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‘Where To Shoot’ App Helps Find Ranges Nationwide

NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, has relaunched its improved free Where To Shoot mobile app—available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices—giving target shooters, hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, self-defenders, and church security teams convenient access to the most comprehensive directory of American shooting ranges.

[ Read the SemperVerus article, What to Take to the Shooting Range—Including a Prayer ]

The refreshed Where To Shoot app introduces a streamlined design and enhanced search tools that let users quickly find shooting facilities wherever they are — whether at home or on the road.

[ Read the SemperVerus article, Firearms Training: A Directory of Shooting Drills ]

Key features include:

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Checklist: Terrorist Preoperational Surveillance Tactics

18,000 known or suspected terrorists are in America. That’s the current estimate from Joseph Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, in his testimony before the Congressional House Committee On Homeland Security. (Watch his testimony on YouTube.)

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Kent says most of these military-aged fighters are from the Middle East, Africa, and Indonesia, from war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Mali, and Somalia, according to this Law Enforcement Today (LET) article.

[ Read the SemperVerus article, Preparation Warnings from Former CIA Analyst, Sarah Adams ]

“Former CIA analyst Sarah Adams says over 8,000 are Al Qaeda trained. ISIS fighters, along with other various Islamic terror groups, make up the other 10,000 killer-force estimate. A video smuggled from a Taliban training camp, shows combat drills with skill sets comparable to US Tier 1 operators, such as Navy Seals, Green Beret, and Delta force.”

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The Biblical Case for Being a Christian AND a Warrior

In his Bible study article, Can You Be a Christian and a Warrior at the Same Time?, Keith Graves of
Christian Warrior Training, makes the biblical case why followers of Jesus can serve in a profession that may require force, such as police officers and church security volunteers.

[ Read the SemperVerus article, Interview with Keith Graves of Christian Warrior Training ]

He says, “The New Testament does not avoid men who carried weapons or operated under authority. It speaks directly to them, and it does so without treating their profession as automatically sinful.”

[ Read the SemperVerus article, The Biblical Case Why Every Church Needs Armed Security ]

Excerpts from the article are below:

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Freedom Plane National Tour: Experience US History Firsthand

Experience consequential and original 18th and 19th century documents fundamental to America’s founding at major museums in eight US cities throughout 2026 as part of celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary (the semiquincentennial).

[ Read the SemperVerus article, Celebrating 250 Years: Learn About the American Revolution ]

Beginning in March 2026 and running through August 2026, the Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation will include the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the Secret Printing of the Constitution in Draft Form (1787).

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