Posts by Aaron Spuler
Ballistic Nutcracker
Support For Gun Rights At Highest Point In Two Decades
Support for gun rights is higher than it’s been in decades, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center that signals a stunning turnaround in how Americans feel about the issue just two years after the Newtown school shooting. Pew found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important…
Read MoreBeloit Police Withdraws Chief’S Offer Of Home Searches For Guns
The Beloit, Wisconsin Police Department today withdrew an offer made by Chief Norm Jacobs to have officers search homes for firearms after publicity over the proposal created a public outcry across the Internet. The announcement came from the office of City Manager Larry N. Arft. The three-paragraph announcement noted that, “While the program was strictly…
Read MoreNavy Tests Super Precise Laser Weapon in Persian Gulf
It’s a warm November day in the Persian Gulf. The radar system of the USS Ponce detects an incoming vessel. An operator aboard the ship, working a controller not dissimilar to a PlayStation 4 handset, takes aim at the target using the Navy’s Laser Weapon System or LaWS high-aperture telescope. He sees a red, rigid-hulled…
Read MoreFort Hood Victims Set To Receive Purple Hearts, Combat Status
Congress is set to make victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shootings eligible for Purple Hearts and combat injury benefits after the Obama administration has denied them the status for the past five years. House Republicans, working with the Democratic-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee, added a provision to the defense authorization bill that would give…
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