Author: Jack Bogart

Images by the author H&K’s iconic MP5 submachine gun has garnered a sterling reputation among folks who need it. I don’t know many shooters who haven’t heard of it. Unfortunately, with laws the way they are, owning one is an onerous and very expensive proposition. What’s a shooter to do who wants something like that legendary gun? Enter the Century Arms AP5. Manufactured in Turkey by MKS on original H&K machinery, it is a semi-auto version of the full-auto MP5.  (Speaking of full auto, don’t let the safety icons fool you… … only the safe and single-shot functions work. It…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant training to be a corrections officer in Pennsylvania was arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offenses, federal authorities said Friday. Ibrahim George Kallon, a citizen of Sierra Leone, obtained a visa that eventually expired in 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. At the time of his Feb. 11 arrest by the Glenolden Police Department, Kallon was training to become a Delaware County Prison corrections officer, ICE said.  Among the crimes Kallon was arrested for: involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, false imprisonment and indecent…

With some new, additional NFA barriers eliminated, I find myself rethinking niche suppressor designs that used to feel too costly to justify adding to the collection. Wipe-equipped cans use thin, often rubber, discs that the bullet punches through for superior gas sealing. On paper and often in video games and in movies, they promise exceptional, virtually Hollywood-quiet suppression in ultra-compact packages. However, in reality, they come at the expense of a short lifespan and or a more frequent and often tricky maintenance routine to be at peak effectiveness. I see models like the Gemtech Aurora 2 available through Silencer Shop as more…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A convicted California child rapist who was set to walk free this week after controversially being granted parole acknowledged during the proceeding that he still sexually pleasured himself to children as recently as 2021, according to a transcript of the hearing. David Allen Funston, 64, was set to walk free this week but was instead arrested after a new arrest warrant was issued in Placer County, state officials confirmed.Funston’s potential release by the state Board of Parole generated significant controversy and backlash against Gov. Gavin Newsom. The proceedings detail Funston’s criminal history, his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the Trump administration weighs its next move on Iran, one of the most advanced aircraft in the U.S. arsenal has taken up position closer to Tehran.Eleven U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters have arrived at Israel’s Ovda Air Base in the country’s south, Fox News reported, marking the first-ever operational deployment of American combat aircraft to Israel. The move comes amid a broader U.S. military buildup in the region not seen at this scale in years and as concerns grow over Iran’s nuclear program and missile capabilities.For American decision-makers, the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Massachusetts basketball coach is accused of raping a student under his foster care and providing the underage victim with alcohol. Scott Marino, 54, appeared in Woburn District Court on Thursday to face charges stemming from an alleged incident in which prosecutors say he gave an 18-year-old female high school student margaritas and shots of tequila before sexually assaulting her inside his home, according to WBTS. Marino reportedly works as the head coach of the Malden High School girl’s basketball team and as ​​a Linden School educator, teaching students in grades kindergarten through eighth. The victim…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that 25 more arrests had been made in connection with the storming of Cities Church by anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators last month.”Today, [the Justice Department] unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota,” Bondi wrote on X. “At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day.””YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida Democratic state representative said Wednesday during a floor debate that conservative activist Charlie Kirk wasn’t truly assassinated.”He was not assassinated. And words being accurate matters. It was a death by gun violence,” Democratic state Rep. Ashley Viola Gantt said. “That is an issue here in the country that we should all be on the same page with addressing.”Gantt and her colleagues were debating House Bill 125, titled, “Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance,” which would designate Kirk’s birthday, Oct. 14, each year as a day of remembrance for the slain activist.”We…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scouting America, the organization previously known as the Boy Scouts of America, has agreed to make several changes, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.  The group is under pressure from the U.S. Department of War, which has threatened to yank its support.In a video message issued Friday, Hegseth said he had been “very seriously considering ending our support of scouting altogether,” accusing the group of adopting “radical, woke ideology.” But he said the organization has agreed to implement changes, mentioning five, while indicating there were more. “First, Scouting America has agreed to…

There are a lot of people walking around with a badge, a carry permit, or both, who have never actually been taught to shoot. They’ve been taught to qualify. Those are not the same thing. Paul Costa has spent nearly two decades in law enforcement watching that gap up close. As an assistant range master responsible for firearms training for over 700 officers, he had a front-row seat to what institutional training produces: people who can pass a course of fire on a known range, under no stress, with no time pressure that matters, and who haven’t meaningfully developed as…