Gun sales go up year after year. The Bruen decision meant that subjective permitting requirements were unconstitutional, scuttling generations of oppressive anti-Second Amendment laws. Through it all, though, we were told how every bit of our rights being restored would result in our society becoming less safe. Never mind that all of this happened after the spikes in homicides in 2020 and 2021, which suggested the status quo wasn’t exactly helping.But then we saw the numbers come crashing down. According to the FBI, though, 2025 hit historic levels not seen since I Love Lucy was…
When your loved one is deployed, a care package is one way to stay connected while apart and boost your service member’s spirits with gifts and essentials, whether it’s a birthday or holiday to celebrate or you simply want to show your support. From noise canceling headphones to gourmet coffee, the following list includes a variety of items that you can send in a deployment care package and the military discounts that can help lower the costs. USPS Military Care Kit Before you can even think about putting together a care package, you need something to ship it in. That’s…
Two Army veterans have sued Atlanta Public Schools for alleged retaliatory measures after filing charges U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) related to the district’s Junior ROTC program. First Sgt. (Ret.) Dave O’Garro and Capt. (Ret.) Maurice Bonner filed the complaint Aug. 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, against the Atlanta Independent School System, which does business as Atlanta Public Schools (APS). The suit also names South Atlanta High School Principal Phillip Braziel, Director of Army Instruction Dr. Mona Venning, and Deputy Director of Army Instruction Sgt. Maj. James Harris. The legal…
A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in its legal battle against the Pentagon after the government labeled the company as a supply chain risk earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin issued a written order Thursday night that the Pentagon acted illegally by punishing the AI company for its criticism of the Department of Defense’s views on AI use. The government is expected to fight the ruling. The dispute between the AI company and the government broke out in February when President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused Anthropic of endangering…
Russia and Iran are advancing a $25 billion nuclear power program that would add several Russian-supported reactors to Iran’s electrical grid. Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said Wednesday that the countries had agreed on the investment framework and selected land near the Persian Gulf for a new nuclear facility, according to CNN, citing Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is also expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week. The announcement represents movement on an existing project, rather than an entirely new agreement signed Aug. 26. Iran and Russia originally formalized the $25 billion construction…
A generation that fought World War II is down to its last few thousand. With each passing year, the country loses another living connection to the men who crossed oceans to fight it. On Sunday, it lost the oldest of the Marines still among them. Roy Henry Drinkard died Aug. 23 in Cullman, Alabama, at 106. At the time of his death, he was recognized as the oldest living United States Marine, the last of a service and a generation that is fading from memory into history. By all accounts of those who knew him, he was never a man…
One way large companies put smaller competitors out of business is by lobbying for regulations that increase the burdens on the smaller companies, thus increasing their operating costs and putting them out of business. This is called rent-seeking, and it’s scummy behavior, to say the least. And it’s not that different when it’s anti-gunners trying to do the same thing to gun stores. That’s been happening all over the place. While the feds are trying to relieve some burdens on gun stores, state and local governments are doing the opposite, and the NRA isn’t a…
Ohio’s gubernatorial race remains way too close for comfort for Second Amendment supporters, with RealClearPolling showing Democrat Amy Acton with a 0.2 percent lead over Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. If Acton wins in November, progress in strengthening Ohio’s Second Amendment protections will likely come to a screeching halt. To compound that danger, Acton is far more likely than Ramaswamy to take a soft-on-crime approach like the one offered up by Ohio’s Department of Youth Services a couple of years ago. In 2024 the department released a report that called for no juvenile detention for offenders…
Colorado has pushed through a lot of gun control lately, but questions remain as to just how long any of it will survive. That’s especially true after Wolford, where some “misapprehensions” about Bruen were cleared up. Especially in saying that the burden is on the government to show that a law is constitutional, not the other way around. And now, Colorado’s waiting period has had its first day in court, and the arguments are…special.But state attorney Joseph Michaels argued the Colorado law follows the federal government’s background check timeline. Michaels urged Kane to renew his…
