Six’s killing of Osama bin Laden, chronicled in the film “Zero Dark Thirty.”

Delta Force, by comparison, keeps a lower public profile, often embedding themselves within other military units. Its commandos were involved in the rescue of State Department personnel during the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya. They captured Abu Ahmed Khattala, one of the terrorists suspected in carrying out that attack, in June 2014.

A month after that operation, Delta Force commandos led an attempt to rescue a number of U.S. hostages in Syria, including American aid worker Kayla Mueller and journalist James Foley. The mission failed, and Mueller and Foley later died.

Last May Delta Force commandos killed ISIS leader Abu Sayyaf during a raid in Syria, capturing his wife and freeing a young woman whom U.S. officials said had been enslaved in the militant’s compound.

For all its renown, Delta Force’s introduction to the American public was ignominious.

Created in 1977 by a veteran of the Army’s Special Forces in Vietnam, Delta Force’s first mission was Operation Eagle Claw, the failed 1980 attempt to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran. That debacle, in which eight Americans were killed, prompted the Pentagon to tighten up oversight of Delta Force and other elite counterterrorism units and place them under the command of JSOC.

The United States used Delta Force in the 1980s invasions of Granada and Panama, and the search for Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. In the 1990s, Delta Force deployed to Somalia to hunt warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed, a mission that led to a failed assault on a pair of Aideed lieutenants in which 18 American servicemen died, including five Delta Force operators. That mission was portrayed in the book and movie “Black Hawk Down.”

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Delta Force was used to hunt leaders of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, and helped American ground troops track down Saddam Hussein in 2003.

With the targeting of terror networks came an increased cooperation with like-minded fighters in foreign countries, a strategy that had been a specialty of the Army Special Forces, or Green Berets, said Linda Robinson, an international policy analyst at RAND.

In the chaos of the twin wars came the rise of ISIS. Rather than recommit ground troops to this new fight, America has paired airstrikes with “train and assist” partnerships with local security forces. Much of that work is being performed JSOC units, including a Delta Force-led team in Iraqi Kurdistan that targets top ISIS leaders, according to an account in Foreign Policy.

Until now, those missions have focused on Syria. But the effort now seems to be expanding to Iraq.

“This is one thing some are arguing — the need to be out and do more,” Robinson said. “You risk more casualties, of course, but you can also gain more information and intelligence.”

Source Article from http://www.special-ops.org/19482/behind-delta-force-the-most-secretive-unit-in-the-world.html

The only American MIA from Gulf War found in Iraq after 18 years

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September 21, 2016

The Navy pilot, Capt. Michael Scott Speicher was the only American missing in action during the first Persian Gulf war in 1991.

Efforts to determine what happened to him after his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down by an Iraqi warplane on Jan. 17, 1991, had continued despite false rumors and scant information.

Conflicting reports from Iraq had, over the years, fueled speculation that the pilot, promoted to captain from the lieutenant commander in the years he was missing, might have been taken into captivity either after parachuting from his jet or after a crash landing.

But the evidence in Iraq suggests he did not survive and was buried by Bedouins shortly after he was shot down.

His remains were found in 2009 as Marines in western Iraq had received information from local residents about the crash of an American jet and the burial of the pilot.

“One of these Iraqi citizens stated that they were present when Captain Speicher was found dead at the crash site by Bedouins and his remains buried,” the statement said. “The Iraqi citizens led U.S. Marines to the site.”

A search of the area recovered remains that included bones and skeletal fragments, which were flown to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for scientific examination.

Captain Michael Scott Speicher’s funeral

Positive identification was made by visual and radiographical comparisons of Captain Speicher’s dental records with the jawbone recovered at the site.

“Our Navy will never give up looking for a shipmate, regardless of how long or how difficult that search may be,” said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, in a statement. “We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Captain Speicher and his family for the sacrifice they have made for our nation and the example of strength they have set for all of us.”

After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s government, a joint team from the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency sifted through recovered documents, interrogated prisoners of war and searched possible crash sites to try to determine Captain Speicher’s fate.

Defense Department officials had been skeptical about reports that Captain Speicher was alive. Some of those reports were haunting, including one story that his initials or name had been found scratched into the wall of a cell in an Iraqi prison.

