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Attempted coup leaves over 200 dead and 2,000 arrested in Turkey

Chaos unfolded late Friday evening when military soldiers armed with tanks, cars and guns stormed Turkish streets, blocking off major bridges and the airport in Istanbul.

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Korean M1s Still in Limbo, New Bill Introduced to Prevent State Department from Blocking Imports

“It’s disappointing that legislation is even necessary to allow U.S. citizens to access perfectly legal and regulated firearms," explains Wyoming Representative Cynthia Lummis.

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Taliban Ambush From a Machine Gunner’s Perspective (VIDEO)

While heading back to FOB Sperwan Ghar in Kandahar province Afghanistan, Taliban fighters ambush a U.S. Army patrol. The reason the patrol is staying on the road is because the threat of IED’s off the road is extremely high in this area. This video is part of an ongoing documentary of the war in Afghanistan […]

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Nostalgia Trip: 5 Classic 50s Battle Rifles

Maybe it's everybody getting their old, shined up cars out of the garage as summer sets in but Guns.com is feeling a bit nostalgic, so to scratch that itch we thought we would take a look at some classic 50s battle rifles.

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Guns of Grunt: 2013

Some weapons our best and brightest use to defend themselves today represent more than a century of evolving designs while others are about as visionary as it comes.

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Iwo Jima: The story of two flag raisings (VIDEO)

“You fellows did all the dirty work and the ones who were on Rosenthal’s picture got all the credit.”

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America to field First RPG-inspired MK 777 Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher

Despite its iconic silhouette (especially when shouldered by some Reagan-era rag-tag guerilla), rugged low cost design and pervasive use in just about every conflict since ‘Nam by both enemies and allies, the RPG-7 inexplicably never really caught fire among America’s military, aside from maybe

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