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Decades of national and state-level data on violent crime, homicide, and mass shooting show no consistent evidence that stricter gun laws reduce overall crime rates. [More] Right, but as anyone with a brain knows, that’s just an excuse to give the suckers while they’re swindling them out of their rights, and never was what they’re … Continue reading "That’s Why It’s Called ‘Fraud’"
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GRASSROOTS NC IS MOBILIZING — AND WE NEED YOU IN RALEIGH ON APRIL 21st [More] I wonder how many excuses not to participate are bull$#!+.
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Migrants Overrepresented in German Violent Crime Data [More] Saying it like that is one way to obscure who’s responsible for it. Kind of like saying “The Disproportionate Impact of Gun Violence on Black Americans”… [Via Michael G]
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Ammo serialization has nothing to do with solving crimes [More] You have to wonder what kind of useful idiot thinks it does. And that reminds me– I never did get my question answered, and most likely never will. [Via bondmen]
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Chick-fil-A shooting in Union, New Jersey: Many injured in mass shooting; scary videos emerge [More] And why is it significant to note an article from The Hindustan Times that emphasizes fear and doesn’t mention citizen disarmament edicts to its readers, you might ask? [Via bondmen]
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FAA Greenlights Laser Sentry Guns To Combat Attack Drones In U.S. Airspace [More] As I wrote in “Things to Come” for Guns and Ammo back in 2002: Designed for deployment on AC-X “Son of Specter” aircraft gunships, we’re told that “advances will be made and the power plant will shrink and one day it will … Continue reading "Every Terrible Implement"
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Billionaire Boots Eric Swalwell From His Mansion, Wants $1M Returned [More] How the mighty have fallen. And what’s this “plans to resign“? Just do it. I wonder when his wife is going to leave him — and take the kids and any property her lawyers can wrest from him, which his own antics will only … Continue reading "And the Hits Just Keep on Coming"
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New York City’s Prohibition on Stun Guns, Tasers Survives Appeal [More] And here we thought the Supreme Court was pretty clear whan it ruled: The Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding. Until such @$$hole judges face … Continue reading "This is My Shocked Face"
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“If a judge releases someone who goes on to commit a violent crime, the public deserves to know. Not to assign blame — but to be informed.” [More] I dunno… there’s something to be said for assigning blame. Anyway, this is a website that may be useful to you to bookmark. I’m not aware of … Continue reading "Full Court Press"
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More Than 16,000 Immigrants in Illinois May Lose Food Assistance in the Coming Months [More] How many generations are we gonna have to feed until they come around? And how will they, if this is the culture they’re immersed in? Hey, maybe they’ll riot. While waving foreign flags. [Via Michael G]
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They Finally Said It Out Loud… And It’s Worse Than Anyone Thought [Watch] Not me. I’ve been beating the “they want to disarm us” drum for years– and documenting every claim I make with the words of the infringers. As for ultimately wanting to disarm cops, I wrote this back in 2000: “I want an … Continue reading "Not Just Anyone"
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Katy Perry fights back against Ruby Rose’s ‘categorically false’ sexual assault allegations [More] So, how does #BelieveWomen work here, exactly? And what’s a woman? And how do we choose between a “progressive” celebrity head case and a “progressive” celebrity gun-grabber? Fortunately, the smartest woman in the world says the first one to scream “Witch!” wins … Continue reading "A ‘Progressive’ Dilemma"
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Albertans Who Declared Guns to Government Not Getting Paid For Them [More] In an exclusive, WarOnGuns has obtained an official government response: What are you gonna do, shoot us? Besides, you’ve already proved you’re cowards. That Machiavelli, him plenty smart fella.
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It was on this day in 1865 that President Abraham Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford’s Theater. [More] And everyone here knows how much I value celebrity opinions.
