Seattle’s mayor has announced yet another plan to reduce gun violence, and once again taxpayers are being told that more programs, more government coordination, more spending and more restrictions on lawful gun ownership are the answer. The problem is that Seattle has been traveling down this road for decades. Self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson’s newly announced strategy comes after the deadly July shooting at the Bite of Seattle event. As Cam pointed out earlier this week, the plan would combine law enforcement, emergency response, community intervention programs, youth services and public-health initiatives while transferring…
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charges. A U.S. government official said Abu Zubaydah, who wore a neatly trimmed beard and glasses, had “probably” served as one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted facilitators. The roughly 20-minute hearing offered rare visibility into the secretive military court proceedings of a suspect who had been tortured at CIA black…
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California has long been hell on private citizens owning just about any kind of firearm, but the so-called assault weapon is one of the focuses of the state’s anti-gunners’ ire. They hate it, calling it a weapon of war and saying that it serves no purpose but to kill a bunch of people very quickly. Which is why it’s darkly hilarious that the state’s various school police forces have them.However, despite the animosity toward modern sporting rifles exhibited up and down the line, it seems those same school police forces have a compliance problem.Police forces…
Here’s some useful tips to consider when you apply for an interest rate reduction refinance loan (IRRRL). Did you know you can refinance your existing VA loan to lower your interest rate? This is called an Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan or IRRRL. Here are some helpful tips and things to consider when you are considering an IRRRL: You should contact several lenders. There may be big differences in the terms offered by the various lenders. Some lenders may suggest that they are the only lender with authority to make IRRRLs. Remember, any lender approved by the VA can make…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to fund the Israeli military’s request for $8 billion before next month’s election. Israel’s military is seeking about $8 billion in additional funding, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to unlock the money before next month’s election. Netanyahu this week failed to secure opposition leader Yair Lapid’s support to allocate 25 billion shekels ($8.2 billion) in extra funding to the military, whose finances have come under strain from almost three years of fighting in Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon and Iran, according to people familiar…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has avoided an impeachment vote after Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called an early recess, canceling votes scheduled for Thursday. Hegseth’s political future was put in harm’s way after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY.), a frequent critic of President Donald Trump critic who lost his primary earlier this year to a Trump-endorsed challenger, introduced articles of impeachment on the House floor on Tuesday citing the defense secretary’s management of the war in Iran and stewardship of the Pentagon. He introduced the resolution as privileged, which under House rules forces a floor vote within two legislative days. A…
There’s good news to report out of Massachusetts, where two cases that Bearing Arms has been following have now seen charges dismissed and gun owners vindicated. We’ve spoken with attorney Dan Hagan about these cases on Bearing Arms’ Cam & Company over the past few months, and they have to be among the most egregious examples of the state’s gun laws entrapping lawful citizens. One of the cases involved a woman named Danisha Harris, who’s a resident of South Carolina. While driving through the state on her way to New Hampshire for her job, she was…
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While many reject the idea of good guys with guns stopping things like mass public shootings, the truth is that much of the time, when it happens, the general public never knows that a mass shooting was going to happen. For every White Settlement or Greenwood Park Mall, you’ve got a dozen that never quite make the same headlines. Good guys stop all kinds of violent crimes. Often, it’s as they’re happening to them, but not always. Guns are tools that serve hero and villain alike, but they can only serve the hero if he…
Members of the military deployed overseas often leave their homes behind for months. For many, the time away makes them a target for squatters who use state and local laws to wrongly establish certain legal residency rights to a property. U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody (D-Fla.) has introduced a new bill, the Servicemember Residence Protection Act, to protect active-duty military personnel from this growing real estate headache. The bill would make it easier to evict those illegally living in houses owned by those in the Armed Forces, and would limit their so-called “squatters rights,” including any established timeframe a squatter could…
Ohio hunters may soon have more public ground. Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 450 on June 15, approving Ohio’s capital budget for fiscal years 2027 and 2028. The nearly $4 billion capital improvements bill funds schools, public infrastructure, parks, trails, state facilities, and other long-term projects across the state. Inside that larger budget is a $25 million line item for State Forest Land Conservation under the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The Sportsmen’s Alliance said the money will help the ODNR acquire state wildlife and forestry lands for hunters and trappers. The group also said the state can use…
The Virgin Islands government is trying to moot the Justice Department’s lawsuit over some of its draconian gun laws by adopting new legislation that supposedly addresses the DOJ’s concerns over lengthy wait times for licenses and intrusive storage mandates that allow for warrantless inspections of gun owners’ homes. It remains to be seen whether these changes will have any kind of impact on the litigation, but the new law does create a number of new conflicts with the right to keep and bear arms, and those may also be subject to an amended complaint by DOJ going forward. …
RAPIDS, which stands for Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System, is a program within the Department of Defense that is managed by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). RAPIDS is responsible for managing the issuance of identification cards to military personnel, their dependents, retirees and other eligible individuals. DMDC has a website to help you locate and find information about where you can renew or obtain new military IDs. The RAPIDS Appointment scheduling website has a robust search function, allowing you to search by state, ZIP code, place name or country. Once you find a location, the RAPIDS site gives you…
For years, a familiar narrative has taken hold across the United States. Young Americans, critics argue, are less resilient than previous generations. Less willing to serve. More interested in screens than sacrifice. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith doesn’t buy it. In fact, after spending nearly four decades leading Marines, including the last several years overseeing one of the nation’s only military services consistently meeting its recruiting goals, Smith says today’s young Americans possess the same character and commitment as the Marines who fought at Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir and Fallujah. Their last names have changed, Smith told Military.com during…
The 250th birthday of the United States is also a reflection of the nation’s global diplomacy, notably its long and friendly relationship with ally France. Both are coming together this weekend to honor American veterans. At 11 a.m. ET this Sunday, July 5, at Arlington National Cemetery representatives from both nations, including U.S. Gold Star Mothers who have lost children in recent conflicts, will mark 250 years of shared commitment to liberty by dedicating a restored World War I monument. Gold Star Mothers will place into the memorial “sacred soil” they gathered this past May from French and Belgian World…
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This article was originally published by Vincent Cook at The Mises Institute. In his 6/23 Truth Social post (figure 1), President Trump noted that the prices paid by major American oil companies for foreign crude are falling much faster than the prices of their retail products, and suggested that there is something criminal about this that the Department of Justice (DOJ) needs to look into: Figure 1: Trump Denounces Oil Price “Gouging” Source: Truth Social The political motivations for Trump’s grandstanding about oil prices are obvious—the financial interests of the vast majority of voters are much more strongly affected by the retail…
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran as a moderate who was just interested in making life more affordable for Virginians. While I disagreed with how she wanted to make it more affordable, I could see that as a laudable enough goal. The problem is that she got into office and immediately jumped on redistricting and gun control, which was not what she told the people would happen. And neither has really gone according to plan.Redistricting got shot down by the state supreme court, and her efforts at gun control–which, in fairness, are extensive–are also blowing up…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Over 700 sailors and leadership from squadrons and commands based at Naval Air Station Oceana packed into the Globemasters’ hangar Wednesday to hear remarks from Vice President JD Vance about the 250th anniversary of the nation’s military. “When we talk about the Declaration of Independence that protects life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it is your protective blanket that guarantees the life of every single one of our citizens. It is your dedication that ensures the liberty of every single one of our citizens,” said Vance. “It is your dedication that ensures the liberty…
