Welcome to The GUNNERS GAZETTE™!
Publisher: James Ardolino & BIG CITY CRIME MEDIA™

We are so happy to announce our new on-line magazine, a first in the industry, that has been started by an actual company that sells in the firearms industry. While other companies bring you mostly their own products and reviews about their products, we are a separate entity and will be reviewing OTHER COMPANIES and their products.

Everything from Guns & Ammo, Knives, Tactics, History of Arms, Survival, Fitness and a lot more! All our writers are contributors and do this for the love of the game, which makes this the ONLY magazine with ALL HONEST reviews. (Except one, and we will acknowledge that later.)

What you, the readers, are getting ready to witness and read, is something EPIC. ALL our contributors have Real-World experience. Some are still presently LEO’s, still with agencies doing active operations, Ex-Military (one individual was actually in the heart of GWOT); but all have a very vast knowledge of this industry.  We are here to bring you: REAL TALK, REAL STORIES, REAL ADVICE…™

My Message: James Ardolino/Publisher

I would like to thank all my contributors, but to start Susana Madahi. Without her contributing to all our daily endeavors, this would not have happened. Second, and there’s two. J.B. Cohen who has been a great friend and now will be writing for us. His ideas were much appreciated and a lot were applied. His knowledge on weapons supersedes anything we’ve seen thus far, when it comes to writing about them. Gregory Chabot, a freelance writer for over 10 years, Navy and Army vet; a TRUE AMERICAN with REAL experience. Gregory has been a great friend through this whole process. His knowledge of how a magazine should be done, is unbelievably riveting. Both of these individuals have been like mentors to myself. Wade McIntosh, a tactical tough guy, who is actually a tactical tough guy, that has a very genius way and knowledge in this field. Always making us laugh while trying to lay out articles.

The other is a Legend in this industry, her name says it all and so does her writing… Sharon Ahern. Sharon Ahern will be contributing as well and, we are so lucky to have her permission to republish her husband’s old writings; by now you know…JERRY AHERN. That’s right, another first in the industry to have a Retro section of writing, and there’s no better than this. They are actual real published authors of 80-90 books, and wrote thousands of articles in all the popular gun magazines. This will be exciting in itself. The experience these two have is insane, and we get to enjoy and learn from them.

There are more, and in time you will read their great articles and see the knowledge I have seen for months. Thank you for visiting us, and we look forward to giving all of you what you’ve always wanted…
REAL TALK, REAL STORIES, REAL ADVICE™… and HONEST reviews!

James Ardolino/Publisher

MASTHEAD

Susana Madahi, has a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, English Teacher Since 1999, University Languages Department Coordinator, Court Certified Translator for Rio Grande District in Mexico, Language Advisor for National Geographic Learning (contributed/collaborated)

Born in New England, Greg is a veteran of the Navy and Army, seeing combat in Iraq with the 1st Infantry division. A life long shooter and outdoorsman, he strives to help readers make informed purchases. He’s here to share real-world knowledge that actually works, from his own personal life experiences.

Wade McIntosh is a decorated, full-time law enforcement professional, with almost two decades of military/police experience. He is currently a rifle and pistol armorer, range instructor, less lethal instructor and serves as an adjunct instructor for his agency’s academy. McIntosh has served in multiple capacities during his career. Most notably, homicide investigations, undercover narcotics, and counter drug operations. Mcintosh writes from the perspective, of one with a lifelong appreciation and practical application of firearms.

J.B. Cohen is a law enforcement professional, with over two decades of experience at a major agency. He has served as a firearms instructor, range instructor, and agency armorer, with extensive experience across a wide range of duty and historical firearms.
In addition to his professional background, Cohen is a dedicated collector with a particular interest in practical use and historical context. His writing reflects a perspective shaped by real-world application, training, and a lifelong appreciation of firearms in both the civilian and law enforcement worlds.

JERRY AHERN was best known as the author of the best-selling series, THE SURVIVALIST and THEY CALL ME the MERCENARY.  He had written over ninety books, and thousands of magazines articles, on subjects ranging from weaponry and accessories, to vampire hunters and product reviews.  Jerry was also known as a custom knife designer and holster designer and manufacturer. During the VHS era, he produced and participated in various instructional videos.

SHARON AHERN continues the SURVIVALIST series.  RIDE the DRAGON, number 37 in the series will be out this Summer, co-written with Sean Ellis.  She is an author, co-author, editor and photographer and, likes to find ways to keep us safe and survive life’s little difficulties, make things from nothing and remind us that there is a way around most difficult situations.

Check out Sharon’s latest blog, see what’s new and peruse the booklist at
www.jerryahern.com.

Dan Kemp finally graduated Ole Miss in 1998. Instead of grad school, six months later he was in the US Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. That led to a variety of assignments in Korea, and at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for the next decade. With the 101st, he went to Kosovo once and Iraq twice. It would have been three times, but he wasn’t stitched back together yet. Training accidents can be as bad as war zones. Since that career-ending injury actually ended his career, he then put all that to work while completing his Master’s in Military History at Norwich University in 2012. Let’s just say he works in ‘military training support’ these days. But his years in fandom and a turbulent personal life, finally got him to finish his first novel, 2023’s Door Number Three. That’s become the Athenaeum Inc. series.