Author: Jack Bogart

It is pretty rare to see something new come out of the ammunition side of the firearms industry unless a company is chasing a wildcat cartridge that they’re hoping will really take off. One manufacturer who surprised us at Range Day was Sim-X with their unassuming line of ammo that touts ultra-high velocities while pushing low grain weights for given cartridges. Sim-X Ammunition Sim-X Ammunition offers both recreational and practice range ammo as well as self-defense rounds. The practice ammunition is dubbed RANGECORE™ with a patented synthetic core inside a precision alloy full-metal jacket. Their self-defense ammunition is named Defensecore…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district is set to plead guilty Thursday to a pair of federal charges following his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year. Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana in South America and once the leader of Des Moines Public Schools, was detained by federal immigration officers on Sept. 26, 2025. He resigned from his position shortly afterward. In October, Roberts initially pleaded not guilty to one count of making a false statement for employment and one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm while being in the U.S.…

NEED TO KNOW The fatal shooting of Spencer and Monique Tepe garnered national attention as the motive behind the killings remains unannouncedThe couple were found slain inside their Ohio home, where their children were heard crying and found physically unharmed, on Dec. 30Strangers from as far as Australia have shared their condolences about the couple’s demise, according to an online obituary Around two weeks after Monique and Spencer Tepe were found slain inside their Columbus, Ohio residence, hundreds gathered at a funeral home to pay their love and respect to the couple. The shocking murders, which took place in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WARNING: Graphic ContentCrime scene photographs from the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students were accidentally released this week, triggering outrage from victims’ families.According to family members, the photographs showed the interior of the off-campus Moscow, Idaho, home where students Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death on Nov. 13, 2022.The family of Goncalves said the exposure of the images reflected a lapse in judgment and basic safeguards, arguing that evidence from a quadruple homicide should never have been made accessible without strict controls.”Please be…

NEED TO KNOW Mother of 10, Amanda Wixon, has been found guilty of modern-day slavery offensesWixon kept an unnamed victim captive in her home for 20 yearsThe victim was placed in Wixon’s care at the age of 16 A woman in England has been found guilty of modern-day slavery offenses after keeping a victim captive in her home for more than 20 years, authorities have said. On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Amanda Wixon, 56, was convicted by a jury at Gloucestershire Crown Court of two counts of forced or compulsory labour, one count of false imprisonment and three counts of assault,…

In a mixed bag ruling, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently delivered one big win and several big losses to gun owners challenging the state’s onerous gun-control laws. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen ruling, Maryland was one of several anti-gun states to strengthen, rather than loosen, its gun restrictions. One new law banned carrying firearms on private property held open to the public without the owner’s express permission—a regulation commonly known as the “vampire rule,” which references the literary notion that vampires must obtain an owner’s consent before entering a building. On January…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A jury is hearing from teenagers who have testified about being victims of a California mom facing dozens of charges after allegedly hosting secret “alcohol-soaked benders,” in which high school freshmen were encouraged to engage in sexual behavior at her family’s swanky mansion.Shannon O’Connor is on trial after she was slapped with 63 criminal charges stemming from her alleged involvement in throwing alcohol- and sex-fueled parties for minors during the 2020-21 school year in Santa Clara, according to KRON. Deputy District Attorney Joanna Lee alleged O’Connor, who has been dubbed the “Los Gatos…

While attending Beretta’s private Range Day on Sunday, January 18th checking out everything there are going to have new for SHOT Show 2026 (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade show) as well as the year of their 500th Anniversary, we came across a rather unique looking semi-auto shotgun in the Beretta AX800 Suprema! Beretta AX800 Suprema 12 Gauge With an edgy looking stock and forearm that is contoured unlike anything we have seen before, the Beretta AX800 Suprema is an eye-catching shotgun to say the least. In fact, Beretta touts this shotgun as being “the most advanced waterfowl shotgun we’ve ever built,…

NEED TO KNOW Independent preliminary autopsy findings have revealed further details about Renee Nicole Good’s deathThe 37-year-old mother of three was found with four apparent gunshot wounds, the report obtained by PEOPLE statedGood died after being fatally shot by an ICE agent on the morning of Jan. 7 On a cold January night in Minnesota, Renee Nicole Good’s life ended in a burst of violence that her family says demands a full public reckoning. As grief gives way to a determined search for truth, new details are emerging that deepen the urgency around her death — and raise questions that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Assassination culture,” or public tolerance of politically motivated violence, is increasing in the United States after a year of alarming bloodshed, according to a new national survey — especially among women.Researchers also said they found that high usage of social media and growing pessimism about the country’s future may be eroding basic civility.”I thought we’d be seeing a bunch of guys who were unemployed who’d be endorsing this,” said Joel Finkelstein, director of the Network Contagion Research Institute, which studies emerging threats to national security, civics and American youth online.The NCRI has…