A crash site had been identified as early as 1993 when a group of Qataris that had been on a hunting trip in remote west-central Iraq handed over some materials they found that later were identified as coming from his jet.

In December 1995, the United States, working through the International Committee of the Red Cross, was able to send a team to the crash site to investigate. They found no ejection seat and no signs of a body or bones.

Source Article from http://www.special-ops.org/19543/the-only-american-mia-from-gulf-war-found-in-iraq-after-18-years.html

We Like Shooting 157 – Red Scorpion

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September 19, 2016

Welcome to the We Like Shooting show, Episode 157 – tonight we’ll talk about Lock boxes, slings, our training weekend, Black Rhino Concealment and more!

Full show notes here!

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Source: https://welikeshooting.com/show/157/

ETYMOTIC High-Definition Electronic EB 15-LE BlastPLG Earplugs

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Eric TGL

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September 18, 2016

No matter what environment you operate in, we as human being are extremely dependent on our senses. For most of us, we are not running from predators or submersed into the food chain as our ancestors may have been. There are some, however, who have jobs, hobbies or indulge in sports that require us to use every sense available.

Let’s take hunting as an example, if you have spent any length of time watching and studying the habits of your prey, you get a perfect understanding of survival in action. You would see an animal making use of every sense the Creator instilled in him. A deer for instance; every step of all fours are planned not to make noise. His ears independently search like two satellite dishes rotating and scanning for the slightest noise that does not fit into the norm. His eyes constantly watch for any unusual movement and while his nose smells and processes every particle in the air. When the deer hears something, everything freezes; no more chewing and a pause in breathing, while all attention is on ears and eyes. Both ears focus on the direction he heard something and work together to pinpoint the source. If he detects an unusual sound it is a threat and he begins the warning stomp with a front leg.

This brings me to the point of the article. I have started protecting my ears from noise that I previously never worried about before. Since retiring from the Fire Service, I now control the level of sound entering my ears. These days, I spend more time in nature, not in the modern noise polluted world.

The challenge with hearing protection lies in trying to retain total environmental awareness without the risk of either acute or chronic hearing loss. So how can we improve our hearing and the mind’s ability to process what we hear while protecting our ears? The answer comes from the folks at Etymotic.

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I personally have been using the ETYMOTIC EB 15-LE Blast PLG Earplugs. These plugs were created for Law Enforcement, SWAT teams and anyone that may be in a combat environment. The EB 15 Blast Plugs are designed so you maintain your natural hearing while protecting your hearing from continuous and impulse noise above safe levels. When wearing the EB 15, you are still able to communicate without yelling, provided everyone in your party is wearing a pair. The sound is uncompromised even though you have the device in your ears. There are two modes on the EB 15. The first setting is an adaptive hearing protection while maintaining blast protection. The second setting offers 5 times the hearing enhancement while still maintaining blast protection.

So what can the EB 15 offer for you? As a tactical squad commander, you could communicate with your team while maintaining normal hearing. Also, you could enhance your hearing by 5x the normal level with the same benefits, while being protected from damage caused by flash bang deployment or gunfire. Another added benefit with the EB 15’s enhanced mode comes in equipping you with the ability to hear more efficiently than your adversary, in turn giving you the advantage in detecting him before he does you.

While in either mode, another positive benefit of the EB 15 is your ability to track the location of where an unknown shooter just fired. Etymotic has done extensive scientific testing with existing military hearing devices versus several of theirs. Etymotic’s openly published the impressive results along with the processes on their website. Needless to say, the results give a huge advantage to military and law enforcement to maintain communication, situational awareness and hearing protection with an added benefit of hearing enhancement.

The EB 15 seems to do all they claim to do and there is plenty of scientific data to support the claims. There is more to them than just protection and enhancement. The experience of using the EB 15 in the 5x-enhanced mode is like unlocking another world. Some have said, it’s like rediscovering the world all over again.

