Inheriting a Gun: What Happens to Firearms When an Owner Dies?
Posted on June 18, 2026 by Daniel Mitchell When someone passes away, their belongings often hold stories, memories, and meaning. But when it comes to firearms, the process of inheritance goes beyond sentimentality. Guns are unique assets with legal considerations that must be carefully navigated. ...
Low-Down on Benchmade’s Gold Class Lowden
Benchmade has brought their recently released manual folder the Lowden into the Gold Class for the first time. This highly limited version of the Lowden ramps up the detail work and turns the design into something worth of being put on the display shelf. The...
US Air Force awards first CCA production contracts to General Atomics, Anduril
The U.S. Air Force has cleared its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft to enter production, awarding contracts to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Anduril Industries. Six companies will compete on the autonomous software that will fly them. The Air Force made the announcement Wednesday, saying it...
VA eliminates gender-identity initiatives, reclassifies LGBTQ+ care coordinators
The Department of Veterans Affairs is eliminating activity geared toward veterans’ gender identities and reclassifying its LGBTQ+ care coordinators, according to an internal memo made public this week. The purpose of the June 12 memo, it says, is to bring the department into compliance with...
US Army fugitive arrested in Spain after decades on the run
A former U.S. Army soldier convicted of rape, desertion and indecent assualt was arrested in Spain nearly 30 years after fleeing his unit in Germany, ending one of the longest-running manhunts in U.S. Marshals history, the agency announced last week. Jesse Bussey, who had been...
Apache going down near Oman a sign of air combat evolution, analysts warn
With any air left in lungs likely heaving from adrenaline, the crew members may have blown bubbles, feeling which way the small pockets of air traveled against their face. Submerged in darkness and feeling around a cockpit becoming a watery tomb, the direction of the...
Senate committee proposes 3.6% military pay raise, rejecting White House request for more
Lawmakers must soon hammer out the differences in their proposals for fiscal 2027 military pay raises, as the Senate has rejected the Trump administration’s request for higher, tiered pay raises — a proposal agreed to by a House committee. The Senate Armed Services Committee has...
Senate advances effort to investigate use of JAG officers as immigration judges
An effort is advancing in the Senate to demand a probe into how Judge Advocates General were used by the Justice Department last year to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced a proposal mandating the U.S. Comptroller...
Hegseth announces review of US troops in Europe, scorns some allies
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new review of America’s troop deployments in Europe on Thursday and threatened to withhold some U.S. dues to NATO if “free riding” allies did not meet their defense spending commitments. Hegseth, addressing defense ministers at NATO...
Congress seeks to limit US Navy vessels built in foreign shipyards
The Trump administration’s recent push to buy foreign-built warships is being waylaid by congressional defense committees who are seeking to limit the executive office’s ability to tap overseas construction yards to build out America’s naval fleet. First reported on by the U.S. Naval Institute, the...
