As my colleague Tom Knighton mentioned in a previous post, the New Hampshire Senate debated a campus carry bill today. HB 1793 was actually approved by the chamber, but not before it was amended and considerably weakened. In fact, as adopted the legislation won’t allow any student or visitor to carry on a higher ed campus, even after it takes effect. lnstead, the Senate voted to create a committee to “study the feasibility of allowing guns on campuses of public institutions of higher education,” while also adopting language that “notwithstanding any provision of law to…
Ruger is officially done calling Connecticut home. According to reporting from Hartford Business Journal, Sturm, Ruger & Co. quietly moved its corporate headquarters from Connecticut to Mayodan, North Carolina at the start of 2026, marking the end of an era for one of America’s most recognizable gunmakers. The move apparently flew under the radar for months. Ruger didn’t make a huge public announcement about it, but sharp-eyed industry watchers noticed recent company press releases started carrying a North Carolina dateline instead of Connecticut. That was the clue. A company spokesperson confirmed the relocation became official on Jan. 1. Ruger still…
HALIFAX, N.C. (AP) — With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet (305 meters) per second. Imagine what that can do to a human body. Now, imagine that it’s almost completely exempt from gun regulations. How can that be? Well, under federal and most state laws, many antique or replica guns aren’t technically considered firearms. In most places, even convicted felons can own them. “I suspect the average judge would be surprised to…
A constitutional carry bill that would eliminate Pennsylvania’s concealed firearm permit requirement cleared the state Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, advancing to the full Senate as supporters press for a floor vote. Senate Bill 357 would allow lawful Pennsylvania gun owners to carry a concealed firearm without obtaining a License to Carry Firearms (LTCF) or paying the associated fee. The bill keeps the LTCF available as an optional license for residents who want reciprocity when traveling to states that require a permit. It does not change who is legally prohibited from possessing firearms under existing state and federal law.…
This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News. A Betrayal of the Social Contract The news broke this week like a punch in the gut: nearly 50,000 residents in the Lake Tahoe area have been told their utility will stop providing power after next ski season. Fortune reports that these people are now scrambling to find a future energy source, while the data centers powering the AI boom get first dibs on the grid [1]. This is not a technical glitch. It is a deliberate choice to serve machines over human beings. Let that sink in. Almost fifty…
Chilean brand Rokum could have entered the U.S. market with a small line of sleeping bags and sleeping pads. Instead, it went with a rarer approach: combine them together. The Umak — part sleeping bag, part sleeping pad, and part couch — launched on Kickstarter last week. This three-season kit may provide enough use cases to entice summer campers looking for a flexible sleeping system — if not quite those seeking backcountry adventures. The bag’s bulkiness and weight make it an unlikely contender for long-distance backpacking. At $100, it’s a wild but affordable sleep kit. We don’t yet know how…
Two public-access groups filed a lawsuit in Montana this week over corner crossing, one day after Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras told state lawmakers that the practice remains unlawful under Montana property and trespass law. On May 14, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) and the Public Land & Water Access Association (PLWA) filed suit in Lewis and Clark County District Court. The groups want a court to clarify whether people can legally step from one public parcel to another at a shared corner without touching private land. BHA said the lawsuit seeks to secure access to roughly 871,000 acres of public…
Daniel Defense is one of the better-known manufacturers of AR-15s. They sell really good quality rifles, and they stand with the Second Amendment, which is kind of essential for their business to succeed. Having chatted with a few of the guys who work there in the past, it’s a company made up of good people who simply want to provide a much-needed product to the American people so we can defend ourselves and our way of life, if need be. But then, on the flip side, we have the Good Men Project, which thinks that…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last year to abruptly dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a leading global aid donor — has been followed by a significant increase in violence in several African countries that the agency had supported, according to a study published on Thursday. While the authors did not blame the USAID cuts for the increase in violence, they said the findings demonstrate that “large-scale, sudden aid cuts can destabilize fragile settings.” They, however, added that this is not evidence that more aid reduces conflict, instead it only shows “the effect…
Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a significant drop in the homicide rate. It’s an unprecedented drop, and while many are claiming that it’s just a restoration to pre-COVID norms, that’s clearly not true. After all, the drop is more than the increase we saw starting in 2020. So what gives?Well, while the media might try to spin it as some approach or another being effective, the fact is that these are all localized, yet the drop is nationwide.At American Rifleman, podcast guest John Lott has thoughts.This is completely counter to the narrative…
The Pentagon is racing to buy more than 10,000 cheaper cruise missiles as the war with Iran strains U.S. missile stockpiles and puts fresh pressure on the military’s ability to quickly replace expensive weapons. The Department of Defense announced on Wednesday that it reached framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 to launch the Low-Cost Containerized Munitions program, a new effort aimed at buying cheaper cruise missiles in bulk as the war with Iran intensifies concerns about U.S. missile stockpiles. Military.com reached out for comment to the Defense Innovation Unit, the Air Force, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command,…
The recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that it had filed lawsuits against Denver and the state of Colorado, challenging unconstitutional gun laws, drew praise from many on the gun-rights side of the issue. On May 5, the DOJ filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado seeking to have the city’s longstanding ban on common semi-automatic rifles ruled unconstitutional and stricken from the books. The next day, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado, challenging its ban on standard-capacity firearm magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of…
This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News. The Same Old Scam, Repackaged With a New Name Here we go again. The same people who brought you the COVID-19 lockdowns, the masks, the PCR tests, and the experimental gene-therapy injections are now wheeling out a new fear: hantavirus. It’s clear this is 100% scripted theater, a psychological operation designed to terrorize the weak-minded into surrendering their liberty all over again. We have been through this before, and anyone who falls for it now deserves the shame that follows. Just as the COVID narrative was manufactured to test…
Louisiana has a lot of alligators. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries estimates the state has more than 3 million wild alligators, plus nearly 1 million more on farms. So the state is moving toward a major expansion of recreational alligator hunting. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a Notice of Intent for LDWF to conduct a statewide recreational alligator hunting season from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. The proposed season would be separate from the state’s commercial alligator program, and public comment remains open through June 26, 2026. The proposal follows Senate Bill 244, authored by…
Patrick “Tate” Adamiak is rotting in a prison cell he never should have seen the inside of. He was charged with multiple weapons violations, and in every case, the charge is bogus. This isn’t a case of there being nuance that, as a Second Amendment advocate, I’m inclined to view differently than prosecutors. This was a case of a young man being charged for violating laws that he simply did not violate. And the fact that he’s still in prison after all we know is one of the greatest injustices I know of.The ATF did…
Roughly 3 1/2 years after being elected as mayor of Arcadia, Calif., Eileen Wang is facing serious federal charges as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Wang, 58, was elected in November 2022 to the Arcadia City Council, involving a five-person governing body where the mayor is selected on a rotating basis. Arcadia, a city located about 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, has a population of roughly 54,000 residents. As part of an announcement made Monday by the Justice Department, Wang, 58, is charged with one count of acting…
Ultralight gear has exploded in popularity among backpackers. Hikers want to go further, faster, with less weight, and brands are meeting the demand with cutting-edge ultralight innovations in backpacks, sleeping bags, pads, pillows, tents, water filters, and more. However, when you see the price tags of some of the equipment and the lengths people go to cut ounces, it’s easy to get turned off to the whole idea. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. For backpackers, going ultralight is easier (and less expensive) than you might expect. We stepped back to drum up some easy tips, tricks, and…
There’ve been enough assassination attempts against President Donald Trump–not just a couple of guys talking smack in a Waffle House, mind you, but real attempts–that it’s getting kind of sad. The fact that none of these guys are time travelers, though, makes me feel a lot better. (IYKYK) But the latest wasn’t at some speech in a field, or on a wide-open golf course. It was a hotel ballroom where the bad guy got surprisingly close, though not close enough, thankfully.While the Secret Service is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of security, the laws…
WASHINGTON (AP) — David Venturella, a former executive at a private prison operator, will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration says, after the agency’s current leader steps down at the end of the month. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said late Tuesday that Venturella would succeed Todd Lyons, who led the agency through much of the administration’s tumultuous crackdown on immigration. ICE did not immediately respond to an email seeking additional information Wednesday. Venturella left the Geo Group in early 2023 and has been working at ICE leading the…
Israel has stepped up its “brutal bombardment” of southern Lebanon. Despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, Lebanese officials have reported that nearly ninety people have been killed in strikes since Friday. Thirty-nine people were killed on Saturday alone, after Israel struck 22 towns and villages in southern Lebanon. This is not the first time that it has been clear that the ceasefire may as well not even be in effect. Neither side appears to be following it. Israel Continues Strikes On Lebanon, Despite Ceasefire Accoridng to RT correspondent Steve Sweeney, local authorities said 39 people were killed on Saturday alone after…
If you’ve never had the chance to go to a large-ish gun rights gathering, you should definitely do so. You won’t agree with everyone there on some things, but it’s nice being around a bunch of people who share your passion for defending the Second Amendment. It’s also where I met several of my friends over the years. And if you’re in New England, the New England Firearms Advocacy Conference, hosted by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, is a good place to start. But these events aren’t just about…
