Life has been good for the Second Amendment lately. Sure, there are state-level setbacks, but the Supreme Court issued two key rulings in favor of gun rights, agreed to take what may become one of the most important cases on guns since the Second Amendment was ratified, and the Department of Justice is proverbially kicking in doors to defend gun rights for a change. It’s not a bad time to be alive, really.And that’s why, it seems, Democrats have decided that since they can’t win on the merits of constitutional arguments, they just need to…

The Senate failed to advance the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, stalling a defense policy bill containing a sweeping proposal for U.S.-Israel military technology cooperation. The plan has drawn intense online opposition from Americans who call it “treason,” arguing that it would compromise U.S. sovereignty and warn that it could expose sensitive technology and intelligence to a foreign government. One day later, just 104 House lawmakers and only one Republican voted on a failed amendment on a different bill to cut $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel. The Senate did not vote on final…

I never thought much about crowd safety until one day, I attended a summer event, and things started to feel wrong. People were so tightly packed that I couldn’t move much on my own. I felt very closed in and close to panic. I eventually moved toward the edge of the crowd and got out. This can happen to anyone. It can be a concert that suddenly gets too packed. Or a show exit that slows to a standstill. Everyone might start moving at once, and no one feels in control at all. The problem is that when things shift…

When LJ Wilde and his family approached the trailhead at Grand Teton National Park, he felt a bit nervous about what park rangers might say to him. After all, Wilde was pulling along his paraplegic daughter in a prototype hiking cart that he’d designed and built. It was the first time testing it in the wild, and he didn’t know how the rangers might react to him taking this one-wheeled contraption into the park. Still, ranger comments or not, he’d spent the last several months working every night on his design so his disabled daughter could join the rest of…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened leaders from more than 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration’s latest effort to quell what it calls “left wing” political terrorism, a marquee issue for Republicans heading into the midterm elections. This focus comes even as studies show that there are very few reported cases of such incidents in the U.S., especially compared to historically higher levels of far-right violence. With sweeping statements about the “alarming rise” of political violence by the left, Rubio and other U.S. officials painted a dark image of the future if the “communists and…

Morale in the United States was lower during the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Unfortunately, many Americans were not feeling very festive or positive about the US. Two weeks before the US’s anniversary, The Associated Press published a poll that captured the depth of American anxiety about the ruling class and life in general in the country. The numbers were grim. More than two-thirds (70%) of Americans no longer consider their country the greatest nation on Earth, while 64% believe American democracy is in danger. And 38% don’t believe the United States will survive another…

Trail running shoes should offer grip, cushion, and protection. The priority? To stay comfortable on our feet while we explore everything from mellow dirt paths to rocky, technical terrain. For this update, lead testers Conni Mahoney and Chris Kassar tested six pairs of trail running shoes over six months in Colorado, the Tetons, and southern Utah. We compared options for daily training, race day, technical mountain terrain, road-to-trail miles, and wide-foot comfort. The HOKA Speedgoat 7 stands out as our top overall pick for its versatile mix of cushion, traction, and trail confidence. The Salomon Pulsar is our favorite budget-friendly…

It’s been something watching Colorado’s decline into an anti-gun crapshow. Whereas it was once fairly pro-gun, all things considered, that started to change after the shooting in Aurora. I get that it upset a lot of people, and that’s because anything like that should upset folks. The response, though, was wrong, and while the public responded at the time, I haven’t seen a whole lot of that since then. Instead, voters keep electing the same people who continue to nibble at their rights.At the Denver Gazette, journalist Chris Dorsey makes an argument that I think…

Great Dungeons & Dragons games aren’t in short supply, but we have yet to be blessed with an AAA open-world RPG set in the universe. The upcoming Warlock could fill that void with an action-adventure slant, and Pseudo-open-world masterpieces like Baldur’s Gate 3 can definitely scratch the same itch; however, as of right now, a DnD open-world RPG technically doesn’t exist. Consequently, we need to look elsewhere to find a game that captures the spirit and beautiful chaos of a tabletop campaign. From deep character customization to open-ended gameplay, party management, and tactical warfare, these open-world RPGs share different commonalities…

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The gun control movement is based on a simple premise: more guns lead to more crime, and the only way to truly make the United States safer is to reduce the number of firearms in circulation.  When the modern gun control lobby got started in the 1960s, that idea seemed somewhat logical. Violent crime kept going up, and every year more and more guns were added to the mix. In 1991, though, violent crime peaked and then started its decade-long decline, but we continued purchasing millions of firearms each year. From the early 1990s to 2020,…

The recovery process from hard training requires several important factors to be in balance. These are nutrition, sleep, hydration, how your workouts are structured, and how you rest during your non-training time. If any of these is not up to par, the ability to fully recover diminishes, leading to negative results. Overtraining symptoms can even begin to appear. Depending on how you feel, your effort levels, and physical conditioning, you might need complete rest or an active rest option. Complete rest is just eating well, sleeping well, hydrating and doing nothing. Active rest is doing one or two very light,…