A former Marine who exploited roughly two dozen minors, including by posing as a teenage girl online, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. He extorted multiple victims into creating child sexual abuse material and threatened to release it to their friends and family.Anthony Fritzinger, 25, committed the offenses while he was an active-duty lance corporal in the Marine Corps at Cherry Point, North Carolina, according to his indictment and service record. His criminal conduct was first discovered in 2020 when he used an anonymous account to threaten an 18-year-old woman with the release of nude pictures taken…
By James Tarr Ed Brown, who passed in 2024, was one of the 1911 Illuminati, a small group of gunsmiths in the 1970s and ’80s who figured out how to turn a clunky service pistol into an accurate, reliable, user-friendly sidearm that became the number-one choice of professionals for years. Among many other upgrades, Ed Brown’s “beavertail” grip safety puts the shooter’s hand higher on the gun than any previous design, and he invented the “Speed Bump” at the bottom to ensure deactivation, which is now copied by many. Twenty-five years ago, Brown launched the “Bobtail” featuring a…
By Logan Metesh The May edition of GunBroker.com’s Top Selling Report presented by GunGenius.com, shows Smith & Wesson’s Model 686 revolvers moving up in both new and used revolver categories. The recent release of a Lipsey’s exclusive Mountain Gun version of the 686 has breathed new life into this 45-year-old design.The Model 686 is built on Smith & Wesson’s L frame, which is often seen as a Goldilocks size for revolvers. It’s larger than the K frame on which the Model 19 is built, but smaller than the N frame on which the Model 29 is built.The Model…
A Utah woman fighting to get her Second Amendment rights restored more than a decade after she became a prohibited person because she wrote a bad check is going to have to wait a little longer to learn what the Department of Justice has to say about her legal fight. Melynda Vincent petitioned the Supreme Court to accept her case in early May, and the DOJ originally had a June 11 deadline to respond. In early June the Solicitor General’s office requested and received a one-month extension, which pushed the deadline to July 11. In…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: ‘Hand To God, I Know The Names’: Alan Dershowitz Says He Knows Who’s On The Epstein List Two days after the FBI leaked a memo to Axios revealing that the Epstein case is effectively ‘closed’ (he killed himself and there’s no ‘list’ of clients) – former Epstein attorney and associate Alan Dershowitz says he knows exactly who’s on the ‘Epstein list,’ and why it’s being suppressed from the public. Alan “The-State-Can-Plunge-A-Needle-In-Your-Arm” Dershowitz Is In Epstein’s “Little Black Book” “I have seen – remember I was accused falsely,” Dershowitz said on the Sean Spicer show. “Let me…
A woman died today during one of the most difficult ultramarathons in the United States. Elaine Stypula, 60, passed away near Little Giant Basin west of Silverton, Colo., while running the Hardrock 100, an ultramarathon through the San Juan Mountains, on Friday morning. According to a press release, the San Juan County Sheriff’s office and Silverton Rescue Team received a Search and Rescue call for an “unknown medical reason” in Little Giant Basin, west of Silverton at 9:02 a.m. Race organizers and the sheriff’s office confirmed the report on social media. At 10:27 a.m., a little over an hour after…
Chicago pretty much dictates politics for the rest of the state. That means Illinois’s anti-gun bent isn’t because of most of the rest of the state, but because people in the Windy City want gun restrictions. And, of course, they don’t work.But as you already know from the headline, this is a bit of a weird story. It’s not a shocking one, though, because nothing about this is truly surprising, overall. That’s probably the only surprising thing about it.The father of a rapper whose album release party was the setting of a River North mass…
At GearJunkie, we’re all about putting the products we showcase to the test — and having fun while we do it. What better way to see how the Segway Xyber performs than to task two professional surfers with racing the e-bikes up the coast, with surf challenges along the way? Come along for the ride as we find out who will be crowned the king of South Bay in this one-of-a-kind surf showdown. The Competitors Professional surfers Hunter Jones and Dane Anderson go head-to-head to determine who will be the king of the South Bay of L.A. A South Bay…
As we reported earlier today, a group of Democratic attorneys general who were seeking an injunction halting the ATF’s return of some forced reset triggers to their rightful owners had a very bad day in court this week, with the U.S. District Court judge overseeing the case essentially telling the anti-gunners they didn’t have a case. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and his colleagues must have seen the writing on the wall, based on the motion they submitted after Wednesday’s hearing. HILARIOUS: Two days after a hearing that went extremely poorly for them, the anti-gun states…
GENESEO, ILL. (05/03/22) – Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the release of the 10-round SAINT® Victor 9mm Carbine. This low-cap pistol caliber carbine (PCC) provides those in locales requiring restricted capacities an opportunity to acquire one of the newest additions to the Victor line of AR-pattern firearms. The SAINT Victor 9mm Carbine is designed to deliver a PCC with all the performance and capability you have come to expect from the SAINT Victor line. Featuring forged 7075 T6 aluminum dedicated 9mm upper and lower receivers, this new carbine is built to deliver. Employing a rugged direct blowback system of operation…
