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Vortex surprised me. At roughly $200, the Venom Enclosed Emitter delivers significant value, featuring a sealed LED emitter, modern design elements, and broad mounting compatibility, all in a lightweight package. I ran it through a battery of drills and live-fire testing; here’s what I found. Key specs (from testing) Weight: ~1.75 oz Dot options: 3 MOA or 6 MOA Battery: side-mounted (no need to remove sight to change battery) Brightness: 10 daylight settings + 2 NV settings Footprint: DeltaPoint Pro (mates to Glock, S&W CORE with plates; direct-mounts like Shadow Systems and Ruger RXM) Why the enclosed emitter matters I’m…
When Chef Tee Cozy lines up for the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12, 2025, it’ll be the 11th time the head chef from Cozy Noodles n’ Rice, a Thai restaurant in Wrigleyville, Ill., has run the race. If there’s one thing apparent in the opening scenes of this new short film — the debut in the new PACE SETTERS series by iRunFar in partnership with HOKA — it’s that Chef Tee, who moved to Chicago from Thailand in 1996, loves his city. He also loves running. And he brings that same sense of love to all he does. [Editor’s Note: If you are unable to see the…
The gun control lobby spends almost as much time and energy trying to convince the public that they’re just interested in “reasonable, common sense” measures as it does trying to restrict our right to keep and bear arms. So I wasn’t exactly shocked to see Brady head Kris Brown declare this past week that “Brady is not opposed to the idea of restoring gun rights in principle,” but I was curious to see the fine print attached to that statement. Brown’s comment came in a Substack post devoted to the DOJ’s proposed rule on re-establishing…
This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute. “When they came in the middle of the night, they terrorized the families that were living there. There were children who were without clothing, they were zip tied, taken outside at 3 o’clock in the morning. A senior resident, an American citizen with no warrants, was taken outside and handcuffed for three hours. Doors were blown off their hinges, walls were broken through, immigration agents coming from Black Hawk helicopters … This is America.”—Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order…
At 9,200 feet in the Colorado Rockies, the U.S. Army built Camp Hale in 1942 to train a new kind of soldier. The 10th Mountain Division was created to fight in snow, ice, and high-altitude terrain that had hampered armies for centuries. Its formation was the result of a civilian campaign led by Charles Minot “Minnie” Dole, the founder of the National Ski Patrol, who convinced Army leaders that the United States needed a force capable of operating in extreme cold-weather conditions.Over the next two years, thousands of men learned to ski, climb, and survive at Hale, developing tactics and equipment…
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a petition for en banc review with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking full court reconsideration of their ongoing lawsuit against New Jersey’s sweeping “sensitive places” gun-carry restrictions. The case, Koons v. Attorney General of New Jersey, challenges the state’s post-Bruen legislation, which designates an extensive network of “sensitive places” where even licensed concealed carriers are prohibited from possessing firearms. Critics argue the law effectively nullifies the right to carry across much of the state. A Law Designed to Defy Bruen Following the Supreme Court’s 2022 New York State…
Is the bike going to explode? I didn’t know, but I was about to find out. In September, I was riding the Santa Cruz Bullit X0 AXS RSV electric mountain bike, and following Kurt Sorge, three-time Red Bull Rampage winner, into the new double-black feature — a 30-foot wall ride — on Obsidius trail at the RED Bike Park. I was curious to find out how the new Santa Cruz Bullit would handle such a large drop — I’d never hit one that big on an e-mountain bike. Zoning in, I followed Sorge’s speed and mimicked his pop onto the…
A while back, I argued that we need to make Republicans afraid again. Afraid for their jobs.In light of recent events, that’s probably not the best wording possible, but the sentiment still holds. There aren’t really many pro-gun Democrats holding office these days, so we have to count on Republicans exclusively to hold the line. That’s less than ideal because, like any other political party, almost no one is in complete lockstep with their party on every single issue. For some of them, they’re open to at least some gun control. One issue where you’re likely…
The Supreme Court will hear at least one Second Amendment case this term. On Friday, the Court granted cert to Wolford v. Lopez, which is a challenge to the state of Hawaii’s prohibition on lawful concealed carry on all private property unless the property owner gives explicit permission to gun carriers. The cert petition, filed by attorneys Alan Beck and Kevin O’Grady on behalf of several individual plaintiffs and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, raised two questions for the Court’s consideration:1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding, in direct conflict with the Second Circuit, that…
As I loaded the truck in the pre-dawn darkness, I felt the all-too-familiar tapping of rain on the brim of my hat. The rain intensified, and I felt it soaking through my shirt and onto my shoulders. “Great, this again,” I thought as I threw two turkey decoys in the bed. My time in the field has become more limited, and somehow, every time I’m able to sneak away, Mother Nature quite literally rains on my parade. It’s infuriating. I’ve come to accept that fate, though. We’ve had record-breaking precipitation in my area, and if I let rain stop me…
The Supreme Court could soon take up the issue of gun control laws specifically aimed at 18-to-20-year-olds, thanks to a pair of Fourth Circuit cases that are slated to be heard in conference later this fall. If the court passes on those particular cases, though, there are several others in the pipeline, including a Ninth Circuit lawsuit known as Pinales v. Attorney General for the State of Hawaii. The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by two individuals and two businesses, filed suit last November, and this week the plaintiffs’ attorneys Alan Beck and Kevin O’Grady filed…
Gun owners are the losers, and the federal government, which was alleged to be pro-gun now, is the winner in a Texas-based case challenging the federal law making it illegal to sell or purchase handguns across interstate lines. On September 30, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas upheld the unconstitutional provision that prevents lawful Americans from practicing their Second Amendment rights in a Firearms Policy Coalition-backed challenge known as Elite Precision Customs v. ATF. “The plain text of the Second Amendment does not cover the conduct regulated by the Sale Restrictions,” District Judge Mark Pittman wrote…
This article was originally published by Ryan McMaken at The Mises Institute. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has deployed—or threatened to deploy—National Guard troops in at least five American cities, including Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. Many of Trump’s supporters have cheered this, claiming that it is the responsibility of the president to send federal troops wherever he determines they are needed. In some cases, deployments have occurred over the objections of the governments in the states where the troops are deployed. This has led to a complex legal situation, with the governments of California and Oregon suing…
There are a ton of red flags with red flag laws. I’ve written about them aplenty. You’ve read about them, both here and elsewhere aplenty. They’re bad for a number of reasons, and we all know every single one of those reasons. Or, well, we just thought we did.See, one of the reasons the anti-Second Amendment crowd wants a national red flag law is because then it doesn’t matter what state one lives in; they could still be disarmed based on someone freaking out, regardless of the validity of that freaking out.Yet judges in Washington…
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