For several months now we’ve been hearing that a House vote on H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, is imminent. The government shutdown may have stymied a vote for several weeks last fall, but hopefully the bill will soon receive a floor vote in the House of Representatives. While the odds of passage in the lower chamber are pretty good, HR 38 faces an uphill fight in the Senate. Still, The Trace is out with a new explainer on what national right to carry reciprocity would mean, and as you might expect, the…
Gun Owners of America isn’t mad at the Department of Justice because it’s trendy. GOA is mad because DOJ keeps stepping on rakes, picking the rake back up, and then insisting it’s actually the most pro-rake department in history. Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Department of Justice keeps insisting it’s a friend of the Second Amendment while actively acting like the guy who “supports your diet” by bringing donuts to every meeting. Lots of talk. Zero discipline. GOA isn’t alone here. Across the gun-rights world, patience is wearing thinner than an ATF interpretation letter. Groups, like Firearms Policy Coalition,…
January used to be a quiet month for streaming. Not anymore.In 2026, the year kicks off with a surprisingly strong slate of movies across the best streaming services, including Netflix, Max, Disney+, Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, and niche genre streamers. From prestige dramas and buzzy documentaries to franchise rewatches, cult favorites, and action-heavy comfort viewing, January’s lineup looks less like a post-holiday cooldown and more like a strategic content drop aimed at keeping subscribers locked in.Here’s what’s worth watching in January. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You blends dark humor and emotional intensity in one of January’s most talked-about…
Images by the author unless otherwise noted While this article focuses primarily on Turkish-made pistols, a few well-known non-Turkish imports are included for context and comparison. I have owned, over the decades, dozens of handguns. Whether revolvers or pistols, many have graced my gun safe. Some have taken up permanent residence there, while others were more transient and moved on. This situation is no different for many readers of this report, I’m sure. We tend to keep some of the guns we buy, while others were more of a “flash in the pan” and got moved on. I think back…
This article originally appeared on The Inertia. Humans have become pretty reliable for leaving trash all over the place. From the deepest reaches of the ocean to the highest points on Earth, human-made debris has made its way into every nook, cranny, recess, niche, alcove, cubbyhole, opening, and any other word that shows up when I Google “synonym for nook.” One of the places that’s become infamous for the sheer amount of garbage is Mount Everest. Since the 1980s, Nepalese authorities have been attempting to deal with it, but they’ve recently announced that they will be changing tack. A few years ago,…
Most years, I end up writing a piece reminding folks not to shoot up into the air to celebrate the new year. I didn’t this year because, frankly, it’s not the average Bearing Arms reader engaging in such idiocy. We tend to understand that what goes up must come down, and we’ve all seen stories about how even target practice can hurt people miles away. We don’t do such stupid things.If you’re going to engage in that kind of thing, shooting at a proper range or, at the very least, shooting into a patch of…
For years, the Ninth Circuit was easily the most anti-gun court in the nation. There wasn’t a gun control law they didn’t love. The only good news came from decisions handed down by “Saint” Roger Benitez. He was the isolated voice of sanity in a sea of crazy, though, and so his decisions didn’t last very long. But following the Bruen decision, there’s far less ambiguity for the lower courts to play with. Now, there’s a line in the sand that has to be crossed before a law can be declared constitutional, and states like…
Sturm, Ruger & Company closed out the year with a major move in the modern sporting rifle space, officially launching the Ruger Harrier™. The Harrier is a completely re-engineered AR-pattern platform built for modern shooters and manufactured in Ruger’s newly acquired Hebron, Kentucky facility. Rather than a cosmetic refresh, Ruger is positioning the Harrier as a clean-sheet redesign focused on fit, function, durability, and aftermarket compatibility. Areas that matter most to today’s MSR buyers. Two 5.56 Models at Launch The initial Harrier lineup includes two rifles chambered in 5.56 NATO (fully compatible with .223 Remington). Each was built around a…
The rhetoric about the takeover of Greenland by the United States has ramped up at the same time that a military operation in Venezuela leaves the U.S. “running” the socialist nation. And now, a top aide to President Donald Trump has said that “obviously Greenland should be part of the U.S.” Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller, has reiterated that Greenland “should” belong to the U.S., calling it Washington’s “formal position.” Trump Renews Calls To Take Over Greenland In Aftermath Of Venezuela Attack Asked to comment, Miller confirmed Washington’s ambitions. “The president has been clear for months that…
In the aftermath of the attack on Venezuela, U.S. ruler Donald Trump has not only threatened to take over Greenland. He also said that a raid on the Latin American country Colombia “sounds good.” Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said Colombia is “run by a sick man,” referring to President Gustavo Petro, whom he labeled a “drug leader.” The U.S. president suggested that Petro, whom he sanctioned last year, could be removed from power too. “Colombia is very sick… run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States. And he’s not…
Duck hunting is demanding work. Early mornings, gear maintenance, and a long to-do list to execute a perfect hunt are all part of the deal. Usually, you’re doing it in frigid, wet conditions. Sometimes it all comes together, and other times it’s a complete bust. Yes, it’s fun, but anyone saying it’s not work clearly hasn’t spent much time doing it. Due to the harsh conditions, waterfowl equipment has to be perfect. I mean, on the face of it, you plan on crawling around a soaking wet swamp, ideally during the first part of a wintertime cold front. It’s hard…
