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Widener's has an interesting discussion of how prices for guns and ammo have changed since 1986. Guns have roughly followed inflation. Ammunition has often not risen as fast:
The Biggest Surprise: 9mm Got Much Cheaper
In 1986, a box of 9mm cost $22.50, or about $0.45 per round.
In 2026, it averages $10.00 per box, or $0.20 per round.
Even without adjusting for inflation, that’s a dramatic decrease. When adjusted for inflation, 9mm is significantly cheaper today than it was in the 1980s.
What's really bad is finding an old ad from the 1960's, prior to 1968, of all the stuff you could buy simply by writing a letter and sending a check to the distributors. Oh, wow, the stuff...
On Saturday, August 15, 2026, at about 1:30 a.m. on the Virginia State University campus, shooting broke out. Five people were wounded, one of them a 20-year-old student at the university. Camron Rarris, 19, was found hours later and was charged with four counts of malicious wounding. The Virginia State student was treated and released with non-life threatening injuries. A 21-year-old man remains in critical condition, according to foxnews.com. Police are seeking others to determine if some people fired back in defense of self and others. A 23-year-old man, a 17-year-old teenager and a 19-year-old woman had non-life threatening injuries. The crimes appear to have had little to do with the school except for the location.
Virginia State University is located about 25 miles south of Richmond and has close to six thousand students. It is an historically black university. The cause of the shooting is not yet known.
Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit with a mandate to reduce school violence, referenced the Virginia State incident and posted this on X:
Gun violence is an ever-growing public health epidemic that demands our attention now.
"Gun violence" is a political term designed to associate guns with social problems. The term conflates suicides, murders, justified homicides, and firearm accidents as all part of the problem, and thus, defines the "problem" as "guns". Suicides and homicides have different causes and solutions. The number of guns in a community is not correlated with the number of suicides or homicides. Fatal accidents with guns have been dropping for over a hundred years and are at an all time low, in spite of firearms ownership being at an all time high.
In 2025, and it appears likely in 2026, the murder rate in the USA was and will be at an all time low.
At the Sandy Hook Promise non-profit website, there are several policies the organization supports which work to help keep children safe in their schools. The have programs to reduce violence in schools. They have programs to aid in preventing suicide. Those programs appear to be helpful and probably are helpful.
Unfortunately, Sandy Hook Promise is actively working to:
Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund is working to expand background checks on all firearm sales, pass temporary transfer orders, create secure storage laws, limit high-capacity magazines, and institute high-capacity magazine limits.
There is little reason to believe these policies would actually reduce active school shootings. There is no consideration of the costs of such policies or the reasons such policies are becoming more and more difficult to implement. Instead the site promotes highly controversial statements such as:
Background checks rarely provide false-positive results.
The FBI makes the claim, but John Lott presents plenty of evidence the claim is not correct, that a large number of false positives are created, and the false positive have large racial biases. There is little, if any evidence more background checks would reduce the murder rate or the number of active mass murders. A bill has passed the House, and is pending before the Senate, to force the FBI to share NICS demographic data with the Congress. Currently, the FBI refuses to do so.
Sandy Hook Promise promotes what they call "Temporary Transfer Orders", which appear to be "red flag" laws designed to allow courts to take people's guns without due process. As the statement at Sandy Hook Promise claims these orders respect due process, it is difficult to see exactly what they are promoting. All states currently have processes to place people under care if a court has evidence they pose a threat to themselves or others. Those processes do not focus on firearms. They focus on the individuals and the potential threat they may pose. It is unclear exactly what Sandy Hook Promise is promoting with this policy.
Sandy Hook Promise also opposes some weapons modifications. Auto sears are already heavily regulated and almost impossible to legally obtain. "Glock switches" are a type of auto sear. Bump Stocks are almost never used in crime. Forced-reset triggers are almost never used in crime. The premise used to oppose these modifications is that more shots fired mean more innocents hurt. The example given is Sandy Hook. None of these devices were used at Sandy Hook. These devices make some incidents less dangerous by making the firearms hard to control and aim, thus reducing casualties.
