The Virginia Court of Appeals has rejected Democrat Jay Jones’s attempt to intervene in defense of a background check law struck down by a circuit court judge, after outgoing Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares declined to file an appeal.  The state’s appeal was due on December 1, more than six weeks before Jones takes over as Attorney General, but Jones filed a motion to intervene in the case that would have extended the deadline to file a notice of appeal until Jan. 30, 2026. Jones claimed that would give him time to  “evaluate the ruling,…

The newly announced suspension of multiple large-scale offshore wind projects by the Trump administration is being criticized by some military members as a “gift” to the fossil fuel industry.The pause, announced Monday by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), went into effect immediately and impacts five leases currently under construction off the Atlantic coast. DOI said the project suspensions were tied to national security threats purportedly identified by the Department of Defense as referenced in recently completed classified reports.“The prime duty of the United States government is to protect the American people,” DOI Secretary Doug Burgum said in a…

We’ve previously documented how the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice has taken the wrong side in court cases challenging the National Firearms Act (NFA), now that the $200 tax has been removed. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, signed on July 4, removed the $200 tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), shot-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and NFA-defined any other weapons (AOW). The measure would have removed those items from the NFA entirely, but a Senate parliamentarian determined that it would violate the Byrd Act, so the language was removed. Now, lawmakers, disgruntled that the DOJ is fighting to preserve the…

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhen the mercury drops, keeping your body warm and functional isn’t just about comfort—it’s a necessary form of preparedness that everyone needs to address. Overexposure to cold goes beyond shivering; it can become dangerous if you aren’t equipped with the right knowledge and resources. The reality is that for the underprepared, cold injuries can occur quickly. Preventing and dealing with these injuries requires pairing layered clothing systems with actionable, effective know-how. This article provides simple, step-by-step actions to prevent cold injuries and handle first aid if things go sideways. Whether you’re prepping for daily…

One of the biggest names in downhill ski racing will once again compete on the world’s biggest stage. After a stellar performance in last week’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup competition, Lindsey Vonn has qualified for the Downhill event in the 2026 Olympics in Milan-Cortina. “I am honored to be able to represent my country one more time, in my 5th and final Olympics!” Vonn wrote in a post to Instagram, announcing her Olympic qualification. “When I made the decision to return to ski racing, I always had one eye on Cortina because it’s a place that is very, very…

Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.” I don’t know how he came by this knowledge, and as someone who has never hunted armed men, I don’t know about the validity, but I can guess at how true it is. Dangerous game is addictive. Hunting squirrels and rabbits after hunting lions and tigers is probably a bit of a letdown. The thrill of taking on something that can kill you is…

Barely half an hour had passed since the flight landed at O’Hare International Airport, and the Army combat veteran’s palms were already sweating.Spencer Sullivan, 38, situated himself at the front of a crowd of people waiting near the exit for international arrivals. He knew it could be hours before his friend got through customs.Still, he said, “I’ve been waiting so long for this moment. I don’t want to miss it.”It had been just over 13 years since Sullivan, who now works in corporate development, first began helping his former interpreter in Afghanistan petition for a visa to live in the…

United States ruler Donald Trump has issued a veiled threat to the ruler of Venezuela. Trump said that Nicolas Maduro would be “smart” to get out of his position of power. Maduro has stood up to the U.S. and its increasingly hostile aggressions, saying previously that if the “gringos” attack, Venezuela’s military would respond. Venezuela: “If The Gringos Attack, We Will Respond” The U.S. has assembled a naval force that Trump calls “by far the biggest we ever had in South America” off Venezuela’s coast and is enforcing a blockade on its oil tanker traffic, citing unilateral sanctions. Since September,…

When a male hiker was stranded on a mountain near Phoenix for 13 hours last week, he got help from a surprising source: a weight-bearing drone. In a first-of-its-kind mission for the area, the Phoenix Fire Department used a DJI drone to send supplies to the injured hiker on Camelback Mountain, keeping him safe until rescuers could finally reach him in the morning. It all started last week, when Phoenix’s first responders received reports of a stranded hiker around 8 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 16. They were able to locate the hiker using a helicopter, but decided…

The American Civil Liberties Union claims to be the nation’s “premier defender of the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution,” but the organization has historically had a blind spot when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms. In fact, the ACLU maintains that “bans on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and bump stocks” raise no civil liberties concerns. Neither do laws prohibiting adults under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing a firearm. “Red flag” laws get the green light from the ACLU, as do “requirements that guns include smart technologies (like password protection) that ensure…

Pro female climbers are achieving at the highest levels. Competition climbing’s most dominant athlete is a woman: two-time Olympic champion Janja Garnbret. In outdoor climbing, the gap between the hardest-ever climbs by men and women is minimal (5.15d versus 5.15c, and V17 versus V16). Some take this as evidence that the sport has overcome its unsavory history of sexism. It hasn’t. While, as early as 2015, some male climbers began arguing that paying special attention to things like first female ascents (FFAs) was no longer necessary and that any misogyny lingering within climbing was just a reflection of society at…

We here at Bearing Arms and at other Second Amendment sites across the internet don’t pretend we’re unbiased. We wear our biases proudly because, frankly, it’s not like anyone else out there is unbiased. We’re just honest about it. But the problem is that because we’re honest about our biases, we’re not considered “news” by far too many people. That’s fine, of course, because we’re not. Then again, there are a lot of places that are treated as news outlets by these same people who are just as biased, but they lie about it constantly.And…