Vaping is the smoking of the 21st century. It’s supposed to be safer than smoking, and it doesn’t seem to have the same second-hand issues, but it’s still annoying as hell to walk down the sidewalk and get a blast of watermelon-scented vape-farts. But as annoying as it might be, it’s not something to get in a shootout about. And yet, a South Carolina man tried to shoot two people, reportedly over a “vape device,” and got ended for his trouble.An armed citizen halted a shooting rampage Thursday by a man who went berserk over…

By the Joint Committee on Printing: Archeological digs in northern India, dating around 3,500 B.C., have uncovered a seal, used to sign documents. The seal shows a procession of seven men carrying square standards, held aloft on poles like modem flags. While these ancient flags were rigid, like boards, and not made of cloth as modern flags are, they provided ample testimony that heraldry and the displaying of banners dated to the earliest civilizations. In American history, the Vikings carried a flag which bore a black raven on a field of white. In 1492, Columbus sailed to our shores with…

The USS Abraham Lincoln will stop in Thailand after spending months at sea in the Middle East, according to multiple reports. A Thai government official, speaking anonymously, told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the vessel will make a brief stop in the Asian country to allow rest and recovery. The official did not provide any additional details. Military.com reached out to the Navy for confirmation but received no response by publication. The news comes amid rising concerns about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has 5,000 sailors and Marines on board and has been at sea for nine…

I personally think President Donald Trump, despite the demonizing rhetoric in his first term, really did try to be reasonable. He said bombastic things at times, but his actual actions were generally mild. He even threw a bone to anti-gunners when he directed the ATF to reclassify bump stocks as machine guns. Granted, I suspect someone in the administration knew it would never survive in the courts, but that’s neither here nor there.You see, despite that, they kept calling him a Nazi, a racist, and everything else other than a decent human being, and then…

The Department of Defense created the Basic Needs Allowance in 2023 to address a problem that had been quietly acknowledged for years: Some active-duty families, particularly larger households at junior enlisted pay grades, were living below the federal poverty line despite a parent serving full-time in the military. The allowance is designed to close that gap, in the form of a monthly payment added to a service member’s regular pay. In its first year, only 77 service members applied for and received it. What It Pays The Basic Needs Allowance brings a qualifying household’s gross income up to the eligibility…

Earth-shattering injunctions enjoining the government from enforcing portions of the National Firearms Act for some people have left confusion. The Second Amendment Foundation launched an informational resource page to help. The dust has not settled from the monumental decisions out of the Northern District of Texas. What are we talking about? The National Firearms Act and it being greatly stripped of its teeth. Or, so we think? What do we know and who’s doing what? The Second Amendment Foundation put together a great resource to help people navigate the treacherous waters of not registering some…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow on Aug. 25 for meetings with Russian officials, sparking questions about the visit’s intent and about national flags on the premises. The visit became public after observers spotted a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at a Moscow airport and a motorcade with American diplomatic plates in the Russian capital. U.S. officials subsequently confirmed Ratcliffe’s presence, although the CIA initially declined to discuss the trip’s purpose. Hours after Ratcliffe left Russia, nighttime footage circulating on social media showed empty flagpoles at the U.S. diplomatic compound in Moscow. The timing prompted…

U.S.S. Lincoln and U.S.S. Ford IN DISTRESS The global maritime balance of power has entered dangerous territory. This has me legitimately worried. The maxed-out hegemon and the mirage of collective defense is the world’s GREATEST BUBBLE. Truly, how many countries EXIST because of the perceived idea that if they were ever attacked, they’d call Washington D.C. for help? It’s such a BIG BUBBLE that we can’t even imagine a world, where this isn’t the obvious theme. Well, President Trump has ended this one-way street and you can see that many countries, which the U.S. and its citizens BELIEVED were loyal…

The National Firearms Act might well be in the last years of its existence. We’ve already legislated the tax stamp for suppressors and short-barreled rifles away, which was grounds for a federal court to declare the registration requirement unconstitutional. Machine guns are still there, as are destructive devices, but the truth is that more and more people want machine guns removed from the NFA list, and destructive devices aren’t nearly as relevant to most people’s interests as guns are. Of course, registration at $200 plus cost each might have something to do with that.Still, on actual…

Deployment and data breaches both raise the odds that a service member’s personal information ends up in the wrong hands. The good news is that military families have access to protections civilians don’t, starting with a free active duty credit alert that requires lenders to verify your identity before opening new credit in your name. Combine that with a credit freeze, a designated personal representative, and a close eye on your DEERS records, and you can significantly cut your risk of identity theft. This guide walks through exactly what to set up before you leave, what to do the moment…

Russia is a Shadow of Itself and When China Dumps it, GAME OVER! Personal Note to you: *** I personally FEAR the desperation felt by Xi and Putin – both Russia is losing and China is slowing down hard and these two dictator nutjobs might get desperate and lose their minds. *** Russia’s Economic Collapse Is Sparking the Next Global Commodity Supercycle – Putin is now, in my view, DONE. Listen closely, because while mainstream talking heads focus on static territorial lines, the real war is already over. Russia has lost on the battlefield because its underlying economic engine has…

The Department of Justice is suing the state of California over its newly imposed ban on the sale of Glocks and other striker-fired handguns, and now California’s Department of Justice has responded to the feds’ request for a preliminary injunction.  California Attorney General (and Democrat candidate for governor) Rob Bonta offered a hodgepodge of reasons for the judge to deny injunctive relief, starting with the argument that the DOJ can’t bring a pattern and practice lawsuit as a facial challenge to a state law. That might be the best argument Bonta has, because his bold…