New Hampshire could become the twelfth state to open college and university campuses to lawful concealed carry this year, and the recent shooting at Brown University is providing supporters of a campus carry bill with a timely argument in favor of passage. Brown is a “gun-free zone”, but that didn’t stop Claudio Neves Valente from bringing two 9mm pistosl onto campus and shooting up a classroom, killing two students and injuring nine others. The primary sponsor of the Live Free or Die State’s campus carry legislation says policies that prevent legal gun owners from lawfully…
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of New Year, New You, a weeklong look at your financial health headed into 2026. U.S. military service members anticipate increases to their pay and allowances in 2026, including a 3.8% raise in basic pay and an average 4.2% bump in Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates, varying by location and other factors. Meanwhile, veterans, retirees and survivors receive a 2.8% increase to their benefits in 2026, based on the Social Security Administration’s annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment, or COLA.Here are some of the pays and allowances that U.S. service members and veterans may be entitled to…
Out where the road turns to dust and the next town might be two days’ ride, a rifle isn’t a conversation piece. It’s a decision. After the Civil War, the country was full of guns that still belonged to the old rhythm. One shot. Reload slow. Hope nothing goes sideways while your hands are busy. That system works fine in theory and clean conditions. The frontier was neither. The Winchester Model 1866 showed up not as a legend, but as a fix. It took the repeating rifle from “clever idea” to “workhorse you can live with.” It did it with…
In a potentially unprecedented accident, a helicopter crashed this weekend after flying into a slackline in Arizona, resulting in the deaths of all four people on board. On Jan. 2, emergency services received reports of a helicopter crash in Telegraph Canyon, a popular hiking and OHV area, according to a statement from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. First responders to the scene confirmed four deaths from the helicopter crash. No one was on the slackline at the moment of the accident. “An eyewitness who called 911 reported seeing the helicopter strike a portion of the line before falling to the…
Florida should have the most gun-friendly laws in the country. They’ve got a Republican supermajority in the legislature and a very pro-Second Amendment governor, at least for one more year. Gun rights organizations and pro-gun legislators should have been about to run roughshod over their opposition and made the state an oasis for firearms rights. Instead, they’ve got some absolutely ridiculous laws on the books that prevent legal adults from exercising their rights at all, a red flag law, and a host of other weird things that need to go away.On the flip side, you…
Why the ‘Jack Ryan’ Clip Is Going Viral NowIn the aftermath of the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a familiar figure from the streaming and television schedule is once again trending: Jack Ryan. A scene from Season 2 has gone viral, with viewers drawing parallels between the show’s storyline set in Venezuela and recent real-world events. People are sharing the Jack Ryan scene to highlight its similarities to the operation that led to Maduro’s capture.A six-year-old clip from Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s political action series has gone viral for what viewers are calling an uncannily accurate…
As I stood on the doorstep of the South Fork Lodge with the sun on the Eastern horizon, there was a slight bite to the air. Fall was just around the corner, and early mornings were no longer warm and toasty. I threw on the Free Fly Gridback Fleece Anorak Hoodie and sipped coffee while patiently waiting for the guide to pull up. I was in for one of the last good dry fly fishing days of the summer. The hoodie kept me warm that morning, and by midday, temperatures climbed into the upper 70s; it packed down nicely in…
Greg Pryer was used to experiencing on-the-job trauma. Pryer had followed a stint in the Marine Corps with a career as a New York City police officer. On the beat in the nation’s largest city was grueling enough. Then came the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001. Pryer turned to the bottle to cope with PTSD from military service and the terrorist attacks. Following retirement from the NYPD in 2015, he started drinking heavily. He missed the camaraderie and sense of purpose that four years in the Marine Corps and a lengthy law enforcement career provided. He dove deeper into alcohol to fill…
United States ruler Donald Trump renewed his calls for the takeover of Greenland as a major U.S. military operation ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at his order. The U.S. has effectively taken control of Venezuela as of the weekend. The ruling class didn’t stop there either. Secretary of State Marco Rubio additionally warned that Cuba’s Communist government is “in a lot of trouble.” Trump Wants To Takeover Greenland For “National Security” After admitting that the U.S. military operation in Venezuela was all about the oil and other resources, Trump is saying a takeover of Greenland is about war strategy. “It’s…
Coming from someone who has spent decades wearing waterproof gear, I was surprised to find the FORLOH AllClima Soft Shell Jacket incredibly waterproof and wind-resistant, yet still silent as I tramped all over Montana, field-testing it and trying to find this year’s muley. This jacket ran the gamut of weather with me — sun and sweat, rain, hail, snow — but it balanced breathability with keeping me dry, no matter what the conditions threw at it. FORLOH has done a great job building a functional hunting jacket for all types of terrain and weather conditions, while keeping affordability in mind.…
