I recently made a video talking about how I love everything retro. I was addressing a re-release of an older model gun in celebration of its 50th anniversary and how sometimes timeless classics don’t need to change much to maintain relevance or performance. However, for the firearms consumer industry, “if it works, don’t change it” is not a common occurrence. Most of the time, improvements, re-innovation or improvements based on more modern materials or production techniques make something good even better. After all, this is why SHOT SHOW happens annually. Unfortunately, when it comes to innovation…
Maztech adds a high-power, civilian-legal IR illuminator to its X4-LRF ecosystem, bringing modular IR performance to night vision users. The new Maztech Illuminator mounts directly to the X4 LRF and leans hard into flexibility. It targets shooters running night vision and clip-ons who want clean illumination at distance. The accessory is set to ship near the end of Q2 with an MSRP of $999. Modular Design Built Around the X4 LRF Ecosystem Maztech designed the X4-LRF as more than a standalone rangefinder. The “X4” name reflects an ecosystem approach. It’s currently the only rangefinder on the market built around a…
This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News. Introduction: The Alex Pretti Shooting and the Test of Principles In an age of profound political and spiritual division, often the truest test of a person’s character is not what they say, but how they react when their proclaimed principles become inconvenient. A clarifying event emerged in the controversy surrounding the ICE shooting of left-wing protester Alex Pretti. While the factual details remain hotly contested, the immediate public and political reactions served as a perfect litmus test for the very concept of a principle. By definition, a genuine principle…
New Mexico Democrats are going to have to move fast if they want to enact a massive gun control bill that includes a sweeping prohibition on the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms, given that this year’s session only lasts 30 days. At the moment it’s full speed ahead for SB 17, which is scheduled for its first hearing tomorrow morning in the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee. As introduced, the “Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act” (which is an extremely stupid and misleading title) would prohibit the sale of “extremely…
The Smith & Wesson Performance Center M&P 10mm M2.0 Carry Comp pairs full‑power 10mm with an integrated compensator and optic‑ready slide to tame recoil in a duty‑sized package. A Comped 10mm Built for Control Smith & Wesson continues expanding its Carry Comp lineup with a full‑size 10mm built around control rather than outright concealability. The M&P 10mm M2.0 Carry Comp uses the company’s Performance Center‑tuned approach to soften the recoil and muzzle rise common with the cartridge. At the core of the design is a 4‑inch stainless steel barrel with a PowerPort at the twelve‑o’clock position. As the gun fires,…
On Friday, Jan. 23, an Alaskan oil rig carrying more than 4,000 gallons of oil overturned near the small town of Nuiqsut. A crew with Doyon Drilling, operating on behalf of ConocoPhillips, was moving Rig 26 — dubbed “The Beast” because it’s one of the largest mobile oil rigs in the U.S. — over a gravel road when it overturned. According to ConocoPhillips, the two people on board and six emergency responders were all treated at nearby medical facilities and then released. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) stated that oil levels had been measured approximately 30 minutes before…
In the 30 years that I’ve been visiting Las Vegas, this was the first time that I’d intentionally popped a wheelie on an e-bike — or really any bike, for that matter. But it was the end of a long day trawling around CES and I was up for some fun. Just after dusk, right in front of the Venetian, I met up with the folks from Future Motion, purveyors of both the OneWheel and a new e-bike, the Antic. The brand gave me a helmet and some initial instructions, and then let me hop on the reimagined, ’70s-inspired electric…
It’s perfectly legal to travel, even by airplane, with a firearm. I tend to avoid it because it’s such a pain in the posterior, but I don’t fly a lot anyway. Professional athletes, however, do fly a good bit, especially during the season. Half of their games are away, and it’s not like high school football, where your opponent is just a couple of hours away by bus. The Carolina Panthers aren’t taking a bus to play the LA Rams, after all.So, they fly, and for any of them looking to be armed while doing…
On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers who had survived years of fierce combat against German forces entered a sprawling complex of barracks and barbed wire in southern Poland known as Auschwitz. What they found there would define how the world remembers the Holocaust.Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of that liberation. Commemorations are taking place at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland, at the United Nations headquarters in New York and at memorial sites around the world. The 2026 theme is “Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights.”The Nazi regime murdered six million Jews during the Holocaust, representing one-third…
Palmetto State Armory hit the ground running this year at SHOT Show, unveiling a number of new firearms that have already justified the time, effort, and fare for my annual visit to Sin City. With the company developing products at this pace, PSA either runs three 8-hour shifts around the clock, or they’ve simply outsourced production to the North Pole. How they do it, however, will take a back seat to the actual results, so without further ado… First up is the Sabre Key, an underbarrel-mounted short-barreled shotgun (SBS) that no longer requires a $200 bribe for access to the…
Portable wind turbines are easy to build — and easy to break. YouTube offers an abundance of tutorials for building your own DIY wind turbine. A quick Amazon search of “portable wind turbine” will bring up dozens of options, from a 5W miniature turbine for $12 to large-scale models made for home energy that cost thousands of dollars. For campers seeking mobile power solutions, wind turbines have long been seen as a finicky, unreliable option, especially compared to solar panels. But a Canadian brand claims it has built a turbine that’s sufficiently small, light, and durable to give wind power another…
