Dexter Taylor is sitting in a maximum security prison in New York today, serving a ten-year sentence for the crime of making his own firearms. The Brooklyn software engineer was never charged using any of his guns in the commission of a crime, or selling his unserialized firearms on the black market. Simply for building and possessing his own unregistered firearms in violation of New York law, Taylor was given a tougher sentence than what some armed robbers receive in the Empire State. Taylor may soon have company after police on Long Island busted a…
Owning a firearm isn’t easy anywhere in Hawaii, but Honolulu may actually be the worst jurisdiction in the country when it comes to exercising our Second Amendment rights. Here’s how the process works. You go to a gun shop and find a pistol that you’d like to purchase. Before you can do so, you have to obtain a Permit to Acquire a Firearm, and in order to do that you’ll first need to get a Handgun Safety Training Course Affidavit signed by the firearms instructor who taught the mandated course. Now, if you’re a first-time gun…
The law that bans marijuana users, even those who have medical marijuana licenses in states that legalize medical marijuana use, from possessing of purchasing firearms has faced lots of challenges lately. Now, before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case U.S. v. Hemani, things have changed somewhat, with President Donald Trump recently rescheduling pot to Schedule III. However, the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to take an anti-Second Amendment stance on the issue, as it has a few other times during the second Trump Administration. The case challenges the federal law that bars firearm possession by anyone who “is…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. When Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump and people in his orbit, he ended up surveilling then-private-citizen Kash Patel and Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during 2022 and 2003. Patel, now head of the FBI, told Reuters on Wednesday that he found out about this, and the FBI buried the files in a “Prohibited” category deep within the bureau’s computer system so they would be extremely difficult to find. Getting down to it – the subpoenas targeted metadata showing who called whom and when – called ‘toll records,’ as well as…
When the One Big, Beautiful Bill passed, it eliminated the NFA tax for suppressors and short-barreled long guns. Now, the reason this is important for today is that the NFA was always billed as a tax, not gun control. In 1934, gun control was untenable. Taxes, less so, and this was a tax to anyone who asked. Now, though, the actual tax is gone, but every other aspect of the law–which were supposed to be about making sure people paid the tax–remains, and there are a couple of lawsuits out there challenging that fact.And then…
Of all the uniquely dangerous jobs soldiers had during the Vietnam War, Army veteran C.W. Bowman’s task ranks near the top of the list. Bowman was a “tunnel rat.” Bowman, a former staff sergeant, volunteered for the highly stressful but important position of finding enemy intelligence rummaging through the Viet Cong’s vast underground tunnel system. He has plenty of wild stories of overcoming fear and what he encountered in those dark, dank tunnels. Bowman shared a few of his memories during a presentation at the Richland Library Main on Feb. 13 in Columbia, South Carolina, according to The Post & Courier. Receiving his…
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It was only six years ago that Rivian was playing with early prototypes of its first vehicle, the R1T, in South America. The adventure was filming and supporting the Long Way Up electric motorcycle expedition and film. On that trip, the company says it realized something important: “the further we push our vehicles, the more fun we can have.” From there Rivian designers, engineers, and adventure enthusiasts have been on all sorts of wild adventures around the globe, many times on their own dime and time. Adventure is baked into Rivian’s DNA and has attracted talented employees that like to…
Not content to make purchasing firearms as difficult as possible, Democrats in the U.S. Congress have reintroduced a bill that would require lawful gun owners to pass a background check every time they purchase ammunition. On February 19, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and U.S Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, reintroduced what they call Jaime’s Law, which would require ammo purchasers to undergo a National Instant Background Checks System check by the FBI in order to purchase ammunition—a direct infringement of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. “Under current law, dangerous individuals such as violent criminals and…
With a name like “Violence Policy Center,” one might imagine an organization focused on all forms of violence. One’s imagination would be wrong, though, because the VPC never seems to look at anything except guns. This, of course, is how most gun control groups try to position themselves these days. They pretend it’s not about control, just heading off violence, which always seems to amount to the exact same things. Weird, isn’t it?Regardless, the VPC trots out a lot of “reports,” and their latest needs some attention. Why? Because it’s the epitome of an anti-gun…
Wildfire season is still a few months away for Western states, but, in a sign of what may be to come, a wildfire is already wreaking havoc on National Park Service (NPS) land in Florida. On Feb. 22, a fire began in a part of Big Cypress National Preserve that’s about 20 miles from Naples, Fla. The fire has spread rapidly, and efforts to contain it have proved unsuccessful. The preserve is a major tourism driver and home to many rare species. The Fire According to press releases from the NPS, the National Fire began on Feb. 22. It grew…
