Gun owners (or most of them, anyway) are rightfully delighted with U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix’s decision that much of the National Firearms Act has been rendered moot now that the making and transfer taxes on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and “any other weapons” have been zeroed out by Congress in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. As Reason’s Jacob Sullum writes in his latest syndicated column, though, even folks who have no plans to purchase a suppressor or short-barreled rifle in the future should be pleased by how Hendrix reached his decision. Hendrix didn’t decide…
More than 100,000 surplus M14 rifles once used by the U.S. military are expected to go on sale to the public beginning early next year through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. The organization is a federally chartered nonprofit that plans to sell the guns. CMP CEO and board Chairman Jerry O’Keefe said the organization is targeting a price below $2,000 per rifle, though final pricing has not yet been announced.” Every buyer is limited to two weapons apiece, and sales are expected in January. The CMP could reconsider this limit as sales go on. CMP CEO and board Chairman Jerry O’Keefe…
I keep trying to keep myself calm regarding the court’s decision on the NFA registry requirement for suppressors and short-barreled long guns. I want it to mean the end of the NFA requirements entirely, and while they’re gone for now, there’s no guarantee they won’t return down the road. I want to temper my expectations. Still gonna SBR my home defense rifle and put a can on it, though.However, it’s always possible that an appeal will come.That’s not stopping Giffords from absolutely losing its mind over it.Trump’s Justice Department just failed to defend nearly 100…
PHOENIX (AP) — All eyes were on Navajo Code Talker Thomas H. Begay. The 101-year-old veteran saluted while the national anthem played on Friday, kicking off a day of recognition honoring him and the other Navajo recruits who famously used their native language to keep military secrets during World War II. Begay, one of the last two living Code Talkers, made the long trip from his home on the Navajo Nation to the Arizona State Capitol for the event. He was joined by family members and dozens of descendants of other Code Talkers. “I am so damn proud,” said Begay,…
Police are on the hunt for a woman who stands accused of stealing $8,500 from a bank by using a fraudulent military identification card. The Shreverport Police Department in Louisiana has asked for the public’s help in identifying the unknown woman, who is accused of stealing the money on July 15, at BOM Bank. Police said the woman used the ID to obtain a cash advance on the victim’s credit line. Bank representatives reportedly thought the ID was legitimate until the victim later discovered the unauthorized withdrawal and confirmed they had not allowed anyone else to access their account. In…
A 30-acre wooded property on a lake in western New York opened up as a free retreat where disabled veterans could rest and heal. But the land is claimed to be a private getaway paid for by strangers who thought they were helping veterans. On Aug. 12, Attorney General Letitia James sued the charity, Healing for Heroes, along with the married couple who founded and ran it, Thomas Nelsen and Jennifer Milchanoski-Nelsen, of Bemus Point. The lawsuit alleges the two solicited donations in the name of disabled veterans and then spent much of the money on themselves, renovating a bathroom,…
The United States once planned to drop more than 1,000 bomb-carrying bats over Japanese cities. A psychologist taught pigeons to guide missiles. Cold War troops were issued a recoilless weapon capable of launching a nuclear warhead. British engineers built a giant pair of rocket-powered wheels stuffed with explosives and expected the contraption to drive itself up a beach. These weren’t concepts that lived only on paper. Every weapon on this list reached at least the prototype or testing stage. Several entered military service, and some were used in combat. Here are 15 of the strangest weapons military engineers actually built.…
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The Navy commissioned USS Cleveland (LCS 31) during a ceremony Saturday morning in Cleveland, Ohio, placing the last littoral combat ship into active service and closing a shipbuilding program that began in 2002. Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao delivered the principal address at the event, which the USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation described as the first Navy warship commissioning ever held in Ohio in the nation’s 250-year history. Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) man the rails as the ship is “brought to life” during the commissioning ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16,…
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Austen Alexander has never been one to sit on an idea. The Navy veteran’s mind is always working, thinking of new entrepreneurial goals, leveraging his large YouTube following of over 1.6 million subscribers to promote his businesses. From fitness to gaming to computer software and beyond, if a tangible plan pops into his head, Alexander pursues it. But Alexander’s passions go beyond just business ventures and social media; the former master of arms wants to improve people’s lives. Especially veterans. And he believes there’s a path for veterans to succeed as entrepreneurs without earning master’s degrees in business or pouring…
Gov. Tim Walz really, really wanted gun control this session. He wanted it so bad, he could taste it as he sashayed about the governor’s mansion. Unfortunately for him, he yet again came up short. He really should be getting used to that by now.Minnesota House Republicans held the line and kept the troubling bills from passing, and while Walz is really bummed out about it, the Sportsmen’s Alliance is celebrating.Minnesota’s 2026 legislative session adjourned sine die at midnight on Sunday, May 18. Thanks to your relentless grassroots advocacy, Governor Walz’s gun control wish list…
Kia’s mixture of attention-grabbing styling, uprated interiors, and quantified reliability metrics has firmly established it as a dominant force in the modern new-car market. Structurally, the current lineup of Kia sedans presents a lot of car for your buck by offering a competitive suite of standard technological features. Meanwhile, the brand’s utility vehicles deliver maximum volumetric passenger space alongside validated towing capacities. Given this expansive portfolio, identifying the best Kia cars can be a challenge – given how impressive each vehicle is. Still, evaluating the best Kia models in 2026 will help you to comb through the info to find…
For a few humpback whales, the entire world is their oyster. New research published Wednesday reveals that two of these whales have essentially traded one part of the ocean for another one — on the other side of the planet. It was already known that some of these whales will sometimes shift their breeding and mating grounds for others thousands of miles away. But the whales documented in today’s study traded their preferred ocean home after living in their previous zone for many years. One of them moved from Australia to waters near Brazil, while the other immigrated in the…
In a recent interview with NPR, Brady head Kris Brown declared her opposition to the proposed repeal of the Biden-era’s ATF rule on pistol-stabilizing braces that created a presumption that any brace-equipped pistol was a short-barreled rifle that needed to be registered and taxed under the National Firearms Act. “There’s no public safety argument that can possibly be made for why you would want to eliminate the regulation of stabilizing braces,” Brown stated. “Because literally, if you buy that product and put it on a pistol, it becomes a short-barreled rifle. And the purpose of…
New charges have been announced by the U.S. Army against Maj. Blaine McGraw, a former obstetrician gynecologist accused of sexual crimes and previously assigned to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas. Officials within the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel preferred the charges, announcing on Wednesday that McGraw now faces a total of eight charges and 273 specifications that allegedly occurred on multiple occasions between 2019 and 2026. The total number of alleged victims in this case is now 96. It’s an increase from Dec. 9, 2025, when the officeannounced four charges and 61…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, has summed up where things stand: “Since the ceasefire came into effect, both Washington and Tehran appear to be operating under the illusion that time is on their side,” he said. “Each seems to believe that the blockade and counter-blockade in the Strait of Hormuz impose greater costs on the other, while offering a breathing space to regroup for a possible resumption of hostilities,” Vaez told Al Jazeera. On Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued a fresh warning amid this ongoing standoff,…
