Police in Texarkana, Texas are investigating a deadly early-morning shooting that left a teenage boy dead following what authorities believe was an attempted car burglary. According to KSLA News 12, officers responded to a possible burglary-in-progress call early Tuesday morning. When police arrived, they found a gunshot victim later identified as a teenage male believed to be around 15 years old. Investigators say at least two individuals were allegedly attempting to break into a vehicle when they were confronted by a homeowner. At some point during that encounter, the homeowner fired a shot, striking one of the suspected burglars. The…

Military pay deductions are an important part of your total pay situation. They are one of the two types of money withheld from your pay before it is paid to you. Deductions are shown in the middle column of your monthly Leave and Earnings Statement (LES), and sometimes there are a lot of them. Understanding your pay deductions helps you know where your money is going.Understanding the Mid-Month Pay DeductionEvery service member has a deduction on their monthly LES that represents their mid-month pay. Military pay is calculated on a monthly basis. The mid-month pay deposit is essentially a micro-loan…

Corey at Viewpoint Campervans gave me this build order. It reflects a sequence tested repeatedly at the professional level. This isn’t Reddit theory or advice borrowed from an Instagram or YouTube “van lifer.” It’s a sequence refined in a professional shop environment, where mistakes cost real time and real money. You don’t need to be a carpenter or electrician to build a functional campervan. But you do need to respect the sequence. Crafting a campervan isn’t as straightforward as you might first think. Curved walls, limited access, and tightly stacked systems mean one misstep often forces you to undo work…

For several months now we’ve been hearing that a House vote on H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, is imminent. The government shutdown may have stymied a vote for several weeks last fall, but hopefully the bill will soon receive a floor vote in the House of Representatives.  While the odds of passage in the lower chamber are pretty good, HR 38 faces an uphill fight in the Senate. Still, The Trace is out with a new explainer on what national right to carry reciprocity would mean, and as you might expect, the…

Gun Owners of America isn’t mad at the Department of Justice because it’s trendy. GOA is mad because DOJ keeps stepping on rakes, picking the rake back up, and then insisting it’s actually the most pro-rake department in history. Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Department of Justice keeps insisting it’s a friend of the Second Amendment while actively acting like the guy who “supports your diet” by bringing donuts to every meeting. Lots of talk. Zero discipline. GOA isn’t alone here. Across the gun-rights world, patience is wearing thinner than an ATF interpretation letter. Groups, like Firearms Policy Coalition,…

January used to be a quiet month for streaming. Not anymore.In 2026, the year kicks off with a surprisingly strong slate of movies across the best streaming services, including Netflix, Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, and niche genre streamers. From prestige dramas and buzzy documentaries to franchise rewatches, cult favorites, and action-heavy comfort viewing, January’s lineup looks less like a post-holiday cooldown and more like a strategic content drop aimed at keeping subscribers locked in.Here’s what’s worth watching in January. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You blends dark humor and emotional intensity in one of January’s most talked-about…

Images by the author unless otherwise noted While this article focuses primarily on Turkish-made pistols, a few well-known non-Turkish imports are included for context and comparison. I have owned, over the decades, dozens of handguns. Whether revolvers or pistols, many have graced my gun safe. Some have taken up permanent residence there, while others were more transient and moved on. This situation is no different for many readers of this report, I’m sure. We tend to keep some of the guns we buy, while others were more of a “flash in the pan” and got moved on. I think back…

This article originally appeared on The Inertia. Humans have become pretty reliable for leaving trash all over the place. From the deepest reaches of the ocean to the highest points on Earth, human-made debris has made its way into every nook, cranny, recess, niche, alcove, cubbyhole, opening, and any other word that shows up when I Google “synonym for nook.” One of the places that’s become infamous for the sheer amount of garbage is Mount Everest. Since the 1980s, Nepalese authorities have been attempting to deal with it, but they’ve recently announced that they will be changing tack. A few years ago,…

Most years, I end up writing a piece reminding folks not to shoot up into the air to celebrate the new year. I didn’t this year because, frankly, it’s not the average Bearing Arms reader engaging in such idiocy. We tend to understand that what goes up must come down, and we’ve all seen stories about how even target practice can hurt people miles away. We don’t do such stupid things.If you’re going to engage in that kind of thing, shooting at a proper range or, at the very least, shooting into a patch of…

A Vietnam veteran returned home after two years as a combat medic. He’d treated gunshot wounds, performed emergency procedures and saved lives under fire. Civilian hospitals wouldn’t hire him. His military training didn’t translate to any civilian medical credential. He ended up pumping gas at a service station.This waste of medical talent happened thousands of times as Vietnam veterans came home in the 1960s. The problem caught the attention of Dr. Eugene Stead at Duke University Medical Center. He saw highly skilled medics and corpsmen unable to apply their training in civilian medicine. At the same time, the nation faced…

Since his military incursion in Venezuela, United States President Donald Trump has threatened at least five countries across three continents. This is causing international uproar and making the U.S. the enemy of many, according to political analyst and American journalist Bradley Blankenship. “This is how you create enemies,” he said. “Not only abroad, but at home as well.” Blankenship is also the founder of the Northern Kentucky Truth and Accountability Project. He has argued that Washington’s seizure of Maduro has elevated him into a powerful political symbol rather than weakening his movement. Trump: A Military Raid On Colombia “Sounds Good” “When you…

After a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit concluded that California’s ammunition background check scheme violates the Second Amendment, California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked for an en banc review by the appellate court. That request was granted, and oral arguments in Rhode v. Bonta will take place in late March.  Ahead of that hearing a number of interested parties are filing amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs and defendants. The Department of Justice filed a brief siding with Kim Rhode and her fellow gun owners on Monday (more on that in an upcoming post),…