I tried the assortment of ear tips until found the one that fit me best. I found I preferred the Gray 3-flange 8-13mm for most applications. If I am going to be doing activity where I am sweating for long periods of time, then small foam tips worked better for me and stayed in my ear more comfortably. I installed the #10 batteries and inserted them in my ear as the instructions stated. I clapped my hands to see if the Etymotic plugs electronically block out the noise like my other hearing protection does but instead, I just heard myself clap. I flipped them to enhanced 5x and bam! The world came alive! I started walking and wondered what the noise was that I was hearing and I discovered it was grass and debris I was crushing as I walked. I use to pride myself in how quiet I could walk through the woods only realizing now, I was actually making a lot of racquet.

After this initial experience, I was very eager to test these on the range. I loaded up my gear and went to my swamp firing range to shoot some steel. While in normal mode, I began shooting and could still hear the handgun. I had to check my ears; yes, they were still in place so I continued shooting. Although I was able to hear everything at the level I could beforehand, my ears were not bothered. It was amazing to be able to hear the mechanics of the pistol operating and the lead from hitting the steel target was perceived so clearly. I could actually hear the lead landing all around me from the splatter. I flipped the switch to enhance and repeated the drill. These earplugs were awesome. I could not leave them in enhanced mode though because I kept thinking someone was walking up on me. When I would turn around to look, it was the palmetto blades brushing against each other or a bird digging around in the bushes.

I have a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp coming up I can’t wait to use them there as well. In wrapping up, the last point I would make is the EB 15 doesn’t have to be used just for tactical situations. You could use them just as effectively bird watching, hunting, the opera or concerts. The EB 15 from ETYMOTIC can change your entire world and how you perceive it. Take a moment to visit the ETYMOTIC website and check out all there products and discover a new world like I did. Oh by the way, next deer season, we shall see if I can hear that warning stomp!

Source: http://www.thegearlocker.net/2016/08/etymotic-high-definition-electronic-eb-15-le-blastplg-earplugs/

Police cameras capture shoot-out with Chicago carjacker

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September 15, 2016

Chicago police have released video of a shootout with a carjacking suspect, in which one officer was injured. The swiftly released footage comes shortly after the controversial death of black teenager Paul O’Neal, also during a stolen car chase.

Dashboard camera footage, released Wednesday, shows the Tuesday evening pursuit of a stolen vehicle in the southern suburb of Roseland. At one point, the driver of the stolen SUV points a gun out of the window and fires at the police cruiser several times.

One of the pursuing officers was grazed by a bullet to the head, and can be heard yelling in the video.

“These police officers face this kind of thing every single day,” Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters at the police headquarters Wednesday. The suspect in the case is “the perfect example of what we’ve been saying. The same guys committing the same crimes over and over again,” Johnson said.”This guy doesn’t believe we’re serious. Law enforcement is being scrutinized all over the country for everything they do but they didn’t run away from this, they ran to it.”

The suspect, identified as Charles Lawson, 24, was out on parole after serving a sentence for a 2011 armed robbery, the police said. Lawson was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years, but was granted parole in April 2015, DNA Info reported, citing the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Chicago PD has reworked its policy on releasing police videos in the wake of months-long protests over the death of Laquan McDonald, an African-American teenager shot by a white police officer in October 2014. The video of McDonald’s death was released more than a year later, in November 2015, leading to murder charges for the officer involved, and the resignation of the police commissioner and the review authority chief.

The police handling of the car chase on Tuesday was also very different from the July 28 incident that ended in the death of Paul O’Neal. The 18-year-old African-American was shot and killed after crashing a stolen Jaguar into a police cruiser during a pursuit, and attempting to flee the scene.

Police video shows Lawson throwing the gun out the window before slowly exiting the car with his hands clearly visible. Half a dozen officers converge on the suspect and take him away in handcuffs.

Lawson was charged with four counts of attempted murder, possession of a stolen vehicle, hijacking, fleeing and eluding, and battery – all aggravated by use of a firearm, according to the Chicago PD.

Source Article from http://www.special-ops.org/19732/police-cameras-capture-shoot-out-with-chicago-carjacker/

We Like Shooting 158 – Jersey Boys

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September 14, 2016

Welcome to the We Like Shooting show, Episode 158 – tonight we’ll talk about Troy PDW, HOMAK Safe, H&K, High Threat Concealment, Hi-Points, The 2nd is for everyone and more!

