Author: Gunner Quinn
At the ESSENCE Festival 2025, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott emphasizes that gun violence should be treated as a public health crisis. He highlights Baltimore’s $50 million investment in community violence intervention, explaining that “we pay people who used to shoot people to go and interrupt that violence themselves,” showcasing an innovative approach to reducing crime through community engagement. The panel also features insights from various leaders, including Congresswoman LaMonica McIver and forensic pathologist Dr. Roger Mitchell, each stressing the need for systemic change. Mitchell points out that neglect within the prison system exacerbates health issues, while Adams shares poignant stories…
The municipal workers’ strike in Philadelphia, led by District Council 33, came to an end early Wednesday morning, with members agreeing to a wage increase of 3% per year over the next three years. This settlement falls short of the 5% annual raise workers had sought, prompting some discontent among union members, who faced the prospect of missing their first paycheck since the strike began. Trash pickup that had accumulated during the eight-day work stoppage is set to resume as workers return to their posts. In a separate development, Waymo is introducing self-driving cars to Philadelphia this summer, albeit with…
The invasive axis deer, originally from the Indian subcontinent, are rapidly expanding their presence across the United States, particularly in Hawaii, where their populations grow by an average of 20% each year. In an effort to control this burgeoning issue, authorities have initiated a Landowner Incentive Program that offers $50 per deer trail submitted by landowners on Maui, Lāna’i, and Moloka’i, aiming to curb the ecological damage caused by these free-roaming deer. The consequences of their presence are concerning, as axis deer compete for resources with native species like the whitetail deer and drive the decline of endemic plant populations.…
A mass shooting in Florence, Kentucky, on July 6, 2024, left four individuals dead and three injured, centering around the escalating effects of dating violence. Chase Garvey, the shooter and ex-boyfriend of one of the victims, Delaney Eary, took his own life following the attack, which underscores the intersection of intimate partner violence and gun access within the community. This tragic incident, which occurred during a birthday celebration, reveals the often unrecognized dangers of stalking and controlling behaviors in relationships. With Kentucky ranking among the states with the highest rates of intimate partner violence, experts emphasize the need for awareness…
Time and again, poachers never seem to get what they deserve. Even in cases with egregious wildlife crimes, securing jail time can be nearly impossible. Every so often though, a district attorney goes for broke in prosecuting a case. Such was the case in Grant County, Oregon, where a 34-year-old man recently received 95 days of jail time, $22,000 in fines, and a lifetime hunting & fishing ban for a slew of poaching incidents spanning the last two years.Unsurprisingly—as seems to be the case with most chronic poachers—it wasn’t Travis Palmer’s first run-in with the law. In fact, Palmer had…
We first saw the FN Reflex in 2023, and as FN America’s first micro-compact handgun, it came with a host of desirable features. It also became one of FN’s most affordable handgun models, as the company aggressively marketed itself to the growing group of armed citizens across America. To keep pace with the developing needs and interests of today’s handgun enthusiasts, in 2025, FN upsized the Reflex to an XL model, which offers a bit more capability while still remaining concealable. Watch our video above to see this larger version of FN’s Reflex in use on the range. Like the…
While there is plenty of bitching in the hunting world when it comes to overcrowding, fishing is a little bit different. It’s not like you can’t find once-secret bodies of water, and the fisherman who lament the extra attention, but it’s just different.This might be because of the seasonality of fishing in a lot of places or the timing of hot bites. If you head to the Mighty Mississippi, where I grew up in the bottom right-hand corner of Minnesota, you’d see an example of this where the walleyes stack up below the dams in the spring. It’s bumper boats…
Kimber Firearm’s lineup of M1911 handguns varies from the traditional to the radical. The company isn’t afraid of deviating from the standard M1911 form either, offering everything from proprietary, compact carry pistols that maintain some elements of John Browning’s original design to hybrid-framed 2011 pistols. It’s elements from that last pistol, their recently released 2K11s that have crept into the company’s traditional pistols, with Kimber’s new-for-2025 Next Generation 1911. Kimber’s Next Generation 1911 combines the features of an all-steel, full-size M1911 with the company’s recently introduced 2K11 pistol. The Next Generation 1911 is based around a full-size (5” barrel), all-steel…
No one ever dreams small. From childhood, we fantasize about becoming astronauts, movie stars, or the president, and imagine owning flashy cars and elaborate mansions. As we get older and our goals become more realistic, but this internal desire for grandeur rarely diminishes. From getting our next promotion at work, to harvesting our next trophy animal, we all want the best and biggest and the best for ourselves in all that we do and that includes fishing.Every single angler out there at least toys with the idea of catching the big one. That fish that will push out tackle to…
The Eibar region of Spain has a long, rich history of gunmaking, and by the late 19th century and early 20th century, a number of established makers began emerging that would produce recognizable designs for decades. One of these firms, Star B.A., produced one of the most notable Spanish-made handguns of the 20th century: the Star Model B. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” I Have This Old Gun segment above to see the details of this M1911-style design. ”When you look at these guns today, they are beautifully made. The polish on them, I mean, they are just lovely guns.…