A 21-year-old man, Joshua Rocha, is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly fired an assault-style rifle at Bloomington police officers who were responding to a traffic incident near the Mall of America. The shootout unfolded late Thursday night, where Rocha’s gunfire narrowly missed three officers, who ultimately returned fire, injuring him as he attempted to resist arrest. Authorities reveal that Rocha was driving the wrong way and refused police orders before the confrontation escalated. The police chief emphasized the seriousness of the situation, noting that the officers were fortunate to avoid injury in the incident, which left the police…

TriStar Arms offers an extensive variety of cost-effective shotguns ranging from traditional side-by-sides and sporty over-unders to trap-specific models and semi-automatics. Among the latter is the subject of this review, the walnut-stocked, second-generation Raptor, which retails for a little more than $600. The Turkish-made Raptor II is a gas-operated, semi-automatic shotgun available in 20 or 12 gauge, with a 3″ chamber; our test gun was an example of the former with a 26″ barrel. When fired, gas is bled via dual ports from the barrel into the gas cylinder. There it impinges on the piston, which rests against the dual-arm…

It took me fourteen years to finally hunt out of state, but when I finally took the plunge, I went hard. I chased whitetails on public land in the big woods of Wisconsin and the badlands of North Dakota, and it was painfully obvious that I wasn’t in Kansas anymore.What I thought would be a fun and challenging adventure quickly turned into a therapy session I didn’t sign up for. Hunting out of state pushed me out of my comfort zone, highlighted my weaknesses, and forced me to adapt as a hunter.Ok, maybe I don’t know a lot about therapy.…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. 00:00:24 Speaker 3: I’m your host, Tony Peterson. 00:00:25 Speaker 2: In today’s episode is all about how I’m taking a fresh look at my late season hunt and why you might…

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The recent physical silver shortage and the run-up in the spot and futures prices of silver (around $59 USD per Troy ounce the last time that I checked) has prompted me to issue some supplementary advice about how and when to SELL some of your silver.  We should all be ready to start slowly SELLING or trading a large part of our silver once the spot price passes $125 per ounce.  There will almost certainly be a peak and then a crash in silver. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I’ll go out on a limb and predict that…

On December 9th, 1315, the Swiss Woudsteden renewed their Eternal Covenant. (Eidgenossenschaft or Oath Commonwealth). According to Wikipedia: “[Eidgenossenschaft] means “oath commonwealth” or “oath alliance”, in reference to the “eternal pacts” formed between the Eight Cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy of the late medieval period. In Swiss historiography, this relates most notably to the Rütlischwur (Rütli Oath) between the three founding cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, which traditionally dates to 1307. In modern usage, Eidgenossenschaft is the German term used as an equivalent to “Confederation” in the official name of Switzerland, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (rendered, respectively, as Confédération suisse and…

The Traditional first week of November rut was foreign to me until I actually hunted the Midwest. As a resident Mississippian, that hallowed week looks a lot like the month of October. Unless we get a cold front, temps might even reach the mid-80s. For me and my southern counterparts, New Year’s Day typically aligns with peak rut activity. Of course, the South is a weird place, and that includes deer hunting.Depending on where you’re at, you might see peak rut activity in Mississippi or Alabama anywhere from Thanksgiving Day to early February. While most folks in deer country have…

Armed Citizen® Today A Chicago rapper, along with several companions, approached two women while they sat in a parked car on Sept. 7, 2025. The rapper allegedly tried to yank open the passenger door while pointing a gun at the women. However, one of the women was a licensed concealed carry holder, and she reached for her own firearm. The suspect reportedly shot her in the leg before she was able to return fire, striking him multiple times and critically wounding him. The women then sped away from the scene as the alleged assailant and his companions continued to fire…