Our Guest is Tony Simon from The 2nd is For Everyone : Diversity Shoot

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Source: https://welikeshooting.com/show/158/

XTECH Tactical Introduces 5rd Magazine Extender and Complete 20rd Magazine for HK VP9

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Eric TGL

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September 10, 2016

XTECH Tactical, manufacturer of the Advanced Tactical Grip is today introducing two new products for the HK VP9 pistol. First up is the new 5rd Magazine Extender for VP9 magazines. The XTECH Tactical mag extender adds an additional 5 round capacity to the VP9 magazine for a 20 round total. The mag extender is super simple to install with absolutely no tools needed.

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Jeremy Deadman, Director of Sales and Marketing for XTECH Tactical explains how they have eliminated reliability concerns that plague many other mag extenders.
“The biggest thing for function is that we have a 100% consistent ID within the extender portion AND the ID within the extender is less than the ID of the magazine. The benefit here is that it is impossible for the extender to cause a Fail to Feed which is a known issue in extenders.”

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The XTECH Tactical VP9 5rd Mag Extender is now shipping with an MSRP of $29.95 with FREE SHIPPING through the end of August. Not available for sale in NY, CA or MA.

Additionally, XTECH Tactical will be offering complete XTECH Tactical VP9 magazines with and without the Mag Extender. The XTECH Tactical VP9 magazine will feature a 310 Stainless Steel body vs H&K’s Spring Steel body. It will also feature an extra round indicator hole to show the 20th round as shown in the photo below.

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The XTECH Tactical 20 and 15 Round VP9 magazines will start shipping early this fall. The 20 Round magazine MSRP is $59.95 and the 15 Round magazine is $34.95. Not available for sale in NY, CA or MA.

If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Jeremy Deadman at jeremy@xtechtactical.com.

About XTECH Tactical: American Ingenuity. American Made. XTech Tactical.

In 2013, XTech Tactical was formed to develop revolutionary firearms accessories for the AR style rifles and other small arms.

The XTech Tactical founding members bring over 50 years of combined design-for-manufacturing and quality control experience. Collectively they are listed on over 35 US and International Patents, and have been part of taking hundreds of products from concept through production.

Years of experience allows XTech Tactical to continuously introduce high quality, durable, and innovative products to the market. Its first release, the ATG™ grip, is an adjustable angle AR grip which easily adjusts to the three ideal angles of an AR style pistol grip. Each angle functions without any compromise on weight, durability or comfort, making it the ideal grip for all shooting stances or styles.

Source: http://www.ammoland.com/2016/08/xtech-tactical-introduces-5rd-magazine-extender-and-complete-20rd-magazine-for-hk-vp9/#axzz4JmovRks6

We Like Shooting 159 – Savage’s Dial-up

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September 10, 2016

Welcome to the We Like Shooting show, Episode 159 – tonight we’ll talk about .375 Socom, Multi-Mag, FXH 45, bulldog thigh holsters, the Canik TP9SFx, Grayboe Stocks and more!

Navy Seal, co-founder of McMillan Firearms Manufacturing and now President and co-founder of GrayBoe

You can find more about Ryan McMillan here

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Source: https://welikeshooting.com/show/159/

9-11-01 – 9-11-16 What Do We Do Now?

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248 Shooter

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September 10, 2016

9/11/01 changed so many lives. Like many who grew up in NY, I lost people I knew that day. I was blessed enough that the people in my closest circles were not on site at the time of the attack. My story is nothing special but as a writer, I am putting it out there in an effort to share some of who I am and help me process some of what I am feeling today.

Watching the towers fall that morning via Good Day NY will stick with me the rest of my life. Heading to the point by American Yacht Club and seeing the smoke where the easiest to spot skyline landmarks once stood was awe-inspiring and terrifying.

In the following weeks, my company folded due to a complete upheaval in the local economy and a melancholy that developed inside me that affected every aspect of my life including my performance. My anger was palpable and for the first time in my life, I considered joining the armed services. To this day I regret not following in the steps of my good friends James Waldvogel and Anthony Vinci doing right by my country.

I quickly changed from a Democrat to a Republican, changing my ideology as a self-identified Deadhead to a person who was angry that war had been brought to his home. I went from fearing the police to respecting them. I went from being a self-centered prick focused on money and self-gratification to realizing that I must give back to the people around me.

