Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTalking about civil war preparedness isn’t something I enjoy. However, with tensions as high as they are—and nearly half the country believing it’s likely—it’s something we need to consider. A 2024 Marist poll found that 47% of Americans believe a second civil war could happen in their lifetime. When you consider the political anger, the cultural divide, and the daily signs of growing hostility, it’s not hard to see why. Add to that the foreign governments and domestic agitators who benefit from keeping us angry and divided. Then factor in how fast information—true or…

The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) has teamed up with the Second Amendment Foundation to sue Santa Clara County over outrageous CCW Fees and requirements, claiming the procedure and the price tag render the application process unconstitutional.  How onerous is the process? According to the CRPA, the fees required by the county to apply for a CCW cost upwards of $1000, but that’s only the beginning. Additional expenses include a $400 training course and $500 psychological exam, both of which are mandatory. Throw in a set of fingerprits and you’re looking at a $2000 bill to exercise that which…

The United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, has demanded an urgent meeting with top military generals and admirals from around the world. The most violent people in history will gather at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, next week, in an unprecedented move that is causing anxiety almost everywhere. The meeting was convened by the newly rebranded “Department of War,” of which Christian Nationalist Hegeseth leads. While the Pentagon confirmed the meeting, it offered no details on the reasoning or possible motivations. “The secretary of war will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week,” chief spokesman Sean…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024 after a Congressional recommendation in the 2022 defense bill — itself a reflection of efforts by some lawmakers to rescind the awards for those who participated in the bloody massacre on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Wounded Knee Creek.While the events of that day are sometimes…

Vortex is continuing to roll out new optics, and the latest is the Venom Enclosed Micro Red Dot. Vortex has fully committed to the enclosed micro red dot trend, as the company has just announced the Venom Enclosed Micro Red Dot, the fourth model in its catalog. The first Vortex enclosed micro red dot was the Viper, designed for shotguns, followed by the Defender-CCW and Defender-ST Enclosed Solar Micro Red Dots. The Vortex Venom Enclosed Micro Red Dot offers the same rugged reliability of the Defender models, but with no solar feature and a smaller price tag. Featuring a DeltaPoint…

On June 13, 1944, a strange new aircraft appeared in England’s skies.While the Royal Air Force was accustomed to scrambling to intercept German fighter and bomber aircraft from mainland Europe, this new threat was different. It was unmanned.Described by baffled onlookers as a “pilotless plane,” it had wings, a jet engine and a warhead that delivered far-reaching explosive damage on impact. Its engine cut out in midair shortly before it fell on targets. It was self-guided. This was the Fieseler Fi 103, or Vergeltungswaffe 1, better known as the V-1 “flying bomb,” and it’s often called the first cruise missile.…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Two hunters and their hunting dogs were found dead near the water in Highlands County, Florida on Wednesday afternoon. An initial investigation showed that both men and their two dogs died from an apparent lightning strike sometime after 8 p.m. on Monday, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office. The two men, identified by the HCSO as 38-year-old Alexander Karl Getz and 31-year-old Peter James Kaminsky, were both from Miami. HCSO says officers with the Florida…

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Black Powder, Meet Black Rifle Picture it: 1776. A smoky battlefield. Minutemen reload flintlocks while redcoats march in formation. Now imagine one of the Founding Fathers holding an AR-15; a modern symbol of freedom, self-reliance, and resistance to tyranny. The Founding Fathers’ connection to the AR-15 may be satirical here, but the values run deep. Historical hypotheticals can be fun, but here’s the truth—if the Founding Fathers had access to today’s modern arms, they’d absolutely understand and support their use by civilians. The AR-15 isn’t just a rifle. It’s a symbol of constitutional grit, personal freedom, and the enduring right to…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Duck season opened Sept. 1 for Reed Carlson in Alaska. His dog’s first retrieve, a mallard, came straight to hand that morning, followed by 11 more ducks. Carlson’s retriever, Harley, performed like he’d been hunting waterfowl since the day he was born. It was, indeed, what the dog was born to do, though no one knew that at the shelter, where he’d been kept as a stray until a month prior. “I’ve never trained a dog and I’m not much of…

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This article was originally published by Ryan McMaken at The Mises Institute. One of the most memorable passages in the memoir of the escaped slave Frederick Douglass is where he describes how one group of slaves would argue with another group of slaves over whose master was richer or stronger. Exhibiting a mixture of Stockholm syndrome with delusions of grandeur, these slaves, according to Douglass, “seemed to think that the greatness of their masters was transferable to themselves.” Moreover, Douglass noted that the slaves tended not to judge the behavior of their masters by any set objective standards, but in comparison to other…

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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The last time I dragged a deer out of the woods, I distinctly remember the aching pain for the following two weeks. A .5 mile through brush, over laydowns, and up a slight incline was a backbreaker. After that ordeal, I ordered a deer cart and use it on any deer under a mile from the truck. If I’m going farther than…

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