North Korea has vowed to further its nuclear buildup, promising to increase its nuclear arsenal. Pyongyang’s ruler Kim Jong-un has outlined the strategy during a weeklong congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. He declared North Korea’s nuclear-armed status “irreversible and permanent.” Kim said he will continue to add to this nuclear arsenal “as long as nuclear weapons exist on the earth.” He added that as long as the country is threatened by “US imperialists and their followers,” he will seek the weapons, according to state media reported on Thursday, as reported by RT. “We have a long-term plan…
The temperatures had plummeted for the first time all season. Welcoming the stormy weather, I summited an in-bounds uphill route just as the sun peaked over Colorado’s Gore Range through scattered clouds. I snapped into my ski bindings for an unspoiled powder run, and then squeezed in two more before the resort’s lifts started to hum. By the time I reached 11,000 feet, the wind was harsh and howling. I was wearing Outdoor Research’s new Powderverse Ski Pants and Jacket — thankfully, I was layered for the turbulent conditions. Frozen flakes bounced off my legs. I felt protected against the icy gusts by the Powderverse…
Our nation is a nation of immigrants, sure, but the bulk of our early culture was essentially English culture transported to the colonies, then the new nation. After all, that is the nation of our roots, for the most part. But, in the course of the American Revolution 250 years ago, we started moving in a very, very different direction. Now, we may share the same language, more or less, but the similarities mostly end there.Want proof of that? A political party named Restore Britain, which is considered far-right by British standards, has a proposal that…
It’s 6:00 p.m., and I’ve just landed in Panama, a place I’ve never been and where my 2 years of half-assed college Spanish courses are doing no favors. I make my way out to the pickup area and promptly get into the wrong Uber, starting my ride to God knows where. This would mark the beginning of my several-day fishing trip to rural Panama, chasing all kinds of ocean species and outdoor adventures at Los Buzos. Perhaps my only touchstone of normalcy and confidence was my pocket knife; I don’t go anywhere without an EDC. For this adventure, I chose…
A bill expanding Florida’s School Guardian Program to include public colleges and universities in addition to the K-12 schools where armed school staff and volunteers are already in place sailed through the state House on Wednesday, but the bill might not even receive a hearing in the state Senate. HB 757 is not a campus carry bill. If enacted, students would still be barred from lawfully carrying a firearm on campuses, and staff members would have be appointed by the president of the college or university where they work. The bill easily cleared the House on…
Alex Honnold made headlines last month when he free soloed a skyscraper live on Netflix. Over 6 million viewers tuned in to watch, and it wasn’t just climbers who logged on to watch Honnold risk his life. If the event taught us anything (besides the fact that Honnold attracts attention when he does anything), it’s that climbing can have mass appeal beyond gym-goers. Much like plenty of people who watch UFC, you don’t have to practice the sport to be an avid viewer. When climbing is packaged in an accessible, highly dramatized format, it’ll draw eyes. And that’s precisely what…
Tim Walz has been pushing gun control since the moment he decided he wanted to run for statewide office in Minnesota. It’s funny how often someone who gets elected at a regional level is pro-gun, then suddenly becomes anti-gun when they want to woo the entire anti-gun state. Weird, ain’t it? Anyway, as you no doubt know, Walz unveiled his package of gun control measures earlier this week. He hasn’t had any luck on these things in recent years, mind you, but he figures the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis will change all…
The United States has deployed fighter jets to Israel as part of a major military buildup in the Middle East. This is a show of force as tensions continue to escalate with Iran, and could lead to another war. The advanced F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet squadron was sent to an Israeli Air Force base in the country’s south, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday, citing US officials and flight-tracking data. The alleged move is likely to escalate tensions with Iran. A U.S. official confirmed to the Times of Israel and the New York Times that the fighters were being sent…
An idiotic mistake by a Louisiana police officer led to a nearly 24-hour jail stay for a legal gun owner, who’s now suing the department for arresting and detaining him without genuine cause. 18-year-old Maddox Livingston was pulled over by New Roads, Louisiana police on earlier this month for a headlight and license plate lights that were burned out. The traffic stop took a turn, however, when Livingston informed officers that he was exercising his right to carry and had a pistol with him. An office ran the gun’s serial number and told Livingston that it…
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to use a wide variety of knife-sharpening gizmos. The most efficient and easiest to use has been from the Horl brand, a German company founded in 1993. In 2016, Horl introduced the world to rolling knife sharpeners. But as a small, family-owned business, it couldn’t have expected a competitor with larger pockets and better marketing to not only launch a conspicuously similar design, but also become the face of rolling knife sharpeners in the process. Most recently, the company released the HORL3. This new version retains the admirable aspects of its predecessor…
