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Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The OL gun team takes shooting very seriously — especially when it comes to picking the best concealed carry guns. Over the years, we’ve tested and carried dozens of pistols and revolvers, and sent many thousands of rounds downrange doing so. These are our top picks for defensive handguns that are ideal for concealed carry.  Top Picks More Great Compacts More Great Sub-Compacts Revolvers Concealed Carry Guns: Our Top Picks Staccato HD C3.6 See It Pros Great ergonomics Smooth recoil cycle Excellent trigger Compatible…

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday “will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran: The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes, intelligence more refined and better than ever.”Shortly before the statement shared at Tuesday’s press briefing, he said “the last 24 hours have seen Iran fire the lowest amount of missiles they have fired yet.”Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. forces hit more than 5,000 targets, and that their three objectives included destruction of Iranian ballistic missile and drone capability; hitting Iran’s navy to allow movement…

This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute.  Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most capital-intensive industries in history. Consider: Semiconductor fabrication plants cost tens of billions of dollars. Massive data centers consume extraordinary amounts of electricity, sending power bills soaring. Specialized engineering talent commands premium wages. (Although the median salary for an AI professional is $160K annually, the top 1 percent of AI researchers receive compensation packages exceeding $1 million). Global supply chains must coordinate rare materials, precision manufacturing, and complex infrastructure. Yet discussions about artificial intelligence almost never address the most important economic variable shaping its development:…

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — On March 4, when a U.S. Navy submarine torpedoed an enemy combatant for the first time since World War II, three Australian submariners were aboard.This was a contentious point for Canberra, as it is not a party to military actions against Iran.Two days later, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the presence of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) sailors aboard the U.S. submarine when the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena was sunk.“We wouldn’t normally confirm such an issue, but given our meetings and the public interest, I can confirm that there were three Australian personnel on board that vessel,”…

For over 100 years, Arlington National Cemetery has been the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but it hasn’t always been guarded — or revered.Following the soldier’s 1921 internment, the burial site was unguarded and often treated as a tourist attraction by visitors. That is, until 1925, when “concern over the lack of respect led Army Maj. Gen. Fox Conner, the Army’s deputy chief of staff, to order an armed military guard on March 24, 1926,” according to the Department of Defense. The first sentinel was posted the very next morning, with soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment…

Multiple U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers have arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, as American forces intensify strike operations against Iran under Operation Epic Fury. The U.K. Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday that U.S. forces had begun using the British base for “specific defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region.” The BBC reported at least three B-1B Lancers at the base, with the first aircraft arriving the evening of March 6 and two more on March 7. Aviation tracking outlet The Aviationist reported four arrivals in the initial deployment, followed by a second flight…

President Donald Trump declared on Monday that the United States has already “won” the war with Iran “in many ways,” but conceded that broader objectives of the conflict — which he described as a “little excursion” — remain unresolved. Trump, speaking from his eponymously named golf club in South Florida during a House Republican policy retreat, addressed the state of the war, while reflecting on its human cost. “The hardest thing to do is go to Dover,” he said, referring to his weekend visit to the Air Force base in Delaware where the remains of the first six American service…

NEW DELHI — The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting Tehran’s claim the vessel was unarmed and Iranian officials insisting it was operating in a noncombat role.The United States Indo-Pacific Command on Sunday rejected Iran’s claim that the warship IRIS Dena was unarmed when it was sunk in a submarine attack in international waters off Sri Lanka on March 4. In a statement on X, INDOPACOM called Iran’s assertion that the vessel was unarmed “false.”The response followed strong objections from Tehran,…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Dick Grzywinski, better known as the Griz, is a fishing legend in the Upper Midwest.  He did his most notable his fishing in the 1990s, which were arguably the golden age of fishing media here, when icons like Larry Dahlberg, Ron Schara, and the Lindner brothers dominated outdoor television, print media, and radio. During this time the Griz was featured in countless magazine articles, newspaper columns, fishing shows, and radio programs for his expert fishing advice. When a writer needed a column or a TV show…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its strike group finished a pre-deployment training event that prepares naval forces for long-term sustained combat, according to the U.S. Navy.The carrier completed Composite Training Unit Exercise, or COMPTUEX, on March 5, certifying and readying the carrier strike group for deployment for U.S. Fleet Forces Command.“COMPTUEX is the certification event for the strike group to let us know we are ready for major combat operations around the world,” said Rear Adm. Alexis Walker, commander of Carrier Strike Group 10. “It brings the entire strike group team together and enables us to…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: Iran Says ‘No Room’ for Talks As US Seeks To ‘Partition Country, Take Oil’ – New Hardline Ayatollah Takes Command Summary: Younger, reportedly more ‘hardline’ Ayatollah takes command as regime stability continues: Military and political elites have pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaces his slain father as supreme leader and is viewed as a figure favored by the IRGC. Offramp, or more global shock & pain ahead? Trump, after seeing oil prices: Short-term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is…

“Wake up, daddy’s home,” Robert Downey Jr., playing the role of Iron Man, says at the beginning of a video posted to the White House’s X account Friday. In the post, the clip kicks off a high-energy mashup of scenes from popular movies and TV shows cut together with real-world footage of U.S. military strikes against Iran.The video was one of six posts Friday on the White House’s social media accounts that liberally pulled snippets from popular films, TV shows, sports events and music — running the gamut from AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” to SpongeBob SquarePants — and paired the clips with…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The morning of March 5 was a good one for Silas Turner, who’d been guiding a pair of crappie anglers on Georgia’s Lake Blackshear. Turner returned to the dock around midday and dropped off his happy clients, leaving him plenty of time to do some fishing himself. “I decided to try that early afternoon for largemouth bass,” Turner, the co-owner of C&S Guide Service, tells Outdoor Life. “I was just fun fishing alone in the middle of a creek on the lake’s east side. Using sonar,…

Master the Art of
Preparedness and Survival

Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews,
and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.