The gun control lobby had unprecedented access to and sway over the executive branch of the federal government during the Biden administration, but those days are over and the anti-gunners are livid over their loss of power. The Trump administration closed the doors to the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and booted gun control activists from their paid positions within the federal government. ATF Director Steve Dettelbach, who was the Biden administration’s second choice after gun control lobbyist David Chipman failed to garner enough votes to be confirmed by the Senate, stepped down…
BEIRUT (AP) — As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents who overthrew Syria’s autocratic President Bashar Assad a year and a half ago and formed a new government would do a better job of rooting out Hezbollah than the Israeli army. Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has said he has no interest in doing so, and has asserted that Trump’s comments were misconstrued. But…
Texas has the second-largest population of former military service members in the nation, with more than 1.5 million veterans. More veterans in the Lone Star State will have access to mental health services as the nation honors Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. That is due to a partnership involving the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program (EHVP), part of the Wounded Warrior Project’s Warrior Care Network. The program is especially looking to connect with post-9/11 veterans and current service members by offering free therapy sessions to combat PTSD and other military-related mental health problems. Since the collective outreach effort launched…
Craig Ridenhour said military suicide is a “personal” issue for him. Ridenhour is chair of the Tampa, Fla.-based nonprofit organization Stop Soldier Suicide, which works to dedicate each day to stopping soldier suicide. Studies, some released by the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies, have shown suicides being overwhelmingly linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His concerns are being heeded especially this month, as June marks PTSD Awareness Month. Specifically, June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day. “For me, this is personal. My brother served in the Marines, and his service is why this matters to me,” Ridenhour told…
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The U.S. v. Hemani case is sending shockwaves across the country. The New Jersey Office of Attorney General commented on the opinion when queried about it and it’s — interesting. What a whirlwind couple of weeks in the United States with U.S. Supreme Court opinions flooding the halls of jurisprudence. Naturally, at Bearing Arms we’ve had our eyes cast on two cases ripe for opinions: U.S. v. Hemani and Wolford v. Lopez. The case less controversial to more progressive jurisdictions was Hemani, dealing with so-called “unlawful” users of drugs. No press release came from New Jersey…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday, likely Tehran’s response to overnight airstrikes by the United States. The attacks across the Persian Gulf show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control, even after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and agree on a final accord to end the conflict. The U.S. had launched its airstrikes in response to an Iranian drone attack on a ship trying to get out of the strait on…
A 270-foot medium endurance cutter offloaded approximately 7,720 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana Friday at Port Everglades in Florida, amounting to more than $63 million in allegedly smuggled drugs. The service said Friday that the seized contraband resulted from three interdictions in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean made by Coast Guard Cutter Bear, home-ported in Portsmouth, Va. They reflect a continuation of the service’s efforts to counter drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, as part of Operation Pacific Viper. As roughly 80% of drug interdictions occur at sea, the Coast Guard works with entities…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday on CBS’ 60 Minutes that there’s more “work to be done” in Iran, refusing to detail a timetable for prolonged conflict and military efforts to deter the Middle East nation from procuring nuclear weapons from their enriched uranium. Netanyahu, in his first interview since Israel and the United States jointly launched military strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, told CBS’ Major Garrett that the war in Iran is “not over,” specifically pointing to dismantling uranium enrichment sites and removing the uranium before Iran can produce ballistic missiles. “I think [the military operation] accomplished…
Department of Veterans Affairs’ burial allowances are cash allowances paid to an eligible veteran’s family to help defray burial and funeral costs. VA will pay a different amount depending on whether the death was considered service-connected or if the veteran was hospitalized by VA at the time of death. Burial or interment in a VA National Cemetery or in Arlington National Cemetery is free. Many states and tribes also have veterans’ cemeteries that provide free or inexpensive burials to veterans and their immediate families. Our state veterans’ benefit pages contain more details. For burial in a private cemetery, VA will…