That one day lead to the largest transformations in my life. It was the catalyst for my move to Michigan, change in career, eventually my divorce and subsequent remarriage to the love of my life, a focus on self-reliance and self-defense instead of trusting the gov’t to care for me. All things that I am grateful for. For every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.

Seldom does one event change almost every aspect of a person’s life. For me, 9/11/01 is a touchstone for everything that has happened since. I see those great individuals that I grew up with who became police like Anthony Manto and Nick Vinci making the world a better place, the firemen like Joe Sutton who give tirelessly to save others, the countless medics who risk their lives to save others and all the new individuals I have met since I began my training like Joe Weyer, Steve Fisher, Phil Cheney, Will Petty, JW Wineland, John Chapman and so many more I can’t even mention you all. You all are the Americans I am proud to surround myself with!

Every highway had flags across bridges. Americans who had drifted from any sense of national pride began saluting the flag and singing the national anthem. Sporting arenas will filled with people who cheered and cried as the national anthem changed from a song to an emotional moment shared by those in attendance.

Here we are 15 years later. The unity created that day has faded. People are protesting the national anthem and refusing to respect the flag. Veterans who signed up on 9/12/01 to protect us have come home after seeing and doing unimaginable things are being turned on by the VA and the people they supported. We are losing 22 veterans a day to suicide. Protesting of various causes has once again splintered us into groups instead of Americans.

My small blog is read by many who are like-minded with me. Most love and respect our country and while we may differ on how we get there I believe that most of us are only trying to do what is best for the country. As such I doubt this will change anyone’s opinion but I will ask something of each of you.

Today remember the innocent who died going to work that day. Honor those who ran into to danger and not away. Honor those who risked their lives to save fellow Americans they didn’t know, be it Police, Fire, EMS, National Guard, or volunteers who braved the toxic smoke of that disaster out of a sense of duty. Honor those who went to war and never came home. Honor those who went to war and came back but who were never the same.

Take pride in our flag and anthem for the sake of the many who have risked or lost everything they are, in defense and support of this country and their neighbors.

Remember that sense of community you felt that day and try to figure out why it has dissipated. Find it if you can. Live it if you dare. Most of all Never Forget.

Source Article from http://248shooter.com/index.php/9-11-01-9-11-16-now/

Soft Target America, The Pulse

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September 8, 2016

The primary reason you walk home at night safely is because no one decided to kill you…

Consider that for the moment. The reason is not the law, people disregard the law all the time. The reason is not that you’re a good person, bad things happen to good people. Finally, the reason is not that you live in a good neighborhood or are around good people, those aren’t the people you’re at risk from and violence does not recognize any boundary but force.

Early on June 12th, Omar Mateen decided to execute an attack that killed 49 people and wounded 53. People across the country, across the world, have justly decried Mateen’s attack as unimaginable carnage, inconceivable violence, and bloodshed out of the worst of nightmares. The news media has stretched their journalistic dictation in a seeming effort to outdo each other for colorful descriptors.

The rapid hatred and violence of Mateen’s attack was many things but unimaginable and inconceivable are realistically not among them. Omar Mateen pledged himself to an Islamist cause publicly and proudly. That cause or causes, ISIS among them, believes death is the sentence for the LBGTQ community under sharia. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen all have laws permitting or have smaller courts handing out death sentences under sharia and ISIS is among the most violent of sharia professing militants. Unimaginable and inconceivable are far from accurate when it comes to violence against the LBGTQ community.

But I’m not here to cover the motivations, those are known, I’m here to discuss why the attack was so brutally effective.

The Pulse nightclub, like most public locales, is what we classify as a soft target.

What is a soft target?

A soft target can be summed up as a location that has a low risk to the attacker or attackers with a high pay off for the attacker’s goals if the attack is successful.

Terrorism’s purpose is to violently send a message to the population or populations for political/ideological or material gains.

The Pulse was a political/ideological attack. Its purpose was to send a message of fear and vengeance to the LGBTQ community and “punish” those at the nightclub for their lifestyle. This is a tenant of those in the violent segments of Islam, like most violent tenants it isn’t kept secret by its professors.

