When students head back to class at Louisiana’s colleges and universities in a few days, there’ll be a slight improvement for those who want to be able to protect themselves on campus. For the first time, students will be allowed to have chemical self-defense sprays with them. The change comes from legislation introduced by Rep. Michael Bayham, a Republican lawmaker who says lawmakers needed to “give people the ability to protect themselves when the police aren’t there.”Bayham said he did not get the new law passed in a vacuum.“We worked with the universities on this…
A U.S. soldier’s wife who spent more than a month in federal immigration detention said she is back home after officers removed her from a deportation flight to Brazil. Earlier this month, The Associated Press highlighted Maisa Lopes Eliaser as one of dozens of spouses or parents of U.S. troops who had been detained after President Donald Trump’s administration rolled back protections for military families amid its push for mass deportations. Following the AP’s reporting, a group of Congressional Democrats launched an investigation into deportations of military service members and their families. Eliaser was placed on a deportation flight Wednesday…
As of Thursday, certain people could buy suppressors and short-barreled long guns without a Form 1 from the ATF. While the tax stamp died, we still had to have those products registered with the feds to avoid breaking out in handcuffs. However, a federal court ruled that with the tax gone, the registration is unconstitutional, and a temporary stay in that ruling’s impact expired at midnight Wednesday. Thursday was a brand new world. At least, it’s one on paper.Right now, no one seems to know precisely what the hell any of it means. The people…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carrier and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers, according to a directive issued Thursday. The new mandate would likely cost billions of dollars and revert the Navy’s most advanced ships to a system that takes more sailors to operate and is more difficult to maintain. The memo directs the Pentagon and the Navy to present Trump with plans to remove the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, also…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year. The warning is typical of the harsh rhetoric that North Korea often deploys ahead of major U.S.-South Korean military exercises and suggests the country could conduct more missile tests in coming days. Experts say North Korea has often used its rivals’ drills as a pretext to ramp up its testing activities to expand its weapons arsenals and promote public support…
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Jefferson Kelley wants his son home and is willing to trade places with the Navy sailor. Kelley, of Cincinatti, Ohio, wrote a letter Aug. 13 addressed to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that includes a rather unique proposal: He wants to switch spots with his son, Jackson, 20, due to ongoing reported conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln that has exceeded 250 days of deployment. He calls it a “parent swap.” The vessel has drawn widespread attention in recent days due to various reports regarding limited food rations, safety concerns, water contamination and poor mental health, which has purportedly led to…
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Guns.com has a lot of news on it, but it’s really a firearm sales platform, which is great. More places to find more guns for you to buy, even if you have to transfer them through your local FFL. But what if you want to sell a gun? For common ones, your local dealer probably knows the value, but what if it’s something that’s a little oddball for your neck of the woods? They might be a little stumped. Which is why I started off by talking about Guns.com.See, while you could theoretically look at…
In the wake of January 6, hundreds of American citizens, many either conservative, religious, or COVID-skeptics, found themselves targeted by financial technology (“fintech”) firms. These politically charged account restrictions have turned into a worrying, and underreported, trend where the victims have no recourse or insight into their exile from the U.S. financial system. I’m sure that you can all remember examples that were at once said to be just “conspiracy theories.” But like most things during the Biden era, the examples are numerous and easy to verify. The Trump campaign, for instance, was deplatformed by…
Many of us have preserved everything from fruits to vegetables as jams, jellies, and pickles. A lot of us have never had a reason nor the inclination to can beef or any other meat for that matter. But there are good reasons to consider canning meats like beef. You’re concerned about the rising price of meats like beef and want to stock up before prices spike higher. You want to buy a side of beef to save money but have run out of freezer space. You live remotely and off-the-grid and simply don’t have the ability to freeze foods. You’re…
When anti-gunners get worked up about concealed carry, they try to argue that shootings will increase. This may well be true, but only if you lump all shootings into one pile. The bad guys might shoot just as many people as before, but armed citizens will shoot some of those people, too. Thus, you end up with more overall shootings, but self-defense shootings should never be considered as remotely similar to violent crimes. And these same anti-gunners try to claim defensive gun uses are rare, even though we all know otherwise. They try to figure…
The Coast Guard has launched a search for a 73-year-old man who entered Lake Erie’s waters after a vessel overturned near Conneaut, Ohio, on Aug. 12. The search began after Coast Guard Sector Eastern Great Lakes watch standers received notification of the 22-foot overturned vessel at around 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday. Three people had entered the water some 9 miles offshore, according to the service. A good Samaritan rescued two of the boaters who were uninjured and wearing life jackets. But one, who was not wearing a life jacket according to the local Fox 8 in Cleveland, remained missing. Authorities…
While pet sitting for a friend recently, I realized he had an Opinel problem. Placed throughout his house were No. 8s, 10s, and 6s, all of which served a purpose in his home and his pocket. A No. 8 sat on a shelf in his bathroom. A specialty version of the No. 10 lingered near a bottle of wine on the counter in his kitchen. And a couple of No. 6 knives lay in wait — one on the mantle above his fireplace, and another in a cup full of paintbrushes. Though our friendship affords him almost any knife he’d…
Former U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Gonzalez Castillo served honorably decades ago in one of the nation’s bloodiest conflicts, but years went by without his service being properly recognized. That recently changed without his knowledge, and on his birthday no less. Castillo is a resident of the small town of Tynan, located within Bee County, Texas. He served with the 196th Infantry Brigade in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 before leaving the Army in 1971, according to KRIS 6 TV out of Corpus Christi. He suffered multiple wounds during his military tenure but never received the medals he deserved for his…
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In 2024, Kamala Harris stepped in to run for president despite a lifetime presidential campaign record of winning exactly as many electoral votes as I’ve won — zero, for those keeping score at home — and tried to blunt attacks against her Second Amendment record by claiming that she’s a gun owner, too, so how could she be in favor of gun bans? Then pushed bans on certain popular guns.As bad as her gun rights position was, though, it looks like she’s got an eye on 2028, and this time, expect something even worse from…
QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank, preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled. Qusai Abu Rida was holed up inside with his teenage son when settlers cut the water and electricity, leaving them to drink well water as dozens of Israeli settlers erected tents outside. His Palestinian American brother in Ohio, who owns the house, watched the siege unfold on security cameras and called for updates. The standoff in the northern West Bank town of…
Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Active people aren’t the only ones working to cut out ultra-processed foods. Pet owners are also shifting their feeding patterns away from kibble. The Farmer’s Dog helped pioneer this pivot, launching as a delivery-based subscription service in 2015 and expanding access to fresh pet nutrition across the U.S. The brand quickly gained a devoted following thanks to its personalized portions, as well as its reliance on real, human-grade, whole ingredients, gently cooked at a lower temperature to better retain nutrients. Converts credited a preparation…
Though the Department of Justice declined to ask a federal judge to extend the stay on his decision that the NFA’s registration scheme is unlawful when it comes to now-untaxed items, allowing his injunction to take effect as of today, the department still has nearly two months to decide whether or not to appeal that decision to the Fifth Circuit. Not asking for the stay to remain in place is a very good sign, but a statement that DOJ does not plan to appeal would be even better. Unfortunately, when given the option to do…
