When you look at where criminals get their guns, there are actually very few examples of gun dealers or manufacturers doing anything wrong. There have been examples, sure, but when you’re dealing with tens of thousands of operations in a country the size of the United States, not everyone is going to play nice. Virginia, however, doesn’t care.Well, the current batch of people running the state don’t care, just to be clear.In fact, one of the loudest such voices is the guy who joked about shooting a rival. No wonder he doesn’t trust anyone with…

A man who received more than $124,000 in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits has admitted to lying about serving in Vietnam. James Lyon, aged 80, pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City, Mo., to fraudulently receiving $124,264 in benefits connected to the war, the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Western District of Missouri. Lyon refused Marine Corps training in 1966 as a conscientious objector, then subsequently lied that he served three tours as a Marine, including in the Vietnam War. The Department of Justice issued the official statement. “Engaging in stolen valor—whether it involves stealing a veteran’s identity…

Since leaving the Duke Center for Firearms Law, professor Jacob Charles has become increasingly outspoken in his criticism of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment jurisprudence. In a new piece at Slate, Charles has turned his criticism towards the plaintiffs challenging semi-auto bans in Cook County, Illinois and the state of Connecticut. While most of his column deals with their arguments, it’s also clear he has a problem fighting these bans in the first place. In his view,” [g]enerations of ordinary citizens fought for these assault-weapon prohibitions in the wake of tragic killings on a mass scale.”…

In a rare accusation of a Kremlin-orchestrated plot on U.S. soil, a New York federal grand jury indicted a network of five people, among them two Cubans and one Venezuelan, of recruiting American citizens to carry out surveillance and assassinations of Russian dissidents. The ring of five also targeted military and civilian infrastructure in countries that supported Ukraine or were in favor of NATO, the indictment alleges. All five — Russian intelligence operatives Yuri Khrameev and his son Kirill Khrameev; Cubans Oemis Durruthy and Yaidel Delgado Suarez; and Venezuelan Angel Edgardo Castro — are based in Russia and are at-large.…

Full-auto switches, sometimes called “Glock switches” or “machine gun conversion devices,” are illegal under federal law. They were illegal before they were ever invented, and since they were a post-1986 product, only a small handful of them are in private hands, and they’re not something most private hands can ever get, even with all the money in the world. But a 19-year-old man in Jacksonville, Florida, had no problems at all.No, he had dozens of the little suckers.Just not legally.A 19-year-old Jacksonville man is facing federal charges after investigators said he created machine-gun conversion devices,…

A South Carolina sheriff’s office is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Iraq War veteran who claims a mistaken automated license plate camera alert led deputies to hold him at gunpoint outside his home. Steven Melvin, 42, an Iraq War veteran from Lake Wylie, S.C., sued the York County Sheriff’s Office and three officers after a February 2024 traffic stop triggered by a Flock Safety license plate reader. The lawsuit, originally filed in state court in June and later moved to federal court, alleges excessive force, false imprisonment and negligence. Flock Safety’s automated license plate…

The Supreme Court may soon have an opportunity to answer one of the most consequential questions left unresolved by its modern Second Amendment cases: Can the government permanently strip someone of the right to possess a firearm simply because that person was once convicted of a felony, even when that felony wasn’t violent? That question sits at the center of United States v. Hembree, a case currently pending before the Supreme Court. Charles Hembree was convicted in Mississippi in 2018 of simple possession of methamphetamine. It was a felony, but it wasn’t a violent crime.…

VA home loans have many benefits, like no down payment requirements or private mortgage insurance (PMI). But in exchange for those benefits, most borrowers pay a VA funding fee. The VA funding fee is a one-time charge required on most VA-backed purchase and refinance loans. It helps keep the VA home loan program running and reduces the burden on taxpayers by offsetting the cost of loan defaults. In this guide, we’ll break down what the VA funding fee is, how much it costs in 2026, who’s exempt from the VA funding fee, and how to calculate it. Key Takeaways VA…

Portland has now joined the growing number of cities in Oregon that have embraced the fact that the state now allows them to bar guns in city buildings. This is a pattern we have seen play out all over the place, and while it’s not exactly unexpected, I still find it troubling. Just because you can do something, it doesn’t mean you should.For example, I can lawfully do a lot of things that would make me a terrible person, but I don’t if I can help it. Why? Because it’s wrong. I’m not a perfect…

The United States has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has weapons orbiting Earth, ending years of official caution about describing American satellites as weapons and raising new questions about how a conflict in space would be fought and constrained. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland on Sept. 14 that the country has “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.” He did not identify the systems, their number, when they were launched, or whether they could strike objects in space, on the ground…

It’s a fact! Higher education is expensive. With the average cost of a four-year bachelor’s degree at a public in-state university exceeding $110,000 and average student loan balances topping $43,000, funding college is a major hurdle for many prospective students. That is where the military can help. Through education programs like Tuition Assistance (TA), the Post-9/11 GI Bill, and Loan Repayment Programs (LRP), the U.S. military offers a clear path to graduating debt-free or wiping out existing student debt. Key Requirements: Which Student Loans Qualify for LRP? Not all student debt is eligible for military loan repayment programs. To qualify,…

A concealed carry holder in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park was able to defend himself during armed robbery attempt on Tuesday morning. The intended victim was filling up his car at a gas station when a masked man approached and pulled out a handgun. Surveillance video from the gas station shows the customer reaching behind his back and drawing a gun of his own before firing multiple shots. The would-be armed robber then dropped his gun and fled the scene.Orland Park police described the incident as an attempted armed holdup and confirmed that the…