In shooting the avant-garde artist, Andy Warhol, a mentally ill aspiring writer named Valerie Solanas did indeed achieve her fifteen minutes of fame.
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Valerie Solanas, the M1935 Beretta, and the Protracted Murder of Andy Warhol
Updated: August 15, 2020Shooter Rughi: The Right Guy, The Right Place & the Glock 19
Updated: August 9, 2020The security contractor did what we all hope we would do. He ran to the sound of gunfire, took charge of the chaos, and risked his own life to save others. His story is fraught with life lessons for armed Americans.
The Life and Times of the Brain-Damaged Gunslinger Clay Allison
Updated: August 2, 2020Our vision of Old West gunplay was formed by Western movies rather than the Old West itself. The very term “Gunslinger” was an early-20th century concoction. Clay Allison, however, was the real deal.
The San Bernardino Shooters: Husband and Wife Psycho Team
Updated: July 26, 2020What possible darkness could possess two young parents to abandon their 6-month-old daughter and sacrifice their lives to slaughter a building full of innocent people?
WW2, High School Geometry, and the BAR
Updated: July 16, 2020As a nation and as a people we owe those old guys a debt that can never be repaid. Sometimes it behooves us to just be still and ponder how awesome they all were.
The Kent State Shootings: Glimpsing the Heart of Darkness
Updated: July 12, 2020On the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, forces representing the Establishment were arrayed against a motley mob of some 2,000 students, hippies, stoners, bikers, and sundry anti-war protestors.
A Maxim Gun, an Abandoned French Tank, and One Determined American
Updated: July 4, 2020On a particularly dark day in October of 1918, John Barkley singlehandedly stopped an aggressive German Infantry assault using a captured German machinegun and a knocked-out French tank. John Barkley personified American heroism and courage.
Real Live Machinegun Crime: Roger Waller and his Full Auto .380ACP MAC-11
Updated: June 28, 2020Since 1934 there have been two cases wherein the legal owner of a registered machinegun committed a crime with his weapon. Only one is well documented.
Hunters from the Sky: German Fallschirmjagers
Updated: June 21, 2020Back in 1940, unproven troops using unproven tactics shook the world’s foundations with radical operations like the seizure of the Waalhaven Airfield. Modern armed conflict would never be the same.
The Megalomaniac Who Inspired World War 2
Updated: June 14, 2020In a way, Benito Mussolini shaped both the beginning and end of WW2 in Europe. His heavy-handed governance inspired that of Adolf Hitler, while the frenetic nature of his demise drove Hitler to his ultimate doom.