Armed Citizen® Today In Oklahoma City, a female convenience-store clerk was working near midnight on Nov. 13 when a man attempted to pay using a counterfeit $100 bill. She refused to accept the fake, so the man allegedly began threatening her, and then to physically assault her. “He said he was going to slice my head off, and that’s when I tried to call the police,” the clerk later told reporters. “He started throwing things at me, came behind the counter. I tried to run off, but he grabbed his hands around my neck and pushed me out of the…

For those who haven’t been keeping up with American handgun trends, 2011-style semi-automatic pistols have been making notable inroads from the competition circuits into the civilian self-defense and law-enforcement markets during the past few years. In 2025, European American Armory (EAA) and Turkish gun manufacturer Girsan teamed up to provide pistol enthusiasts with more affordable 2011-type options. Although some competing models can cost upwards of $3,000, the Girsan Witness2311 series includes competition-style, concealed-carry and handgun-hunting configurations with suggested retail prices ranging from just $749 to $1,179. As is often the case, the 2011-style platform is continuing to evolve based on…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calaian. Here’s cap. A bald eagle in North Carolina dropped a cat through someone’s car windshield last week and what can only be described as a catastrophic commute. The incident occurred on US Route seventy four in Swain County, about sixty five miles southwest of Asheville. The driver was in a four door sedan making their way along the road when all of a sudden whim, the feline was catapulted into the passenger side windshield and left a sizeable,…

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Chainsaws are wonderful tools for wood cutting. But chainsaws are not perfect. Chainsaws are heavy. Chainsaws are noisy. Chainsaws require supplies of fuel and bar oil. These limitations can be problematic during field use. The Silky KatanaBoy Professional 700 presents an outstanding manual alternative to chainsaws for cutting trees and branches up to 14 inches in diameter. The saw is light and compact, weighing just four pounds and folding to a length of 33 inches. It creates so little noise that hearing protection is not required. It requires no supplies except the muscles of its user. And it uses those…

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We’ve announced the winners of Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. Note to the top three prize winners: Please contact me and let me know your UPS and USPS address(es), for your prizes. Thanks. – JWR The top three prize winners will each receive some great prize packages. The winners for Round 120 are… First Prize Winner: First Prize goes to  The Chemical Engineer, for Loaves, Fishes, Tree Bark, Seeds, and Knowledge. See: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, and Part 8. It was posted October 20-27, 2025. He will…

A top Ukrainian defense executive warns that Western militaries may be misjudging their approach to weaponry in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Serhiy Goncharov, CEO of the National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries, argues that while advanced systems like the U.S. M982 Excalibur guided shell are impressive, their high cost and limited numbers hinder effectiveness in a war defined by attrition. He emphasizes that quantity matters more than quality in prolonged engagements, stating, “You do not need 10 Archers…Instead, you need 200 cheaper howitzers.” As the war stresses Ukraine’s supply lines, the need for reliable, mass-produced arms becomes increasingly evident. The…