“I am whatever I wish to be,” Onision proclaims in his YouTube profile. Does he wish to be right? The stat trotted-out here—that more people are killed by people they know than unfamiliar burglars (fingering irresponsible legal gun ownership as the number one cause of firearm fatalities)—has been de-bunked many times, many ways. For example, […]
According to The Marine Times, the head of Joint Forces Command was trying to get his troops a better rifle with more powerful bullets well before the Corps deployed in Afghanistan. Pre-theater, General James Mattis’ lobbied for a 6.8mm round. Yes, well, the Marines recently “settled” for partial deployment of 5.56mm Special Operations Science and […]
The Marine Corps Times reports that the Corps has stopped supplying troops with ye olde M855 rounds. Marines will now fire Federal Cartridge’s Special Operations Science and Technology (SOST) round. Weighing-in at 62 grains with a lead core and a solid copper shank, the bullet’s a variation of the Federal Trophy Bonded Bear Claw round […]