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We’ve identified at least ten cases in which chatbots, primarily ChatGPT, fed a user’s fixation on another real person — fueling the false idea that the two shared a special or even “divine” bond, roping the user into conspiratorial delusions, or insisting to a would-be stalker that they’d been gravely wronged by their target. In some cases, our reporting found, ChatGPT continued to stoke users’ obsessions as they descended into unwanted harassment, abusive stalking behavior, or domestic abuse, traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.In other cases, the built-in confirmation bias of LLMs can lead otherwise intelligent people to think they were doing some serious "research" to their own detriment...
Though Dr. Marzbani didn’t know it, Joe was routinely asking questions about his cancer to several generative A.I. tools, which often struggle to give accurate medical advice. He told them to list the early signs of Richter’s, interpret his lab results and explain complicated research about the treatment his doctor recommended. He knew not to trust A.I. unilaterally. He often read the scientific papers the tools cited and — as best he could without medical training — tried to verify that they aligned with what the tools had said.It can be a useful tool for some things, but it's important to get second opinions and reality checks. I know we think we're all way too smart to get trapped in a spiral like that, but...
He came away feeling so confident in his understanding of the science that declining treatment seemed to be the obvious choice.
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Doing research for an article elsewhere, I ran across this video by the late, great PaulHarrell. I never met the man, but always found his work of value.
One theory about defending against bear attacks is this: Defenders must be careful not to shoot a bear without immediately killing it, because wounded bears are more likely to attack. The theory has been put forward for many decades. One of those who put the theory up for consideration was Stephen Herrero in his book: Bear Attacks: Their causes and Avoidance. On page 241 of the 1985 edition, Herrero writes:
Of course, if an aggressive bear actually attacks you or a companion, a firearm may be a lifesaver, or it may cause a wounded bear to intensify its attack.
Herrero puts forward the theory. He does not appear to have data to determine how common such reactions may be. His speculation is shared with numerous others over the last hundred years. With over 200 documented incidents where a handgun was fired in defense against bears, this correspondent has numbers which indicate 21% of bears continue to attack after they are shot. Of 175 incidents where bears were shot, they stopped attacking in 138 cases and persisted in 37 cases. Warning shots were effective in 23 of 44 cases. In 8 of the 23 cases the positive effect of the warning shot(s) was temporary. There were four cases where it could not be determined if the bears were wounded or if the shots were effective. Of the 175 incidents where bears were shot, 29 were shot after a person was already injured by the bear. Of the 146 incidents where shooting the bear occurred before a person was injured, the bears persisted after being shot in 31 cases, also 21%.
Bear attacks are often complicated. Some incidents fall into multiple categories. For example, two experienced outdoorsmen were archery hunting in Montana in 2019. A grizzly bear attacked without provocation in dense cover. One of the hunters was being mauled before any shots were fired. The other hunter fired a shot from his 9mm and drove off the bear, wounding it. The bear persisted in coming back, twice, and the mauled hunter fired his 9mm, driving the bear away. Those shots probably missed, but stopped the persistent attack. In some cases, shooting can precipitate an attack.
In cases where bears persisted after being shot, over half the attacks were stopped before a person was injured. In the cases of persistence, the defense was successful in stopping the attack in all cases, even after a human was injured, except for one, the case of the .22 rimfire defense against a polar bear. To put it another way, when you only look at cases where the bear was shot, the success rate rises to 1 failure in 175 cases, or over 99%.
In the three other failures of handguns fired in defense against bears, it seems likely the bears were not shot. One was a failure of warning shots fired to drive off a polar bear. No humans or bears were injured. In the other two cases, it seems likely the bear was not wounded. Extreme speed and accuracy are not required for a successful defense in most cases.
