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.
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Petty Officer Hajime Toyoshima and His Ghastly Type 26 Revolver
Updated: March 19, 2021The 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
Updated: March 14, 2021In 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
Updated: March 7, 2021Elected officials who wouldn’t know a gas tube from a sling swivel weaponize the latest headlines and pontificate accordingly, the Constitution be damned.
Don’t Go Into the Swamp: Crocodiles and the Japanese Type 99 Rifle
Updated: February 26, 2021The Guinness Book lists the carnage in Ramree Island’s mangrove swamps as the worst example of crocodile predation on humans in history. There were 500 or so troops who remained unaccounted for that night. Theirs was an undeniably ghastly end.
Break Glass in Case of War: Smadge and the M16 Rifle
Updated: February 21, 2021The Smadge kept me in shape, taught me discipline, showed me how to run a rifle, and started me down the path toward becoming a real soldier myself. A deeply flawed man, he was nonetheless undeniably hardcore.
The Siege of Vicksburg, Slavery, and a Freshly-Dug Rose Bed
Updated: February 13, 2021One small tragic drama played out on the front porch of a plantation house during a hot summer afternoon outside Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Chris Dorner: Gun Control Preaching Psychopath from Beyond the Grave
Updated: February 7, 2021No amount of training or indoctrination can excise the innately fallen nature of man. In no place is that axiom made more clearly manifest than in the dark inky heart of Chris Dorner.
Dipprasad Pun: A Remarkably Dangerous Little Man
Updated: January 30, 2021It’s a timeless question. Nature versus nurture. Does greatness stem from some simple combination of nucleotides embedded within your DNA, or is it something that can be coaxed, taught, or trained?
Frag Out! High Explosive Snowballs
Updated: January 23, 2021The scale of destruction wrought during the Second World War was unprecedented. Such carnage is literally unimaginable today.