The Pulse was a perfect target for ISIS or equivalent militants. It is an American target, it is an LBGTQ target, the LBQTQ community has been central in the media and will garner massive attention, and with all the first world social media the coverage will spread like wildfire. To top it all off, like I said above, The Pulse is a soft target.

Soft Target Components

There are two factors to consider. The first is physical location and construction. The second is the populous mentality.

To keep this fairly brief, The Pulse is a nightclub and will never be constructed to withstand or respond to an attack. It’s a nightclub, it will be constructed with parking, bar space, dance floor, “back of the house”/administrative offices and storage. The only measures remotely security related will be structured around checking ID’s, controlling crowds with lines, and being able to deal with rowdy drunks. These are all relevant to the smooth operation of the club.

Threats like Omar Mateen were low probability and by extension were not taken into account with any meaningful action during construction and layout and that’s assuming this threat type was even considered by Pulse management. This isn’t a knock against the club, this type of risk analysis deficit exists nearly everywhere. The Pulse is in business to be a social setting, not a Forward Operating Base.

It’s the second factor, populous mentality, that makes or breaks whether or not a location is a hard or soft target.

You can take a location that has high fencing or walls, biometric access, and patrolling security and it could still be a soft target if those precautions are easily circumvented or defeated. The Pulse had security, but that security was for rowdy patrons of the day to day bar.

In contrast, you can take a location like McDonalds, where there is no staff security, limited access control, no fortified barrier plan, and a full access policy (if you have shoes and shirt) and that location becomes a hard target. Why? 11 Special Forces soldiers eating lunch. This happened June 8 in Bensancon, France.

Both the McDonalds and The Pulse are public access locations. But the incidents had vastly different results. Look also at the Thalys train attack (also in France). The train is also as publicly accessible as possible because that’s how trains run. But that attack, by a terrorist with an AK Rifle, had a vastly different result.

The factor that saved lives wasn’t the law, it was the willingness of the people under attack to respond and fight. It was the prior mentality and preparation to respond immediately and effectively to the threat laid bare.

In The Pulse, there was Imran Yousuf
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/06/14/marine-vets-quick-actions-saved-dozens-lives-during-orlando-nightclub-shooting/85860320/

A USMC veteran with a reactive mentality saved lives, and all he did was move to and open a door and get people out. In his own words he “just reacted”.

But Yousuf’s was a singular mentality. The populous mentality was the reaction of the remaining Pulse patrons, they fled, panicked, and hid… then 49 died and 53 were injured and those left inside were held hostage until the police ended the stand off with a breach and gun battle… 3 hours after the first shots. Contrast that with Thalys where a similarly armed attacker on a train with nearly 600 people was stopped by 6 people who acted quickly and decisively and only sustained non-fatal injuries.

Now what some don’t want to hear…

The quicker an attack ends, the safer you are. If you can’t get out… Get violent.

Find and take workplace and active shooter self-defense classes. Good ones, not this hide under your cubicle with a pen and a stapler bullshit. Look at instructor resumes and course curriculum.
Injuries and deaths are drastically lower if people respond quickly
Consider getting a license to conceal carry and integrate that firearm into your response. Don’t just go buy a gun, know how you’re going to use it.

The quicker you begin treating the wounded, the more likely they are to survive.

Find a first aid class that specializes in trauma specifically. Knowing how to treat heat stroke, sunburn, small cuts, and poison ivy is all well and good but you need to know what to do with a bullet hole or knife wound. Combat Life Saver (CLS) instructors are a good place to look.
Know how to use a tourniquet on another person and yourself.
Keep a good trauma kit, in addition to basic first aid supplies, nearby.
Use the class and know how to improvise, acting will save lives.

Evil and worthless cowards like Mateen don’t pick locations like The Pulse to fight, they go to slaughter without resistance.

Destroy their fantasy!
Make them bleed for it!
Make them die for it!
FUCK THEIR SHIT UP!

Save the wounded

Survive

It’s going to happen again, and no stupid little rule about magazines or semi-automatics will stop a violent ideologue.

People can.

People who act in the moment will.

