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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPreparedness isn’t about throwing a bunch of gear into one bag and hoping it works. And it’s not about having a bunch of bags and not knowing which to use. It’s about building systems—layered, intentional, and based on how people actually move through the world. Most preppers focus on bag names—Bug Out Bag, INCH Bag, Go Bag—and that’s where confusion starts. The definitions shift. People get stuck wondering: Do I need different bags? What goes in each? Where do I start? What if instead of chasing names, you focused on time?This episode breaks down…

by Lee Williams  The open carry of any commonly used firearm—rifles, shotguns or handguns—is now 100% legal in Florida.  Only California, Connecticut and Illinois still bar their citizens from openly carrying arms.  In a letter sent Monday morning, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned all state prosecutors and every Florida law enforcement agency about McDaniels v. State, in which the First District Court of Appeal struck down Florida’s ban on the open carry of arms.  “Because no other appellate court has considered the constitutionality of Section 790.053 under Bruen and Rahimi, the First District’s decision is binding on all Florida’s…

West Coast Marines have expanded their ongoing barracks refresh to more installations to address backlogged maintenance issues in Marine housing.The two-week surge began Sept. 15 with Operation Clean Sweep III, hosted by I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations West, according to a service release.The third iteration of the barracks cleanup and repair project expands beyond Camp Pendleton to more bases in California and one in Arizona, including Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Marine corps Air Station Yuma.So far, the initiative has completed more than 8,500…

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to make it easier to exhume and remove the remains of veterans convicted of serious crimes from national cemeteries. “The burial grounds of our national cemeteries should be reserved for the bravest and most honorable among us,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in a statement announcing the bill introduced Tuesday. The legislation would give the Department of Veterans Affairs extended authority to disinter the remains of any “disgraced veteran” who wouldn’t be deemed eligible for burial under the standards and practices of current law, Cornyn said. Under current law, the VA can only…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A huge search is underway in Southern Colorado where two nonresident elk hunters in their mid-20s have been missing for several days. They have been out of electronic communication since Thursday. Multiple agencies and scores of volunteers have been canvasing rugged terrain in Game Management Unit 81 since Saturday. Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, Utah, left a vehicle at the Rio De Los Pinos Trailhead near the New Mexico state line, with much…

This article was originally published by Connor O’Keefe at The Mises Institute.  A week ago today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated. In the days since, details about and reactions to the very public and widely-watched murder of the prominent conservative commentator and organizer have been everywhere. Supporters of Kirk are devastated and frustrated. And many have documented the blatant celebrations that took place in many progressive corners of the internet and the ongoing references to wanting someone to do “The Thing” (which means killing Trump) that are everywhere in these online spaces to argue that the collective delusion that a literal 1930s-style Nazi takeover of…

Ruger MK1 Buy Now My friend Ed is a great guy. He’s not only a great teacher, but he’s also a wonderful dad, husband, and shooter. All wonderful qualities. He’s a former deputy with an eye for … shall I say… unique firearms. He’s always showing me something that he acquired one way or another.  A few weeks ago, he brought the above pistol to me. We had talked, in the past, about Ruger’s .22 pistols, especially the early Marks. Many years ago, when I was a band director in a tiny Indiana town and was leaving for another job,…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.I’m not unique. Special to no degree whatsoever and adamant that I don’t deserve the success I’ve had in life so far. If life were fair, my stupidity and naivety would have been punished long ago. But it isn’t, and they weren’t. Instead, promotion and pay raises followed me to each duty station. Commendations, awards, and a “career with unlimited potential,” I was told, lay on the path before me. I told them I was happy,…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Just when I thought the trend of short, fast, illuminated rifle scopes was cooling, a new class of excellent low-power variable optics revived my affection for these do-everything scopes. The new models we tested this year that can transition between ARs, turkey shotguns, dangerous-game rifles, and straight-wall carbines. That’s the sweet spot for this category of optic. The best LPVOs have reticles and magnifications that make them useful for target shooting out to 200 and 300 yards. And on a hunting…

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine expects there will be around $3.5 billion by next month in a fund to buy weapons from the United States and help sustain its more than three-year fight against Russia’s all-out invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.The financial arrangement known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL, pools contributions from NATO members, except the United States, to purchase American weapons, munitions and equipment.“We received more than $2 billion from our partners specifically for the PURL program,” Zelenskyy said at a joint news conference in Kyiv with visiting European Parliament President Roberta Metsola. ”We will…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics A fisherman in New York had his hopes dashed earlier this month, when he learned that his certified state-record salmon wouldn’t qualify for the books, after all. This wasn’t his fault, according to New York Upstate, who first reported the story. He caught the fish legally and followed all the proper steps to certify it, and for a short period, he was even told he had the record in the bag. But as it turns out, he caught the rare salmon just one year too late…

Tricare Prime beneficiaries in the West Region should take note of a looming deadline for specialty care referrals to avoid paying out-of-pocket costs. The deadline is Sept. 30 and applies to two types of referrals. This includes beneficiaries who have been receiving care under referrals issued during the special referral approval waiver period earlier this year. Those who used the waiver between Jan. 1 and June 30 and still need to continue seeing that specialist after Sept. 30 must obtain a new referral to a network specialist before Oct. 1, according to Tricare officials. The second type of referral includes…