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RALEIGH, N.C. — An Army veteran has been charged with sharing classified information about an elite commando unit with a journalist, which one official said put the country, members of the U.S. military and the nation’s allies at risk.Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, is accused of violating federal law, as well as multiple nondisclosure agreements by sharing details of her work with a “special military unit” at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.”Anyone divulging information they vowed to protect to a reporter for publication is reckless, self-serving and damages our nation’s security,” Reid Davis, the FBI special agent in charge…
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Army veteran Matthew Spang has loved playing basketball from as far back as he can remember. As an athletic child, Sprang played the sport often and considered basketball a passion. “I grew up playing basketball… sports are a big passion with my family and friends and kind of my life in general,” Spang told KOAA News in Southern Colorado. But that all changed during a deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. “My truck hit two IEDs… it crushed my legs, my feet and ankles and broke my legs,” Spang said. It was a huge blow for the combat engineer who, in an instant, became a…
A veto out of Kentucky is drawing serious pushback from gun rights advocates. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling Gov. Andy Beshear’s rejection of House Bill 312 a major misstep, arguing it strips young adults of their ability to defend themselves. At the center of the fight is a simple question: Should 18- to 20-year-olds be allowed to carry for self-defense? HB 312 would have created a provisional concealed carry license for that age group, giving young adults (who can already vote, serve in the military, and sign contracts) the legal ability to…
HK is going small but not changing much else. The company just rolled out the VP9CC, a micro-compact version of its well-known VP9 platform, and the pitch is pretty straightforward: take everything people already like about the VP9… and scale it down for concealed carry. No reinvention. No gimmicks. Just a smaller VP9. That’s actually the most interesting part here. A lot of micro-compacts end up feeling like a compromise: shorter grip, snappier recoil, stripped-down features. HK is clearly trying to avoid that by keeping as much of the original VP9 DNA intact as possible. You still get the same…
When John Lott talks gun policy, he doesn’t deal in vibes. He deals in numbers. And in his recent interview on Alaska’s Michael Dukes Show, he laid out several data points that directly challenge some of the most common claims in the gun control debate. One of the first areas he touched on was the concept of “gun-free zones,” particularly on military bases, where he pointed to a clear pattern in how attackers select targets. “These murderers time after time… write about how they pick these targets precisely because they want to go to a gun-free zone,” Lott explained. “Their…
Images by the author I am no stranger to Griffin Armament. I recently reviewed one of their scopes, an LPVO in 1-8×24. That scope is well-built and sits atop one of my prized rifles. The company makes many products… as an example, they sent me a set of AR iron sights and two mounts for a yet-to-ship prism sight. More on those will follow after that sight comes in. Now that the $200 tax on suppressors is but a tortured dream, every company seems to be selling cans… some are better than others. Griffin Armament is a major player in…
What Is Going On? Drama in the firearms industry is not unheard of, but it is fairly rare. Given the industry’s relatively smaller size, there just usually aren’t a lot of eyebrow-raising events that happen. However, that has changed recently with interactions between Ruger and Beretta. These two stalwart bastions of gun design and manufacture have not exactly come to blows, but there are developments raising some eyebrows. Let’s take a quick look at the situation. According to outdoorlifecom, in September of 2025, Beretta – the oldest gun manufacturer in the world, since 1526 – acquired 7.7% of Sturm, Ruger…
Mia Jones swept some of the biggest competitions in snowboarding this winter — and she’s just getting started. Not only did the 20-year-old prodigy snowboarder win the FIS Freeride World Championships in February in Andorra, but she was also named “Rookie of the Year” on the FIS Freeride World Tour (FWT). She then earned enough points to win the 2026 FWT, sealing the deal at the final competition, the Xtreme Verbier in Switzerland. It’s the same event her dad, Jeremy Jones, won in 2005. On March 28, 2026, she was crowned the FWT Overall Champion for women’s snowboarding. “It went pretty…