Bears do not like to be shot. Most bears stop attacking when shot, or they are killed. Most bears which persist in attacking after being shot are killed. One of the societal advantages to killing these aggressive bears is their genes are removed from the gene pool. Bears in their generation learn that attacking humans is dangerous. The site where a human killed a bear is like scent version of a neon billboard in the woods. As the erudite Valerious Geist has written, this is a valuable outcome which protects everyone who uses wildlands in bear country. It must be noted, hunting bears is different from defending against bears. Hunters who wound bears are morally bound to follow the wounded bear to finish it off. Defenders are not so bound. A wounded bear is more likely to attack a hunter which is following it after it has been wounded. This is a different situation than a wounded bear continuing to attack when the bear initiated the attack.
Bear spray has been widely touted as more effective than firearms. The studies used to the compare the two were not designed for such comparison. The studies have serious problems with selection bias, acknowledged by the authors. A better comparison is the number of people who have been killed when bear spray was sprayed against a bear compared to the number of people killed when a handgun has been fired in defense against a bear. These incidents tend to be widely reported, reducing or eliminating selection bias. This correspondent has found eight documented cases where nine people were killed by bears where bear spray was used during the attack. This correspondent has found one documented case where one person was killed by a bear where a handgun was used during the attack, the polar bear incident with the .22 rimfire handgun in the Svalbard archipelago.
Warning shots can work. In one third of instances, their effect is temporary. They buy time for the defenders. Seconds can be precious in preparing a more effective defense.
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The victim said they heard a backseat passenger asking questions, but could not understand exactly what was being asked. The person reportedly asked why he was being so hostile by displaying a handgun with a red laser.
As the victim is said to have tried to walk away, he heard gunshots, with him claiming he returned gunfire as the vehicle fled. The vehicle then turned back around and proceeded south, the victim said.
By Dave Workman A new Rasmussen survey shows overwhelming opposition to the “weaponization” of government to punish political enemies, and underscoring this threat is a quote from Susan Rice, national security advisor to former President Barack Obama, warning companies who “take a knee” to President Donald Trump can expect to be “held accountable” if Democrats […]
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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Patrick “Tate” Adamiak is serving 20 years in federal prison even though the ATF found nothing illegal during a search of his home. All Adamiak possessed were legal guns, gun parts and collectibles. Prosecutors originally sought a 30-year federal prison sentence by introducing questionable evidence—977 uncut pieces of […]
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On April 14, 1849, Hungary declared itself independent of Austria, with Lajos (Louis) Kossuth as its leader. — On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning. — April 14, 1881: The famed Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight in El Paso, Texas. — Today’s feature article is a guest post from a long-time SurvivalBlog reader. Because it is partly self-promotional, it is not part of the writing contest …
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(Continued from Part 2.) Give Up the Fantasy A daughter may need to move, bend, compromise, and pivot. Those are all signs of maturity and embracing reality. A successful farmer looks at changing conditions across soil health, larger economic forces, and continues to refine their decisions onwhat crops are planted, and when. Young women and their families need to give up on fantasies and embrace reality. Fantasies are very dangerous delusions that often leading to negative long term consequences. When preppers think their food supply is adequate, but it would not feed a 19th Century waif for a fortnight, it …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Today’s feature photo: The Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located 60 miles south of Burns (less than 1 mile south of Frenchglen), in Harney County, Oregon. Frenchglen is named after Pete French, with whom my Shirk family cousins had a well-publicized range war. The northwestern edge of the WSA is adjacent to Oregon State Highway 205. (A public domain photo, courtesy of the BLM.) The thumbnail …
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“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.” – Michel de Montaigne
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Over the past several days, the usual contenders have issued their annual hurricane forecasts for the2026 season. This year is supposed to be less active than normal with maybe nine (9) named storms and up to three (3) major storms.
We'll see.
The thing to remember about hurricanes is that it takes only one to completely screw up your weekend.
For those of you who take procrastination as seriously as I do, tax day is upon you. This is the first year in many that I have not yet picked our my BAG day gun. Perhaps because I already have my guns. I have heard good things about Springfield Armory's clone of the Browning Hi Power.
