SAF Fights Federal Gun Ban for Medical Marijuana Users
The federal law banning possession of a firearm for illegal drug users has become more and more contentious as additional states have passed laws allowing medicinal, and even recreational use, of marijuana. Consequently, there have been a number of recent high-profile court cases involving pot...
Better Shooting Through Technology [Cabinet of Curiosities]
Photography by Straight 8 & Kenda Lenseigne Editor’s Note: In this column, we look back at iconic guns that have either stood the test of time or vanished without trace. About a decade ago, the folks at TrackingPoint seemed to have a whole pot of...
Navy’s new enlisted leader puts sailors, training at forefront
The 17th master chief petty officer of the Navy released his objectives for the fleet Tuesday, a day after he was sworn in as the Navy’s top enlisted sailor. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman took to social media to share a...
Advocates lobby for new approaches to preventing veteran suicides
“We know that existing treatments can help the majority of traumatized veterans, but none works for everyone,” said Brian Dempsey, government affairs director at Wounded Warrior Project, during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. “We want to ensure that policy and science...
Appeal starts for US military contractor held responsible for torture
A federal appeals court heard oral arguments Tuesday about an appeal from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. Reston, Virginia-based CACI appealed...
Arkansas National Guard to assist Trump administration deportation efforts
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of the most visible figures in President Donald Trump’s first term, told Fox News Digital exclusively that she will announce a plan Tuesday to deploy dozens of National Guard to...
Boston Fire Lt. Arrested Over Guns and Private Home Range
A decorated Army and Navy veteran turned Boston firefighter, commended for bravery during the deadly 2017 North End fire, was arrested at his Massachusetts home after Milton police found him in possession of five unregistered assault rifles, five unregistered handguns, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 76...
US Air Force awards contract to prototype next-gen bunker-buster bomb
The U.S. Air Force last week awarded defense firm Applied Research Associates a two-year contract to design and prototype the next version of the massive bunker-busting bomb that this year struck a key Iranian nuclear facility. ARA will work on the air-to-ground Next Generation Penetrator,...
John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103
Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. Born March 16, 1922, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Luckadoo would join the U.S. Army Air...
10th Circuit Upholds Machine Gun Ban in U.S. v. Morgan
We were surprised but pleased last August when a district court judge, ruling in a Kansas case, found that the federal restriction on machine gun ownership was unconstitutional. At the time, U.S. District Judge John Broomes used the Supreme Court’s instructions set down in the...