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When bullying happens to your child, you want something done about it. I tend to think an old-school butt-whooping from the victim does more good than anything, but I’ve been informed by more than one school administrator that such behavior isn’t acceptable. I’m just going to say, after the one where my kid had to be dragged off of the would-be bully, he never had a problem again. Anyway, it’s tough for a father to deal with it, because what was considered normal in our day isn’t today, and in some cases, the bullies are…
More than 21 million veterans and service members live in the U.S., but only about 6% of them bought a home using a VA home loan in the past five years. That percentage could be much higher. Eligible veterans often bypass the program for a number of reasons. First, they may not know all the advantages. Second, they may think getting a VA loan is an arduous process to be avoided. Last, some lenders don’t take the time to teach veterans about the program, or don’t know much about it themselves. The VA home loan is a program non-military home…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to announce Wednesday that he will cut general and admiral positions across the military by 20%, effectively doubling the reduction he ordered last year as part of a broader plan to reshape the senior ranks by Jan. 1, 2027. Hegseth is scheduled to lay out the plan during a “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, according to Pentagon officials cited by several news outlets, including Fox News, which first reported it. Quantico is the same site where the secretary gathered the United States’ highest ranking generals and admirals…
Being a police officer is tough. I wouldn’t do it for three times the top-end pay for an officer, much less what they actually get paid. Growing up around the profession, I saw just what kind of toll it could take on a person, and that’s without losing a number of your colleagues in a single day. Just one was enough to rattle a lot of police officers’ families deeply. Officers in Charlotte, NC, dealt with that back in 2024 when four of their colleagues were gunned down by a convicted felon armed with a…
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. has “strong indications” that Iran played a part in the incident that saw five men arrested near a U.S.-run military air base in England late at night, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday. Burnham said U.K. and U.S. officials are carrying out a “complex and serious” investigation into how and why five men and three vans were near the perimeter of RAF Fairford, a base that has been used by American bombers striking Iran during this year’s war. Five British men in their 20s were arrested Sunday on suspicion of explosives offenses and planning an…
Let’s start off by noting that yes, warning shots are stupid. I don’t feel like getting into why, generally speaking, in this piece, because it’s not about that. It’s about a California man facing charges for firing warning shots. It started with the nightmare scenario for many people: the proverbial bump in the night. Someone was inside of the home in the dark of night who shouldn’t have been there.So a man who works as a security guard decided he needed to do something, but he apparently didn’t want to hurt anyone.A security guard was…
An Air Force officer who was arrested after calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment has been recommended to stand trial by general court-martial—the military’s most serious level of trial—on most of the charges against him, according to his attorney. Maj. Jason Watson was arrested in uniform on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in July as he called for Trump to be impeached, arguing that the president had violated the Constitution and that Trump and Vice President JD Vance should be removed from office. Watson has said he acted not out of partisanship but to uphold his oath to defend…
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has already successfully gone after the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department over its unreasonable delays in processing concealed carry applications and recently targeted San Jose, California over its excessive fees for concealed carry permits, but now the division is seeking to strike down another local law on the books in San Jose. The Justice Department filed its first complaint against the city’s $1591 application fee a couple of weeks ago, but on Tuesday the agency filed an amended complaint this week that challenges San Jose’s requirement that concealed carry applicants undergo…
There are few products so universally recognized that they are recommended for almost everything. For keeping things in place, there’s duct tape, and for loosening things up, there’s WD-40. Originally formulated in the early 1950s by the Rocket Chemical Company in San Diego as an anti-corrosive treatment for missiles, it became commercially available in 1958. You can find lists online that promote it as a cure-all for every lubrication need imaginable and more, from silencing squeaky hinges to removing stains from the toilet bowl. There are only two problems with WD-40. One: it contains some nasty petrochemicals that you might…
The gun control group Giffords is opening up its pocket book and spending big to help boost the campaigns of several anti-gun candidates. You might not see any Giffords ad promoting candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, though. According to Semafor’s Burgess Everett, the group will be attacking pro-Second Amendment candidates rather than lauding the candidates Giffords has endorsed. And while Giffords has announced several of their targets, there’s at least one curious omission. The group, Giffords, is spending $1 million against former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers in the Senate race in Michigan, $850,000 in an initial buy…