Let's say you want to cut a piece of aluminum angle in 1.5" segments on a chop saw with a 100 tooth blade. It is rough on blades but cuts well.) I would prefer 1.5" wide -0", +.05". Can anyone suggest a method of doing this? Yes, I should use a band saw but I do not have one right now.
Solution: dig through my scrap pile to find a 1.522" wide piece that I milled. Put it against the blade. Press a piece Delrin against and clamp it in place as a stop against the back fence. Remove 1.522" piece. Push workpiece against stop.
The first two slices after running over the belt sander were 1 517" and 1.509". Taking them down to 1.50" on the mill will be easy
Their “Diverse Coalition of Gun Rights and Gun Violence Prevention Advocates” includes rabid prohibitionist zealots who have made careers out of trying to eviscerate the Second Amendment through lawfare and gun bans, with not one recognized “no compromise” member. [More] Oh, look, another covertly-funded AstroTurf group comprised of useful idiots and rabid prohibitionists trying to … Continue reading "Bridging the Divide on Guns a Bridge to Nowhere"
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Education is another area where the perceived “need” for high tech work visas actually reflects the underlying failure of Democrat-dominated teachers’ unions and school administrations. Take a look at per capita spending in public school systems, then compare it to how much is comparably spent in, say, India, and it makes fair the question of … Continue reading "An Unexplored Opportunity"
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NRA Foundation Triples Down on Not Being Transparent [More] At this point, any gun owner who puts a dime down on this shell game is a willingly ignorant mark. John Petrolino is doing real investigative journalism here.
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This fake Windows support website delivers password-stealing malware [More] As Sgt. Esterhaus used to say…
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A recent news headline declared, “11,500 shootings occurred within 500 yards of US schools last year.” The obvious implication is that American school children are under daily fire on school campuses nationwide. But, as with most gun control narratives in national media written by reporters who mostly don’t understand the basics of firearms or criminal … Continue reading "Lies of Commission and Omission"
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Does the 2A Die in Virginia Tonight? [Watch] I’ve noted before why I think defeatist titles suck. [Via Jess]
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Steven emails in to ask if this is real.
1. Yes, this is a real vulnerability.
2. It impacts all Windows 10 and 11 systems.
3. There is still no patch from Microsoft (i.e. a true Day Zero exploit)
4. A successful exploit results in exceptionally bad things happening (access to the SAM database, get password hashes, and Administrator privileges).
5. The exploit code has been posted to Github. This is Biblically bad - fire and brimstone, etc.
The only good news (and it is legitimately good news) is that this does not look like it can be exploited remotely. Corporate IT departments will be pulling their hair out about their users gaining Admin access to their corporate laptop, but users at home shouldn't panic (you are already admin).
Microsoft has not covered themselves in glory here - heck Forbes has an article on this. That's not good PR. In my experience, Microsoft was pretty good at disclosure, but that was a long time ago.
Also, the researcher did not cover himself with glory either. There are something like a billion vulnerable systems out there and he uploaded the warez to Github? Not cool.
The Hockey Star half-sister of the 2011 world, the Staccato HD P4.5 is here to kick ass and look good doing it.TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces will begin implementing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET, in accordance with the President’s proclamation.
And 4/12/26 The Hill reports our Navy is clearing mines to open passage for other nations.
I wish Trump would be clearer when he makes statements on Truth Social.
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Judge Roger T. Benitez, also known as "Saint" Benitez by supporters of the Second Amendment, has retired from federal service as of April 2, 2026. Judge Benitez was born in December, 1950, in Havana, Cuba. He fled the Castro regime in Cuba in 1960 with his brother, speaking only Spanish at the time. His family was reunited and eventually settled in the Imperial Valley of California.
