A deadly shooting in Montreal has reignited Canada’s gun control debate, with Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada calling on the federal government to “go further” even as critics question what additional restrictions would accomplish. The comments came after a tragic incident Monday that left a Montreal police officer, a civilian, and the suspect dead. Following a visit to the city’s Côte-des-Neiges district, Ferrada offered condolences to the victims’ families and praised first responders who responded to the scene. “You can feel the pain,” she told reporters. But while discussing ways to prevent future tragedies, the mayor also argued that Canada should…
Battlefield 6 spent the opening act of Season 3 making a very loud argument about scale. Railway to Golmud, the season’s first major map, reset expectations for the game’s largest environments as an enormous, vehicle-saturated reimagining of the beloved Battlefield 4 original, with more airspace and flanking routes for flavor. But Blastpoint, Season 3’s second update, arrived with the return of the Obliteration mode and Cairo Bazaar, Battlefield 6’s take on fan-favorite map Grand Bazaar from Battlefield 3, trading one sense of scale for a different focus — tight, infantry-focused shootouts across arms-length alleys. Yet as Battlefield 6 pivots to…
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadA major threat during emergencies that is rarely discussed is the possibility that our own brain can work against us. We’d like to think that we would react quickly if something didn’t feel right, but unfortunately, our brains are wired to discount anything that goes against our routine. This mental tendency is called “normalcy bias.” It can cause us to ignore early warning signs, freeze in our tracks, or, worse, wait until it’s too late to act. For urban dwellers, recognizing danger quickly is one thing we can control if we can train our…
We’ve spilled a lot of digital ink on the new gun control laws coming to Virginia, and not without reason. They’re egregious infringements on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. They’re awful. California, on the other hand, is where we’re used to seeing such egregious infringements. Yes, we’ve talked about them, but California could come out tomorrow and say they’re going to round up all of the guns in the state, and no one would be particularly shocked. They’d be outraged, yes, but not totally surprised.However, bad ideas from California are…
If you’ve ever wanted to channel your inner cowboy without spending a fortune on ammo, Winchester Air Rifles has something worth a look. The company recently announced its new Single Action Western Revolver, a CO2-powered six-shooter that looks like it rode straight out of a dusty frontier town. Built from metal with a gunmetal finish and nickel-plated accents, the revolver features a functioning hammer, loading gate, and extractor. In other words, Winchester didn’t just make another BB gun. They leaned hard into the Old West theme. The revolver shoots both BBs and pellets using included cartridges. Winchester includes six BB…
Research published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that COVID-vaccinated veterans had nearly 24 percent fewer all-cause cardiac events — not just those linked to COVID infections. The result suggests that the vaccines may be broadly cardioprotective, according to the researchers. The large study using VA health data found that COVID-19 vaccination significantly reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other major cardiovascular events among veterans — including a reduction in cardiac events with no documented COVID diagnosis, a finding that surprised the researchers themselves. The study, published June 15, 2026, in JAMA Internal Medicine, followed more than…
The state of Georgia provides precisely one exception to preemption of gun laws. Local governments can ban the discharge of firearms within the city limits. That’s it. My hometown of Albany can’t ban assault weapons. Atlanta can’t decide to make city parks gun-free zones (though they have tried repeatedly). And Savannah can’t prosecute people who have guns stolen from their cars. But Savannah’s mayor and city council can’t seem to comprehend that simple fact.That’s why the Firearms Policy Coalition filed a lawsuit against the city, and that’s why they asked the judge for summary judgment,…
President Donald Trump said Iran will only be able to use funds released from frozen accounts to purchase food and medical supplies from the U.S., seeking to ease concerns about peace negotiations that both sides say are making progress. The billions of dollars of unlocked financing will go “into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A.” and will be used for the purchase of U.S.-grown products such as corn, wheat and soybeans, Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday. He added that Iran had agreed to “highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future” in the parallel negotiation over…
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High in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, in the tiny ski town of Crested Butte, an artist is slowly combining everything he loves. By day, he shreds the mountain, heels and soul free, on his telemark skis, or casts flies on the Slate River. He designs top-sheet artwork for a local custom ski maker, paints murals around town, and spends time with his wife and new baby girl. By night (or really just starting in the afternoon), he’s a world-class tattoo artist, co-owner of High Nowhere Tattoo, who is slinging some of the coolest neotraditional ink anywhere in the state.…
