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 Left and its media lapdogs say “MAGA is dead,” but anyone with eyes can see that President Trump’s mission to Make America Great Again is more alive than ever before. President Trump is the undisputed leader of the party and is wielding his political power like no other Republican before him.RINOs are finally learning a brutal lesson and being put on notice. As Townhall’s Matt Vespa opined on Tuesday, if Republicans in Congress and state legislatures across the country want to keep their seats, “follow the leader of the party or be destroyed.”In just…
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government. The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, now 94, was Cuba’s defense minister at the time. The charges included murder and destruction of an airplane. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other top Justice Department officials made the announcement in Miami at a ceremony to honor…
Every hunter knows that notching your tag isn’t the end of the hunt. It’s the part where the hard work begins. In that moment, it pays to have the best hunting knife you can afford. What to look for? The knife should hold an edge or be easily field sharpened. It should fit well in the hand to protect the user from accidental injury. And a good hunting knife is usually stout enough to crack bone. It doesn’t need to be big or bulky like some sort of weapon. Remember, the animal is already dead when the knife comes into…
The story of a Virginia teacher shot by a six-year-old student rocked the nation. Nothing at all about that story was good, and it doesn’t really matter who you ask…unless you just talk to psychopaths, I guess. A young child with a troubled history pulled out a gun and shot his elementary school teacher. That alone was awful, but then we learned that the school had information that the student was armed, that a vice principal failed to act appropriately, and that led to the incident.Now, the vice principal is on trial for her role…
Two business executives alleged by prosecutors to have bribed a now imprisoned U.S. Navy admiral have been acquitted. A federal jury on Monday in Washington D.C. acquitted Next Jump co-CEOs Yongchul “Charlie” Kim and Meghan Messenger, with court records showing each being found not guilty of committing conspiracy or bribery. The verdict comes after the pair were on trial last year, which ended with a hung jury and a mistrial. The pair were initially charged in relation to purportedly bribing retired four-star Navy Adm. Robert P. Burke for a military contract in exchange for a lucrative post-retirement job, according to…
The current Ebola outbreak is worrying the World Health Organization’s chief as the “scale and speed” of the virus’s spread increases. The number of deaths has also risen sharply as reports of illness roll in. At least 131 people are believed to have died and 531 to have been infected, central African health authorities say. An American missionary was among those who tested positive, accoridng to a report by NBC News. The number of suspected cases has risen dramatically from the 300 believed infected and 88 killed as of Monday. The Ebola Scare Begins: The Worst Outbreak Of Bundibugyo Virus…
Angry bees closed two popular hiking trails in Arizona on Tuesday after attacking eight hikers, sending one to the hospital. The incident occurred on Camelback Mountain northeast of downtown Phoenix. At 9:15 a.m. on May 19, the Phoenix Fire Department (PFD) received a call from a hiker who had been attacked and stung by bees. As more calls started coming in from other hikers, the firefighters upgraded their response to a “greater alarm mountain rescue” and dispatched a team to the scene. “Units were immediately sent to both the Cholla and Echo Canyon trails, with our drone and the Phoenix…
Sen. John Cornyn is the reason the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) passed under President Joe Biden. While the bill wasn’t as bad as it could have been–and I’ll give Cornyn some credit for getting it toned down–the truth of the matter is that it never would have passed without him and his fellow turncoats. Yeah, he helped tone it down, but he should have held the line. He didn’t, and I said then that I wanted to see him lose his next primary.Enter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. He challenged Cornyn, and as things…
“They don’t make’em like that anymore.” “I won’t buy anything built in Detroit after the bailout.” “You can’t count on these new pickups.” We bet you’ve heard people repeating these phrases so many times, they’re like a mantra. It’s easy to write these concerns off as “back in my day” bellyaching, but a Ram 1500 costs around $691 a year in maintenance, according to RepairPal, while a Nissan Frontier costs only $470. That suggests it’s not just nostalgia talking. To give new domestic trucks like the 2026 Ford F-150 a fair shake, we’ll want to look at the recent recalls…
ATF Director Robert Cekada stands by the agency’s investigation and arrest of Navy veteran Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, but in an interview with Bearing Arms, the head of the ATF questioned why Adamiak was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for allegedly offering to sell restricted weapons. “I don’t know the case, every nook and cranny, [because] I didn’t investigate the case, but look, there are claims that Tate makes where the government doesn’t agree. Bottom line, Tate’s case went to court and Tate was convicted in court. I think that the biggest challenge is…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has processed more than 3 million enrollments in its Digital GI Bill system, a milestone the department reached in April. It points to the tool’s use as evidence that a years-long overhaul of education benefits technology is paying off for veterans and their families. The Digital GI Bill system allows the department to process claims faster, in an automated fashion, processing over 1 million claims so far this fiscal year. Read More: Post-9/11 GI Bill Overview According to the VA, in addition to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients, other education beneficiaries who make use of the…
The United States and Nigeria conducted a joint operation in which 175 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were killed. These fighters were said to be both simple militants and senior commanders. The Trump administration sent troops to Nigeria back in February in what was described as an “advisory and training role”, though the recent operations indicate a more active role for the US military in the African nation. The latest strikes come days after Abuja and Washington announced that a joint military operation in the Lake Chad Basin killed senior Islamic State commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, who…