Analysis: Why does an organization such as Sandy Hook Promise promote such dubious policies? The leaders may not even be aware there are arguments against such policies. They may not know there are strong legal, moral, and Constitutional reasons to oppose such policies. As the organization gets is name and its foundation from a mass murder at a school, it is very difficult for them to carefully consider such foundational questions. If they question the premises in support of more gun control, they question the foundation of their reason for existence.
Fortunately, Sandy Hook Promise appears to be spending more energy on positive programs to help students, and less on dubious political issues involving firearms. May they continue to put more resources into productive policies and programs, and less into dubious gun control efforts.
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Sometime about the middle of May, we had to buy a new fridge for the house. Belle went online to the Lowe's site and picked out a fridge. A nice Frigidaire on sale. Had it delivered. The fellow who delivered it and set it up was a nice fellow, very professional, did a great job setting it up, connecting the ice maker and walking me through the process.
Couple of days ago, the fridge threw a code on the door panel, telling me that it needs an air filter.
What? An air filter? Seriously? So, we went to Amazon and ordered some air filters. They will be in tomorrow. Today, I came in and it is throwing another code. It wants a water filter. Hence, we have ordered some water filters.
My old fridge stood there for almost 20 years and when Lowes hauled it off it had the same filter in it that the manufacturer had installed.
It is a nice fridge, but it is needy.
Deputies immediately detained Strickland, but Cook said White ran into a home in the nearby neighborhood through a detached garage near Meadow Drive and Grafton Drive.
The homeowner and his wife were inside the home at the time. Cook said the homeowner shot White in the leg.
It's hot outside. Belle is puttering in the kitchen. Lunch will soon be upon us. Just another Wednesday in the piney woods of central Louisiana.
I'm being worthless today. As is my right as an old retired curmudgeon. I will haul off some trash later, but that is about the extent of my ambition today. As I scroll through my news feeds I note that it is all Dolly, all the time. That is to be expected, I guess.
The tropics are quiet, almost spooky quiet. Looking at the list of names for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, I note that the name Dolly is on the list. Strange coincidence.
Today, Wednesday, Aug. 26, marks the 52nd anniversary of the launch of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), which ever since has been leading the charge in defending, securing and restoring the constitutional rights of Americans. Founded on this date in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb, who now serves as the organization’s Executive Vice President, SAF remains […]
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The Queen Of The World and I are saddened by the passing of Dolly Parton. But neither of us are unsure of whether she has been reunited with her husband of 60 years on the far side of the Pearly Gates. While she was not in this version of the song, I'd be astonished if she would not have been able to sing this from memory.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare officials determined that the 41-year-old suspected of killing a young man on the Boise River Greenbelt isn’t competent to stand trial. Despite the findings of that evaluation, however, the decision to commit Ross Wardlaw for behavioral health treatment in an attempt to restore his competency for his murder trial hasn’t been decided.
Health and Welfare was ordered to evaluate Wardlaw’s mental condition after his public defender raised concerns of “a competency issue” last month. Not only did the evaluation, which is sealed from the public, find that he’s unable to make informed decisions about his treatment and case, but it determined that he’s “dangerously mentally ill,” 4th Judicial District Magistrate Judge Theodore Tollefson said in court Tuesday. Someone designated as such presents “a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by evidence of homicidal or other violent behavior” and is “dangerous to such a degree that a maximum security treatment setting is required,” according to state law. When asked whether the prosecution objected to the report’s findings, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Robert Bleazard asked the judge for additional time to review other documentation regarding Wardlaw’s mental health history in order to allow his office to do its “due diligence.”
This guy has a long history of mental illness-related crimes. So much damage done to satisfy the fantasy that mental illness does not exist.
Sadly, not unique. 8/19/26 WJON:
LK RIVER (WJON News) -- A man accused of killing his mother in a brutal 2020 attack in their Big Lake home has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness.
A Sherburne County judge has ruled that 26-year-old Eric Jordahl was laboring under such a defect of reason that he didn't know the nature of his acts or the wrongfulness of his behavior. He was previously found guilty of 1st-degree premeditated murder and two counts of 2nd-degree murder in the killing of Rosalie Johnson....
In the judge's findings of fact from the first phase of the trial, Jordahl beat his mother, stabbed her several times, then began to dismember and cannibalize Johnson while she was still alive. Court records show Jordahl perceived his mother to be a non-human entity that a higher power commanded him to kill.
