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I’ve attended Tac-Con, the RangeMaster Tactical Conference, almost every year since 2009. It provides a smorgasbord of more than 40 subject matter experts in areas of self-defense ranging from emergency medicine through hand to hand fighting to live-fire handgun and shotgun. More courses are offered than any one person can sign up for over the […]
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The Supreme Court of Maryland has ruled in favor of Maryland Shall Issue on several issues in a case challenging a Montgomery County ordinance. The lawsuit was commenced in 2021. On April 28, 2026, on x.com, Maryland Shall Issue posted this:
The Supreme Court of Maryland issued its decision today in our challenge to the Montgomery County ordinance that basically banned carry by permit holders through out the County. On that issue we completely prevailed and the County lost.
In 2021, Montgomery County, Maryland, the State's most populous county, enacted an ordinance which severely infringed on rights protected by the Second Amendment. Maryland has a significant set of preemption statutes to prevent local governments from interfering with state law concerning firearms.
Maryland Shall Issue instituted two lawsuits challenging the ordinance in different ways, one in federal court, the other in state court. In December of 2023, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted Summary Judgement in favor of the Shall Issue lawsuit in state court. The County appealed the ruling to the Appellate Court of Maryland. On January 24, 2025, the Appellate Court ruled the Circuit Court had erred and remanded the case back to the Circuit Court. The case, now named Montgomery County v. Engage Armament, was appealed by Maryland Shall Issue to the Maryland Supreme Court.
The X.com post by Maryland Shall Issue on 28 April, 2026, explaining the ruling at the Maryland Supreme Court, quotes the Maryland Supreme Court about the County ordinance. The Supreme Court wrote this:
"is not a local law because of its application to holders of State-issued wear-and-carry permits traveling on public highways who cross within 100 yards of a place of public assembly."
Because such part of the law is not a local law, it is prohibited by the Maryland preemption statutes.
The "local ordinance" banning concealed carry within 100 yards of a "place of public assembly" essentially banned concealed carry.
Most major roads and highways transited through areas withing 100 yards of the multitude of places the County ordinance designated as places of public assembly.
Maryland shall Issue also posted that the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Montgomery County's ban on "ghost guns" was preempted by Maryland law "to the extent it includes firearms that have been serialized in compliance with federal and State law." Therefore owners of "ghost guns" can transport unserialized personally made frames and receivers to Federal Firearms License holders (FFL), and the FFL holders can serialize them as required by Maryland State Law.
The Maryland Supreme Court was reported to have ruled a section of the County's ordinance was preempted, as the County attempted to ban a:
"broad swath of otherwise lawful (and constitutionally protected) conduct by adults merely because it occurs in the presence of a minor, without any apparent connection to whether that activity might result in minors gaining unsupervised access to those firearms."
Exactly what parts of the Montgomery County ordinance remain in effect after the Maryland Supreme Court ruling is not clear at this time.
In the federal case challenging the ordinance, the case was set for oral arguments on January 23, 2024. On December 5, 2023, the January 23 date was continued. No future date appears to have been set in the more than two years following.
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She was transported to a local hospital and is in stable condition.
An investigation found the homeowner had called 911 to report a woman trying to enter the home, but another man who knew the homeowner had shot her as she was trying to enter through a window.
Investigators say the suspect had been harassing and threatening the business owner and employees for weeks, with incidents dating back to March.
Police say the man showed up Sunday, threw a box of fertilizer at the front of the business, then returned armed with a knife. He allegedly slashed a tire and began damaging more property.
That’s when the owner came outside and, fearing for safety, fired a shot that struck the suspect in the leg.
Philadelphia Police Department Inspector D F Pace said the woman was trying to break through the back window of a home occupied by two people and a dog.
Pace said one of the people inside, who police believe is licensed to carry, warned the woman to stop, but she refused. That's when the homeowner shot the woman, Pace said.
