Once upon a time, the anti-gunners cooked up a term for inexpensive handguns. They called them “Saturday Night Specials,” a way to demonize the cheap firearms that allowed poorer Americans to afford a firearm they could use to defend themselves. They did everything they could to ban the guns, constantly vilifying the inexpensive options as some great scourge to America’s inner cities. So, if prices are stable for guns, you’d think they’d be happy. After all, it means there aren’t cheap firearms running around anymore, other than a small number of manufacturers that most people…

Rockstar Games has a reputation for creating some of the most influential video games in history. Over the years, the studio has defined entire genres and set new standards for open-world gameplay. However, not all Rockstar games are available for purchase today. If someone searches for certain titles on Rockstar’s store, Steam, or the Xbox Store today, they will find that many legendary entries have been removed. This situation creates a gap in gaming history and makes it difficult for new fans to experience some of the best works by Rockstar Games. These next games have disappeared for a couple…

For over a century, the 1906 Antiquities Act has bestowed the president with extraordinary power over public lands. With one swift stroke of a pen, a president can create a national monument on federal land to protect historic landmarks or structures. Since the bill passed, 18 presidents have created 168 national monuments, but in the last decade, just two of them have been at the center of major political debate, and they are back in the news yet again. On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monuments. What Are These Monuments?…

A California gun shop in the Bay Area is facing a lawsuit over the sale of a shotgun to an 18-year-old who later used the firearm to take his own life, and the parents who initiated the civil suit are getting an assist from the legal wing of the gun control group Giffords.  The lawsuit, filed on Monday in Contra Costa County Superior Court, alleges that the store was negligent for not assessing the young man’s motivation for purchasing the shotgun, as well as for selling him a gun that is not legal for hunting…

If you’ve ever introduced yourself as an Army or Air Force member at a joint command and tried to address a sailor by rank, you have probably been corrected — politely, or not. The Navy does not use rank for enlisted personnel the way every other branch does. It uses a system of rate and rating that is more specific, more layered and considerably more confusing until someone explains it clearly. The Three Terms and What Each One Means Pay grade is the starting point and the one term that works across all branches. E-1 through E-9 for enlisted, W-1…

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was already having a bad year. In April, President Donald Trump signed H.J. Res. 140, overturning a 20-year rule that protected 225,504 acres of Superior National Forest from mineral and geothermal leasing. The decision reopened the surrounding national forest land to potential mineral development. Now, wildfires have shut down the wilderness entirely. The U.S. Forest Service closed all public access to the Boundary Waters at 12 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, as fires spread amid unusually hot, dry, and windy weather. The closure covers the entire 1-million–acre wilderness and approximately 1,900 campsites. The Forest Service…

Last year, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said you cannot jail your way out of violence. He called incarceration racist, immoral, and unholy. In other words, people shouldn’t go to prison for their misdeeds. This, of course, is the same Brandon Johnson who canceled the city’s contract with ShotSpotter because it was racist, yet still hasn’t bothered to find a replacement, like he said he would.But, hey, I’m sure all of this is working out well. After all, Illinois has a ton of gun control on the books because people in Chicago demanded it. I guess…

A Yellowstone tourist who was launched into the air by a charging bison is finally sharing his side of the story. And says he’s lucky to be alive. According to the TODAY show, 65-year-old Carl McDaniel is recovering after suffering a broken femur in four places when a massive bison attacked him last week in Yellowstone National Park. The frightening encounter, caught on video, quickly went viral. McDaniel told CNN he and his grandson were about 100 yards from the animal, taking a few photos before continuing on their way. Wildlife photographer Mike McLeod, who filmed the incident, said the…

Former Navy Secretary John Phelan is calling on the help of Congress and the Pentagon to help the Navy work better, faster and smarter to keep up with U.S. adversaries. Phelan, in a new op-ed published Tuesday in The Washington Post, “The depleted Navy needs immediate rebuilding as dangers rise,” argues that the United States is at most responsible for the current state of the naval fighting force. His heeded warning comes amid an ongoing war in Iran played on the backdrop of the major international shipping channel, the Strait of Hormuz, which has been strategically used by Iran to…

Iran has warned that during attacks by the United States on Iran and its interests, the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened. Iranian military spokesman Brigadier General  Mohammad Akraminia said that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will fight for control of the vital waterway “until their last breath.” The United States president, Donald Trump, also delusionally claimed that US military forces are “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz, which is a key global energy supply bottleneck. The US would then charge vessels “20% on all cargo shipped” in exchange for protection. Washington would also reinstate its blockade of Iranian…

It’s hard to find climbing pants that do it all. The Black Diamond Sequence Pants ($99) come pretty close. There are a lot of options to sort through, and narrowing choices down by discipline is only part of the challenge. Finding a pair that fits well and moves well is another thing entirely. One of the questions I hear most at the crag is, “How do you like those pants?” This means many of us are still trying to find the perfect pair. The Black Diamond Sequence Pants do a lot of things right, and one of their main draws…

When the Supreme Court ruled that Ali Danial Hemani could not be prosecuted under Section 922(g)(3) simply because he owned a gun while regularly using marijuana, the justices went out of their way to state that the Hemani decision wasn’t invalidating the statute as a whole.  The decision, wrote Justice Neil Gorsuch, “does not address efforts to ban addicts or those presently intoxicated from possessing a firearm; other prophylactic laws Congress might adopt after determining that users of a particular drug pose a special risk of misusing firearms; §922(g)(1)’s provision disarming individuals convicted of felonies; or…