When police in Boston, Massachusetts found the battered and bruised body of 21-year-old Tatyiana Flood slouched in a wheelchair in the parking lot of a public housing complex last month, it didn’t take them long to find their prime suspect. Surveillance video from the scene allegedly showed 36-year-old Kevin Boyette beating Flood with a hammer in the back seat of a Jeep before he dragged her out of the vehicle and left her in the abandoned wheelchair. Boyette is no stranger to the criminal justice system, but as the Boston Globe reports, a dive into…
Unprepared hikers are getting stranded and injured in unprecedented numbers in Skamania County, Wash., and the sheriff has had enough. Now, Sheriff Summer Scheyer is advocating for an ordinance that would fine “negligent or reckless” hikers who require search and rescue (SAR). “We’re not in the business of billing people per se, but I do want some type of deterrent,” Scheyer told GearJunkie. “And I also want some self-accountability. I believe that people should be making better decisions.” This May, Skamania County saw a 400% increase in SAR operations, compared to numbers from 2024, according to a Facebook post. In…
Bankruptcy is something I hope none of you ever need to go through. It’s not fun in the least, even under older bankruptcy laws. I have no idea how little fun it actually is today. One thing many don’t know is that when you file, you have to list all of your assets. You could be forced to sell many of them to pay off your debts. That includes your firearm collection.Even if you only have a couple of guns, you could be disarmed entirely through the process of trying to get out from under…
United States ruler, President Donald Trump, is upset and has clapped back at the Russian Security Council leader, Dmitry Medvedev, over comments that some nations could supply Iran with nuclear weapons. On June 22, the U.S. crossed the line and bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and claimed that its warplanes had severely degraded the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The attack was preceded by massive air raids against Iran by Israel and has likely embroiled the U.S. deeply in the war. WW3 Approaches: Trump Struck Nuclear Sites In Iran Comments made by Trump on his Truth Social…
In a major development for public land advocates, the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, has ruled that a proposal to sell off federal land cannot be included in the GOP-backed budget reconciliation package. The decision effectively blocked Senator Mike Lee’s plan to privatize up to 3 million acres of public land as part of the party’s housing initiative, for now. The ruling was first reported Monday. It confirms what conservation groups and legal experts had warned: that the proposed land sales fall outside the strict rules governing what can be included in a reconciliation bill. Under Senate procedure, reconciliation measures must…
For years anti-gun activists complained that they were shut out of receiving federal funds to conduct research into “gun violence”, even though the Dickey Amendment technically only prevented federal grant money going to projects that were used to promote gun control. In 2022, however, Congress opened up the spigot, and tens of millions of dollars started flowing to anti-gun academics and researchers. At the same time, private actors like the Joyce Foundation and states like California have delivered millions more to the academic wing of the gun control lobby, and there’s been a glut of junk science as a…
United States ruler, Donald Trump, who recently bombed nuclear facilities in Iran, claims that “there will be a complete and total ceasefire” between Israel and Iran, who have been warring for twelve days. Trump made the comments on his Truth Social platform. “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.…
Gun Owners of America and several other organizations filed an amicus brief on June 20, 2025. The filing with the U.S. Supreme Court supports challenging Florida’s under-21 firearm prohibitions. The case, NRA v. Glass, is the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a Florida law that prohibits those between the ages of 18 and 20 from purchasing a firearm. On May 16, 2025, the NRA petitioned the United States Supreme Court, seeking certiorari. Gun Owners of America and a cadre of other organizations filed an amicus brief in support of the NRA’s request.“A person younger than…
The proposal to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the Drug Enforcement Agency has been almost universally panned by both Second Amendment organizations and gun control, groups, as well as the firearms industry. Attorney General Pam Bondi, though, gave her full support to the idea on Monday during an appearance before a House Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations subcommittee hearing. While gun control groups worry that the move would hollow out the ATF, Second Amendment organizations like Gun Owners of America are concerned that the opposite would happen; a supercharged federal agency that would…
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is encouraging Acting ATF Director Dan Driscoll to clean house; not in terms of employees (thought NSSF leadership has thoughts about that as well, I’m sure), but in terms of the reams of old paperwork it keeps on file. In a June 23 letter to Driscoll viewed by Bearing Arms, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel Lawrence Keane urged Driscoll to “implement a policy of destroying out-of-business Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) records that are more than 20 years old and to afford currently licensed dealers, manufacturers, and importers the…
By Craig Boddington Straight-pull rifles rule the roost among many European hunters, though not so much in the United States, yet. It’s not for lack of merit, but because of differences in politics and hunting culture. Lacking our amazing Second Amendment, firearms ownership is somewhat restricted across much of Europe. Most European straight-pull bolt-actions are switch-barrel designs, making it easier to own additional barrels rather than multiple firearms.Equally important and popular throughout continental Europe is the driven hunt. Yes, they stalk and hunt from stands as we do, but large, organized drives for boar, deer and moose are…