On May 5,1865, the first US train robbery occured at North Bend, Ohio. — May 5, 1893: The Panic of 1893 caused a large crash on the New York Stock Exchange. — This is also the birthday of Pat Frank (1908-1964). This was the pen name of newspaper journalist Harry Hart Frank. His 1959 novel Alas, Babylon is a survivalist classic. His personal life was marred by alcoholism, but his writing is admired and still surprisingly popular. (Alas, Babylon is still in print, after 67 years!) As an homage to Pat Frank, one of the settings in my novel Expatriates …
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Author’s Introductory Note: Please help to spread this message by e-mailing links to this article including to people who are not regular SurvivalBlog readers. With more migration of conservatives to red states, you could help to turn the tide and restore our country to its greatness. Some article titles tell you immediately what you need to know and this is one of them. Even if you now live in the safest, most conservative area there are lessons contained within this article because you are very connected to every rotting liberal area in the country. You may think to yourself: “I …
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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. American Redoubt Links Idaho is facing a lawsuit regarding new bathroom law, HB 752. Summer wildfire outlook indicates high risk across Northwest. Over at Expedition Rove vlog, a brief recap of their progress at their North Idaho home: Why Did He Leave Everything Behind? 1980s House Transformation Full Walkaround (Ep. 23). It is grand to see how well they’ve taken on their challenges, what great friends that have made, …
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“Requirements for an ID are not voter suppression – they are just commonsense steps to ensure people don’t vote if they are ineligible, don’t vote using false identities and don’t vote more than once.” – The Late Charlie Kirk
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The club got together tonight to load ammo for Louisiana State. 6000 rounds of CFDA wax bullet ammo in 4 hours. Of course, we ate. Belle cooked beef tips with rice, lima beans with tasso, yeast rolls, and two small cakes for dessert.
The ammunition is now ready. All that needs to be done is all that other stuff. This will be my 10th Louisiana State.
I also shot my Cowboy Pimp Gun, AKA my Ruger Single Six Vaquero in .32 H&R Magnum today. The last time I shot it I didn’t do a full cleaning, just an external wipedown. After I got home today I wanted to do a full cleaning, but when I went to pull the base pin it was stuck. Unless I removed the ejector rod housing I would not be able to get pliers on it.
I squirted some Ballistol in at the front and back of the cylinder and let it soak for about a half hour in the hopes that it would loosen things up. Luckily I was finally able to pull it out.
This leads me to believe there was a buildup of crud on the pin.
Unfortunately, single actions with transfer bars like the Ruger New Models don't allow you to push the cylinder pin from the back, because the transfer bar is in the way. Brownells sells a base pin removal tool (part number 080000367) but it's $45. So, the moral of the story is if you shoot a single action, pull and wipe off the base pin even if you’re not going to do a full cleaning.
Being in my late 50s and having spent about 26 years in IT using a keyboard a lot, my hands no longer take well to heavy recoiling guns. I recently got a CZ-82 in 9mm Makarov but being a straight blowback, I'm limited to about 50 rounds per session with that gun.
A couple days ago I traded off my SIG P365X, which had gotten unpleasant to shoot, in favor of a Ruger Security-380 Lite Rack. It's based on the Security-9 Compact but chambered for .380 ACP. Size-wise it's comparable to a Beretta 81 or 84 Cheetah .32 or a SIG P365 AXG Legion. Unlike the blowback Berettas, the Ruger is a locked-breech gun so my hope was that it would have mild recoil.
I tried a few holsters that I have on hand for other guns and found that it fits my El Paso Saddlery M-1942 Tanker made for the S&W M&P M2.0 Compact 9mm:
It's large trigger guard kept it from seating in a Tanker holster for 1911s.
The Ruger came with two 15-round mags (for this RSR-exclusive SKU), a mag loader, chamber flag, owner's manual, and gun lock.
The front sight is a green fiber optic while the rear is blacked out with a U-notch that gives just the right amount of space on the sides of the front when aiming. Sight visibility is excellent.
My hands are medium-sized and I'm able to grip the gun and reach the trigger comfortably.
There is a thumb safety on the left side, but not on the right for us lefties. The safety lever is small and might not be easy to work with gloves on. I plan to ignore it.
