The Duke Center for Firearms Law still has a veneer of academic respectability, but under the leadership of Hayley Lawrence the Center has gone from a somewhat stealthy embrace of the positions of gun control advocates to a more out-and-proud opposition to treating the Second Amendment as the fundamental right that it is. Lawrence has worked with groups like Brady United, Giffords, and Everytown for Gun Safety, so it’s no surprise that Duke Center for Firearms Law has been a more vocal proponent of gun control under her watch. The latest example comes from Lawrence’s…
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There are too many members of Congress for anyone to really know all of them. However, you don’t need to know them all to recognize a bad-faith attack on one who happens to support the Second Amendment. Now, what happens on a publication’s opinion page is going to be opinion. While bias is everywhere these days, you can’t really get upset when bias shows up on the page explicitly meant for bias.But the Fayetteville Observer’s opinion page included an attack on Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, explicitly for being pro-gun, and the writer, Jack…
Here’s something the mainstream media won’t tell you about the mainstream media: its anti-gun bias isn’t just ideological. It’s structural. And it was built by Silicon Valley’s ad machine, not by a shadowy cabal of editorial writers sitting around plotting your disarmament. The Numbers Don’t Lie In 2000, newspapers accounted for roughly 53 percent of U.S. ad spending. By 2020, that number had collapsed to about 5 percent, according to the Congressional Research Service. The revenue didn’t disappear — it moved to Google, Meta, Amazon, and TikTok. The fallout was immediate and severe. More than a third of U.S. newspapers…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: US Says ‘No Ships Made It Past Blockade’ As Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Which Trump Says Could Happen In Two Days Summary CENTCOM: “During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade & 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” it said. Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments through the Hormuz Strait. Trump tells NYP talks could happen again in…
Living a stone’s throw from the Connecticut River, sandwiched between a raptor sanctuary and a state forest, I see a lot of different birds and animals. It’s gotten to the point where I spend a lot of time on iNaturalist and Merlin Bird ID, figuring out just what I’m looking at. However, there’s no mistaking what a bald eagle looks like. There’s just the struggle to get a clear and prolonged view of them, as they are highly aware of anything in their surroundings. That said, I do know where my local Baldies live. And they’re most active in the…
Last Thursday, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a 24-hour “ceasefire” in the city, joined by the local D.A., police chief, sheriff, and representatives from a community violence prevention group called United Playaz. At the time of Lurie’s announcement, the city had 14 reported homicides since January 1, up significantly from the four homicides reported in San Francisco during the same time period in 2025. The “ceasefire” was supposed to run from 12:01 a.m. on Friday through 11:59 p.m. that night. I guess city leaders can call it a success, because I haven’t been able…
Public trails are resources for all. And maintaining our critical corridors to adventure is a team effort as well. It takes two. Having two (or more) parties will lighten the load for everything from field restoration to advocacy work. Trail-minded organizations across the country get it. They understand the need to find the right support. That’s why Athletic Brewing Company launched Two For The Trails. Its environmental grant program contributes up to $2 million annually to outdoor conservation projects across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. It helps fund a roster of nonprofits that actively expand outdoor access via trails…
A while back, I saw a story about a 14-year-old who was running for governor of his state. I don’t remember which state it was, but I remember teasing by daughter a bit about it because she’s been talking about wanting a job when she’s old enough and running for governor would definitely be a hilarious option. There’s a long history of young people running for office, though generally not quite that young, and they sometimes win through things like youth and energy, even if they don’t have a solid grasp of everything else.Mostly, they…
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The gun control group Giffords has been slapped with a complaint to the Federal Election Commission, courtesy of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The firearms industry trade group claims that Giffords, through its political action committee Giffords PAC, has failed to comply with the FEC’s rules on joint fundraising while soliciting funds for both the PAC and the candidates it’s supporting. “Giffords PAC has been playing fast and loose with how they are soliciting funds to support themselves and their preferred gun control candidates for elected office,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF’s Senior Vice President and…
