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Military movies based on true stories already have an advantage over fiction: Sometimes the screenwriter barely needs to embellish anything. Films such as Hacksaw Ridge, Black Hawk Down and The Outpost depict events that seem almost impossible. Look beyond the two-hour versions, though, and the real histories are often bigger, stranger or more brutal than what made it onto the screen. Here are 10 military movies where the true story outdid Hollywood. 1. To Hell and Back (1955) Audie Murphy faced an unusual casting problem in To Hell and Back: Who better to play one of World War II’s most…
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If I could offer advice to our Founding Fathers, other than to ditch slavery right away, it would be to just skip the militia clause of the Second Amendment. While I understand they were explaining why the right to keep and bear arms needs to be preserved, they didn’t foresee the legions of morons who think that clause means the exact opposite of what we know their intentions were. But now the anti-gunners’ efforts to use that clause are going to backfire on them, as the Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association notes on its…
A pilot safely ejected from a crashing F-16 Fighting Falcon on Thursday in Grand Traverse County, Mich. The jet, part of the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard, was “on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center, in Alpena” during the incident, the Texas Air National Guard said in a statement, cited by Stars and Stripes. The crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. and the pilot ejected safely. The incident came as the Texas Unit is in Michigan to take part in annual training at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. The…
A West Virginia man already serving life in prison for murdering his wife pleaded guilty to defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of more than $354,000 by falsely claiming he had post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the Justice Department. Zachary Hess Dawson, 39, currently an inmate at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex, pleaded guilty Sept. 2 in federal court to theft of public money. He admitted that he fraudulently obtained $354,813.98 in VA benefits over roughly eight years, from about January 2017 through September 2025, prosecutors said. Dawson claimed the benefits by asserting that he had PTSD resulting from…
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The Holosun SCS promises a pistol red dot with direct Glock MOS mounting, solar charging, no battery swaps, and enough toughness to ride on a 10mm Glock 20. I ran it like a defensive optic, worried about the solar power, broke a screw, dunked it in water, and still came away thinking this little green dot is one of the easiest pistol optics to live with. Holosun is pushing boundaries with its new micro-optic, the SCS. Having multiple innovative features, this optic is sure to do well. It is not just another tiny red dot trying to crowd onto a…
The best micro compact pistols cram serious capacity, real shootability, and everyday carry comfort into guns that almost disappear under a shirt. From the SIG P365X to the Wilson Combat SFX9, these five tiny carry pistols prove small does not have to mean helpless. Micro Compact Pistols Took Over Concealed Carry for a Reason Concealed carry guns follow an interesting timeline, especially in the modern era. We’ve gone from subcompacts like the Glock 26 to pocket pistols like the S&W Bodyguard to the single-stack nine craze. These days, the carry-gun genre everyone keeps chasing is the micro compact pistol. Micro…
ATF is proposing to remove the CLEO notification requirement from the NFA process, which could finally kill one more pointless paperwork headache for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, AOWs, machine guns, and other NFA firearms. The NFA Permission Slip Problem May Finally Be Ending The National Firearms Act (NFA) regulates machine guns, Short Barreled Rifles (SBR), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBS), Silencers, Destructive Devices, and Any Other Weapon with a process of registration and taxation. While the tax aspect was removed from SBR, SBS, Silencer, and AOW activities in 2025, the registration aspect remains intact for all categories. Until 2016, the process required…
When most people think about emergency preparedness, their minds jump to classic survival items like flashlights, matches, water filters, and so forth. But some of the most useful items aren’t the ones you’d find on a typical prepper checklist. Consider the garbage bag: it’s cheap, lightweight, and most people already have them around the house, yet it can serve as an improvised rain poncho, a water collector, a ground cover, an emergency flotation device, and many other things. The lesson? Ordinary, overlooked items can be very valuable if you know how to use them. Recently, I can across a video…
The revived S&W 396 Night Guard in .44 Special promises the perfect middle ground between snubnose carry and full-size shootability. It starts strong, shoots well, and then delivers the kind of reliability failure that turns nostalgia into frustration fast. Can the S&W 396 Night Guard Solve the Defensive Revolver Problem? Choosing a defensive revolver has always been a tug-of-war between carry comfort and shootability. Sizes and shapes vary when it comes to selecting a revolver, but in the personal defense context, the choices narrow between small-frame snubnosed models and larger all-steel duty models. Snubbies are easy to carry but harder…
The Browning X-Bolt 2 Special Max LR SPR blends hunting-rifle practicality with enough long-range muscle to make steel ring past 600 yards. With a suppressor-ready 18-inch barrel, adjustable MAX stock, crisp DLX trigger, and consistent one-MOA performance, this 6.5 Creedmoor makes a strong case for the do-it-all rifle slot. The Browning X-Bolt 2 Special Max LR SPR combines long-range precision features, a threaded muzzle, and adjustability at an affordable price. Browning’s X-Bolt series has built a strong reputation among hunters and shooters over the years. The new X-Bolt 2 lineup continues that trend while adding several meaningful upgrades. Designed to…
Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man Sunday who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit, authorities said. The Guard members were part of a troop deployment the Trump administration launched in Tennessee’s second-largest city last fall. The soldiers were responding with local police to reports of gunshots around 4 a.m. when they began pursuing an armed man fleeing on foot, the Memphis Police Department said. The guardsmen opened fire after the man turned toward them with his weapon, the department said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation…
The gun control lobby isn’t going away, but they have been dealt a serious setback in recent weeks thanks to the Supreme Court’s decisions in Hemani and Wolford. Some anti-gunners are putting on a brave face, while others are simply deluding their followers in the hopes of staving off depression and disengagement. Everytown Law’s Janet Carter, for instance, is basically insisting that Wolford wasn’t a big loss for the gun controllers… and in fact was a disappointment to 2A advocates. Janet Carter (Managing Director of 2A Litigation at Everytown) wants you to know that Wolford won’t stop the…
The Vasa was built to project Swedish power, terrify rivals, and dominate the sea. Instead, this lavish 1628 warship barely made it off the dock before tipping over and turning into one of naval history’s most spectacular disasters. A GunsAmerica History Detour That Reaches Back to 1626 If you’ve followed these history articles for very long, you come to appreciate that there is absolutely no rhyme or reason to any of them. I send an example in once a week, my editors work their magic, and then something shows up most every Monday. I have no idea how they decide…
Israel is refusing to leave Lebanon in peace, not wanting to remove its troops and cease the occupation. It is also considering instigating a new conflict with Syria, even though a condition of the war with Iran ending was Israel’s cessation of its occupation. Israel continues to claim that it is going after Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. But its refusal to withdraw could lead to long-lasting consequences for the US, in a war it already all but surrendered to. Israel has already launched an artillery strike on the village of Abidin in the western part of Syria’s Daraa Governorate, and,…
