After a massive storm deposited feet of snow across the Sierras, 15 backcountry travelers were caught in an avalanche near Truckee, Calif., on Tuesday. Six of them were successfully evacuated by search and rescue (SAR). According to reports on Wednesday, nine members of the party remain missing. That makes this the most significant avalanche burial incident in the U.S. in the last decade. The group included 11 skiers traveling with four guides from Blackbird Mountain Guides. They were returning from a hut trip near Frog Lake and were navigating avalanche terrain as they exited. The avalanche occurred around 11:30 a.m.,…
The sweeping gun ban bill in New Mexico that also includes a broad number of new mandates for federally licensed firearms dealers is on the verge of defeat, but Second Amendment advocates need to continue to keep up their pressure on lawmakers. As we reported on Tuesday, the House Judiciary committee did not take a vote on SB 17 during its meeting late Monday/early Tuesday. Instead, the committee said it needed more time to read through a number of proposed amendments. With the legislative session expiring at noon on Thursday, every hour of delay makes…
Just as I pass the outskirts of town, I peg the accelerator. Both electric motors immediately engage and force me against the seatback. The C-HR charges forward with the pull of a Porsche and the smoothness of a bullet train. Moments later, I momentarily see triple-digit speeds. Whoa! This is not your father’s C-HR. Or, perhaps, your older siblings’ C-HR. After all, Toyota introduced us to the last C-HR in Los Angeles in 2016, ahead of its 2018 model year debut, which ended after 2022. That cute, but wheezy sub-compact crossover rocked all of 144 horsepower. This one? More. Returning…
The Department of Veterans Affairs is making a major change in its policies towards veterans who’ve had a fiduciary appointed to help manage their benefits. For decades, having a fiduciary meant that the veteran was reported to the FBI’s National Instant Check System as a prohibited person because the VA saw that as being adjudicated as mentally defective. On Tuesday, VA Secretary Doug Collins announced that will no longer be the case.This corrects a three-decade-old wrong that deprived many thousands of Veterans in VA’s Fiduciary Program of their constitutional right to own a firearm without…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. Remember Obama’s 2012 Colombian prostitution scandal? Turns out, Jeffrey Epstein was involved… Newly released Department of Justice documents from the Epstein files have exposed a previously unknown connection between a 2012 White House advance-team scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, and Kathryn Ruemmler – the former Obama White House counsel who later became Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer. Ruemmler resigned from Goldman late last week, after the latest Epstein document dump revealed her extensive, affectionate, and years-long correspondence with the convicted sex offender. The emails show she called him “Uncle Jeffrey,” accepted expensive gifts, and turned to him for advice on…
If someone wants to take their life, and they own a firearm, they’re likely to use it, unfortunately. If they don’t have one, they might buy one, or they might look for some other way to provide a permanent end to a temporary problem. Either way, the issue with suicides isn’t about guns, but about the mental health crises that lead to them. But, last month, a study was released that supposedly linked so-called ghost guns–unserialized firearms, typically made at home via various means–to suicides.I wasn’t impressed by the study.But, unsurprisingly, The Trace was. They…
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For a lot of rifle shooters, “Mauser 98” is shorthand for one of the best actions on the planet. Featruing controlled round feed, a big non rotating claw extractor, and a design that has been copied, tweaked, and argued about for well over a century, the new M98 Das Original leans into that legacy by sticking with the familiar action while layering in upgraded finishes, high grade wood, and chamberings that range from .308 to .416 Rigby, plus a first time factory .300 Winchester Magnum option for the platform. From the price tag alone, one can infer that this is…
“We need tighter gun laws.”Every time there’s a high-profile shooting, someone comes out of the woodwork to say just this. Never mind that we don’t necessarily know anything about how the shooter got a gun; the answer is always gun control in their minds. Take the shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.Yes, this is tragic, and it’s not something we should ever see happen at high school sporting events. What’s also tragic is just how predictable these anti-gunners actually are.Child safety advocates renewed calls for tighter gun control measures following…
On the SHOT Show floor, Streamlight debuted the ProTac Rail Mount VIR Pro, a multi-fuel weapon light designed for long guns that combines white light and infrared output in a single housing. The unit supports both rechargeable SL-B26 batteries and CR123A cells, giving users flexibility depending on mission or logistics. A Dual-Spectrum Streamlight VIR Weapon Light for Long Guns The VIR Pro delivers three white-light output levels. High mode produces 1,100 lumens, medium outputs 450 lumens, and low drops to 120 lumens. Candela ratings scale accordingly, with 40,000 candela on high, 19,000 on medium, and 4,200 on low. Runtime varies…
Not content with the many anti-gun bills they constantly push each legislative session, Democrats in the U.S. Congress are now taking aim at infringing on the rights of gun owners to purchase ammunition. Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersy reintroduced the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act, which would ban all online ammo sales despite no proof that ammunition purchased online is regularly used in the commission of violent crimes. “Since we last introduced this bill, the crisis of mass shootings has continued unabated,” Rep. Mfume said in a press release announcing…
