Our friends at Max Tactical Firearms took a hard look at the Brian M. Hicks study published in JAMA Network Open — specifically the methodology, measurement choices, and interpretive leaps that don’t hold up under scrutiny. What follows is their breakdown. When a psychiatry professor publishes research about firearms, the first question worth asking is: are we looking at behavioral science — or a policy conclusion dressed up in data? When you actually read the Hicks study, what you find is a study whose design appears aligned with a predetermined direction — and then works to keep the data consistent…

I’ve never liked how we treat felons in this country.Oh, we should definitely lock them up when they deserve it, and we go way too light on some of these sentences, to say the least, but when someone has paid their debt to society, it should be considered paid in full. We don’t do that. Instead, we continue to treat a lot of these folks like criminals for the rest of their lives. They have to check a box on most job applications that they’re felons, which doesn’t make sense for a lot of jobs,…

The war in the Middle East, which started on February 28th after the United States and Israel used joint strikes to attack Iran, has now expanded. Yemen’s Houthi Rebels have entered the fight, attacking Israeli military sites. More than 11,000 targets have been struck since Operation Epic Fury began, CENTCOM said Saturday in a fact sheet. Farea Al-Muslimi, a research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House think tank, said: “The decision by the Houthis to join the broader Middle East conflict marks a serious and deeply concerning escalation.” “The potential impact on key commercial…

The Ninth Circuit recently heard an en banc review in Yukutake v. Lopez which involves firearm purchase requirements in Hawaii. Did Hawaii get caught lying while playing “he said,” “she said”? Previously reported, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard en banc arguments in a case challenging Hawaii’s firearm purchase permitting and inspection law. Yukutake v. Lopez received a favorable opinion from a three-judge panel and the Aloha State asked the full court for a review. The case is being litigated by attorney Alan Beck and the en banc arguments occurred on Mar. 24.…

Drama doesn’t begin to cover it. Marion Hammer — the 87-year-old former NRA president who created the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program and is widely credited with pioneering Florida’s concealed-carry licensing framework — is suing the NRA for unpaid compensation. And her deposition earlier this month apparently went about as sideways as a deposition can go. According to subscription legal news service Law360, Hammer reportedly told NRA attorney Brian Hayden, “You think you’re God. And I think you’re an asshole,” at some point during the proceedings — and allegedly directed similar language at him multiple times throughout the hearing. Then things…

An Arizona bill making its way through the legislature this session would require K-12 schools to provide “age-appropriate firearm safety awareness education” to students each year. You can read the criteria for the lessons here, but it’s safe to say that it’s not meant to be any kind of backdoor indoctrination to gun ownership or anti-gun activism. The goal is simple: to make kids and juveniles aware of what to do if they come across a firearm.   Bruce Petillo doesn’t see it that way, though. As he wrote in the Arizona Republic, in his…

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Some states prohibit the carrying of a firearm lawfully in polling places. In others, a lot of the polls are gun-free zones simply because they’re held in a school or some other building that’s a gun-free zone.  Yet there are a lot of them that aren’t for any reason at all. People carry guns there and never have an issue.But a bill was introduced in Congress that seeks to change that across the nation, and let’s just say it’s going over about like you’d expect.A bill under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives that…

There’s something fascinating about the gear used in covert operations, especially during the Cold War era. Back when technology was analog and assassinations were analog-er, specialized tools like suppressed .22 pistols weren’t just clever—they were mission-critical.  Today, the idea of using a .22 LR for clandestine work may seem outdated, even laughable to some. But the truth is, when paired with the right platform and effective shot placement, the humble rimfire round can be deadly effective. This 1993 article from Soldier of Fortune is a relic in the best sense—packed with practical data, field testing, and insight that still holds…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: Lockdown 2.0: The IEA Has Released 10 Guidelines To Help The Public Prepare For The Coming Fuel Shortages And “Energy Lockdowns” Are we really going to go through this again? It appears that the Iranians are absolutely determined to keep traffic through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed until they get what they want. In order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, an absolutely massive military operation would be required, and perhaps we will see such an operation in the days ahead. But for now,…