Judge Benitez graduated from the Central Union High School in El Centro, California, then obtained an Associates degree from Imperial Valley Community College in 1971, a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University in 1974, and a J.D. degree from Western State University College of Law's San Diego campus in 1978. He spent 19 years in private practice in the Imperial Valley. He became a California Superior Court Judge from 1997 to 2001. Judge Benitez was appointed as a federal Magistrate judge in 2001. He was elevated to Federal District Judge in 2004, in spite of opposition from the American Bar Association. Judge Benitez assumed senor status on December 31, 2017
Judge Benitez first became known as "Saint" Benitez after his decision in Duncan v. Becerra, later to be renamed Duncan v. Bonta.
Judge Benitez was assigned the case before he assumed senior status. The case took nearly two years to adjudicate. In the case, Judge Benitez granted a motion of summary judgement against the State of California. The summary judgement was in effect from March 29 to April 5, 2019. It became known as "freedom week". Estimates suggest hundreds of thousands of magazines were legally purchased and shipped into California during that week. Seven years later, the case is still under review. It has been appealed to the Ninth Circuit. The three judge panel affirmed Judge Benitez decision on August 14, 2020. Then the Ninth Circuit decided to hear the case en banc. The en banc panel reversed the decision of the three judge panel on June 22, 2021. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court. On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit en banc decision and remanded the case back to the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit remanded the case back to the District Court and Judge Benitez. Judge Benitez issued the decision on September 22, 2023. Judge "Saint" Benitez again found the law to be unconstitutional in a well written and argued decision. The state appealed this decision to the Ninth Circuit the same day.
The Ninth Ciruit, in an unprecedented move, voted to skip an appeal to a three judge panel, and to hear the case again, en banc. The en banc panel issued its opinion on March 30, 2025, again reversing Judge Benitez decision, with strong dissents. The case had become Duncan v. Bonta because of a change in the California Attorney General. The case is in the process of being appealed to the Supreme Court again. As of the time of Judge Benitez' retirement on April 2, 2026, the Supreme Court had not yet decided whether to hear the case for a second time.
In addition to Duncan v. Becerra, later Duncan v. Bonta, Judge Benitez issued a decision that the California ban on the AR-15 and similar
firearms violated the Second Amendment, in 2021. The Ninth Circuit put that decision on hold waiting the final decision on Duncan v. Bonta. Judge Benitez decided a law requiring background checks to purchase ammunition was unconstitutional in 2024. In 2025, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld Judge Benitez decision on the ammunition law. The panel's decision was appealed to an en banc review, and is now being considered by the Ninth Circuit, en banc. In a case about the Second Amendment on short clubs "billies", Judge Benitez originally found for the State of California. The Supreme Court sent the case back to Judge Benitez after the ruling of the Supreme Court in Bruen. Judge Benitez, following the Bruen decision, found the California law to be unconstitutional. California has appealed the case, which is now pending, awaiting the final decision in Duncan v. Bonta.
Judge "Saint" Benitez has now retired from the court. He is 75 years old. He leaves a rich legacy of cases and decisions which are superbly argued and written. Coming from a family which suffered significant persecution by unlimited government in Cuba, he held limitations on government power in the United States to be clear and legitimate. His story is one of the American dream, from fleeing communism to his assent to high office, against the odds. His presence on the court will be missed.
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Gun Watch
The homeowner told police he heard a noise outside and went to check,
where he said he found a man trying to cut and steal the catalytic
converter from his vehicle, according to what detectives told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
During that encounter, the resident fired a single shot that hit the
man. Investigators said they have not ruled out the possibility that the
shooting was in self-defense.
- Fortunately, that will buff right out: Photos of a visibly patched-up KC-135 transiting through RAF Mildenhall en route back to CONUS for repairs.
- The Click That Cost $11,000: Google placing ads for various third party travel agency intermediaries above the links to the actual hotel is a perfect example of enshittification.
- Europe about to feel jet fuel crunch.
