The outdoor industry lost one of its pioneers last month. Rodney Johnson, who founded Minneapolis-based outdoor store Midwest Mountaineering, passed away at the age of 76 on October 26. Johnson operated the store for over 50 years, helping an untold number of folks enjoy the great outdoors. Who Was Rodney Johnson? Johnson was an avid outdoorsman, climber, hiker, and paddler. In emails with GearJunkie, longtime store manager and friend, Randy “Rudi” Hargesheimer, recounted that Johnson was a true outdoor fanatic. “Rod was a gear-head and an adrenaline junkie, like so many of us outdoor-loving adventurers. He did everything his way,…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has quietly retreated from his planned special session on gun control, but he continues to push for a ban on so-called assault weapons when the state legislature begins its 2026 session next February. The odds of a gun ban bill getting through the Democrat-Farmer-Labor-controlled Senate were already fairly decent, but there are a couple of DFL senators who’d been quiet about whether or not they’d support a ban. Now one of them, a supposed moderate named Judy Seeberger, has decided to break her silence and come out in favor of a…
The U.S. Coast Guard is piggybacking on the news of its highest recruiting numbers in decades by soliciting a new potential location for a training center, Military.com has learned.The service announced Friday that its Fiscal Year 2025 accession numbers were the highest since 1991, with 5,204 active-duty enlisted service members–equivalent to hitting 121% of its target of 4,300 members for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2024, and concluded Sept. 30, 2025. It exceeded USCG expectations.USCG, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), today announced a Request for Information (RFI) and market research to identify prospective locations nationwide…
I grew up on a steady stream of books that contained not only really great information, but a lot of high-quality pictures. I could probably spend hours reading and looking at Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections. These days, however, I’ve come to really appreciate the more historically oriented coffee table books that Headstamp Publishing has been putting out. Their latest book, authored by Forgotten Weapons’ Ian McCollum, Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025, is available now through their Kickstarter campaign, which has already fulfilled its funding goal, a mere 6 hours into it. Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917…
From dawn patrol corduroy to hidden powder stashes, the best women’s all-mountain skis are made for skiers who want to do it all. These quiver-of-one workhorses thrive on everything the mountain throws at you — smooth groomers, wind-buffed ridges, or surprise tree runs with friends. We tested the top contenders in everything from knee-deep powder to East Coast ice, skiing hard at Stowe in Vermont, Jackson Hole in Wyoming, Utah’s Powder Mountain, and more than half a dozen Idaho resorts. What follows is our A-List, the cream of the crop for women’s all-mountain skis. Whether you’re chasing the all-around excellence…
I’ve long said that if you want mandatory gun safety training for people to exercise their Second Amendment rights, rather than mandating it before a purchase, mandate it as part of the school curriculum so that everyone gets it that way, and it’s not a barrier to buying a firearm lawfully. Most of the states that want mandatory training, though, aren’t exactly the kind of states that will embrace gun training of any kind in public schools.But some other states looked at it rather differently.Now, three require it.This school year, students in elementary, middle and…
If you’re an avid whitewater kayaker, take note: Werner Paddles is recalling two of its latest kayak paddles. The paddles may break, posing a risk of drowning. On Nov. 9, Werner Paddles posted a notification that it’s recalling its Covert and Stealth downriver whitewater racing models of kayak paddles. The brand says, “We have identified an issue with the collar of the paddle where the blade meets the shaft.” Basically, the blade can break off from the shaft. GearJunkie confirmed with a Werner team paddler that this issue is due to a problem with the mold and is being addressed…
The Senate reached a tentative agreement to re-open the federal government late on Sunday evening, and if the House concurs with the package approved by the upper chamber the Schumer Shutdown could be over in a matter of days. Once the shutdown is over the House is expected to return to regular business, and that includes a potential floor vote on HR 38, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025” that was placed on the House calendar just before the shutdown began. Under the bill, which currently has 189 sponsors, “a person who is not…
United States President Donald Trump has promised every single American, except those who are “high income”, a $2000 tariff dividend. This dividend would be funded by his tariff policies and is currently under review for “legality” by the Supreme Court. “A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high-income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday. “People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS!” the ruler added, insisting that the policy is contributing “trillions of dollars” to the U.S. budget and will help reduce the nation’s $38 trillion national debt. The tariffs are also…
The gun control lobby’s campaign against Glock is being waged on a couple of different fronts. There’s the legislative side, where groups like Everytown for Gun Safety are pushing bills to ban the sale of Glock handguns like the one recently signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Then there’s the litigation side, where gun control groups are aiding cities and states that are using the courts to block the sale of some of the most popular handguns in the country. The cities of Chicago, Baltimore, and Seattle have all sued the gunmaker, claiming…
United States ruler Donald Trump has confirmed that he’s authorized the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to conduct operations in Venezuela. Trump said the operations are covert in nature and will mark a sharp escalation of tensions between the two countries. The U.S. has already committed obvious war crimes against Venezuelan citizens, and President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to retaliate if violence is used within the country’s borders. According to a report by Reuters, The New York Times first reported the classified directive, citing U.S. officials familiar with the decision. Sources say that the Trump administration’s Venezuela strategy aims to remove…
The ink from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pen was barely dry on the recently passed legislation banning Glock handguns before several gun-rights groups joined to file a lawsuit challenging the ban. On October 13, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), National Rifle Association (NRA) and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed the lawsuit challenging the ban, just three days after Gov. Newsom—arguably America’s most anti-gun governor—signed the measure into law. Under AB 1127, California firearm dealers will be prohibited from selling a broad class of popular and constitutionally protected semi-automatic handguns, including Glocks. It specifically bans the sale of “…any semi-automatic pistol with…
A spate of shootings across Mississippi last weekend has lead to gun control advocates demanding a change to state law. Specifically, the activists are calling for an end to the state’s longstanding practice of allowing openly carried firearms, though there’s no indication that any of the suspects who’ve been arrested for these crimes were openly carrying. In fact, several of the shootings took place in “gun-free zones” where neither open nor concealed carry is allowed. “Open carry has created open season within our communities. And it affects all of us,” said Sharon Brown, director of the…
This article was originally published by Patrick Lewis at Natural News. The U.S. is sending up to 200 troops already in the Middle East to Israel, tasked with overseeing and coordinating the Gaza ceasefire rather than engaging in combat. A Joint Control Center, led by the U.S. and staffed also by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the U.A.E., aims to lend neutrality—Turkish and Arab participation was reportedly a Hamas-brokered compromise. American forces will integrate and manage the multinational mission (e.g., movement, intelligence, liaison with Israel), but no U.S. troops will enter Gaza under current plans. Troop deployments toward Israel are underway;…
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”I ask you to take a look at each and every word there. I’m sure most of you know it by heart, so there’s no need, but for everyone else, take a moment and look at what words the Founding Fathers included, and perhaps more importantly, which ones they didn’t include. Obviously, there are a billion words across multiple languages that they didn’t use, but one of those is…
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