A chaotic and violent scene unfolded inside one of New York City’s busiest transit hubs and it’s reigniting a familiar debate. According to reporting from NBC New York, a 44-year-old man armed with a machete attacked multiple people inside Grand Central Terminal Saturday morning, slashing three victims across two subway platforms. Police say the suspect, identified as Anthony Griffin, first attacked a victim on the 7 train platform before moving upstairs and injuring two more people on the 4/5/6 line. Witnesses described panic, blood on the ground, and confusion as the situation unfolded. It ended when NYPD officers confronted Griffin.…
Prepare for much more pain at the pump. The United States has started its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Ships are now all barred from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. says that it is attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed. The U.S. and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, which Tehran says the U.S., via Israel, has already violated. Trump Threatens to Blockade The Strait of Hormuz “We can’t let a country blackmail or extort the world, because that’s what they’re…
Taurus is stepping into a new lane. The company just dropped the RPC, its first dedicated entry into the 9mm PDW (personal defense weapon) category, and it’s clearly aimed at shooters who want something compact but still configurable. At a glance, the RPC checks a lot of familiar boxes for this space. You’ve got a 4.5-inch threaded barrel, a full-length Picatinny rail up top, and an M-LOK handguard for adding lights, grips, or whatever else fits your setup. It feeds from 32-round 9mm magazines, which puts it right in line with other PDW-style platforms built for capacity and control. But…
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.Those are the words. Any fair reading of this should make it abundantly clear that the Founding Fathers saw the right to keep and bear arms as belonging to the people. This is the basis of the argument that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. Well, that and the fact that literally every other part of the Constitution that protects a right protects an individual right, and when it applies to the…
RALEIGH, N.C. — An Army veteran accused of revealing classified information about an elite commando unit — members’ names, tactics and a unit alias among them — to a journalist and on social media will be released awaiting a possible trial, a judge ruled Monday.Courtney Williams, 40, who is charged with four counts of communicating and disclosing national defense information about a “special military unit” at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after working for it as a civilian, appeared in federal court in Raleigh.U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers agreed to release Williams, who was arrested last week and wore a striped…
This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute. Teddy Roosevelt would be so pleased if he could see the world today, with a US military presence virtually everywhere on the planet. The current savagery with Iran is only the headline conflict—having displaced the proxy missions in Ukraine and Gaza—but many more are quietly underway or waiting in the wings. No declaration of war, of course, since declarations require Congress to act in accordance with a set of rules nobody can agree on. In war, according to Sun Tzu, if the goal is victory, the only rule is winning as quickly as…
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger chose not to sign a sweeping gun and magazine ban into law on Monday, instead opting to send the legislation and several other gun control bills back to the General Assembly with proposed amendments. If those amendments are adopted by the Democrat majority in the House and Senate bills will still take effect on July 1, 2026, but the move gives Spanberger and Democrats the opportunity to avoid headlines like “Governor Bans Guns” a week before a statewide referendum on redistricting that could give Dems a 10-1 advantage in Virginia’s congressional representation. …
Surviving a tough event—whether it was a physical and mental struggle, even a sudden job loss, a health scare, or something bigger—is only the first part. The real victory comes afterward, when you put yourself back together in a way that leaves you stronger and more capable than before. I’ve been through my share of tough spots, physically and mentally banged up from deployments where things got hectic, to personal losses that flattened me like a steamroller. I’ve been fired, lost friends and family, failed to save the lives of others, been injured and medevaced, and dealt with the long-term…
World War II veteran Glenn Fisher has lived a long, rewarding life. He’s set to turn 100 later this year. However, something very important is missing – the Purple Heart Fisher he earned 80 years ago. Fighting with the Army along Europe’s Rhine River in 1945, Fisher was struck by shrapnel, with a piece breaking off and staying in his body for decades. Wounded in combat, Fisher figured he would receive his Purple Heart sometime after World War II. It never arrived. Fisher applied for the medal about 45 years ago but never received a response from government officials. He made another…
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