The Supreme Court wants to hear from the city of New York after the Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and several individual plaintiffs asked the Court to accept their lawsuit challenging the Big Apple’s ban on stun guns. The request from the High Court doesn’t guarantee that the justices will grant cert in Calce v. New York, but it does indicate that one or more justices are interested in the lawsuit. Back in 2016, SCOTUS issued a per curiam opinion in Caetano v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts that rejected the state’s arguments in favor its own stun…
Fall is here, and with the change of season comes the spookiest time of year: Halloween. Whether you’re buying costumes for your kids or looking for festive indoor and outdoor decorations for your home, the following military discounts can help while you shop. Costumes HalloweenCostumes.com Pick out the perfect costume online at HalloweenCostumes.com and get $10 off orders of $50 or more with a valid military email address. The discount applies to most products on the site, including costumes, accessories and decorations. Spencer’s At Spencer’s, you can find a variety of Halloween costumes, wigs, masks, T-shirts, accessories and decorations. They…
A Purple Heart award that a soldier who was wounded in action during World War II received was transferred to his family on Saturday after a woman found it in her father-in-law’s belongings. Leo Delphus Duverney, born in North Adams, Mass., entered the U.S. Army in September 1943, according to Vermont News and Media, which reported the transfer. He served with the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division and was wounded in the battle for Rome on May 26, 1944. The Army honorably discharged him in December 1945, and he moved to southern Vermont to operate a garage.…
A trove of documents released Tuesday by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani show that city officials masked health concerns in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, even as they were privy to the potential hazards. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the release of more than 170,000 pages of city records documenting the government’s response to the attacks, including pages of records concerning health concerns, air quality and the city’s response to the day that will be commemorated this Friday on its 25th anniversary. The city also announced settlements pertaining to two lawsuits brought by…
A former U.S. Navy commander said Tuesday that keeping the Strait of Hormuz open is an “international responsibility” that does not just fall on the United States’ shoulders. Control of the Strait of Hormuz has remained a point of contention throughout the ongoing war with Iran, primarily because it serves as the world’s most vital oil transit chokepoint. Any disruption directly threatens global energy security and economic stability, as Americans have personally experienced with above-average gas and grocery prices. John Miller, a retired vice admiral (lowercase), told CNBC on Tuesday that commercial shipping won’t travel along the waterway, unless the…
Patrick Jones says he hasn’t decided if he’ll move forward with plans for a shooting range on land he owns in Shasta County, California after a local judge wrapped the project in red tape, but he does have a message for those who were trying to stop the range from being built. “I am still going to shoot there,” Jones told the local paper, adding that he and friends “do a lot of shooting there.”Neighbors might not like it, but Jones says he “can shoot on private property, and friends can come over and shoot.”Jones,…
The Pentagon is using military medical and personnel records to identify service members with current or past diagnoses of gender dysphoria as it moves to separate transgender troops under the Trump administration’s ban, according to a Federal News Network investigation published Monday. The effort has led commanders across the military to receive notices identifying troops in their units who may fall under the policy and directing them to begin the separation process, per the report. The outlet cited multiple service members, advocates and internal military documents. An internal Air Force email obtained by Federal News Network said the Office of…
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Timothy Gick admits he wasn’t excited about helping with Toys for Tots in 2022. The Marine reservist already had plenty to do while activated in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a trip to the toy warehouse meant more work. Once he got there, though, he began looking through the donations and wondering what he might make for kids himself. “I hadn’t been around toys in years,” Gick told Military.com. The result was Mission Match, a game product line from his company Adigeni LLC, under the brand Not A Very Good Teacher. The fitness-focused project, Mission Match: Hyperion, was tested…
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has done an outstanding job of helping to restore Second Amendment freedoms to Floridians by simply refusing to defend indefensible gun laws. When a court ruled that Florida’s ban on open carry violated the Constitution, Uthmeier declined to appeal. More recently, Uthmeier has sought to end a lawsuit challenging Florida’s waiting period laws by agreeing with the plaintiffs that the restriction is an ahistorical aberration, not part of the national tradition of gun ownership. Now Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has the opportunity to take a similar stand in support…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war. The deal, which is between the U.S. and Iran, has not been made public, and officials have sometimes offered contradictory interpretations of what is in it. While Israel is not party to the agreement, it is part of the war: It joined the U.S. in launching strikes on Iran on…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames Monday, killing all eight people aboard, military officials said. Aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of the aircraft that went down around 11:20 a.m. during a routine test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, which is north of Los Angeles. Black smoke rose from a large swath of charred desert near the runway on the base, with emergency vehicles nearby. Those on the B-52 included government contractors and uniformed military. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing confirmed…
Artificial intelligence may dominate headlines, but retired Army Lt. Gen. Ross Coffman believes another technological shift could have equally significant consequences for national security: the arrival of practical quantum computing. Coffman, president of Forward Edge-AI, told Military.com in an interview how artificial intelligence is changing military operations, and why cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated. Also, he explained why governments and private industry are beginning to prepare for a future in which quantum computers could undermine many of today’s encryption systems. Forward Edge-AI develops technologies focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and national security applications. Among its offerings is Isidore Quantum,…
It’s been 66 years but brand new affordable on-base housing is coming to Fort Leavenworth. Fort Leavenworth, located within Leavenworth County, Kan., is home to some of the oldest military housing in the nation and is located within a National Historic Landmark District. Existing housing options range from 10,000-square-foot officer manors to historic duplexes, many of which require major multi-million dollar renovations. The new $31 million development will be known as “New Kansa”—an entire neighborhood of new townhomes built from the ground up for military families at the base to live where their soldier serves. The site, built in 1827,…
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Massachusetts is the place where the American Revolution kicked off, and all because the British came to enforce gun control. Today, most in the state seem more likely to have helped the Redcoats than their fellow Americans, as the one-time colony that birthed much of the revolutionary fervor that eventually gave us the Second Amendment is now more likely to stomp on people’s rights. But not everyone in the state feels that way. There’s a pro-gun movement there, and they managed to get some items on the ballot in November that, if successful, would serve…
Gun rights commentator Colion Noir is taking aim at a proposal from Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn that would require owners of certain semi-automatic rifles to undergo periodic mental health evaluations and re-register their firearms every five years. In a recent video (see below), Noir argued that the proposal raises serious constitutional questions and, perhaps more importantly, doesn’t appear to address the very crime Osborn used to justify it. Osborn proposed requiring owners of so-called “assault-style” rifles (including AR-15s, AK-pattern rifles, and similar firearms) to pass a mental health examination every five years and re-register those firearms in order to…
A new Navy memorandum is providing guidance on sailors’ grooming standards as it pertains to religious liberties and whether exemptions can be granted for those who request them. The three-page Navy memo, released by Vice Admiral Jeffrey J. Czerewko, chief of naval personnel, as part of an administrative message, applies to all active and reserve sailors with currently approved or pending religious accommodations (RAs) for waiving current grooming standards for facial hair, and also applies to all other Sailors seeking renewed consideration of previously denied requests based on changes in military policy or other circumstances. “Commanding Officers must objectively weigh…
Colorado hunters and anglers are trying to get ahead of the next wildlife ballot fight. A proposed constitutional amendment, currently listed as Initiative 302, would create a right to hunt, fish, and harvest fish and wildlife in Colorado. The measure has cleared the state Title Board, which means supporters can collect signatures. It has not yet qualified for the 2026 ballot. To get there, backers need 124,238 valid signatures by early August. Because the measure would amend the Colorado Constitution, supporters also have to meet Colorado’s distribution requirement across all 35 state Senate districts. If it makes the ballot, it…