One caution I saw in a video review by Honest Outlaw on YouTube is that if you eject magazines and let them fall onto a concrete floor, they may shed their floorplates and possibly break. So, don't do that.
Today was a good day to test my theory that a locked-breech large .380 pistol would be good for folks with hand issues, because they were acting up.
While .380 ACP may not be as powerful as 9mm, the ballistics are similar to those of the Colt 1851 Navy .36 percussion revolver, which put a lot of men in the ground in the late 19th Century. Think of the Ruger as a 15-shot Colt Navy.
I put 137 rounds of .380 FMJ through it (38 Federal American Eagle, 49 CCI Blazer w/aluminum cases, and 50 rounds of PMC). The gun ran perfectly.
The trigger pull is consistent and my SWAG is that it breaks at about 4 - 4.5 lbs. There is zero overtravel due to a stop molded into the trigger guard. There is a little takeup in the pull before you encounter resistance, similar to a two-stage military rifle trigger.
The two 15-round mags that were included with the gun definitely need a magazine loader to fill, especially for the final round. I used my Maglula UpLULA instead of the one included with the gun. The magazines have the same bodies as those for the Security-9, but with a spacer in the back to work with the shorter .380 rounds. Any mag loader meant for double-column 9mm pistol mags will work.
Seating a fully loaded magazine with the slide forward requires you to give it a good whack on the bottom to ensure it's latched in place.
I shot it on paper at 10 yards and on steel at 25 yards. The point of impact is a little to the right at 10, more so at 25. Looking down at the top of the slide it looks like Ruger didn't get the rear sight perfectly centered. It's a hair off to the right. I'm going to center it before I shoot it the next time.
Field stripping is easy but may require a small flat head screwdriver to pull out the takedown pin, if it's dirty or dry. A good accessory for this gun would be a Czech surplus CZ-82 cleaning rod, which has a flat head screwdriver on the tip.
Despite Ruger not getting the rear sight properly centered on my sample, overall I'm very impressed with the Security-380.
The recoil is very soft, similar to the Beretta .32. However, the slide is much easier to rack than the Beretta's, more like a .22 autoloader's. Even after 137 rounds my hands weren't feeling much worse than when I started. If you have hand strength or pain issues, or are just recoil-sensitive, this is a gun to seriously check out.
CANCON A Fully Suppressed RECOIL Range Day! We're moving to an all new location this May for a weekend of cans, guns, and fun!
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I got stuff going on all day. I may be back tomorrow. Sorry to those of you who emailed links.
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In March of 2026, Everytown, the activist organization created with the help of considerable funds by Multi - billionaire Michael Bloomberg, place a website online called EveryShot. EveryShot is an artificial intelligence tool using ChatGPT-40 mini to search for and list, according to Everytown, a collection of incidents in the 50 U.S. states where there was a shooting involving a firearm or gun or if a gun or firearm was brandished. Specifically excluded a BB guns, pellet guns, toy guns or events which are fictional. A filter is used to exclude duplicates. The tool often shows multiple sources for a single event. The tool can flag events when there is uncertainty or discrepancies the flag brings the attention of a human for review. The tool updates the database twice a week.
In the Terms of Use, Everytown states the results can be "incomplete, inaccurate, offensive, or otherwise unpredictable". In this correspondent's use of the tool, such a description is correct.
The tool has been developed by Everytown. Everytown is strongly biased toward greater political control over the ownership and use of firearms. It is not surprising there are no categories of firearms use under the categories of "Intent" listed as s justified homicides. There is no category of "Incident Type" listed as self-defense.
In "Relationship to Shooter" there are no categories for "gang member", "criminal", pimp, "drug dealer" or even "stranger" or "attacker". There are only Self, Friend, various family members, Intimate Partner, Bystander and "Not Reported".
The description of the sources limits them to occurring in "one of the 50 US states", the District of Columbia, a United States federal territory, is included.
As an experiment, this correspondent chose to look at all the incidents reported under the categories of Firearm Type - "Machine Gun" and Firearm Ownership - "Legal". Such incidents are extremely rare. EveryShot reported six incidents from January 1 through April 21.
