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Game Review: Contract Killer for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch

As gun owners/writers go, I’m pretty non-violent. I’ve never shot another human being. I’ve never bagged a deer. Never shot anything larger than a dove, in fact. Even though I conceal carry, I don’t really believe, in my heart of … Continue reading

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Pulling a Quigley, Down Under(-fire)

I love it when life imitates art. You know, like when you see something in some Hollywood flick, and you say to yourself, “Self, that could NEVER happen in real life.” But then you find out it can. Has. Did. … Continue reading

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The REAL Miss America

I received the following email from a friend. (A female friend, no less.) I present it here, verbatim, for your reading pleasure: The real Miss America There’s a Proud Papa out there somewhere.

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US Marines Hunt Sangin Sniper

The town of Sangin is best known as the southern epicenter of the Afghanistan opium trade. Today, however, the Pashtun town of 14,000 captured a headline at the Wall Street Journal (Sniper in Afghan Town Puts Marines on Edge) for another … Continue reading

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Game Review – Shadowland: The Sniper

But is it fun? Well, I’d give it a thumbs up, simply because it seems to be a great deal more realistic than most single-person shooters that I’ve played. It is a little frustrating though, simply because the bad guys don’t take long to start shooting, once you’ve gotten through the training set. And of course, you can’t beat the price. Which is a good thing, as reviewers in the iTunes store have complained that the mission is fairly short, and there’s nothing to do, once you’ve completed the mission.
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IRA Smuggled Armalite Rifles on the QE2 (Ocean Liner)

The Times reports that the IRA smuggled guns and explosive from the U.S. to the U.K. aboard The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) in the early seventies. “Brendan Hughes, one of the [IRA] provisionals’ first quartermasters, said he boarded Cunard’s flagship … Continue reading

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