Yes. The defense attorney does not even need to argue this case. Those facts alone are sufficient.
"Our investigation found that Samantha Bruno shot her father, Anthony Bruno, twice in the head, causing his death. We further determined that she killed her father's dog before turning the firearm on herself and dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators found no evidence that any other person was involved. No additional suspects are being sought, and there is no threat or danger to the Jessup community," said D.A. Brian Gallagher, Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office....
Both Boettcher and Gallagher confirmed that Samantha Bruno had been suffering from addiction and mental health issues for some time.
Gallagher asks the public to be aware of the warning signs and to seek help as soon as possible. "We have to be more willing to speak openly about addiction and mental illness and crises occurring inside our own homes. Asking for help is not a weakness. Reaching out is not betraying a loved one. Early intervention will, can protect that person, can protect that family, and prevent an incident such as this."
1/14/26 WRAL:
A legislative committee plans to comb through the details of a Raleigh murder case as part of its review of the state’s procedures for treating people with mental health problems.
Legislators last week asked the House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety to look into how judicial officials handled Ryan Camacho, who is charged with murder in the Jan. 3 death of Ravenscroft teacher Zoe Welsh at her Raleigh home.
Camacho has a documented history of mental illness. When he faced breaking-and-entering charges in a separate incident last year, prosecutors asked during that hearing to have Camacho committed to a mental hospital — a request that was denied by Wake County Judge Louis Meyer.
“How could a person who was found to not be competent to proceed to trial … be released not involuntarily committed, even at the request of the district attorney?” Republican state Reps. Erin Paré and Mike Schietzelt of Wake County wrote in a letter to committee members.
1/15/26 WRAL:
Four felony charges from April 2025 reduced to single misdemeanor
Public records reveal Camacho avoided a multi-year prison sentence in 2025 due to a plea agreement that reduced four felony charges to a single misdemeanor.
A conviction for any one of the four Class H felony charges he faced would have resulted in a sentence between eight and 10 months. Had Camacho been convicted of all four charges, he would have faced a prison sentence between three and four years.
A felony conviction could have seen Camacho behind bars on Jan. 3. Instead, he is suspected of killing Welsh.
In July 2025, Camacho pleaded guilty to a Class I misdemeanor charge of breaking and entering and was sentenced to a maximum of 120 days. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office said Camacho was behind bars from July 6, 2025, until Aug. 4, 2025.
We have made great progress reducing violent crime, especially murder, these last few years. How much more can we make by treating mental illness early on?
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The suspect in an Osceola County triple murder, 29-year-old Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, is behind held without bond and is accused of killing three people visiting from out of town over the weekend. Currently, he’s facing three counts of first-degree murder with a firearm.
Data from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office reveals the agency received 41 calls for service to Bojeh’s home from 2006 to 2022. Sixteen of those calls were about “aggressive” behavior, Bojeh not wanting to go to school, and potential drug use directly involving Bojeh.
State Attorney Monique Worrell from the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida is weighing in on a previous case involving Bojeh, where he was acquitted in 2022 of an attempted murder charge from a 2021 case by reason on insanity. As part of that court ruling, Worrell said Bojeh was supposed to receive proper mental health treatment.
“My understanding is that that treatment was originally costing $7 a month and that after a period of time, that $7 a month bill went up to $150+ a month,” Worrell said during a press briefing on Thursday. “That the individual was no longer in compliance with his treatment because of inability to pay for that treatment.”
Worrell said the stop of services for Bojeh was a “failure” in the system, addressing an overall need for improvement in mental health services for people in need.
“The criminal legal system is not adequately equipped to deal with mental illness, nor should it be. That is a role of community partners. That is a role of mental illness hospitals, but not the Department of Corrections or the state attorney's office,” Worrell said. “However, studies have shown that our jails and our departments of corrections are the largest mental health providers in our communities. That's a problem. It's a problem because when things go wrong, people are looking for someone to blame.”
Worrell said that Bojeh went through the legal system and at the time of the offense, the court found he was “legally insane.” However, she stated that during the time of his sentencing in 2022, it was found that he was not a danger to himself or others.
