Article on the Culley v Marshall case that recently got announced by SCOTUS. The Gorsuch concurrence hints that a 5-4 majority of the court might want to reel in the practice of civil asset forfeiture.

Direct link to the concurrence [here]

But in future cases, with the benefit of full briefing, I hope we might begin the task of assessing how well the profound changes in civil forfeiture practices we have witnessed in recent decades comport with the Constitution’s enduring guarantee that “[n]o person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

CZ Tarantule was supposed to be used in cases where explosives couldn’t be used due to a high risk of collateral damage. The Tarantule uses a modified .50 caliber blank round loaded from the breech of the 18mm caliber smoothbore barrel to propel the 70ml of water which is poured down the muzzle and sealed in the bore via a special plug. The muzzle velocity of the water jet is a whopping 3500 m/s or 11,483 fps.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2022/04/27/cz-tarantule-prototype-water-cannon/

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/01/16/hot-gat-fudd-crap-khyber-pass-ill-bid-last/

The 19-year-old whose name really is Bud Weisser was busted in July for breaking into a South County convenience store.

...19-year-old Weisser made an epic comeback when police caught him trespassing at the Budweiser brewery last week.

This Romanian PAR-1 is mostly made up of traditional AKM parts with a twist. It features a pump action mechanism rather than a functioning gas system.

Interestingly unlike most pump actions the pump on this rifle is spring loaded. Meaning that it will slide back forward after being pulled back and released.

Figured this might be of interest to Star Wars fans and appropriate given it's May 4th.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2024/ukraine-adopts-turkish-bts-12-shotgun-for-anti-drone-warfare

TFB's James Reeves test [19:20]: https://youtu.be/R2WDt6IHp-g

Found this really small channel but they have great production quality.

Video of it in use [1:00] (no audio): https://youtu.be/YoOaJclkSZg

The Department of Defense’s research agency, DARPA, releasedfootage on Monday showing the bullet, after completing a prototype in February, as part of DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program. Footage posted to DARPA’s official YouTube channel shows live-fire tests by an expert sniper and a first-time sniper. In both cases, the bullet course corrects in midair, speeding toward a target even if it’s not centered in the crosshairs. An optical guidance system enables the bullet to compensate for weather, wind and other factors that might push it off course.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/04/30/darpas-exacto-guided-bullet-makes-progress/

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/01/13/potd-weird-franken-gun-pickup-truck-gun-rack/