When it comes to emergency preparedness, most of us are just trying to prepare for the worst and learn how to take care of our families in a crisis. We’re not looking for trouble. But what if some of the very tools we rely on in emergencies are raising red flags? What if buying certain survival items is enough to land you on a list you never knew existed?Nowadays, nothing you do on the Internet is private. Even if you use a VPN, companies like Palantir and Microsoft can find ways to track and record everything you do, especially everything…
There are some people you look at and think, “I hate that you’re on my side.”This is true for people on every part of the political spectrum. These are usually the more extreme people out there, but often it’s not even a matter of political position versus one doing a terrible job of representing an ideology. And then you have the people who, at least on the surface, seem to stand for everything you despise, but then make one stand that sounds like you uttered the words.That’s what we’ve got here.For those unfamiliar with a…
Reaching the summit of Mt. Whitney is one thing. Reaching the safety of your car afterward is another. The 21.4-mile round-trip hike has an elevation gain of over 6,000 feet. Near the summit, the air is thin, and the terrain can be snow-covered in places and icy. It’s a dangerous climb that claims lives every year. In 2025, there were five fatalities on the mountain, the deadliest year of the last decade. In 2026, Whitney has already claimed one life near the summit on Jan. 19. Despite the dangers, between 25,000 and 30,000 people successfully hike Mount Whitney every year. It is…
Dear Patriot,Our ask is simple: Help us stand with ICE.The men and women of ICE who are arresting and deporting dangerous illegals across the country need our support now more than ever before. With the left-wing media and Democratic politicians calling ICE President Trump’s “Gestapo,” “Nazis,” “the SS,” “fascists,” and more, the truth needs to be told about who’s really creating the chaos and mayhem in Democrat-run sanctuary cities and who’s trying to keep the public safe.The radical Left’s dangerous rhetoric has now resulted in the deaths of two Americans. Due to Democratic politicians and…
Canada’s long-running experiment with compensated gun confiscation is running headfirst into a wall—and this time, it’s coming from inside the country. According to Canadian media reports highlighted by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, fully half of Canada’s provinces—along with the Northwest Territories and Yukon—are refusing to participate in the federal government’s much-touted gun “buyback” program. In short: Ottawa wants provinces to help collect banned firearms, and a growing number of them are saying, no thanks. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb shot straight, calling the provincial pushback “long overdue” and describing the buyback for what it…
Jacob Grey Firearms is a manufacturer I’ve had my eye on since getting my hands on their TWC Black last year, a double-stack 1911 that ran flawlessly for me, suppressed and unsuppressed, right out of the box in my June 2025 review. I found the quality and performance remarkable, but soon after discovered that the company’s origins ran deep in the close-tolerance aerospace component business, which is where such extreme attention to detail is no stranger. My TWC Black is the second iteration of Jacob Grey’s double-stack 1911-style handguns, following its predecessor, the TWC9. Since then, the company has released…
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I’ve spent way too much time this week taking issue with the Trump administration, including the president himself, for their comments about guns and what people can and can’t do with them. The right to keep and bear arms matters, and it doesn’t evaporate simply because someone is taking part in something you don’t approve of. All other laws apply, and they should, but to say people can’t do a thing they most definitely can is problematic.But as annoying as that is, it’s the other side of the coin I find even more stupid.The Second…
Last Wednesday, Washington lawmakers rolled out House Bill 2320, a proposal that somehow manages to be redundant, vague, and constitutionally radioactive all at once. The pitch: crack down harder on so-called “ghost guns” by banning private use of 3D printers, CNC milling machines, and even digital files that could be used to make firearm parts. The execution? It’s even worse. Supporters of HB 2320 insist they’re just “closing loopholes.” The problem is those loopholes don’t really exist. Manufacturing “untraceable firearms” is already illegal under Washington law, a fact even local media reporting acknowledged. As KOMO News reported, lawmakers argue the…
The original version of this article was published on BikeRumor. Minnesota’s Salsa Cycles has been teasing the Wanderosa, a full-suspension gravel e-bike, since November. Well, today it has officially launched. Introducing the Wanderosa, a bike that marks Salsa’s (and possibly the bike industry’s) entry into full-suspension gravel e-bikes. The Wanderosa represents its fifth electric bike platform launched since February 2024. This new discipline-bending bike has a carbon fiber frame with a flex-stay design and gives the rider 110mm of rear travel, which is paired with a 120mm travel suspension fork. Salsa calls the Wanderosa its light electric full-suspension gravel bike. Using the…
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K.. Dhillon, who’s also the unofficial Second Amendment czar of the Trump administration as far as I’m concerned, is once again charging into the legal fray over a state-level gun control law. Dhillon and the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division have filed an amicus brief in Granata v. Thomas; a challenge to Massachusetts’ “Approved Firearms Roster.” For the moment, and at the time Granata was filed, the roster covered handguns approved for sale in the state. Under Chapter 135, though, the roster is supposed to include state-approved long guns as well.The roster is…
What initially looked like a tragic, chaotic home invasion in northeast Houston has now come into sharper—and uglier—focus. Police say two suspects have been charged with capital murder in the early-morning home invasion that killed 72-year-old Linda Martinez, and the details paint a picture of betrayal, criminal failure, and a system that didn’t stop it in time. According to Houston police, the shooting happened around 1:50 a.m. on January 26 at a home on Lockwood Drive. Investigators now say the suspects—Richard Mouton, 34, and Tajuana Thomas, 38—weren’t random burglars. Thomas had previously lived at the home after being released from…
Greenland said that it has warned the United States of its clear “red lines” that it will not cross in talks over its future with Washington. The island’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has said that he won’t go into details, but that the “conclusion is already written.” Greenland has been on the Trump administration’s wish list of takeovers. The autonomous Danish territory has been at the center of a transatlantic rift since U.S. ruler Donald Trump announced plans to annex it, citing its mineral wealth and strategic location, while refusing to rule out force and threatening tariffs on opponents of…
Based on what we’ve seen (and heard), Shokz is making some big strides. The pioneer in bone-conduction headphones is expanding into the broader personal audio space with some of its recent releases, including its OpenFit family of earbuds. The latest from Shokz, the OpenFit Pro, might just be the brand’s best earbuds yet. Earlier this month at CES, I got some ears-on time with the award-winning OpenFit Pro headphones. And honestly, I wasn’t prepared to be as amazed by the audio performance as I was. OpenFit Pro Earbuds: What’s New The OpenFit Pro ($250) is the first OpenFit model to…
Studies have long shown that gun buybacks don’t actually have any kind of impact on public safety here in the United States. The reason for this is pretty simple. The people you’re trying to disarm with a buyback are rarely the people who take advantage of one. If they do, it’s to dispose of a gun that could connect them to a crime. Bad people who want to do bad things aren’t going to give up their guns anymore than good people who take their personal protection seriously will.This is well known, though it’s typically…