By Dave Workman Tens of thousands of National Rifle Association members, families and guests will descend on Houston, Texas this weekend for the 155th annual meetings and exhibits, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The NRA event will have special significance because the organization will also be observing the 250th anniversary of United States. […]
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On April 13, 1012: A ransom of 48,000 pounds was paid to a large band of Vikings, led by Danish warlord Thorkell the Tall, for the liberation of Canterbury, after a raid on the city and the capture of Alphege [Aelfheah] Archbishop of Canterbury — April 13, 1743, was the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. — And on April 13, 1933: First flight over Mount Everest, by Lord Clydesdale. — We’ve just started a two-week-long sale on all of our pre-1899 antique shotguns at Elk Creek Company. There are some deep discounts. This sale will end on Monday, April 27th, 2026. …
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(Continued from Part 1.) Preparations for Daughters The number one thing that a parent can do for their daughter who wants her to have a great life is to prepare her for marriage. The preparations necessary for a young woman for success in life are extremely different than the preparations for a son or grandson. The easiest way for a young woman to be successful in life is to enter into an excellent marriage. The number one problem is that most parents and grandparents are doing a poor job at preparing daughters and granddaughters for this role because they think …
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The following recipe for Sweet Moroccan Lamb Stew is from SurvivalBlog reader Cartol in Delaware. It makes 4 to 6 servings. Ingredients 3 pounds lamb shoulder on the bone, trimmed of excess fat 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 large onions (about 2 pounds), grated or finely chopped 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (divided use) 1/2 cup sugar (divided use) 2 pinches of saffron threads, lightly toasted and finely crumbled or powdered in a mortar with a little salt Salt (to taste) Freshly ground black pepper (to taste) 1 cup water …
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Today’s graphic: Population density of the world. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.
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“You win battles by knowing the enemy’s timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.” – Miyamoto Musashi
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Ironically, the special guest who made this suggestion during the Building a Stronger, More Competitive Canadian Economy panel which also featured federal ministers Mélanie Joly, Rechie Valdez, and Lena Metlege Diab, is a Canadian who left Canada for better opportunities himself.Patrick Pichette was born and educated in Montreal and left Canada for work in the U.S. accepting a role as senior vice president and CFO of Google in California in 2008. He now lives in London, U.K., holds a Canadian passport and is a partner at Inovia Capital.Inovai Capital says Pichette paid Canadian taxes continuously from 1989 to 2008 and paid an exit tax on all his assets at the time. Pichette currently pays both Canadian and U.K. taxes.
Someone commented on points, plugs, and condenser in an earlier post. It took me down memory lane. When I started driving, that was considered a basic tune-up and I learned it at my grandfathers knee.
Every six or seven thousand miles, we would find a convenient shady spot, crack open the distributor and make sure that the points were okay. In my grab-and-go tool bag, I kept a small screwdriver and a point file. You could pick them up anywhere and in a pinch, your lady's emery board would suffice. File the points, set the gap, clean the rotor and inspect the contacts in the cap.
The first electronic ignition I ever owned was on q 1975 Ford that I bought new to go on active duty. That car was never right, Ford simply had not figured out how to do electronic ignition. That car had a pre-ignition ping that simply could not be tuned out. From that car and others I have known since, I became convinced that most of the cars from that era were simply pieces of shit. The cars from the 60s were pretty nic and the cars from the 80s were starting to get better, but the cars from the 70s suffered from a number of ailments fueled by rapidly changing technology that was launched too early.
Nowadays even my Briggs lawnmower has good ignition.
The National Instant background Check System (NICS) numbers for March of 2026 are in. According to the NSSF, adusted background checks, with give an approximation of firearm sales, are up 1.9 percent. Unadjusted NICS background checks are down 10.5 percent. This is consistent with a disconnect between firearm sales and NICS background checks.
The NICS is being used for more and more background checks which are not directly related to firearm sales. Chief among these are background checks for firearm carry permits and other firearm permits. As more states have become Constitutional Carry or permitless carry states, and as some states have stopped monthly background checks, the correlation between total NICS background checks and adjusted back ground checks to approximate NICS firearm sales has come to vary significantly.
