Browse any prepper forum or scroll through enough survival gear content online, and it won’t be long before you’re looking at $3,000 generators, $500 water filtration systems, and pre-made bug out bags that cost more than a month’s rent. The prepping industry has a vested interest in making you feel completely helpless if you don’t have that one piece of survival gear, and that pressure pushes people to either spend way more than necessary or give up on preparedness altogether. The truth is that many of the scenarios most likely to affect everyday people — things like burst pipes, long…
On Saturday my colleague Tom Knighton covered the fight between the Dorr brothers’ Ohio Gun Owners and a Republican candidate who the group claims has taken money from gun control groups. As it turns out, Rep. Gary Click isn’t the only candidate who’s suddenly been accused of being a tool for the gun control lobby just days before voters head to the polls in Ohio’s primary. In a video posted to the group’s X account, Ohio Gun Owners levied a similar accusation against HD 86 candidate Ben Weber. 🚨BREAKING: We have stripped candidate Ben Weber of his…
Glock may still be the 800-pound polymer gorilla, but bans, lawsuits, and years of slow evolution have shooters looking hard at what else is out there. From Canik to Walther, these striker-fired Glock alternatives are not just second choices; they are serious contenders. The Glock pistol is likely one of, if not the most, popular firearms in the United States. However, has the gun’s design become stale, or is its pending litigation and bans putting an end to its reign? If so, what are the options for Americans who now find themselves “Glock Blocked”? How Glock Became King, And Why…
The Unit 9 Compact is not some toy pretending to be a training pistol. It is a Glock 19-style, CO2-powered, non-lethal training system built for real reps, real feedback, and real force-on-force work without the range drama. I’ve been watching Unit Solutions closely since they launched their Unit 4 training rifle, and when they announced the Unit 9 Compact Training Pistol, I was genuinely excited to get my hands on one. I’ve trained with their AR platform at certain facilities, and I knew they weren’t messing around when it came to build quality and realism. So when the Unit 9…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025. Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities. Using data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, ranks the 15 countries driving this surge in military spending. While the U.S. still operates on an entirely different scale, the biggest shift is happening in Europe, where countries are no longer just maintaining military capacity but expanding it significantly. The…
I absolutely understand the concept of making law enforcement more effective. If we want criminals to go to prison for their crimes, the first step is to find them. Sure, we also need judges to actually lock them up, but that’s a separate issue from making the police’s job easier. The only issue is that so much of the time, the proposals to do that are really boneheaded. One plan in Illinois seems to hinge on requiring markings on bullets that, in theory, could be later identified by police when used in a shooting.There are…
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The United Heroes League, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit that supports military families and their children year-round, is this year’s recipient of the National Hockey League’s ‘Stick Tap for Service’ honor. The NHL, in partnership with Navy Federal Credit Union, is honoring the non-profit for its impact on military families by providing $12 million in free sports equipment, game tickets, cash grants, skill development camps, and special experiences across the US & Canada. “UHL has made an extraordinary difference for military families and their children nationwide, giving them the chance to participate in the sports they’re passionate about—especially hockey,” said Joe…
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in U.S. v. Hemani on Monday, March 2, just a short time after the Court releases its orders from last Friday’s conference. That conference had multiple 2A cases slated to be reviewed, so it’s possible we could learn the fate of lawsuits like Duncan v. Bonta and Gator’s Custom Guns v. Washington (dealing with magazine bans) as well as Viramontes v. Cook County, Grant v. Higgins and NAGR v. Lamont (challenging “assault weapon” bans) in addition to hearing the oral arguments in the case that will determine whether the federal government’s ban on gun possession by…
Source: HOP Munitions The Bureau’s ammunition selection tells us far more about modern projectile science than it does about caliber wars. The FBI is widely reported to be issuing Hornady Critical Duty 9mm +P 135gr (FlexLock/FTX) as its current duty load. But if you stop there, you’re missing the point of the article. A recent deep-dive by HOP Munitions, along with a TFB video interview with a 23-year FBI veteran filmed inside the Bureau’s Ballistic Research Facility (BRF), lays out exactly why the FBI made the choices it did — and what that means for anyone serious about defensive ammunition…
A coffee can survival kit is one of those old-school ideas you don’t see as much anymore, especially now that most coffee containers are made of plastic. But if you can find an old metal coffee can, it makes a tough, weather-resistant container. Plus, it forces you to build a kit that’s simple, compact, and practical.The best part? You can keep one in places where you don’t normally store “real” survival gear, like your car, a boat box, an outdoor shed, kitchen cupboard, or pretty much anywhere. Most people will assume it’s full of coffee or random items like hardware.Now…
Iran has launched retaliatory strikes at United States air bases after joint attacks with Israel killed supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The “martyr” was killed in the ongoing Israel-U.S. strikes, according to an official statement. The joint strikes, which Washington and West Jerusalem described as a “preemptive” operation, targeted the Iranian leadership. Military and nuclear-related facilities have also been struck. Trump said the attack was aimed at destroying Iran’s missile industry and navy, as well as forcing regime change in Tehran, according to a report by RT. “The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in…
Most people who have been convicted of a felony know that, at least for a while, getting their gun rights restored is kind of a forlorn hope. Even before Democrats gutted the ATF’s system for gun rights restoration, people didn’t just walk out of prison and, within a few years, get their rights back. That’s never going to happen without some massive changes that are about as likely as Sydney Sweeney confessing her undying desire for my body. Ain’t gonna happen.But notorious human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein seemed to think there was a way, because according…
by Lee Williams Gannett’s flagship, USA TODAY, actually warned its shrinking readership that gun owners may call out its staffers for using fake mass-shooting data in their reporting. In a story published Monday, reporter C. A. Bridges, who writes for the USA TODAY NETWORK, first claimed there have been six mass shootings in Florida this year, “double the number in the state last year at this time.” Bridges then admitted he got his mass-shooting data from the Gun Violence Archive, or GVA, and he warned that the GVA data could be challenged. “The GVA numbers, which have been disputed by…
In Illinois, possessing so much as a single round of ammunition without a Firearms Owner ID (or FOID) card is a serious crime. How serious? Well, residents of Lake in the Hills, Illinois got a first hand view of that law being enforced last Thursday, when a SWAT unit rolled up on a house where a 20-year-old man was believed to be possessing ammunition without a permit. “The search warrant was part of a joint investigation into illegal activity,” the Lake in the Hills Police Department said in a news release. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County…
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