Dallas News: The undercover officer approached a suspected drug dealer in the darkness, wary that his target might be armed and prepared to strike. So the Plano cop drew his gun from his holster. He pointed it at the shadowy figure. He tried to activate his gun-mounted flashlight. A shot rang out. The suspect fell […]

Les reviews Streamlight PT 2AA Flashlight with C4 LED

Les Jones has thoughts on using a flashlight with a handgun. A lot more from Carteach Various techniques here.

Les Jones: What’s the New Hotness in Tactical LED Flashlights?

Curt looks at a Coleman 90 lumen light.

I like to do the occasional flashlight blogging. Via email, a TK Monster 15K lumen flashlight exploded. It took out a sliding glass door. Ouch.

Sebastian reviews the Fenix LD10. My past flashlight blogging is here.

Kevin has a post about the Insight M3X tactical light that he won at the second amendment blog bash.

Via a thread at ar15.com on flashlight advice, comes word of a 200 lumen flashlight at Home Depot for $25.

Les Jones, who suffers severe flashlight addiction, reviews the Nitecore Defender Infinity flashlight. Bonus: It takes AA batteries! Past flashlight blogging here, here, and here.

In an impressive update to my flashlight post, a hell of a recommendation by Unix-Jedi. Behold the 220 lumen, 4 hour run time (8 on half power) OLIGHT T20. Those are some impressive specs.

Les Jones is flashlight blogging: A Maglite is a gateway drug to a serious flashlight addiction. Surefires, Streamlights and Fenixes are the hard stuff. I’ve got one of each now and I’m still looking for the perfect light. Heh.

K2 Porcupine light with video. PSH ensues over flashlight. More pics here.

Les Jones, who is no longer blogging, once said something to the effect of A Mag Light is a gateway drug to a serious flashlight addiction. Well, I think this guy has reached peak addiction.

A flashlight with bluetooth that can connect to your phone. Because reasons.

Well, since everyone has a SWAT team . . . In Manhattan: A Postal Service police officer started shooting when he was spooked by a rat in a darkened Post Office Friday morning, sources said. The officer had his gun and flashlight drawn as he investigated an alarm that went off at the Manhattanville Station […]

The police seem to like to blame their gear: And a light mounted to the gun and activated by deputies squeezing a pressure switch on the handle has led to confusion in some incidents, with a significant number of deputies reporting that they unintentionally pulled the trigger of their weapon when they intended only to […]

25% off Streamlight flashlights. I grabbed two.

BLACKHAWK! Ally PL3x XTR Flashlight for $100. And get the $60 pressure plate for $6. Update: see comments, maybe not. Though I’ve never seen BH lights that cheap

Get shorty God bless Texas. I got 629 problems . . . A P90 And A Flashlight Had A Child …

My daughter is heading to camp next week. She’ll have the coolest flashlight there.

Hey, those point things on a tactical flashlight do stuff.

So, the folks at Bug A Salt sent me a couple of, uhm, Bug A Salts. Their webpage is here and you can buy one from Amazon here. So, here they are: Operating operationally in operations for operators: Long story short, you shoot bugs out of the air with table salt. To operate, you fill […]

Lifegear flashlights four pack, 700, 400 and Two 80 Lumens for less than $130. I got two.

A 650 lumen tactical flashlight from Terralux

Day1 22LR Accuracy Test Chiappa 1887 “Standard” model JP SCR11 Kel-Tec CL-43 Flashlight. Interesting design. Not sure how much better or worse it is than others.

And it didn’t go as expected So, I came home expecting the find the family there. They weren’t. I also expected my backdoor to be shut. It wasn’t. Needless to say, this had me concerned. A quick look around and I noticed nothing really out of place but something wasn’t right. I drew my gun […]

So, a gun activist was targeted because she was wearing an NRA hat and that means she’s strapped: The current case boiled down to Sutterfield’s word against an officers. Sutterfield testified her jacket was tucked behind her holster from the time she left home that night. Milwaukee Police Officer Cassandra Benitez testified that when she […]

Gerber 31-001047 Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival Pack with Multitool, Flashlight, and Fire Starter for $55. 24: The Complete Series for $115

Have flashlights handy