When a liberal Trump hater legally purchased a budget pistol and pump shotgun, hauled them across the country and stormed the White House Correspondence Dinner in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump and other administration officials, many gun-ban advocates reacted by blaming “lax gun laws.” That claim holds no water, however, as California, where many purchased the guns, and Washington, D.C., where he used them in the violent attack, have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation. The Bloomberg-funded anti-gun media mouthpiece The Trace, however, chose to place the blame in another place it didn’t belong—on…
The U.S. Coast Guard has reportedly seized the sailboat at the center of a Bahamas mystery after a Michigan woman vanished more than a month ago. The boat, named “Soulmate,” had been docked in the Bahamas since a Michigan woman, Lynette Hooker, disappeared April 4 near Hope Town and Elbow Cay, ABC News reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the investigation. CBS News reported the vessel left Marsh Harbour on Friday and was taken into custody by the Coast Guard on Saturday while it was headed toward the U.S., marking a sharp turn in a case that has moved from…
I’m a firm believer in you being able to do with your property as you wish, so long as you don’t harm anyone else. If you want to paint your house puke green and mount peacocks on your roof gables, so be it. I’m not interested in stopping you, though I might try to talk you out of it. So, if someone wants to take gun parts and turn them into gardening tools, whatever. In fact, part of me would actually buy some of those, just so I can talk about what my hoe had…
Performance cars come in a wide range of different shapes and sizes. From 1,000+ horsepower hypercars like the Bugatti Chiron to sensible sports sedans like the Volkswagen Jetta GLI, there is something for every budget or pace desire. One of the most versatile and affordable breeds of performance machine is the venerable hot hatch, which tends to take the shape of a front-wheel-drive compact hatchback-style vehicle equipped with a sporty four-pot engine and uprated underpinnings. Some machines though, like the Audi RS3 and Ford Focus RS, take things a step further, and utilize all-wheel drive to enhance traction and stability.…
There are currently seven candidates vying the GOP nod in the crowded Maine gubernatorial primaries. Bearing Arms had a chance to interview four of them and Bobby Charles was one. Charles has a background in government and policy that dates back to the Reagan era when he interned from 1981 to 1983 at the White House. Born in Virginia but raised in Wayne, Maine, Charles got his undergrad in Dartmouth College, masters in New College, Oxford, and Juris Doctor from Columbia University. After clerking at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the late 80s,…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” the move. Rodríguez was speaking at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the final day of hearings in a dispute between her country and neighboring Guyana over the massive mineral- and oil-rich Essequibo region. “We will continue to defend our integrity, our sovereignty, our independence, our history,” said Rodríguez, who assumed power in January following a U.S. military operation that ousted then-President…
This article was originally published by Garrison Vance at Natural News. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi during a telephone call on Tuesday, May 5, that Tehran is prepared to meet global standards to demonstrate the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, according to a statement from Iran’s presidency published by the Turkish Anadolu Agency. Pezeshkian criticized what he called contradictory U.S. policies, saying Washington continues to apply pressure while calling for negotiations. [1] Al-Zaidi responded that Baghdad is prepared to support de-escalation efforts and could host talks between Iran and the U.S., the statement said. The appeal…
Connecticut crossed a line. They’re not the first to do it, admittedly, but as the most recent to do so, they’re going to draw all of the heat. The line they crossed was in banning firearms like the Glock, which can be converted via an illegal third-party-designed device to shoot full-auto. Glock has never approved of it, never sold the switches, or anything like that, but now they’re being demonized for people doing something they can’t legally do anywhere. And the entire thing is beyond stupid.In fact, it’s probably even dumber than you think.Second Amendment…
Pakistan quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park at its airfields during the recent U.S.-Iran showdown while simultaneously acting as a diplomatic intermediary between Washington and Tehran, according to new reporting by CBS News. Pakistan has long tried to maintain a difficult balancing act between its security relationship with the United States and its ties with neighboring Iran, a key regional player that shares a roughly 565-mile border with Pakistan. The new reporting could complicate ongoing negotiations that have so far been unsuccessful, raising questions about whether Pakistani territory may have quietly provided temporary sanctuary to Iranian military aircraft during…
With just a few days left in this year’s legislative session, anti-gun activists in Minnesota are doubling down on their efforts to pass a sweeping gun and magazine ban will. Lawmakers are supposed to adjourn one week from today, and the state Senate has already adopted a bill that would ban the manufacture, sale, and transfer of so-called assault weapons and “large capacity” magazines. Anti-gunners were able to convince a handful of DFL state senators from more rural parts of the state to go along with the gun ban bill by including funding for mental…