National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Doug Hamlin addressed some concerns of members. In the wake of NRA v. NRA Foundation, members are worried about Friends of the NRA Dinners. Earlier this month it was announced that the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit against its sister organization the NRA Foundation. The lawsuit alleges, among other things, that the Foundation is not paying out funds that are specifically earmarked for flagship NRA programs. The primary fundraising mechanism for the Foundation was Friends of the NRA dinners. The number one piece of feedback received from readers…
At SHOT Show 2026, Infrahex introduced a suppressor cover designed to reduce thermal signature while also protecting the user from burns. The product debuted at the Infrahex booth and targets users concerned with infrared visibility and safe handling. Mikey from Infrahex explained that the cover functions as a slip-on suppressor sock. Shooters can install it directly on a can. The design uses multiple layers, each serving a specific role in heat and signature management. Materials and Construction The outer layer uses Infrahex’s thermal concealment blanket material. Beneath it sits a fire-retardant layer that allows direct contact with the suppressor body.…
This article was originally published by Micahel Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. We live at a time when the pace of change is so rapid that it can be overwhelming at times. More change occurs in a single month than happened during most entire years when I was growing up. When I pull up the news each day, there is always a fresh serving of chaos awaiting me. Unfortunately, chaos is not good for the economy. The U.S. dollar is in the process of dying, debt levels are exploding all around us, more mass layoffs have been announced within…
An off-roader from Genesis? The Korean brand known for luxury cars and SUVs has built one of the coolest off-road concepts I’ve seen in a very long time, and a few more wild ones. Genesis revealed the X Skorpio Concept in the desert, and it is designed to make you think it can conquer it. It also showed off the new GV60 Outdoors and GV70 Outdoors concepts, as well as the GV80 Desert Edition. Genesis X Skorpio Concept (Photo/Genesis) This isn’t some GV70 that the Genesis team has spent a few days on in the shop. The X Skorpio Concept…
Every now and then, Slate gets something right. It doesn’t happen often, and even when it does, they’re able to get the right answer for all of the wrong reasons. That’s because the people they talk to really don’t know what’s going on inside the minds of people who aren’t uber leftists, so they engage in strawman arguments, but some truths are so obvious that it’s impossible for them to miss, even with the strawmanning.A case in point is a recent piece from them about how no one should hold their breath that the back-and-forth…
The Henry SPD Predator is not a traditional lever gun. Instead, it was designed from the action forward to deliver precision usually reserved for modern bolt‑action rifles. Built by Henry’s Special Products Division The SPD Predator comes from Henry Repeating Arms’ Special Products Division. This is the same internal team behind the Lever Action Supreme Rifle. Instead of modifying an existing design, Henry re‑engineered the core systems that normally limit lever‑action accuracy. As a result, the SPD Predator feels purpose‑built rather than adapted. Henry states that the rifle incorporates three newly patented systems: As a result, each system was developed…
SHOT Show 2026 didn’t feel like a hunting show. Tactical and home-defense shotguns dominated the floor, with rails, optics, and black polymer everywhere you turned. The shift was obvious and intentional. Even hitting the range felt foreign. There was almost no one there, and not a single shotgun to be found. The firearms industry is responding to a tense political moment, and product development reflects that reality. Defensive platforms are selling, and manufacturers are chasing demand. That totally makes sense from a business perspective, but it isn’t why we attend SHOT Show. We’re hunters, first. We spend our seasons in…
Springfield Armory is moving quickly to support the Aimpoint COA optic, adding factory A‑Plate slide cuts across several pistol lines starting in March. What’s Changing Beginning in March, Springfield will have all Echelon pistols, along with the 1911 Operator, 1911 Emissary, and Prodigy, available with factory slide cuts designed for the Aimpoint COA. Buyers will also be able to order these pistols pre‑mounted with the optic. Springfield says purchasing the gun with the optic installed can save up to $150 compared to buying the components separately. Why This Is Happening Now The move follows the end of Glock’s exclusivity period…
Two runs, 150 seconds, and a pair of 90-foot jumps: Brett Turcotte has waited 5 years for this very moment. There’s no single event in the world of professional snowmobiling that’s bigger or more consequential than the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. This is where riders get noticed, fans get made, and life-changing sponsorships get inked. In other words, the X Games is to freestyle snowmobiling what the Super Bowl is to the NFL. Unfortunately for athletes like Brett, who have spent their entire adult lives becoming the best snowmobilers on the planet, there hasn’t been any Super Bowl…
In the wake of the shooting of Alex Pretti, and some kind of brain-dead comments from the Trump administration about him having a firearm, most gun rights groups stepped up and set the record straight. The one group that was lukewarm about their response was the NRA.It wasn’t a good look, especially after they refused to comment on the shooting of Philando Castile in 2016. Not commenting on the shooting itself would have been fine, because there’s a lot going on and it’s understandable that some might want to reserve their opinions until they have…