Since 2004 the state of Florida has made it illegal for any government official or agency to “knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or any list, record, or registry of the owners of those firearms.” Despite that, the city of Jacksonville kept a registry of everyone who entered City Hall while exercising their right to bear arms from July 2023 until April 2025. The city stopped entering the names of gun owners into its registry after complaints were made, and State Attorney State…
Family says the Blind Side actor remains in critical condition as doctors investigate the cause of a sudden blood infectionActor Quinton Aaron, best known for portraying former NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher in the 2009 film The Blind Side, is hospitalized and on life support in Atlanta as he battles what family members describe as a severe blood infection.According to an online fundraiser organized on Aaron’s behalf, the 40-year-old actor was hospitalized after collapsing at his apartment and losing control of his legs. He was taken to an Atlanta hospital, where doctors later identified a severe blood infection. His family says Aaron…
The United States has threatened Iran with an armada of ships much larger than what it sent to Venezuela. The Iranian ruling class responded, saying that it has its “finger on the trigger” and was ready to fend off both U.S. and Israeli aggression. Earlier this month, Trump reportedly came close to ordering strikes on Iranian targets in response to a violent crackdown on anti-government protests that left thousands dead, according to a number of human rights groups. While he delayed that decision, military assets have continued to flow to the region, accoridng to a report by RT. “We have…
Valley Forge Military College (VFMC) has secured a $1 million federal education grant, marking the first time that there is an accrediting body for colleges that are specific to the military.The private two-year military college located in Wayne, Pa., and in existence since 1935 secured the funding through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education–Strengthening Institutions Program (FIPSE-SP), under the department’s Fiscal Year 2025 “Promoting Accreditation Reform” that funds a finite number of national institutions to develop and pilot innovative accreditation models.The highly competitive program will help finance VFMC’s establishment and testing of a new…
A broad coalition of 2A groups including Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, along with Gun Owners Action League and Commonwealth Second Amendment are challenging the Massachusetts law preventing adults younger than 21 from possessing or carrying handguns and ‘large capacity’ semi-automatic firearms. Massachusetts has asked a judge to dismiss the case at the outset, and this week the plaintiffs filed their reply brief in Escher v. Noble, arguing that the state’s ” arguments in favor of its Ban on 18-to-20-year-olds acquiring many of the most common arms…
Twenty-five years is a long time to wait, but that’s how long it’s taken for Honda to finally bring back the once-iconic Prelude. Though it may boast a newer, more curvaceous design than the last coupe to make it into U.S. showrooms, the 2026 Honda Prelude doesn’t stray far from its roots as a grand tourer. But there are some key differences, starting with the automaker’s decision to go with a hybrid drivetrain this time. Only one well-equipped version of the new Prelude will be offered, and potential buyers shouldn’t worry. While the gas-electric drivetrain does deliver some impressive fuel economy,…
The protesting in Minneapolis is not a great thing for anyone, contrary to what some might think. Alex Pretti’s death was just the latest incident where someone who was involved ended up being killed by federal agents, though it’s the less clear-cut case of a justifiable shooting. What’s clear, though, is that this is a very organized effort. The Signal chat that was used for coordination was exposed as involving none other than the LT. Governor of Minnesota, among others, and it illustrated just how coordinated it was.For most of us, this is a little…
Alex Vindman, who became a key player along with his twin brother in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Florida.Vindman, an Army veteran, was serving on the National Security Council in 2019 when the Republican president pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden, then a Democratic candidate. He and his brother, Eugene, a lawyer on the National Security Council, reported their concerns and sparked investigations.Eugene Vindman now serves as a congressman from Virginia. If Alex Vindman clinches the Democratic nomination, he’ll challenge Republican Sen.…
This article was originally published by Joseph Solis-Mullen at The Mises Institute under the title: On the Failure of Constitutionalism Through the Ages: Norms, Emergencies, and the Administrative State Classical liberals, as well as some libertarians, have long placed great faith in constitutions as instruments capable of restraining political power. Particularly following the Renaissance and Enlightenment, written constitutions began to be celebrated by limited government political theorists as rational devices designed to bind rulers, limit coercion, and protect liberty through clearly-enumerated rules. Yet a persistent strain of skepticism—articulated most sharply by thinkers such as Murray Rothbard and Ralph Raico—has questioned whether…
On the SHOT Show floor, Bond Arms shared a collaborative suppressor project started by Third Echelon Development. Third Echelon has taken a bold leap in attempting to make a dual bore suppressor for Bond’s 9mm derringer. Instead of relying on a removable mount, this design integrates directly with a proprietary barrel developed by Bond. Wipe Baffle System This suppressor uses a wipe-based baffel system. Two removable pins retain the wipes inside the body, and the wipes seal each chamber as the bullet passes through. That sealing effect optimizes sound reduction while keeping the overall length short (just over 4”). The…
