It’s only right to hold people and companies responsible for their actions. They might not like it, but if you do something wrong, you should be held accountable. It’s something I try to instill in my children, just as my parents instilled it into me. What’s not right is holding someone else accountable for another’s actions when the person you’re trying to hold accountable has no way to prevent that third party’s activities.Yet that’s a key part of the anti-gun agenda. They want gun companies to be held responsible for what bad actors do. In response…

The Trump administration recently ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to deploy to Venezuela. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell claimed that this was done to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States.” However, U.S. Senator Mike Rounds, a republican from South Dakota, said Tuesday he thinks President Trump’s administration’s decision to send a carrier strike group to Venezuela is for “shock and awe” purposes only.  “I think maybe the president is sending a message that, look, we’re serious about it,” Rounds told “On Balance.” On Tuesday,…

Having the freedom to choose where you go and how you camp when you get there is the best part of traveling in an RV. Regardless of the kind of RV you have, the best way to upgrade your trip is to hack your packing. Avoid the gear explosion and a chaotic camp kitchen by packing well before you hit the road. 1. Meal Prep Before Leaving (Photo/Go RVing) Have you ever finished up a long day of playing outside and thought, “Wow, I’d love to chop veggies for dinner!” Exactly.  The point of travel is to maximize your time…

Back in August, the National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners Action League filed a lawsuit challenging the new “Assault Style Firearms” law adopted as part of the broader gun control package known as Chapter 135. Though the state has banned so-called assault weapons for several decades now, the new law offers a new opportunity to challenge the ban of commonly-owned arms.  Now the state of Masschusetts has responded to the complaint filed in Hanlon v. Campbell, and as GOAL reports, the state is making the audacious argument that its gun laws are essentially immune…

At 50 years strong, the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival is celebrating its golden anniversary with a headliner who embodies everything the festival stands for: boldness, creativity, and a relentless drive toward the unknown. Christina “Lusti” Lustenberger — former Olympian turned pioneering ski mountaineer — takes center stage this year fresh off a streak of history-making first descents all over the globe. “It’s been a whirlwind of really wild pursuits for me, and then just putting my foot to the ground working on these film projects,” the Canadian athlete told GearJunkie. “Now I’m ready to celebrate.” The festival runs…

Mexico has been blaming the United States for its problems with violent crime for quite a few years now. They even tried suing the firearm industry over the guns, a move that was rebuffed by the Supreme Court. But the blame game has continued, and it didn’t help that then-President Barack Obama seemed to feed into that with his antics, up to and including Operation Fast and Furious.The dust has somewhat settled from that incident, but Mexico is still slinging blame.And a recent report has the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has informed its NATO allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s defense ministry said on Wednesday.The U.S. Army later confirmed the move, but denied it was a sign of lessened commitment to NATO.Depending on operations and exercises, around 80,000-100,000 U.S. troops are usually present on European soil. NATO allies have expressed concern that the Trump administration might drastically cut their numbers and leave a security vacuum as European countries confront an increasingly aggressive Russia.The administration…

The ceasefire should be considered officially over, as Israel has ordered more strikes on Gaza, after both sides accused each other of violating the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that he had ordered “forceful strikes” against Hamas. Netanyahu claims that the terror organization had been firing on Israeli troops and failing to return the bodies of deceased hostages. This decision to carry out renewed strikes was announced by the prime minister’s office directly. It said it means “to immediately carry out forceful strikes in the Gaza Strip,” according to a report by The New York Times. …

Everest has been skied and snowboarded, but past attempts have always been on the southern slope. On Oct. 15, world-renowned skier Jim Morrison flipped the script, though. Instead of going the same route as everyone before him, Morrison decided to ski the infamously dangerous north face of the mountain. In the process, he bagged a first descent and entered the history books. Morrison took Hornbein Couloir, which has been considered the “most elusive and challenging route in ski mountaineering ” for years. Naturally, with a reputation like that, it was going to attract Morrison’s attention. The extreme skier climbed the…

The Supreme Court has already granted cert to two Second Amendment-related cases this term; Wolford v. Lopez, which challenges Hawaii’s “vampire rule” limiting concealed carry on private property only to those locations where it is expressly allowed, and U.S. v. Hemani, dealing with the constitutionality of Section 922(g)(3)’s prohibition on gun possession by “unlawful” users of drugs.  There are a number of other 2A-related cases still pending the Court’s review in conference, including lawsuits dealing with bans on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines, NFA items, other prohibited persons statutes, and the rights of…

The Department of Justice is asking a federal district court to clarify a ruling; a request that would gut the court’s decision that found some post office carry prohibitions to be unconstitutional. The case Firearms Policy Coalition v. Bondi is a challenge to the law that prohibits lawful carry of firearms in some U.S. Postal Service property. As previously reported, the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas ruled that the law “is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment with respect to Plaintiffs’ (and their members) possession and carrying of firearms inside of an ordinary United States…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  It is already happening.  There has been a lot of talk that there will be a surge in demand at America’s overwhelmed food banks once funding for the food stamp program ends in early November, but the truth is that we are already witnessing a surge in demand.  So what is going to happen if the current government shutdown persists for an extended period of time?  On one recent evening, the line at a food bank in downtown Kansas City “snaked through the parking lot, down a…