A 53-year-old Army veteran is accused of killing two apartment leasing agents last week in Texas. Derrick Jackson allegedly shot Rosa Linda Ybarra, 67, and Felix Antonio Jimenez-Macz, 47, at the Park at Woodlake in West Houston, prosecutor Simone Colson said Sept. 9 in court, according to the Houston Chronicle. The shooting occurred Sept. 3 during an argument about Jackson’s leasing agreement, which “caused him to snap,” Colson said. Colson added that she did not know the full details of what the argument was about, though Jackson reportedly told authorities he was upset when Jimenez-Macz used “Spanglish” in their conversation,…
I owe Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway an apology. I blasted her for not defending the state’s Stand Your Ground laws recently, and really felt that was a big betrayal of the Second Amendment community. This was not a universally held opinion, by any means, but I call them like I see them, and while I still would have preferred to see a vigorous defense of the law, there might be reasons I wasn’t privy to. Why am I feeling so magnanimous?Because she’s doing something based enough that I don’t care what she failed to…
The U.S. Armed Forces consist of six branches: the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The Army handles land-based operations, the Navy conducts naval missions, the Marine Corps specializes in amphibious warfare, the Air Force manages air and space operations, the Space Force protects U.S. interests in space, and the Coast Guard is responsible for maritime security and law enforcement. Together, they safeguard the nation’s interests, with each branch having distinct roles and areas of expertise. There are three general categories of military people: active duty (full-time soldiers and sailors), reserve & guard forces (usually…
Seattle’s interim police chief Andre Sayles has been ruthlessly mocked this week for referring to “trigger pullers” when discussing plans to proactively attack violent crime in the city. As the New York Post reports, a lot of folks have accused Sayles of using woke terminology instead of referring to “shooters.” “Are they doing anything about the shootings themselves or just making sure they don’t overstep boundaries with criminals?” one X user wondered.“You still got shot either way, the word choice didn’t stop it,” another commenter pointed out.One poster chimed in with some additional mock suggestions…
If you’re a military spouse with little or no credit history, the fastest way to start building credit is usually to get added as an authorized user on your service member’s credit card. It doesn’t require an application, hard credit inquiry, or income verification. Once the card issuer starts reporting the account, that card’s payment history, credit limit, and account age appear on your credit report and start working in your favor. Key Takeaways Get added as an authorized user to rapidly build credit without a hard inquiry or application. Confirm issuers report authorized users and add your SSN so…
If you’re shopping for a home and you’re not finding anything on the market that fits your needs, you might consider building your own house. While a VA loan can be used to finance the construction of a brand new home, it can be difficult to find a lender that will issue one. In this guide, we’ll explain how you can use a VA loan to fund a new-home build, how the process works, and how to find a lender that will offer VA-approved financing. Construction Basics When you decide to build a house, you’ll need a construction loan. And…
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has fired a rhetorical shot across the bow of San Jose’s City Hall, warning officials that a lawsuit is coming if the city doesn’t take immediate steps to bring down the outrageously high fees the city charges residents applying for a concealed carry license. Constitutional rights aren’t for sale. Charging $1,600 to carry a firearm outside the home is unconscionable and unconstitutional. The @CivilRights Division is working hard to protect San Jose’s residents from Second Amendment violations! pic.twitter.com/fo6PWRZGcY— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) September 9, 2026In her letter to Mayor Matt Mahan, SJPD…
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We’ve been waiting for years for something like Viramontes to come before the Supreme Court. While a few years ago, the outcome might have been more in doubt, the Supreme Court of today looks little like the one that decided Heller and McDonald, and that’s not a bad thing. While both of those cases are important and clearly benefited us, the Court was a less certain place for Second Amendment issues, and they were almost never heard. We went more than a decade before we got another gun case.Today, though, we’re finally getting what we…
A new letter written to the heads of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide more thorough explanations for promotions and demotions. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost both her legs in the Iraq War, sent the letter Thursday morning to SASC Chair Roger Wicker, a Republican, and Ranking Member Jack Reed; as well as HASC Chair Mike Rogers, a Republican, and Ranking Member Adam Smith. It urges the committee leaders to retain Sections 501 and 502 of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act…
