Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains between the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, Asheville is a mountain town built for adventure. Its population of roughly 97,000 residents (about 400,000 in the greater metro area) gives the small city an eclectic charm while staying connected to a much larger wilderness right outside its doors. Asheville is a gateway to more than 1,000 miles of trails within an hour’s drive. A Diverse Setting Asheville sits in the Southern Appalachians — one of the oldest mountain ranges…
Scott Bach is the executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs. Bach candidly talked on Gun For Hire Radio episode #790 and held nothing back. Bach has been an advocate/activist for over 30 years. He has served as the chief executive of New Jersey’s NRA state association for well over a decade and was the organization’s president prior to that. On the July 12 episode of Gun for Hire Radio, Bach spoke more candidly than ever. While the prior week’s episode with Dan Schmutter dove into some of the cases…
The NHTSA estimates somewhere around 11,500 casualties every year stemming from drunk driving, based on data from 2015 to 2024. Another 300,000 injury-causing car crashes are attributed to alcohol. Around 55% of drivers involved in serious or fatal crashes test positive for at least one impairing substance. Whether or not you could cite these exact numbers off the top of your head, we’re not telling you anything you don’t know. Alcohol and drugs play a significant role in traffic accidents, fatal or otherwise, and we need to address the problem. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is doing just that,…
Yosemite is one of the crown jewels of the national park system — so it’s no surprise it attracts millions of visitors annually. For several years, the National Park Service (NPS) used a timed-entry system to control the crowds at this popular park. In 2026, the Department of the Interior (DOI) ditched this method, sparking controversy and concerns of overcrowding. Now, as Yosemite reaches its peak summer tourist season, California legislators are calling for the return of timed entry. The state’s senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, sent an open letter to the DOI, and it has already garnered broad…
Despite being a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, the reality is that I also feel the death toll from the misuse of firearms is unacceptably high, though, unlike anti-gunners, I’m also pleased to see it drop in recent years. Especially when that drop just happened to coincide with the Bruen decision. You know, the Supreme Court decision that was going to make the streets run red with blood, according to your not-so-friendly neighborhood anti-gunner.Still, it’s higher than I’d like, and the fact that most so-called gun deaths are suicides makes it even more imperative…
If you ask most people which developed country has the worst violent crime problem, the answer is usually the United States. It’s a claim repeated by politicians, media outlets, and even foreign governments. The argument often goes something like this: America has more guns, so naturally it has more violent crime. But according to new research from economist and Crime Prevention Research Center President Dr. John Lott, that conclusion depends almost entirely on which statistics you’re looking at. In a new investigation published by Real Clear Investigations, Lott argues that when you compare the total number of people who say…
Over at The Reload, Stephen Gutowski has an interesting podcast that’s worth a listen. This week’s guest is Georgia State University Law Professor Andrew Willinger, who’s also the former executive director of the Duke University Firearms Law Center. As Gutowski notes, Willinger is hardly a fan of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence, and the law professor isn’t particularly excited about the Supreme Court taking up the issue of “assault weapon” bans next term. Willinger notes that, so far, every appellate court that’s weighed in on AWBs has upheld the prohibition on AR-15s and other…
A July 1 letter revealed that House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Mike Bost (R-Ill) and Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) asked the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to review the VFW’s accreditation along with the standing of its representatives. Read the full article here
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: “What Makes It Even Stranger…”: Trump Describes Saturday Night Phone Call With Lindsey Graham Hours Before Senator’s Death Update (1815 ET): Officially, Lindsey Graham died of an aortic dissection due to Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, according to preliminary findings by the DC Medical Examiner – so who knows. An aortic dissection is characterized by a tear in the aortic wall. Update (1135ET): President Trump has weighed in on Graham’s death, telling Meet the Press that Graham called him in the ‘early evening,’ to tell Trump he was ‘all set for the Save America…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship Sunday in the strait off the coast of Oman, again underlined that the waterway that once saw a fifth of the world’s traded crude oil and natural gas pass through it remained the key issue in negotiations. The narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf has seen shipping disrupted since the start of…
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A New York man named David Streever sent a critical email to the then-head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leading to purported intimidation tactics that have now resulted in a new federal lawsuit. Roughly five months later and after returning from an overseas vacation with his 5-year-old daughter, the Rochester man found out that ICE agents were staking out his New York City hotel. It prompted a federal lawsuit filed July 6 by the nonprofit free speech organization Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) in the District of Columbia on First Amendment grounds, claiming that ICE and…
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Most prepper gets supplies at places like Walmart, Costco, dollar stores, flea markets, or Amazon, but there’s another store that has lots of great survival items: Tractor Supply Co. It is quietly one of the best-stocked and most affordable sources for survival gear you’ll find anywhere, and the fact that most preppers overlook it means the shelves are usually full and the prices are decent. The store was built to serve farmers, ranchers, and rural homeowners, which means its inventory skews heavily toward durable tools, outdoor equipment, and practical supplies, which are exactly the kinds of things preppers should be…
Women for Gun Rights may be one of the smaller 2A organizations in terms of membership, but they punch well above their weight when it comes to grassroots activism and passion for protecting our right to keep and bear arms. Kate Giddins, who is the group’s Northeast Regional Director and the former New Hampshire State Director of Women for Gun Rights, wasn’t brought up in the land of the free. As she writes in a powerful new op-ed, she grew up in Australia and thought she knew what freedom was all about, but was disabused…
The Chiappa Rhino 60 DS 10mm looks like a sci-fi prop, fires from the bottom chamber, and somehow makes full-power 10mm Auto feel far more civilized than it should. I ran it with defensive, hunting, and range ammo to see if the weird design is real engineering or just revolver theater. The Chiappa Rhino, pronounced “key-apa,” is a revolver with a twist: it fires out of the bottom chamber of the cylinder. This Rhino 60 DS fires the powerful 10mm cartridge, yet its design keeps recoil manageable. The Chiappa Rhino 60 DS Brings Bottom-Chamber Weirdness to 10mm The Chiappa Rhino…
I’m guilty. There are a lot of times that I simply dismiss a gun control push and say that there’s no way that particular state is going to embrace that particular proposal. The implication is that it can never happen, and that’s definitely not something I should be implying. No state remains in stasis forever. There are ebbs and flows, and when big money weighs in, nothing is guaranteed. And let’s understand that when you’ve got someone like George Soros ready to throw money, and a complicit media that’s all about keeping big money out…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was closed once again after a warning shot fired by its military struck a vessel using an unauthorized route in the critical waterway, further jeopardizing the already tenuous ceasefire agreement with the United States. U.S. Central Command said a short time later that its forces began a third round of strikes against Iran. There were explosions in Bandar Abbas and Sirik, two towns along the shores of the strait, Iran state media reported. “The United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ability to…
The Gun Owners Action League is warning that Massachusetts residents could soon have to prove their marksmanship before being able to exercise their Second Amendment rights. Under the state’s sweeping gun control measure known as Chapter 135, every applicant for a License to Carry (which is required to simply possess a handgun in the home) must undergo a training course that requires both written and live-fire tests. The state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS), and the Massachusetts State Police recently announced a public hearing to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71. The statement posted on social media late Saturday did not provide any additional details about the South Carolina Republican, a former Air Force lawyer, and said his family “appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.” “Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead!”…
