Somalis were the first people to domesticate the camel some 2,500 years before Christ. Early in the 20thcentury the Somali Dervishes successfully repulsed English military operations four different times, no mean feat at the height of the British Empire.
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The Subway Vigilante Who Birthed the Modern Concealed Carry Movement
Published: April 29, 2021 { 11 comments }Certain events are watershed moments in cultural history. Compelling optics or a moving narrative can drive sweeping policy changes. One such episode was the sordid tale of Bernhard Goetz.
Hamer’s Hammer: The Remington Model 8
Published: April 25, 2021 { 15 comments }Scientists would have us believe that the dinosaurs died out some 65 million years ago. However, I would assert that all that is wrong. The last surviving dinosaur actually passed away in 1955. His name was Frank Hamer.
LTC Charles “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter: Rosie the Rocketer
Published: April 18, 2021 { 9 comments }Charlie Carpenter took out a pair of these Mk VI Tiger 1 heavy tanks by punching Bazooka rockets through their relatively thin roof armor. George Patton saw in Charlie Carpenter the attributes he desired in his soldiers.
Mills’ Marauders & The Fantastic FAL
Published: April 11, 2021 { 22 comments }In April of 1982 twenty-three-year-old Lieutenant Keith Paul Mills commanded a 22-man detachment of Royal Marines deployed to South Georgia Island in the Falklands. His performance along with that of his fellow Marines was the stuff of legend.
Hitler’s Walther: The Monster Killer
Published: April 4, 2021 { 10 comments }This nutjob caused the world no end of trouble. The gun that finally killed him was lost in the chaos of the end of the war.
Operation Isotope
Published: March 25, 2021 { 9 comments }The 1970s represented the Golden Age of aerial piracy. The first recorded aircraft hijacking took place in Mexico in 1929. By the 1970s terrorists had raised it to an art form.
Petty Officer Hajime Toyoshima and His Ghastly Type 26 Revolver
Published: March 19, 2021 { 7 comments }The time Hajime Toyoshima spent in Australia during World War 2 was characterized by violence and chaos.
The Black Hills Ammunition Mk 262 Mod 1 Cartridge and the Worst Man in the World
Published: March 14, 2021 { 9 comments }In 2011, the US Government put a $10 million bounty on al-Baghdadi’s head. In 2017 that number increased to $25 million.
Albert Patterson, the British SAS, and Gun Control Gone Mad
Published: March 7, 2021 { 22 comments }Elected officials who wouldn’t know a gas tube from a sling swivel weaponize the latest headlines and pontificate accordingly, the Constitution be damned.