There’s a striking image coming out of western North Carolina right now: firearms laid out on tables, cut apart with saws, then hammered into garden tools, crosses, and jewelry. It’s the kind of story that grabs attention and for good reason. According to reporting from NPR, a group called RAWtools South is working with volunteers, pastors, and blacksmiths to literally transform unwanted firearms into something else entirely. A shotgun barrel becomes a garden spade. A slide becomes a pendant. A weapon becomes a symbol. On its face, it’s hard to argue with the intent. Some of the people involved have…

Now that philandering U.S. Rep. Gary Swalwell, D-California, has been exposed as a molester and possible rapist, people and groups formerly in lockstep with the disgraced governor wannabe are abandoning him like rats abandoning a sinking ship. Five women have accused Swalwell, who a few years back had an affair with a Chinese spy, of sexual misconduct in recent days. A former staffer accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2019 and 2024, and another woman has alleged that Swalwell drugged and raped her in a hotel room in 2018.  Among the groups now trying to distance themselves from Swalwell…

The wind changed directions and clouds quickly blocked out the sun. A storm was descending on my Vail Pass backcountry zone as a partner and I approached an exceptionally windy ridgeline. I stopped and ripped out my hardshell — Stio’s Objective Pro Jacket.  A weird rain came next, followed by thick, fluffy snowflakes intermingled with blasts of wind. With the Objective Pro’s hood up, my layering system was impenetrable. I was warm despite what the weather was doing outside. I was able to stay out in the storm for lap after lap, harvesting the new fallen snow in relative comfort. …

When news broke about the horrific killings of eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana last weekend, gun control advocates were quick to point the finger at Second Amendment organizations and Louisiana’s robust protections for the Second Amendment. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for instance, declared the National Rifle Association “and their lackeys in Congress are complicit in this madness.”  Well, now the DOJ says it’s found the man responsible for arming the killer, who was prohibited under state and federal law from legally possessing a firearm. As it turns out, it wasn’t an NRA instructor or gun…

United States ruler Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran, citing a “seriously fractured government.” Trump also said the ceasefire would continue “until such time as” Iran’s leaders and representatives submit a “unified proposal” to end the war with the U.S. and Israel. According to a report by CNBC, Trump’s announcement came after reports that an expected trip by Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan for a second round of peace talks with Iranian officials had been put on hold, and after the Iranian state news outlet Tasnim reported that negotiators from Tehran had informed their U.S. counterparts through an…

On the surface, it probably sounded swell. Let’s give national concealed carry to elite veterans. I mean, aren’t guys like Navy SEALs; Army Special Forces, and Rangers; and other elite troops well-trained to know how to use something as basic as a handgun? Absolutely. They most definitely have a lot of training on using those weapons, more than most military personnel receive in the course of their careers.Damn sure more than the Navy gave me, that’s for sure.But the proposal, introduced by Rep. Pat Harrigan, isn’t garnering massive support among the pro-gun side of things. Let’s…