8/18/26 Fox News. Even when hospitalized, our system often seems to need clown noses:
An accused illegal immigrant murderer who fled the United States last month after being granted a 48-hour pass from a Virginia mental health facility was previously allowed to leave the institution on unsupervised visits, staying at a taxpayer-funded apartment while on leave.
Abdulloi Doniyor Toshpulodzoda left the U.S. on July 6 while on a weekend pass, boarding a one-way flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to his native Tajikistan via Istanbul. The Turkish Airlines ticket was purchased under Toshpulodzoda's name using an American Express card, according to court records.
Despite the murder accusation, Toshpulodzoda was permitted to leave the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute (NVMHI) for up to 48 hours to stay at an Alexandria apartment made available through the Fairfax Permanent Supportive Housing Program, court records state....
In 2019, Toshpulodzoda fatally stabbed Mohammad Hemmatian inside his Vienna, Virginia, home before responding police found him covered in blood.
He was ultimately found not guilty by reason of insanity of second-degree murder and committed to a state psychiatric facility in 2022. To be found legally insane, a defense expert, and then a separate, independent expert for the prosecution evaluated the defendant, Laura Birnbaum, chief of staff for Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano, told Fox News Digital.
There are more tragedies like this than I have time to summarize.
After a busy morning, I turned on the computer and learned that Dolly parton has died at age 80.
Dolly/s music has been a constant in mu life. She was truly a superstar in the music industry, and her music has reached across genres. She will be sorely missed.
I see that racism is getting the blame for days of Memphis not having power restored. A few days ago, I saw someone on X blaming Trump for the lack of power in a Red state: Indiana. Looking at news accounts, I think I see a more proximate cause. 8/15/26 Chicago Tribune:
The City of Gary is coordinating with law enforcement to line up security for NIPSCO workers after linemen working to restore power after the storm were shot at Friday night.
Utility crews were working in the city when they were fired upon, USW Local 12775 President Ryan Baker said Saturday. The workers, who weren’t injured in the shooting, were driving a marked NIPSCO Jeep they use in assessing damage, he said.
If you know anything about Gary's demographics, I doubt these were Trump voters.
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When they name a law after you, and you are still alive. 8/22/26 New York Post:
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s controversial “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into law on Saturday, just days after a radical left-wing operative crashed the journalist’s Capitol interview and launched a crude personal attack on him.
Assembly Bill 2624 expands California’s Safe at Home program to employees of nonprofits that serve people navigating the immigration system.
Critics have blasted the measure as a way to intimidate people “trying to shine light on bad behavior,” such as Shirley’s investigative reports on fraud in California and Minnesota.
The program already covers domestic violence survivors, elder abuse victims and reproductive and gender-affirming health care workers by providing substitute mailing addresses for people considered particularly vulnerable to targeted attacks and violent threats.
Democratic Assemblywoman Mia Bonta (D-Alameda), introduced the bill in February after reports of increased threats and harassment against immigration service providers.
“Our immigrant service providers are living in fear because of extremists looking to demonize the work that they do and the populations they serve,” Bonta said Saturday. “That is an intolerable consequence of the anti-immigrant rhetoric that exists right now.”
They could have punished threats and harassment, but that would have allowed muckrakers to continue exposing fraud.
Not long ago, a young man turned into a mad dog mass murderer at an Idaho fast food joint, shooting multiple people until he came under return fire from two of his victims. One was an off-duty Idaho State Trooper and another was a 24-year-old armed citizen. Neither hit the killer, but they put enough […]
Since I expected the cigar to feature sweet and creamy notes rather than the darker, espresso-leaning profile typical of a Nicaraguan puro, I made the Boulevardier a bit more bourbon-forward, using a 2:1:1 ratio of bourbon, Campari, and sweet vermouth. I selected Michter’s US*1 Small Batch Bourbon as the whiskey component.
Cheers!
By Larry Keane Special to Liberty Park Press The Commerce Department’s National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) sent a letter to Chairman Brian Babin (R-Texas) to tell the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology that there is no reliable evidence that gun control’s vaunted goal of requiring microstamping on every handgun sold […]
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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press The Trace, the propaganda arm of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control empire, moved a story Monday that has caused a bit of laughter—actually, a lot of laughter. “Inflated Claim About Guns and Self-Defense Returns to CDC Website” claims that […]
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