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Operation Kutschera: The Polish Monster Killers & The True Cost of Freedom

Operation Kutschera: The Polish Monster Killers & The True Cost of Freedom

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In early 1944 in front of the SS headquarters building in Warsaw, Polish soldiers assassinated an unrepentant Nazi mass murderer.

The Guns of the Waco Disaster: A Cautionary Tale

The Guns of the Waco Disaster: A Cautionary Tale

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Weapons of Mass Destruction are nukes and chemical warfare agents. Machineguns are really just good tools to help you run out of ammunition quickly. The unjustified stigma attached to these typically forbidden tools is driven by the media and remains quite powerful.

The Ironic Demise of George Lincoln Rockwell - American Nazi/Socialist

The Ironic Demise of George Lincoln Rockwell – American Nazi/Socialist

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In Rockwell’s day, the American Nazi Party never had more than 100 active members. When he died his estate was worth $257. In the person of George Lincoln Rockwell, we find the sad tale of a man whose undeniable charisma and dark drive inspired true passion in a small handful of zealous followers. His twisted influence persists to this day.

Gunfighting - The Killing of Charlie Storms: The Birth of Modern Body Armor

Gunfighting – The Killing of Charlie Storms: The Birth of Modern Body Armor

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The fascinating bit is that it all started with a gory disagreement over a card game, an inquisitive surgeon, and a dainty silk handkerchief.

The Murder of Malcolm X: Muslim Fratricide in Tumultuous 1960’s America

The Murder of Malcolm X: Muslim Fratricide in Tumultuous 1960’s America

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In his early years, Malcolm X advocated violence. But when he later took a stand for peace, he became a target—shot by a shotgun pistol, 9mm, and M1911A1.

Drugs, Guns, and Money

Drugs, Guns, and Money

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In a world where vacuous ill-informed talking heads chatter like chimps about assault rifles, weapons of mass destruction, and sundry other gun-related topics they clearly fail to understand, the gory machinegun murders of German Jimenez Panesso and his associate Juan Carlos Hernandez were actually the real deal.

Squeaky Fromme and Her 1911 Pistol: A Whole Lot of Crazy in One Tiny Package

Squeaky Fromme and Her 1911 Pistol: A Whole Lot of Crazy in One Tiny Package

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In the second row of onlookers, Fromme reached underneath her ample robes and retrieved a Colt 1911 pistol from a holster on her left side. Extending her arm she leveled the gun at the President’s midriff at near contact range and squeezed the trigger.

The Killing of a Killer: The IRA, Jock Davison, and the Makarov PM

The Killing of a Killer: The IRA, Jock Davison, and the Makarov PM

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Though the IRA made peace with the British, Irish guerrilla fighters sometimes remained killers. In this case, a bar fight led to a death by a Makarov PM.

Disneyworld and the Death of Osama bin Laden

Disneyworld and the Death of Osama bin Laden

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US Navy SEAL named Rob O’Neill had drilled a pair of Black Hills 77-grain OTM 5.56mm rounds through the brain of the single most reviled human being on the planet. Osama bin Laden, the architect of the single greatest terrorist attack in modern history, was finally queued up to meet his seventy dark-haired virgins.

The Photograph that Lost a War

The Photograph that Lost a War

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On February 1, 1968, Saigon, South Vietnam, was in the opening throes of the Tet Offensive. North Vietnamese commanders called it “The General Offensive and Uprising of Tet Mau Than 1968.” Two days prior more than 80,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops had attacked more than 100 towns including 36 of 44 provincial South Vietnamese capitals.