When the United States was first created, it was with the idea that there would be no standing army. There was a concern among our Founding Fathers that a standing army was a tool of oppression, that the military would be used to crush dissent, and that liberty couldn’t be protected with such a force existing. I think we did a good job of addressing those concerns, though. There are problems that we should probably talk about at some point, of course, but it’s not with the men and women in uniform.What the Founding Fathers…

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A mere 2 days before the Bassmaster Classic, I found myself sitting in a Kentucky whisky distillery of all places, listening to a new product presentation. Berkley had brought in a host of outdoor media folks to showcase a much hyped, but somewhat guarded, new line of baits. All I knew going into it was that it was unseen by the masses, and Berkley sure was excited about it. Little did I, or anyone in the room, know that a few days later, a young angler would win the Bassmaster Classic using the very thing we were looking at: Berkley…

We’ve been covering the Schoenthal v. Raoul case for several years here at Bearing Arms, but it looks like the case challenging the carry ban on Illinois public transit may soon come to an unsatisfying conclusion.  Last week SCOTUS pulled the case from consideration in its Friday conference, which would have been the first time the case was discussed at the High Court. The move led some court watchers to conclude that the justices were planning on granting cert but remanding the case to lower courts after the Supreme Court’s decision in Wolford v. Lopez is released…

A major transparency fight is brewing in New Jersey and it could have serious implications for how gun permit data is handled moving forward. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) announced that board member and journalist John Petrolino has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey officials after repeated denials of public records requests tied to the state’s carry permit system. While CCRKBA is not a named party in the case, the organization is publicly backing Petrolino’s effort, framing it as a broader fight for transparency in a state long criticized for restrictive gun laws.…

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This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: Oil Plunges, Stocks Spike As Trump “Postpones” Military Strikes On Iran After “Productive” Talks; But Move Reverses After Tehran Denies Contact Summary Trump announces “productive” talks with Iran, “postpones” military strikes for 5 days IRGC-linked media deny contact Trad Govt-linked media yet to issue comment Market response: oil down, yields down, stocks up (but all off their kneejerk extremes) *  *  * Denials Begin It did not take long for the denials to emerge. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency (which is the propaganda arm of the IRGC, so take it…

This winter, Chevrolet let me borrow a 2026 Silverado High Country for an epic ski trip. The winter storms struggled, though, so I wound up chasing the dregs of snow at Steamboat, Powder Mountain, and Aspen. And in truth, a review of the Silverado High Country itself almost became silly. Despite covering 2,289 miles over two weeks, I probably drove the car only 5% of the time. Instead, this trip provided me with a great opportunity to live with GM’s Super Cruise hands-free driving. I had used Super Cruise on press trips before, but never on a legit road trip…

I’ve joked before that Virginia’s politics swing back and forth like an unlatched screen door in a hurricane. From red to blue to red to blue, all so fast it makes your head spin. But last year’s elections opened the door for a lot of troubling things in Virginia, up to and including their redistricting plan that seeks to essentially wipe out Republican representation from the state, and with it, support for gun rights. Sure, there’s one district, but only because there was no way to gerrymander the state badly enough to make it solid…

Dr. John Lott is stirring the pot again and this time it’s over who’s actually committing mass attacks in America. In a new op-ed, Lott takes aim at what he calls a “filtered narrative” around terrorism and mass shootings in the U.S., arguing that the data doesn’t match what Americans are constantly told. According to Lott, the dominant message from politicians and media has been clear: white supremacists are the primary domestic threat. But he says a deeper look at long-term data tells a more complicated story. What the Numbers Say More on Lott’s report on transgenders. Lott breaks down…

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From the first memories I have of hunting talk, I was always told to never hunt alone. I was told it was too dangerous and just downright foolish to go into the mountains by myself. So, that’s how I lived my life into early adulthood. Stifled and scared of Mother Nature, with no one-on-one connection to the wild. As you can probably guess from the title of this article, I eventually changed my ways and went against the grain of what I had been told for so long. And to take it a step further, I started backpack hunting alone…