Looking at the NICS adjusted data over the last twelve months from the NSSF, the first quarter (three months) of 2026 is slightly greater than the first quarter of 2025. The difference in the two years is not great, but adjusted sales in the last quarter of 2025 were definitely lower than in the last quarter of 2026.
One obvious reason for the difference is the conflict in the Middle East with Iran, where President Trump is fulfilling promises made over at least 15 years. Firearm sales are often driven by uncertainty. This hotter phase of the war with Iran, which has been ongoing for 47 years, has the additional effect of offering President Trump's opponents opportunities to attack him, as the final outcome has yet to be determined. Uncertainty abroad and domestically exists. In addition, NICS sales are benefiting from National Firearms Act sales, which are more than double in the first quarter of 2026 over 2025. According to the NSSF, those sales added more than 130,000 additional sales in the first quarter.
Analysis:
This correspondent expects the outcome of the massive destruction the United States and Israeli forces are inflicting on the Iranian theocracy will produce a resolution by the end of April, 2026, as predicted by the Trump administration. Firearm sales will continue to be bumped up in April. After April, two things are likely. The world will be more stable due to a tamed Iran, which will no longer be sponsoring terrorism. The domestic situation will be more stable with falling energy prices and a victorious Trump administration. If those predictions come true, firearms sales would level off or decrease in May and June, which are months when firearm sales normally drop.
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Gun Watch
According to initial information from news stringer KNN, a homeowner was awakened by noises outside and discovered two men attempting to steal his Chevrolet Camaro parked in the driveway.
The homeowner confronted the suspects, who were described as wearing black hoodies, and gunfire was exchanged. Evidence of the shooting included bullet holes in the front door of the home and spent shell casings scattered on the ground.
Blood was also reportedly found on the hood of the Camaro, suggesting one of the suspects may have been injured, though police have not confirmed any injuries.
The new video appears to show two trucks, one red and one white, get into crash. Houston police believe the driver in the red truck intentionally hit the white truck and a person in the white truck opened fire, hitting one person. The person who was shot died at the scene.
Authorities said the suspected shooter is the person who called 911 to report the incident and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to the Milwaukee Police Department, security discovered a 31-year-old man sexually assaulting a 33-year-old woman at approximately 6 a.m. Thursday. Security personnel stopped the assault, and the man became combative. Security fired one shot, but no one was struck.
On April 12, 1811, the first US colonists on the Pacific coast arrived at Cape Disappointment, in what is now the state of Washington. — April 12, 1933: US Navy commissioned Air Station Sunnyvale (later renamed NAS Moffett Field) in Santa Clara County, California — at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. — April 12th is the birthday of the late novelist Tom Clancy. (Born 1947, died October 1, 2013). It was Clancy who almost single-handedly created the modern techno-thriller genre, with his first novel, The Hunt For Red October. Coincidentally, Tom Clancy’s first literary agent is now my …
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Editor’s Introductory Note: This young man is prayerfully seeking a wife. He is offering an after-marriage gift of up to $50,000 to whoever introduces him to his bride with $18,000 after their marriage and another $16,000 to the individual who provided the introduction after the first two births of healthy children born to him and his wife, for a total potential gift of $50,000. For further details, see this link to his article posted on July 13th, 2025: My Quest for a Wife: I’m Willing to Move, and in his February 24, 2026 article on rural migration starting at the …
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The latest meme created by JWR, based on an idea suggested by my brother Bruce Rawles: Meme Text: This Bird’s Problem is Medical… It Has Irritable Owl Syndrome Notes From JWR: I was pleased to see that this meme was included in a meme video by Johnny B, on Friday. (I sent it to him early.) Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included. …
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“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For …
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I am still several months out from moving. Theoretically, you can mail long guns to yourself, even c/o X, as long as X does not open the gun and hands it over to you when you get there. The handgun mailing ban repeal is in the public comment stage but should be complete by the time that I move.