Source Article from http://248shooter.com/index.php/soft-target-america-pulse/

The Crosman Pioneer Airbow Lays Claim to Hardcore Hybrid Shooting

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248 Shooter

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September 8, 2016

In the words of expert guide and world renowned hunter Jim Shockey, “This changes everything.” Since eyeballing and test-firing Crosman’s Benjamin Pioneer Airbow at the 2016 Archery Trade Association show and spending quality range time with it at the 2016 SHOT Show, Shockey’s words have replayed too many times to count.

Say it to yourself then take a good, hard look at Crosman’s ultimate outdoor game-changer, the Airbow.

The Franken-Bow?

A bit Frankenstein-ish as product development goes, the Benjamin Pioneer Airbow delivers a solid mix of archery and airgun technology, but looks a heck of a lot cooler than Frankenstein ever did. While the hybrid design looks cool on the face of it, it’s important to note the history from which the Airbow derives.

While Merriam-Webster defines archery as “the sport or skill of shooting with a bow and arrow” and adds that a bow is simply “a weapon used for shooting arrows and usually made of a strip of wood bent by a cord connecting the two ends,” virtually everyone even remotely familiar with the subject would agree that there is more to both definitions than the iconic dictionary cares to convey.

From Stone Age to New Age

From Stone Age to New Age, humans have used archery for sustenance and warfare for as long as 50,000 years; the true date of its inception remains hotly debated, but nobody contests its abundant use by the close of the Upper Paleolithic Era some 10,000 years ago. Most experts agree that the crossbow, perhaps a better analogy to the Airbow, didn’t make an appearance until approximately 600 B.C. But by about 400 B.C., the crossbow had become a pretty a common weapon in China. Not long after, crossbows trickled across the rest of Asia and Europe and used in Medieval warfare before crossing over some 400 years ago into the New World.

Air rifles are not nearly as old; however, their history seems nearly as rich. According to airgun expert Richard Beeman, the Royal Danish Arsenal houses the oldest air rifle on record — a spring-loaded, propulsive blast rifle believed to have been built around 1590. In 1600, the earliest known pneumatic air rifle (the technology is still in use today) was built for France’s King Henry IV. To power this rifle, an air chamber in the buttstock was filled, as today’s rifles are. But while earlier rifles were filled to as much as 1,000 psi, today’s Crosman pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) air rifles — and indeed the PCP-powered Airbow — take up 3,000 psi for repeat shots and increased energy.

So what happens when you marry these two technologies? It’s not a bow, or even a crossbow. It’s not a rifle or even an air rifle.

What’s the Buzz About?

Don’t let the name fool you. As Crosman’s Chip Hunnicutt was quick to point out, the Airbow is not an archery bow or even a crossbow. It was never intended to be or even necessarily replace today’s traditional archery-based equipment. Hunnicutt claims that the Airbow is in a class of its own and delivers more than enough power for big game hunting. But what makes this thing cool, different and fun?

First things first, the Benjamin Pioneer Airbow is lightweight. At just seven pounds, it’s actually lighter than many rifles or crossbows. Also, the bows are finished in black and come with Realtree camouflage adhesive decals for hunters.

The Benjamin Pioneer Airbow is a PCP-powered shooting system with an air reservoir housed within the chassis. The reservoir holds up to 3,000 psi and powers as many as 10 arrows at a blistering average speed of 450 fps.

While you could potentially charge the Airbow with something similar to a bicycle pump, most PCP air rifle shooters, and most likely future Airbow shooters will charge the reservoir with a relatively light 15-inch, 4,500psi Benjamin air tank, or even a full-fledged SCUBA tank. Either way, great care should be taken to fill the reservoir slowly when using air tanks of any kind. An air gauge sits at the tip of the forend, under the air tube for easy observation between shots or during air charges.

Although the short, “bullpup” style tactical chassis does not feature an adjustable stock it appears to hit that sweet spot, fitting shooters large or small exceptionally well. The chassis also features a surprisingly comfortable pistol grip, trigger guard and forend. Overall length of the Airbow is a short 33.5 inches — perfect for hunting and shooting in tight spots and even bloodtracking through the thick stuff without catching on brush and branches.