I’ve talked a fair bit about how bad gun research is when it comes out of either academia or the activist bunch at places like Everytown. Cam started it back in 2022. The next year, I talked about self-censorship in academia, where research that doesn’t conform to the narrative is tossed so that the researchers don’t get hate from their colleagues. All of this contributes to the lack of trust anyone should have toward research, especially when it comes to firearm policy.However, over at NRA-ILA’s website, they bring up another aspect of that, and that’s…
Things are moving fast in Virginia. According to Gun Owners of America, lawmakers pushed more than 15 gun control bills in just 60 days and some of the biggest ones are now front and center. The focus? Two bills, SB 749 and HB 217, that would ban a wide range of commonly owned firearms. We’re talking semi-auto rifles, pistols, and even some shotguns, Based largely on features like threaded barrels or adjustable stocks. Standard-capacity magazines are also on the chopping block, with anything over 15 rounds potentially banned. And here’s the key detail: Newly elected Governor Abigail Spanberger has already…
Oil prices have plunged as Iran has allowed the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz during the two-week ceasefire. Both the United States and Iran have agreed to halt attacks, which will give Americans a much-needed break at the pump. According to a report by CNBC, US ruler Donald Trump said the two-week ceasefire was subject to Iran agreeing to a complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has received a 10-point proposal from Iran that is a workable basis for negotiations, he said. “Almost all of the various points of past…
On Monday, the Supreme Court turned away a challenge to the Illinois law prohibiting lawful carry on public transportation, meaning the Chicago Transit Authority will remain “gun-free”, at least in theory, for the foreseeable future. Yes, I’m still salty about SCOTUS denying cert in Schoenthal v. Raoul, and not just because the Court let stand an absurd Seventh Circuit decision that essentially allows almost every public space where more than a few people might be present to be designated as a “sensitive place” where guns are banned. Violent individuals are routinely ignoring that Illinois law…
This one almost sounds fake. But it’s not. According to a breakdown from Colion Noir, a man in Alabama is now facing federal gun charges after posting a video to Instagram during a Mardi Gras event and unknowingly handing the feds everything they needed. The setup? A deadly shooting during Joe Cain Day festivities in Mobile. Instead of laying low, one guy decided to jump on Instagram and mock the victim, literally acting out how the man died, per FOX 10 News. Bad enough. But here’s where it gets worse. Federal agents reviewing the video noticed something on the pistol…
The necessities of climbing apparel change drastically as soon as you’re on the wall for several hours. Like many climbers, I learned this lesson the hard way during my first multi-pitch climb many years ago on a 500-foot wall near Buena Vista, Colo. My partner and I were both new to multi-pitch climbing and needed plenty of time to safely move through five pitches. We began the day with warm, temperate weather. But after several hours on the exposed wall, the weather turned frigid, with gusts of wind. Then our double-rope rappel got caught in the anchors, requiring an arduous…
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows, but that hasn’t seemed to be the case lately. The lines are drawn, and few people are crossing them without facing some degree of repercussions. Some of those are deserved, while some are less so. Still, there are times when people from very different ideological points of view find themselves on common ground.That seems to be the case in North Carolina, where three groups with very different ideological leans have joined together to oppose the prohibition of gun rights for non-violent felons.Three advocacy groups of different political flavors…
Tennessee Republican Representative Tim Burchett has claimed that the United States ruling class knows of extraterrestrial beings and is in contact with them. Burchett added that these beings do not pose a threat to humanity; however, if the U.S. releases “what I’ve seen, you’d be up at night worrying about it.” Burchett has emerged as a leading voice on the disclosure of files regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), pushing for greater government transparency on the matter. He did clarify that there isn’t an immediate danger of the extraterrestrial beings. “I don’t think we’re in danger…
Despite taking aim at a number of state and local gun control laws and policies, the Department of Justice continues to defend the vast majority of federal gun laws, including the National Firearms Act and its restrictions on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and machine guns. The DOJ’s latest defense of that last item came on Tuesday, as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case involving a Florida man convicted for illegally possessing a machine gun. More specifically, a machine gun conversion device that illegally converts a semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic…