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Good Luck to us All As the Pax Americana recedes, the international system will revert to a harsh, Darwinian reality. I can’t shake the feeling that the world is headed to a consolidation of power, or to an era of the dissolvement of dysfunctional nation-states into small independent ethnic areas. Over the next three decades, as many as 30 to 80 nation-states risk losing functional sovereignty, economic independence, or territorial integrity. The shift is being accelerated by the democratization of precision strike warfare, autonomous robotics, and low-cost drone swarms that render traditional, legacy security guarantees obsolete. When multi-million-dollar interceptors are…
Privately made firearms, often called “ghost guns” by the media, aren’t anything new. They’ve been part of the fabric of America since the states were colonies. It’s how many guns were made at the time. You bought the parts from a gunsmith, then worked the wood and assembled everything yourself. My first AK was from a kit. The receiver had been cut in two places, creating three pieces, and so I needed to build one of those before assembling everything else into a workable firearm, but a gunsmith friend helped with that. The ATF later…
A Navy sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln this month is facing disciplinary action and could lose half his pay, according to charging documents and testimony from his wife. The latest news follows a series of reports in mid-August claiming that sailors aboard the 5,000-man USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been in combat with Iran for more than five months and has spent more than 250 days in a row without making land, have made multiple attempts to jump overboard and are experiencing other issues with their mental health. Naval families have also said there are safety concerns,…
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While the ATF has confirmed that it was the target of a “major” cyberattack by the ransomware group known as Qilin, details of the data breach are still under wraps, and it’s unclear what information may have been stolen or compromised. One of the concerns is that the details of potentially tens of millions of gun owners might have been accessed. The ATF has digital files of billions of documents from FFLs who have gone out of business, including the Form 4473s that were filled out by customers. If the hackers accessed that material, it…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. The U.S. defense official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missile interceptors, which can shoot down Russia’s high-speed ballistic missiles. The NATO official confirmed the low inventories of Patriots among American and NATO forces in Europe. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military…
Stand Your Ground laws have been around for decades, and while they’ve been demonized almost daily since Trayvon Martin was killed for trying to aggressively merge George Zimmerman’s skull with a concrete sidewalk, they’ve got a pretty good track record. We don’t know how many lives it’s saved, but even before it was legislation, it was case law in many states. Basically, people aren’t required to run the moment someone tries to kill them. They can hold their ground and fight back, as God and nature intended.But a of critics of the law decided to…
A judge has suspended criminal charges against a former U.S. Marine who authorities arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course earlier this month. Jeanine John Taele, 38, a veteran who toured both Iraq and Afghanistan, is claimed by authorities to have twice roamed the golf course grounds in August in advance of a Trump presidential visit. He is alleged to be wearing a radio earpiece and taking photos of Secret Service agents, along with being accused of possessing a round of ammunition and a gun in his vehicle. Police arrested Taele and charged him with possession of an…
For anyone trying to increase their self-reliance, learning to bake bread is often one of the first goals. Bread making isn’t difficult and it’s a great way to save money. It’s also a great survival skill. It doesn’t have to stop there, though. If you want to take this skill a step further, you should learn how to bake bread without a traditional kitchen oven. Whether your power is out, your oven is broken, you’re moving off the grid, you’re going camping, or you’re in a survival situation, being able to bake bread without relying on your oven is a…
A 74-year-old woman ended up in handcuffs after allegedly pointing an unloaded gun at several homeless individuals who were camped out in front of a vacant building she owns. While Anastasia Malavanso was eventually released without being charged, she questions why she was ever treated like a criminal, telling the Houston Chronicle that she has a right to protect her property. She does, and in some circumstances she could even use lethal force to protect that property. But Texas law doesn’t grant property owners the right to whip out a gun on anyone who steps…
The Army and the Department of Defense (DOD) have announced $2.2 billion in contracts for the construction of five nuclear energy vendors. Recipients of the combined $2.2 billion will construct and operate nuclear microreactors, which are reactors sized for specific needs rather than grid-scale power, to prove nuclear power in five locations for the army. President Donald Trump, in an executive order, set September 2028 as a deadline for the first operational reactor at a military installation. The contracts come as part of the Army’s Janus Program, which aims to deploy advanced nuclear microreactors for installation energy resilience. FILE -…