In Focus on Trigger Time

At SHOT’s Industry Day at the Range, I quietly waited my turn while watching shooter after shooter square up behind the Airbow and launch arrows, accurately, at an average velocity I had never seen before. When my turn came, like the others, I listened to Chip carefully as he laid out all of the Airbow’s features then slowly and clearly instructed me, step by step. I “nocked” an arrow by sliding it over the length of the air tube. To cock the Airbow, I pulled up on the ambidextrous cocking device built into the top of the stock; it was quite easy, perhaps no more than a two-finger pull.

Once the Airbow was cocked, I settled in, like the others before me, and set the MTAG crosshairs of the 6x40mm CenterPointe scope on one of the diamonds on the face of the BIGshot Extreme 500 target downrange. Once I was ready I pushed forward on the safety lever positioned directly in front of the Airbow’s trigger. After taking the Airbow off safe, I slowly squeezed the trigger. While it was a tad on the heavy side, it was crisp and with less travel than I expected.

The shot was much quieter than expected. While I did not measure how much noise a shot generates, I saw no need, myself, for hearing protection. The sound level seemed comparable to shooting a .22-cal. pellet rifle. While the air tube did shudder after shots, it did not appear to have an effect on arrow flight. It was smooth, without any evidence of tailing — in fact, every shot I took was also exceptionally accurate and I grouped extraordinarily well, of course, the integrated pressure regulator facilitates this level of accuracy by distributing airflow evenly through the recommended number of shots per charge.

Hardcore Hitter

As a hardcore bowhunter, former archery technician and rifle hunter, my concerns rest in accuracy and energy, precisely where the Benjamin Airbow shines. I shot repeatedly and watched as every 375gr arrow drove hard into the target face with devastating force with 160 ft.-lbs. of energy. That’s more than enough energy to put down any animal on any continent and keep it there. Shockey proved this claim when he took a hefty bull buffalo with the Pioneer Airbow during field testing in 2015.

To say this hybrid shooting system is deadly is an understatement. Crosman knows airgun technology as well as anybody but to add archery to the mix was not only bold, it was downright genius. I suspect most people will readily embrace the Airbow for what it is: a true hybrid. With the difficulty of pulling back a compound bow keeping many from the sport, and some even having issues cocking a crossbow, the Airbow fits right in that sweet spot for people who want to get into archery and bowhunting but might have problems with conventional equipment.

More Than an Airbow, It’s a Kit Ready to Kill

The Crosman Benjamin Pioneer Airbow includes (3) 375gr carbon arrows with nano ceramic Victory ICE coating, a quick-detach quiver, custom sling, CenterPointe 6x40mm scope with MTAG reticle featuring indexing points out to 75 yds. and a canted picatinny base with 20 MOA of adjustability. And, unlike most crossbows, the Airbow can be decocked as easily as it was cocked for ultra-safe handling, especially when hunting from a treestand.

So where might one chase deer, hogs or other critters with an Airbow? Visit Crosman’s website to learn about where you can use the Airbow to hunt predators, pigs and big game. As of today, Airbow hunting for coyotes and predators is legal in 28 states, while feral hog hunting with the Airbow is legal in at least 10 states.

All things considered, Crosman’s Benjamin Pioneer Airbow is right on target. Shooting was quiet, comfortable, accurate and repeatable. While many bows, rifles and crossbows come without accessories, this Airbow essentially comes ready for action. Does it change everything? For a lot of customers, it will. And if your customers enjoy shooting rifles, crossbows and bows — and are welcome to game-changing innovation — they’re going to love the Pioneer Airbow.

Source: http://www.shootingsportsretailer.com/2016/06/29/crosman-pioneer-airbow-lays-claim-hardcore-hybrid-shooting/

We Like Shooting 150 – Segment – Gear Chat

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September 7, 2016

This is Gear Chat!

Welcome to the We Like Shooting show, Episode 150 – tonight we’ll talk about CRKT Knives, Lionheart LH9NC, Tactical Pens, Century Arms, All the gun news, rubber dummies and more!

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We Like Shooting 150 – Segment – Going Ballistic

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September 6, 2016

This is Going Ballistic!

Welcome to the We Like Shooting show, Episode 150 – tonight we’ll talk about CRKT Knives, Lionheart LH9NC, Tactical Pens, Century Arms, All the gun news, rubber dummies and more!

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