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    Five Most (Wrongly) Disrespected Military Guns

    The Owen came out in Farewell to the KIng. I've heard the Johnson MG was used by Marine Raiders a bit and that the SEALS in Vietnam used the Stoner in MG configuration. Latter probably due to need for 5.56 squad weapon. Be good to make a new movie about WWII Marine Raiders, use Johnson MG's.
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    Will You Use Your CCW If You Are Attacked?

    A few years ago after a mass shooting in my town (EL Paso, Tx.) people started the "If I had been there with my gun I would have..." routine. To be honest I don't know if I would have frozen, covered other people's escape, shot and missed, shot and hit, peed or soiled myself, run away, vomited...
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    Does Your Doctor Want To Disarm You?

    My doctor needs to know of my carry habits and how frequently I go to the range if (s)he is treating me for arthritis in my hand and wrists, carpo tunnel issues, hearing loss, or problems resulting from inhaling fumes from the burning powder. My eye doctor might need to know to make sure he...
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    Elvis

    Elvis Presley's military service is an example I am afraid too many young people won't get. The willingness to submit to the draft just like any other young man of his time is an example that should be included as a sidebar in all history books.
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    M1919A6 Light Machine Gun — America’s Unhappy Compromise

    The Marines in the Pacific improvised a similar weapon known as the Stinger. It used a lightweight M1919 scrounged from an out of commission fighter plane, a BAR bipod, and a Garand stock. I understand that the failure of the T42 was due to someone messing up the chamber dimensions when changing...
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    Apaches with 1911s

    I began to write a comment, but a virus kicked in, began inserting vulgarities into my comment, and my typing in other sites. I apologize for any offense. Villa's men took heavier casualties than the people of Columbus and the 13th Cavalry troopers who helped them defend their town (90 to 170...
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    Apaches with 1911s

    While the Expeditionaty Force never caught up with Villa, it did cause him to lose the fight.
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    Apaches with 1911s

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    When A 1911 Shot Down a Japanese Zero

    Many years ago one of my co-workers was a Luftwaffe veteran from WWII. He often described the M1911 .45 as "pocket anti-aircraft."
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