The weather swings seem wilder than usual this year, but you can be sure the sales will come regardless. Presidents’ Day has been a big sale day for high-ticket items for a while, usually focusing on mattresses, appliances, and TV closeouts after the Super Bowl.Lately, these big sale days have bled into other categories that are more closely aligned with survival and prepping. Outdoor gear gets thrown in as winter starts to wind down. Solar panels and power stations will join any sale they can. Firearms, emergency food, and power tools round out the best categories to find prepping deals…

According to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the 7-day waiting period on gun sales that New Mexico Democrats put in place violates the Second Amendment’s protections on the right to keep and bear arms. What about Colorado’s three-day waiting period?  That’s subject to an entirely different legal challenge, and oral arguments are coming up in district court next week. National Association for Gun Rights’ Hannah Hill highlighted a somewhat unusual agenda for the arguments laid out by U.S. District Judge John L. Kane that suggests he already knows what he wants to decide, but…

More than 750 Americans have been wounded in the United States’ war with Iran, according to the Department of Defense (DOD). Eighteen service members and 757 have been wounded in the war that was jointly started by the U.S. and Israel against Iran on Feb. 28, according to the DOD’s war casualty database, cited by CNN. The human toll of the conflict comes as its financial cost increases, with the Pentagon pinning the direct cost of the military campaign at $37.5 billion. The administration has requested a $1.5 trillion defense budget from Congress, which includes a specific request for roughly…

The single largest domino effect of disasters and emergencies is a power outage. Weathering a power outage can be easy if it only lasts for an hour or two, but when it continues, it can threaten your food security, water access, and temperature regulation. Many people also rely on power for medical reasons. Luckily, power stations perform better than ever for emergencies and offer high-capacity energy storage at prices that are much more affordable. Unfortunately, finding the best power stations for your needs during an emergency can be a tough task.This is where we come in. We’ve researched the best…

The Army has resumed AH-64 Apache flight training operations one week after a fatal crash of one of its helicopters killed two pilots. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Army said they had resumed the operations “after a thorough review of safety procedures and flight operations” that had caused it to temporarily pause their use. It comes after one of the helicopters based at Fort Hood crashed Aug. 12 in Salado, Texas, roughly 30 miles south-east of the base, according to the U.S. Army Fort Hood Media Center. Sheriffs from Bell County, where Salado is located, said they received…

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