Dan Zimmerman

So raise a glass today, bite into a burger and launch a bottle rocket or two while giving thanks for the genius of our Founding Fathers that has endured for 250 years. We're not perfect — no nation is — but we continue to be the envy of the world . Still. May it ever be so.

– Gen. George S. Patton You've probably seen videos or read articles on creating the perfect bugout or get-home bag.

The decided cases also have potentially broad implications. If drug use, by itself, does not justify disarming someone, what about a nonviolent felony conviction? And if Hawaii's broad restriction on public gun possession was unconstitutional, the far-reaching, location-specific bans imposed by states such as California and New York likewise seem legally dubious.

When it was my turn, I fired two or three shots and my pistol experienced a stoppage. I didn't stop to think about what I should do. I immediately did a tap/rack and emptied the pistol into the targets. After the drill was over and my adrenaline came back down, I was able to take it all in. My epiphany was, “Damn, that sh*t really works.”

What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit.

The data, however, undercuts this narrative. While the United States still leads in some categories, on the whole it has significantly less violent crime per capita than those two nations.

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I think something changed in me over the years, but I basically don't want to feel like I'm being cucked from owning a firearm to protect myself in my own home.

Olight — has really built out its line of pistol sights in the last couple of years. After starting out with the first rechargeable red dot back in

Twenty-one-year-old Shane C. L. Newman was nabbed in a Canton, Ohi0 Walmart last fall for attempted shoplifting. What he was trying to steal isn't clear from news reports, but in the Buckeye State, unless you're trying to lift something worth more than a thousand dollars, shoplifting — robbery — is generally considered a misdemeanor.