Bryson City, North Carolina, is more than just a postcard-perfect mountain town — it’s where professional kayaker Evy Leibfarth learned to paddle and found her footing as a competitor and person. “To me, Bryson City is just where it all started — kind of where I found myself,” Leibfarth says. On her home turf, the Nantahala River, Leibfarth’s days are simple yet stacked: lunch at River’s End before the river release, and then training sessions on the river’s slalom gates, or paddling other sections of the Nantahala. The variety is part of the magic — from beginner-friendly floats to Class…
Suppressors are high up on my list of things I want to see removed from the NFA. I’d like to see them on store shelves–if gun control works, there’s no reason to regulate suppressors at all–but I get that’s not going to happen right now. Instead, we’re close to being able to get them at our local gun stores with a simple NICS check. It’s not perfect, but it’s still a lot better than I thought we’d see a few years ago.Unfortunately, suppressors are the target of a lot of lies. I say lies because the…
As expected, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has officially rejected a permitless carry bill approved by the Republican-controlled legislature. Ijn a statement, Stein claimed SB 50 “makes North Carolinians less safe and undermines responsible gun ownership.” The bill eliminates training requirements associated with concealed carry permits and reduces the age to carry a concealed weapon from 21 to 18 years old. Authorizing teenagers to carry a concealed weapon with no training whatsoever is dangerous. The bill would also make the job of a law enforcement officer more difficult and less safe. We can and should…
When I first got involved in gun rights oh-so-many years ago, I remember hearing anti-gunners make claims about how “the streets will run red with blood” should some pro-gun measure pass. That was a literal quote at the time, and it stuck with me over the years. While the exact wording changes from time to time, the sentiment remains. Gun control advocates routinely claim that without some law, violence will take hold and we’ll have blood everywhere.That kind of stuck with me over the years, and it came up again when Rob Romano posted this…
The quickest way to end your athletic or military training is to show up dehydrated in the summer heat. Summer sports and military training are both susceptible to heat casualties. Still, the good news is that day-ending or life-threatening consequences can be avoided with some basic preparation.Many special operations dreams have ended in the heat of rigorous physical activity during selection, just as it occurs in basic training or boot camp. Whether you are playing recreational sports or preparing for deployment in hot environments, it is essential to incorporate a progressive acclimatization period to the heat and be prepared for…
Russia has threatened Ukraine with the use of a “clean bomb” if Ukraine dares to use a “dirty bomb” against Moscow. Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and deputy head of the country’s Security Council, has said Russia won’t hesitate to retaliate. This news comes on the heels of the announcement from the United States that it has attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities, shoving the empire into the middle of a brewing world war. Medvedev issued the warning on Saturday, just before the U.S. attacked Iran. He stated that the “possible attempts by the enemy to create and use a so-called…
Gun Owners of America and several other organizations filed an amicus brief on June 20, 2025. The filing with the U.S. Supreme Court supports challenging Florida’s under-21 firearm prohibitions. The case, NRA v. Glass, is the National Rifle Association’s challenge to a Florida law that prohibits those between the ages of 18 and 20 from purchasing a firearm. On May 16, 2025, the NRA petitioned the United States Supreme Court, seeking certiorari. Gun Owners of America and a cadre of other organizations filed an amicus brief in support of the NRA’s request.“A person younger than…
When blue states responded to the Bruen decision by coming up with a plethora of places that were suddenly deemed “sensitive” and off-limits to lawful concealed carry, houses of worship were popular targets for anti-gun lawmakers. New York, for instance, tried to prohibit lawful carry at every religious site in the state, regardless of what the worship leaders wanted. Thankfully, that particular provision was modified after litigation to allow for property owners to decide whether or not to allow concealed carry, but if gun control activists had their way every church, synagogue, temple, and other house of worship in the…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: “A Spectacular Military Success” – Trump Says ‘Bully’ Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been “Completely & Totally Obliterated” Update(0415ET): While Iran has not yet retaliated against US targets after the Pentagon carried out President Trump’s unconstitutional order to attack three Iranian nuclear facilities in the early hours of Sunday morning local time, Iran has lashed out against Israel with broad-daylight ballistic-missile barrages that caused major destruction in Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities report that at least 86 people have been wounded, and suspect that an impact in Haifa may have been caused by…
Your rank and file ATF agent isn’t the one walking into your local gun store to see if they’re complying with the rules for FFLs. That’s the job of a team of inspectors who have no actual arrest powers. They’re different entities entirely. And I’ve always figured the reason so many of those inspectors loved the “zero tolerance” policy of the Biden administration is that it let them feel powerful, but that’s mostly based on how zealous some of them seemed.Unfortunately for them, it seems things are about to change.As Cam detailed last week, the…
