When people talk about preparedness, ammo tends to get tossed around like it’s candy at a parade. Some folks thousands of rounds for every caliber under the sun. Others think two boxes of 9mm ammunition in the nightstand drawer should suffice. So… how much is actually enough? Let’s cut through the social media firestorm that can arise when discussing this issue and get to the real numbers—for pistols, rifles, and shotguns—with a focus on personal and family defense. I want to caveat this by stating that this is about having enough ammunition on hand to ensure you’re fairly well-prepared for…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  Do you feel like we are on the precipice of another major turning point? If someone asked me that question at this moment, I would have to respond in the affirmative. Personally, I am going to be on high alert throughout the entire month of October, because it appears that some really big things could be about to happen. In particular, there is a lot of chatter that a major false flag event could be imminent. The Ukrainians know that the only way they can…

When most shooters hear the phrase “8mm Mauser,” they typically picture the Mauser 98. But the cartridge, and an important chapter of German small-arms history, began earlier with the Gewehr 88 Commission Rifle. I grew up paging through my father’s old gun magazines and books, and the Gewehr 88’s unusual silhouette always stuck with me. Almost 10 years ago, I finally bought one: a cleaned, converted 1888 Commission Rifle from a friend’s late father’s collection. Handling it and digging into its past (Paul Scalata’s book A Collector’s Guide to the German Gew. 88 Commission Rifle was especially helpful) revealed there…

Funding for the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) tuition assistance program for military spouses has been halted during the government shutdown, according to defense officials.Officials provided more clarity this week on the status of a number of quality-of-life programs for the military community. No new requests for MyCAA financial assistance have been approved since Sept. 30, officials stated in an announcement on the Military OneSource site. The shutdown began Oct. 1. If a spouse’s request for assistance was approved before Sept. 30, they can continue to attend classes. Through the Defense Department’s MyCAA, spouses of certain service members can receive…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A duck hunter on Maquoit Bay, Maine, had to phone the police Wednesday afternoon after an attempt to retrieve several ducks went awry.  Matthew Alexander of Topsham had shot several ducks while hunting from an embankment along Wharton’s Point, according to a statement issued by the Brunswick police department Thursday. When the 31-year-old walked across the mud to retrieve them, the ground gave out from underneath him and he suddenly sank waist-deep in the muck. “He was unable to move, and…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing four people.“Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!” Hegseth posted on X with a video showing a boat blown up in a strike.The strike was carried out in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, according to Hegseth.The Trump administration has justified its military actions in the Western…

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. For most of us, the limiting factor in building an arsenal of cellular trail cameras is cost. At at least $100 per camera, plus the data to power it, you could easily spend $500 to $1,000 (or more) on building up a roster of cameras and running them through a season. That’s why this deal on a 2-pack of Moultrie Edge 2…

If you’ve always thought that the ban on carrying firearms in post offices was bogus, you’ll be gratified to know that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas agrees with you. On September 30, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a case challenging the ban on possessing and carrying firearms in post offices. In granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, the court granted both declaratory and injunctive relief, declaring the ban unconstitutional and enjoining its enforcement against the plaintiffs.  “The Court determines that both 18 U.S.C. § 930(a) and 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(1)…

Todd Arrington, the director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, stepped down this week after a dispute with the Trump administration over gifting a sword in the museum’s collection to King Charles, according to multiple news reports.Arrington, an Army veteran and career historian who previously held posts with the National Archives and Records Administration and National Park Service — most recently at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Ohio — was told Monday by an unnamed supervisor to “resign or be fired.” Arrington stepped down.“I was obviously shocked and saddened and heartbroken,” Arrington said in an interview…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. “I don’t know if this will work, but I don’t think it’ll hurt.” I hand the folding saw back to Arc and pick up the two alder boughs I’ve just cut. Through the screening leaves I see my husband raise his eyebrows, but he doesn’t object. Instead, he falls in line and we begin to creep, single-file and shielded by brush, across the valley toward a herd of caribou. The 800 yards of tundra between us looks flat. It’s why we’re…

The Pentagon issued several memos this week that impose strict fitness and grooming standards, lessen education requirements and upend the Defense Department’s processes for reporting discrimination and fraud, waste and abuse.“It all starts with physical fitness and appearance,” Hegseth told hundreds of military leaders during a rare gathering of top brass at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday. “Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops.”According to one memo with the subject line “Military Fitness Standards” released Tuesday, active-duty troops are now required to take two annual fitness tests, in addition…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. A 60-year-old man who was found dead at an Arkansas campground Thursday was likely killed by a black bear, according to officials in Newton County. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office said it was still awaiting autopsy results to determine the man’s cause of death, but that a preliminary investigation led them to believe a bear was responsible. “Until the Arkansas Crime Lab completes the autopsy, we can’t one hundred percent say it was a bear, but…

SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration is tapping National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to be temporary immigration judges after firing dozens of existing judges, the latest step in a broader plan that experts warn could harm immigration courts and the military justice system.Training for the first group of Army lawyers begins Monday and training for the second group is expected to start in the spring, several former and current military reserve lawyers said they were told. Roughly 100 Army Reserve lawyers are expected to participate, with 50 beginning a nearly six-month assignment immediately after their training, according to a…

Gun owners are the losers, and the federal government, which was alleged to be pro-gun now, is the winner in a Texas-based case challenging the federal law making it illegal to sell or purchase handguns across interstate lines. On September 30, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas upheld the unconstitutional provision that prevents lawful Americans from practicing their Second Amendment rights in a Firearms Policy Coalition-backed challenge known as Elite Precision Customs v. ATF. “The plain text of the Second Amendment does not cover the conduct regulated by the Sale Restrictions,” District Judge Mark Pittman wrote…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court will review a case regarding Hawaii’s laws restricting where people are able to carry firearms.Hawaii’s law bans guns on private property unless the owner has specifically allowed them, according to The Associated Press. Guns are also prohibited from beaches, parks, bars and restaurants. The Trump administration has argued that the law violates the Court’s 2022 ruling on the Second Amendment, in which it found that people have the right to carry firearms in public. However, state attorneys say concealed-carry regulations have been changed to align with the ruling.The case is…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Fishhooks on the Plains,” appeared in the August 1954 issue of Outdoor Life. A sneeze was that buck antelope’s undoing. When Lee Hayne led me to the top of a ridge, where we hoped to glass a solitary old pronghorn, the sharp and tangy smell of sage finally got me. It tickled my nose unbearably. Though I buried my face in the rimrock, that sneeze exploded like a Comanche war whoop. Lee lay taut beside me. “All you needed to…

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This article was originally published by Ryan McMaken at The Mises Institute.  In recent weeks, the Trump administration has deployed—or threatened to deploy—National Guard troops in at least five American cities, including Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. Many of Trump’s supporters have cheered this, claiming that it is the responsibility of the president to send federal troops wherever he determines they are needed. In some cases, deployments have occurred over the objections of the governments in the states where the troops are deployed. This has led to a complex legal situation, with the governments of California and Oregon suing…

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