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday, calling it an unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Vladimir Putin and promising retaliation for what it termed a “terrorist” act. The Ukrainian president denied it, saying: “We don’t attack Putin or Moscow.” Putin wasn’t in the Kremlin at the time and was at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti. There was no independent verification of the reported attack on the Kremlin, which Russia authorities said occurred overnight but presented no evidence to support…
The man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an AR-15 rifle in their Texas home was arrested Tuesday, after a tip led authorities to a house less than 20 miles from where the crimes took place, officials said.The arrest of Francisco Oropesa, 38, in the city of Cut and Shoot, Texas, marked the end of a massive manhunt that was in its fourth day Tuesday.A tip called into an FBI line at 5:15 p.m. led to Oropesa’s arrest at 6:30 p.m., Jimmy Paul, the assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Houston field office, said at a…
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By Jovanna Gec and Dustan Stojanovic, AP A 13-year-old who opened fire Wednesday at his school in Serbia’s capital drew sketches of classrooms and wrote a list of people he intended to target in a meticulously planned attack, police said. He killed eight fellow students and a school guard before being arrested. The shooter first killed a guard at the school in central Belgrade and then three students in a hallway, according to senior police official Veselin Milic. He then entered a history classroom — apparently choosing it simply because it was close to the entrance — and opened fire…
A team of artificial intelligence engineers has equipped a Boston Dynamics robot dog with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Text-to-Speech voice, giving the robot an AI “brain”. This is what creating a real-life Skynet-like robot looks like. The ruling class has already used these robot dogs to make sure people stay in line and don’t dissent. NYPD Deploys Robot Dog To Catch “COVID Violators” So what could possibly go wrong? According to a report by ZeroHedge, in a recent video posted to Twitter, machine learning engineer Santiago Valdarrama showed how the robot-dog can interact with humans via a voice interface faster…
The Balkans is a part of the world that’s had it’s share of horrific atrocities over the years. The wars fought there includes all the most horrible hit such as ethnic cleansing, among other things. People there are far to familiar with bad things happening. Yet a mass shooting at a school was still something folks there likely prayed they’d never deal with. Unfortunately, they do now. A 14-year-old boy opened fire at a school in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Wednesday, killing eight students and a school security guard, according to police. Another six children and a teacher…
Posted in Daily News, Rifles, Rimfire, Semi-Auto by with No CommentsTags: 10-22, 22LR, Faxon Firearms, FX22, rimfire Faxon Firearms has just announced the introduction of their new Faxon FX22 line of rimfire firearms. This new line of complete firearms will include several different options all featuring 10/22 style Faxon receivers and bolts. Options will include some of the more premium parts from the 10/22 world including Grey Birch and Hogue stocks, Fluted Faxon Barrels, and even Magpul stocks. All of these new rifles are available now directly from Faxon Firearms. More from Faxon Firearms @ TFB: Grey Birch MFG Stocked…
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A delegation of United States defense contractors and a former senior leader of the U.S. Marine Corps pledged the beginning of deeper cooperation with Taiwan on Wednesday. Taiwan has faced increasing pressure from China in the years since Tsai Ing-wen was elected president. China, which claims the island as its territory, has poached Taiwan’s diplomatic allies and sent military planes and ships toward the island on a near-daily basis. It also held large-scale drills modeling a blockade and simulated strikes on important targets on the island twice within the past year. Speaking at a public forum in…
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By Lee Williams Miracle Star Vaughn, a 27-year-old woman from North Liberty, Iowa, was sentenced last week to serve one year and a day in a federal prison after pleading guilty to making false statements during the purchase of several firearms, according to an ATF press release. Vaughn lied about her drug use on an ATF Form 4473, court documents show. Two of the firearms she purchased were later found in the possession of convicted felons, one of whom is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Vaughn’s 366-day prison sentence was the…
The Florida legislature has given its final approval to legislation that would fine credit card companies that implement merchant category codes for gun stores in the state, with the Florida House voting 83-32 in favor of SB 214 on Tuesday. Just a few hours earlier, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a separate bill into law that prohibits companies doing business with the state from discriminating against the firearms industry and other businesses, and the NSSF was quick to praise the governor and lawmakers for stepping up to protect gun shops and manufacturers in the Sunshine State. “This is a promise kept by…
