The basic premise of a civil right is that everyone has it. It’s not something that only exists for certain parties. The only exception to that has been if someone is convicted in court of a crime, where they can lose their freedom for a time, and the worse the offense, the greater the loss of liberty. In fact, the loss of freedom is the entire point of the punishment.When it comes to the Second Amendment, though, it’s binary. You either have your rights or you’ve screwed up and been stripped of them. We can…

A U.S. Army soldier has been indicted by the Justice Department for allegedly betting on the capture of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro by accessing classified information and using it for personal gain.Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of Fayetteville, N.C., allegedly made more than $400,000 by trading on Polymarket, a prediction marketplace, while also participating in the planning and execution of the U.S. military operation “Operation Absolute Resolve” to capture Maduro.Van Dyke is charged with three counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each count. He also faces one count…

The United States ruler is consistently insulting other countries and those who reside or immigrate from them. In a controversial social media repost of a commentary that called India and China “hellholes.” After A Fight That Devolved Into Insults, Trump Says He Can Forgive Musk Trump Insults Justin Trudeau, Calling Him A “Loser” On Thursday, Trump reposted a letter from American conservative political commentator and radio host Michael Savage on X, which described immigrants from India as “gangsters with laptops.” In a response posted on X, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal termed the remarks as “obviously uninformed, inappropriate, and in poor…

California is a public lands paradise, with the most national parks (nine) and state parks (280) in the country. Soon, there will be even more outdoor recreation areas. On April 22, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a major expansion of the state park system, adding three new parks and enlarging several others. As the public land policy on the federal level moves toward extraction and commercialization, California is the latest state to reinvest in conservation at the local level. What’s New In a press conference on Wednesday, Newsom announced his new State Parks Forward plan. The project is part of…

Virginia’s Democrat-controlled legislature and Gov. Abigail Spanberger approved a lot of gun control bills this session, and many of them will soon be subject to legal challenges. One bill, however, contains a directive to the Virginia State Police that Gun Owners of America argues is in direct violation of a court order.  HB 1525 raises the age to purchase handguns in the Commonwealth to 21, and Spanberger’s amended version, which was approved by lawmakers this week along party-line votes, instructs the VSP to “administer, enforce, and otherwise implement § 18.2-308.2:5 of the Code of Virginia from…

The U.S. Postal Service is attempting to skirt the recent ruling striking down the USPS’s nearly century-old ban on shipping firearms through the mail, and one major gun-rights group is calling attention to the matter.  In a national alert to members, Gun Owners of America (GOA) sounded the alarm on the USPS plot to circumvent the ruling and maintain the status quo on mailing guns. “We need your immediate action to stop the U.S. Postal Service from sidestepping our landmark court victory and chipping away at your Second Amendment rights,” GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt wrote in the alert.…