In the wake of yet another tragic school shooting, the United States finds itself at the same cross roads it has so many times before. Violence is an unfortunate byproduct of existence - even acts of senseless violence against one another aren’t without precedent in nature - but we, as a people, are tasked with finding a way to mitigate the influence of that universal truth … [Read more…]
The Marine Corps, like every military branch, has a language all its own. That isn’t to say that Marines don’t speak English - but the words we use come with a cultural context that often requires familiarity to translate. A casual observer may be able to glean that the “head” is actually the bathroom, but they may be surprised to learn that dividing the word “oorah” into its … [Read more…]
A police commander was shot to death while responding to a call in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, according to a statement made by local authorities. Cmdr. Paul Bauer, 53, heard the call over the radio after a police tactical team attempted to question a man near State Street and Wacker Drive about a shooting, according to department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. When they … [Read more…]
Last November, the tragic murder of 26 people in the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas shined a light on what appeared to be a grave error in the Air Force’s procedures regarding service members separated for committing violent crimes. The shooter, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley, should have been barred from purchasing the firearm used in the attack after … [Read more…]
Two Ohio police officers were shot and killed near Columbus on Saturday, after responding to a 911 hang up. The suspect was also wounded in the incident and is currently being treated in a nearby hospital. Officers Eric Joering, 39, and Anthony Morelli, 54, arrived at the scene of the 911 call only eight minutes after the hang up. “As they went into the apartment they … [Read more…]
Happy New Year! Lets kick the new year off with a skill that could save your life. Random inspired terrorist attacks and crazy lone shooters have become everyday concerns at home and abroad. Years ago, the FBI interviewed survivors of terrorist attacks and active shootings to determine their thought process during such deadly events. One of several questions asked was: What … [Read more…]
The man who shot five Douglas County Sheriff's Deputies, killing one, on Sunday morning was an Iraq War veteran and an attorney that had been harassing local law enforcement with threatening emails and even YouTube videos in the weeks leading up to the attack. Matthew Riehl, 37, served in the Wyoming National Guard from 2006 to 2012, and deployed to Iraq in 2009 with 300th … [Read more…]
One Colorado deputy was killed and four others injured when responding to a domestic disturbance call near Denver on Sunday. Two civilians were also shot, though it is currently unclear whether they were hit during a shootout with police, or if the suspect opened fire on them prior to the deputies arriving on the scene. According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the … [Read more…]
In the wake of Sunday’s tragedy, where a lone gunman entered a Baptist Church in a small Texas community and opened fire, killing 26 men, women, and children, many Americans were forced to acknowledge a difficult reality: These sorts of mass casualty scenarios are not limited to the major population centers we tend to think of as common targets for a such an … [Read more…]
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Devin P. Kelley, the gunman that killed 26 people inside a Baptist Church in Texas on Sunday, should have been legally barred from purchasing firearms due to multiple domestic assault convictions levied by Air Force court-martial. The troubled Airman reportedly fractured the skull of his toddler step-son and physically abused his wife, … [Read more…]
A terrible tragedy befell the small community of Sutherland Springs, Texas on Sunday, when 26-year-old Devin P. Kelley entered the white steepled First Baptist Church wearing all black and carrying a rifle. In an attack that now appears to have been motivated by contempt for his mother-in-law, a regular church attendee, Kelley opened fire on the crowd of innocent men, women, … [Read more…]
According to a statement released by the Air Force, it was a clerical error that prevented Devin P. Kelley’s domestic assault conviction from being entered into the federal database that would have barred his purchase of the firearm he used to end the lives of 26 people at a Baptist church on Sunday. In 2012, Kelley was convicted of two charges of assault in a military … [Read more…]