Most of the so-called gun violence we hear about is really gang violence, where they just happen to use guns instead of the switchblades and chains like a rendition of West Side Story. Gang-related violence has always been part of the violent crime issues that have long plagued our cities, and for a long time, the only way anyone seemed interested in addressing it was through gun control. Never mind that most gang members can’t own guns, either due to age, their status as convicted felons, or both.Still, anti-gunners would pass more and more gun…
The SIG Sauer M400 Forge looks like somebody accidentally stuffed a premium parts list into a $999 rifle and sent it out the door. With a hammer forged barrel, TriggerTech trigger, Romeo MSR Gen II, and thoughtful details most rifles in this class do not even flirt with, this one lands like a direct shot at the entire value AR-15 market. SIG Sauer has entered the value AR-15 arena with something that should make the competition nervous. The brand new M400 Forge is a rifle that punches so far above its price point that it almost feels like a mistake.…
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We all know it’s gun control, even if they use phrases like “gun safety” or “gun violence prevention.” We know because their solutions are always about restricting the right to keep and bear arms. Always. Oh, they might offer some kind of education, but even that generally boils down to, “You’re too incompetent to be trusted with a gun, so you really shouldn’t get one, and if you do, the only way to be safe with it is to make it useless for self-defense, so here’s how.”It’s stupid.But Po Murray, co-founder and chairwoman of Newtown…
Two major gun-rights groups have filed a motion asking the Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento to grant summary judgment in a case challenging the state’s 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition. In the case of Poway Weapons & Gear v. Gonzalez, the plaintiffs argue that the law violates the Second Amendment by unconstitutionally infringing on the right to keep and bear arms. The brief, filed by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), and other partners, argues “…the State’s tax implicates the purchase of protected firearms and ammunition, which is squarely within…
As United States President Donald Trump declares the war with Iran as almost over, thousands of additional troops have been deployed to the Middle East. The Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran, but has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon. JD Vance Says “We’ve Accomplished Our Objectives” In Iran Iranian Professor Says Israel Is “Desperate” To Destroy The Ceasefire The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush deployed Tuesday and is slated to go to the Middle East along with three destroyers, two U.S. officials said. The carrier strike…
Ski poles haven’t changed in decades. But that is exactly why I was so intrigued by the Yardsale P1 Resort Poles. With their fun color options, a modular design, and a magnetic system built into the handles and baskets, Yardsale is clearly trying to rethink a category that is often overlooked. I tested the Yardsale P1 ski poles over roughly 9 days of downhill skiing, all at Aspen Snowmass’s four ski areas. It’s been a warm, dry, and not-particularly-snowy winter so far, which meant limited powder testing and a lot of early-season conditions: groomers, hardpack, and thin coverage where pole…
Authorities in Turkey say a 14-year-old killed nine people and wounded 13 others in a targeted attack of violence at a middle school on Wednesday, just a day after a former student at a vocational school wounded 16 people with a pump action shotgun. Officials say the 14-year-old is believed to have used guns that belonged to his father, a former police officer. The teen allegedly carried five different firearms and seven ammunition magazines, though it’s unclear how many of those guns were actually used in the attack, which targeted two classrooms at the middle…
A 3-year-old hunter wounded two people during Wisconsin’s youth turkey hunt on April 12 in Rochester Township, according to an incident synopsis provided to GearJunkie by Lt. Renee Thok of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The shooting happened on state forest land at Honey Creek Wildlife Area in Racine County. According to Thok, a 34-year-old male mentor said he saw what appeared to be a turkey fan and movement in the woods. The mentor then knelt and helped the 3-year-old stand in front of him, aim, and pull the trigger. Instead of hitting a turkey, the 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun…
Anytime there’s a list of anything, there are going to be people who want to view that list for whatever reason. As we are firmly in the 21st century, that list is going to be digital more often than not, and that means the number of people who want to get that data increases exponentially. Especially when it’s something like a gun registry. Luckily, federal law bars the federal government from creating a gun registry, though let’s be real here. If they change their minds, they’ll repeal the law in a heartbeat. It won’t stop…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that a global recession is coming, thanks to the war with Iran. Any further escalation would trigger a global recession that would harm the United Kingdom far more than any other G7 country. In its half-yearly update, the IMF said the UK would suffer the sharpest growth downgrade and the joint highest inflation rate in the G7 this year, even if the fallout from soaring energy costs can be contained by the middle of 2026, according to a report by The Guardian. The IMF added that if a worst-case “severe scenario” unfolds, involving…
