The operative part of the Second Amendment is “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”Yet bearing arms — the act of actually carrying them on your person — is treated like a privilege in nearly half of all states, and even then, there are issues with using that permission slip across state lines unless there are specific agreements in place. Hell, we talk about the Second Amendment being treated more like a privilege than a right, and nowhere is that clearer than when it comes to carrying a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war. Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said. Jordan’s military said its air defense systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles launched toward its territory and two others fell in places where no one lives. It said it has no…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a three-nation tour of Latin America by offering praise and a firm commitment of support to Colombia’s new leader, who has embraced President Donald Trump’s policies on countering drug trafficking and illegal migration. Read the full article here
A retired Canadian Armed Forces officer first warned on his personal blog that Washington could exploit indebted Americans to staff an invasion of Iran. Ten days later, he recommended the same mechanism in The Jerusalem Post as an efficient way to produce the troops a ground war would require. AJ Jaff proposed canceling recruits’ student loans, credit card debt, auto loans and other personal debts after 24 or 36 months of military service. Jaff presented the idea to his Substack readers on Aug. 20 as a warning about impending government exploitation. He said an unpopular war would leave Washington searching…
The Navy is seeking contracts for firms to produce Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA). That is according to a written request for information published Aug. 31 on the federal government’s procurement website, with the service informing potential contractors that it wants two prototypes of CCAs that would be able to achieve shore-base, aircraft carrier qualifications within the next three years. CCA are autonomous, uncrewed fighter drones powered by artificial intelligence. The Navy operates them alongside crewed jets like the F-35C, serving as flying sensor nodes, weapon launchers, decoys, or electronic warfare jammers. The service added that it wanted the CCA to…
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For the first time in more than ten years, Colombians who have concealed carry permits will actually be able to bear arms in self-defense, after President Abelardo de la Espriella signed a decree that ends the long-running suspension of all carry permits in the country. That suspension was put in place by former president Juan Manuel Santos, who issued a decree to that effect in December 2015. The first suspension was supposed to last for a little more than a month, but was subsequently extended and kept in place for more than a decade. In announcing…
A Purple Heart award that a soldier who was wounded in action during World War II received was transferred to his family on Saturday after a woman found it in her father-in-law’s belongings. Leo Delphus Duverney, born in North Adams, Mass., entered the U.S. Army in September 1943, according to Vermont News and Media, which reported the transfer. He served with the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division and was wounded in the battle for Rome on May 26, 1944. The Army honorably discharged him in December 1945, and he moved to southern Vermont to operate a garage.…
A trove of documents released Tuesday by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani show that city officials masked health concerns in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, even as they were privy to the potential hazards. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the release of more than 170,000 pages of city records documenting the government’s response to the attacks, including pages of records concerning health concerns, air quality and the city’s response to the day that will be commemorated this Friday on its 25th anniversary. The city also announced settlements pertaining to two lawsuits brought by…
A former U.S. Navy commander said Tuesday that keeping the Strait of Hormuz open is an “international responsibility” that does not just fall on the United States’ shoulders. Control of the Strait of Hormuz has remained a point of contention throughout the ongoing war with Iran, primarily because it serves as the world’s most vital oil transit chokepoint. Any disruption directly threatens global energy security and economic stability, as Americans have personally experienced with above-average gas and grocery prices. John Miller, a retired vice admiral (lowercase), told CNBC on Tuesday that commercial shipping won’t travel along the waterway, unless the…
Patrick Jones says he hasn’t decided if he’ll move forward with plans for a shooting range on land he owns in Shasta County, California after a local judge wrapped the project in red tape, but he does have a message for those who were trying to stop the range from being built. “I am still going to shoot there,” Jones told the local paper, adding that he and friends “do a lot of shooting there.”Neighbors might not like it, but Jones says he “can shoot on private property, and friends can come over and shoot.”Jones,…
A veteran has been named as one of the individuals who died in a shooting that took place in Minneapolis, Minn., last week, killing three people and injuring six others. The gunman, identified by the New York Times as Carlton Neal Johnson II, a 35-year-old who was facing eviction from his apartment, carried out the killings Sept. 2 in the Shoreline Plaza apartment building. The Minnestoa Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Thursday named veteran Dale Henry Spry, 63, and Muse A. Afrah, 61, as the victims who were killed. The suspected shooter also killed himself. Six others were injured, including…
President Donald Trump’s new Space Force uniform proposals have sparked comparisons to Nazi military attire after Trump said the science fiction movie Starship Troopers inspired the design. Trump created the Space Force in 2019 during his first administration. The service falls under the Department of Defense (DOD) and is the smallest of the major branches, with an authorized end strength of 10,400 in Fiscal Year 2026. The service is in charge of securing U.S. space interests. Trump posted an AI graphic on Sunday on Truth Social depicting the proposed “next generation” Space Force service dress uniform, which showed dark peaked…
The amicus brief submitted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the Viramontes case claims to be in support of neither the plaintiffs nor the defenders of “assault weapon” bans, which is an odd take considering what the bishops actually have to say. There’s little doubt that the clergy would like to see the challenged gun bans upheld by the Court. The gist of their argument is that the justices “should reject the view that gun ownership figures alone can place a category of weapons constitutionally and irrevocably beyond all regulation.”Amicus takes no position…
MIAMI (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins a three-nation tour of Latin America on Tuesday, visiting U.S.-aligned conservative leaders as the Trump administration steps up military operations to combat drug trafficking and seeks further inroads in the Western Hemisphere aimed at improving America’s energy standing and combating illegal migration. Just a week after sealing a massive oil deal with Venezuelan leaders after a U.S. military operation in January deposed then-leader Nicolás Maduro, Rubio was traveling to neighboring Colombia to meet President Abelardo de la Espriella. Colombia’s new leader has embraced President Donald Trump’s policies on issues ranging from…
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) made errors in about one-third of the cases it reviewed involving reductions to veterans’ disability compensation, according to a report from the agency’s watchdog. The VA Office of Inspector General recently found that claims processors made one or more errors in roughly 34% of proposed and final decisions to reduce veterans’ service-connected disability compensation during the 2024 calendar year. In some instances, benefits were slashed without giving veterans the advance notice the law requires. Federal law is supposed to guard against exactly that kind of mistake. Under a regulation known as 38 CFR 3.103,…
Darren Bailey and his running mate Aaron Del Mar, the Republican nominees for governor and Lt. governor in Illinois, are already the underdogs given the dominance of deep-blue Chicago on the state’s political leanings. One TV station seems intent on tilting the scales even further in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s direction by trying to manufacture a controversy over Del Mar’s support for the Second Amendment. Del Mar recently shared a video showing him shooting a machine gun, which became a topic of conversation when he sat down with KSDK-TV in St. Louis.Del Mar, a Palatine township…
The Pentagon is using military medical and personnel records to identify service members with current or past diagnoses of gender dysphoria as it moves to separate transgender troops under the Trump administration’s ban, according to a Federal News Network investigation published Monday. The effort has led commanders across the military to receive notices identifying troops in their units who may fall under the policy and directing them to begin the separation process, per the report. The outlet cited multiple service members, advocates and internal military documents. An internal Air Force email obtained by Federal News Network said the Office of…
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