It’s been more than a year since Illinois state Rep. Kevin John Olickal introduced the “Responsibility in Firearm Legislation” or RIFL Act, and so far the bill hasn’t seen much movement. It was shunted off to the House Rules committee last February, and hasn’t had so much as an initial hearing. Still, the legislation that would require firearms manufacturers to obtain a license from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in order to sell their products in the state has quietly gained co-sponsors in the months since it’s been introduced, and now anti-gun politicians…
This article was originally published by G. Calder at The Exposé. On Tuesday, February 10th, the European Parliament moved the digital euro one step closer to reality, backing amendments that support a push by the European Central Bank (ECB) for a central bank digital currency intended to work both online and offline. This does not mean the new currency is in place yet, but it’s another unmistakable signal that the project is gaining momentum after years of discussion. The digital euro remains framed by EU institutions as a strategic and sovereignty project, designed to reduce reliance on non-European payments infrastructure and to…
There are hundreds of rod companies for bass anglers to select from. Most are great, and it can be tough to stand out in the crowd. But let’s be real: a store-brand rod lacks the same sexiness you get from a boutique manufacturer. Yet time and time again, I find myself reaching for the Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris Platinum Signature Rod on my boat deck. I picked this rod up a year ago and didn’t have high expectations. But I’ll be darned, after using it to chuck jigs and stick pigs, I can no longer ignore its impressive performance.…
Redfield is a brand known for bargain optics and budget accessories. When I heard it was jumping into the shotgun game, I was wildly skeptical. Add in the idea of leaving the elk woods in September to go shoot doves in Texas with budget shotguns during the Academy Sports and Outdoors Full Blast Event, and I was honestly almost halfway to a face palm. It’s pretty hard to drag me away from my happy place. Once I got down there, though, and handled the Redfield Vector Semi Auto ($450) and the Drive Pump Action ($300), along with a heap of…
Gun control groups like Brady regularly proclaim that “police violence is gun violence”, even while exempting law enforcement from virtually every one of the anti-2A bills they support. You’d think that Brady and Giffords would be on board with the “Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act”, which aims to reduce the red tape and regulatory burdens around less-than-lethal products like stun guns by amending the Gun Control Act to exclude them from the definition of firearms. Instead, the gun control outfits iare melting down over the bipartisan passage of HR 2189, claiming that “the gun…
We all have those one or two recipes from grandma that have been passed down for generations, and they bring back so many memories of family fun around the table. However, what about old-school recipes that have been forgotten?While the depression greatly affected how people fed their families, we can’t overlook the imagination and tenacity of past generations. Many of these recipes are easy on the budget, which makes them a great choice to add to modern tables, given the recent rise in inflation at the grocery store.These old-school recipes may sound odd, but they are quite delicious! Consider trying…
The Appalachee High School shooting involved an AR-15-type rifle. A jackwagon of a student got it from his jackwagon of a father, who’d been made aware of threats, yet still bought him an AR-15 and gave him easy access to it just the same. At no point was any kind of full-auto switch involved. This is important.Why?Because, in typical anti-gun fashion, gun control advocates in my home state of Georgia are trying to use the upcoming trial in that shooting to push for a full-auto switch ban.As jury selection got underway in the Apalachee High…
Washington should force the neighboring countries to turn their backs on Beijing, a group of democratic United States senators has said. They are suggesting that U.S. ruler Donald Trump drag both Canada and Mexico into the ongoing trade war. The U.S. has already taken several steps to keep Chinese EVs (electric vehicles) out of the U.S. market. The previous presidential administration raised import tariffs on them from 25% to 100%. The executive orders issued by Trump shortly after taking office in January 2025 brought the total effective US import tariff to 127.5%, reported RT. Trump Finally Admits The U.S. Is…
The Kings & Queens of Corbet’s competition is set to kick off on Friday at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR). Earlier in the week, conditions in the couloir were icy, hard-packed, and generally scary. But a winter storm delivered over a foot of snow just in time for the competition. Now Corbet’s is locked and loaded, the athletes are primed, and the big air action is impending. GearJunkie spent the week watching as JHMR prepared the course, and we caught up with two of the athletes ahead of the competition. Wyatt Gentry, 19, and Tristian Lilly, 24, sat down with…
Since Alex Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis last month, there’s been a flood of stories about liberals embracing their Second Amendment rights, buying guns, and heading to the range. So far that hasn’t translated to any Democrat politicians renouncing their gun control ways, and I’m curious to see if February’s NICS numbers will show any substantial increase in firearm transfers in blue states, but it’s certainly a media phenomenon if nothing else. That particular story has been written time and time again in recent weeks, but Minnesota Public Radio found a…
When I first saw the HOKA x Halfdays Kaha 2 Frost Moc GTX, I had questions. This collaboration between two undeniably popular brands looked pretty wild. Was it a hiking shoe? A slipper? Was it made for snow and ice? Were you supposed to wear it in the city, on the slopes, or on the trail? Upon further research, the two brands claim that the Kaha 2 Frost Moc GTX is designed to thrive in all of the above environments. I put that claim to the test, wearing the Kaha 2 Frosts in the rainy Pacific Northwest, the foothill trails…
The firearm industry trade association is calling so-called “mainstream” media onto the carpet for hiding the number of common semi-automatic rifles owned by lawful American citizens in order to help bolster legislative proposals to ban such firearms. In a news story published on its website, the National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) focused on the current proposed ban in the Virginia legislature, highlighting coverage by WHSV 3 News, which reported: “If passed, the proposal would prohibit the manufacture, sale, import, purchase and transfer of many semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns that meet its newly expanded definition of ‘assault firearms.’ This definition…
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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard the combined Koons and Seigel cases en banc on Feb. 11, and I was in the courtroom to watch the oral arguments in person. Plaintiffs’ Attorneys may have bested the state, leaving interveners with crossed fingers. As previously reported, the full Third Circuit Court of Appeals reheard the consolidated Koons and Seigel cases via an en banc review. The arguments went just over an hour and while the bellwethers on which way the judges will decide are unknown, if you’re counting points on every glove laid, liberty will…
According to a peer-reviewed study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), children who received the Moderna COVID-19 “vaccine” have a much higher risk of a febrile seizure within a day of vaccination. Among children aged 2 to 4, the risk was approximately 2.5 times higher, according to the report published on February 4th in Vaccine. Flu Vaccines Are Neither Safe Nor Effective Febrile seizures are convulsions most often caused by fevers that are triggered by infections related to common childhood illnesses. These seizures typically occur in children 6 months to 5 years old, and when they have a…
