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,…

It’s not surprising that performance wool has become so popular — the natural fiber offers major benefits over petroleum-based clothing like polyester. It’s better at moisture-wicking and thermoregulation, and it doesn’t leech microplastics into our blood and the environment. That has helped drive a surge in popularity of merino wool garments in the last few years, especially in the outdoor apparel industry. Merino wool, which comes from a particular breed of sheep that originated in Spain, has become increasingly sought-after as more consumers worldwide seek soft, comfortable alternatives to synthetic, plastic-based clothing, according to multiple wool brands interviewed by GearJunkie.…

The shooting on a highway in Cambridge, Massachusetts, could have been bigger news. However, for that to have happened, a lot of innocent people would have had to die, and I’m thrilled that didn’t happen. It should have still been bigger news, though, because of the actions of a man, reportedly a former Marine, who engaged the active shooter. People like that need to be talked about more, because heroism is real and rare, and societies need heroes. They don’t need the self-aggrandizing type that buys into their own BS and tries to cash in…

The battle of the full-size luxury sedans became all the more competitive through the 1980s, as Japanese brands like Nissan and Toyota turned their attention to getting the better of the trend-setting Germans. Having already largely conquered the compact market through the middle of the decade, the Japanese automotive industry wanted to show that it could nail a car designed to make you feel special, as opposed to one that’ll simply get you to your destination. Nissan elected to go the extra mile in its attempts to tempt buyers into spending money on its latest creation. How Nissan Built A…

As the world’s fastest Ebola outbreak spreads, more health care workers strike at facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is still spreading, and new challenges are emerging even as work begins on a study of two badly needed treatments for a type of Ebola that currently has none. The Bundibugyo strain is having a major impact on the ability to slow the spread of the virus. The more common Zaire strain is better-known, making it easier to treat. Over 2,000 cases, including over 750 deaths, have been confirmed. Now cases are suspected…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More Hunting season will be here before you know it, which means it’s time for preseason scouting. Fortunately for hunters, TACTACAM just dropped its newest trail cameras, the TACTACAM REVEAL 4.0 and TACTACAM REVEAL Pro 4.0. If heading out to the farm to set up tree stands or hiking into the mountains in search of wallows is on your to-do list for July and August, these are some cameras you should have your eyes on. I had the opportunity to deploy some of them this…

A divided Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an en banc review of a decision upholding California’s ban on switchblades, a decision that led one of the eight dissenting judges to declare it’s time for the Supreme Court to “consider summarily reversing some of our wayward Second Amendment decisions.” Putting it in less legal terms, Judge Lawrence VanDyke declared “it’s time for some benchslaps.” The en banc denial in Knife Rights v. Bonta is based on the fact that the plaintiffs brought a facial challenge to the ban, according to the three judges who offered…

The U.S. Navy is reviewing a Blue Angels flyover after one of the squadron’s jets flew lower than its standard profile over a crowded shoreline at Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Wednesday morning, drawing both praise and concern across social media and prompting a response from the service. Every summer, crowds gather on Pensacola Beach in the early morning to open air show week the same way, with coffee and lawn chairs and the low rumble of jets somewhere out over the Gulf. On Wednesday, the rumble arrived closer than anyone expected. A Blue Angels jet came in low over the…

Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More From Central Florida to the Keys, the end of the Florida peninsula is a complicated place, to say the least. The ecology is endlessly dynamic — thanks to the fluid boundary between freshwater wetlands, the coastal buffer of mangrove forests, and rich saltwater estuaries — and at risk, thanks to mankind’s attempts to control it.  It’s one giant ecosystem, not only interconnected by complex hydrology, but also by a distinct culture of caretakers. A few anglers, with lives oriented around these wild and precious waters,…

Look, I get that guns aren’t something your average Democrat seems to understand. The fact that most of the ones we encounter who seem into guns are trying to kill somebody on the right doesn’t exactly help all that much. So, when someone like James Talarico spouts off on the topic, you need to expect a certain degree of ignorance, at best. More likely, it’s stupidity, though, because Talarico is in Texas. He could learn if he wanted to.And the fact that he hasn’t is a major problem for him, at least as the National…

Slate announced the price of its back-to-basics electric pickup truck in June, but not the destination charge. That fee is a mandatory, non-negotiable price that every automaker adds to the sticker, and it can vary from company to company. Much attention has been given to destination fees in the last several years, as they’ve steadily increased across the board. So when Slate said its barebones truck started at $24,950, it fell squarely into Slate’s mid-$20,000 range the company promised. But we also knew the destination charge would change that – possibly by a significant margin. So, is this still a…