It appeared to this reporter EveryShot was mistaken in all six incidents. In all six incidents the "machine gun" was an illegally possessed firearm. Three of the incidents explicitly identified the illegal machine gun as a "Glock switch". One incident identified the offending firearm(s) as "illegal conversion devices". One incident did not identify the firearm, except as a "machine gun", but there was a charge of "felon in possession" which indicated the firearm was illegally owned. The sixth incident identified the firearm as a MAC 11, but careful reading showed it to be Masterpiece Arms Grim Reaper, a semi-automatic replica of the MAC. In that case, the firearm itself was not a machine gun, and it was illegal for the person to possess it, as they were charged with felon in possession.
Here are the links to each of the six incidents:
January 20, 2026 -Michigan City Indiana, Glock Switch, shots fired. Illegal possession.
January 29, 2026 - Elkhart Indiana Twins Arrested for Machine Gun possession Glock switch, illegal possession.
February 11, 2026 - Listed as Endicott, NY (actually Montgomery County, PA.) MAC 11. No mention of conversion. Masterpiece Arms Grim Reaper firearm, not a machine gun. Illegal possession.
February 19, 2026 - Waco Texas, illegal conversion devices
March 6, 2026 - Laredo, Texas, , shots fired Glock switch
March 30, 2026 - Gray's Hill, SC Possession of a machine gun, felon in possession no explanation of offending firearm.
There are other quirks in the EveryShot AI engine. Under "Brandishing" the engine lists 92 incidents under "fatal", 0 incidents under non-fatal, and 0 incidents under "other". The engine must have more categories than "fatal", "non-fatal" and "other", because total incidents are listed as 1,560, many time greater than the total of "fatal", "non-fatal" and "other", which only comes to 92.
Such are the quirks which EveryTown warns against as potential flaws in the EveryShot AI construct.
This does not mean EveryShot is useless. It means the numbers are, at best, a flawed program's interpretation of news stories, which are highly biased by the way the searches are constructed.
Another reason to be cautions is this: It is not disputed the most common fatalities involving firearms In the USA are suicides. They account for about two thirds of all fatalities involving firearms. Because of the limitations of the publicly available data from the sources used by EveryShot, suicides only account for about 9% of fatalities by firearm. It appears suicides are not covered by the media anywhere near completely.
If you use EveryShot, be aware of the limitations. Keep in mind the cautions put forward by Everytown about its use. Do not consider the statistics to be factual or accurate, because the EverShot AI has many limitations.
©2026 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
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MNPD said a 56-year-old man was watching TV in his bedroom when a man wearing a medical mask entered the room and demanded money. The suspect was later identified as 45-year-old Derick Mercer.
The 56-year-old then grabbed his gun that was sitting next to him. MNPD said Mercer jumped across the bed and grabbed the gun.
During the struggle, a shot was fired, striking Mercer in the chest, MNPD said.
MNPD said the 56-year-old man told police he knew Mercer and that he had been at his home earlier that day. He also said that he did not know that it was Mercer who entered his room at the time of the incident.
After a preliminary investigation, officials learned that four armed suspects attempted to steal the victim’s vehicle. Both the victim and the suspects exchanged gunfire, before the suspects fled the scene.
While continuing the investigation, officers received a report of a male shot in the 4400 block of Lee Road. While responding to the reports, officers found a male suffering from gunshot wounds to the abdomen and arm, as well as the vehicle used in the attempted carjacking.
The male suffering from gunshot wounds, a 16-year-old male, was revealed to be one of the suspects involved in the attempted carjacking and shooting on E. 131st St.
Pointer had gotten into an altercation with a resident at the home, resulting in him shooting the resident in the foot.
Hours later, Pointer returned to the home and allegedly fired a gun multiple times through the front door before kicking it in, officials said.
Once inside, Pointer was shot by the owner of the home. He left the house and then collapsed on the sidewalk.
Pointer died from his injuries at the scene and the homeowner was interviewed at JPD headquarters, officials said.
It’s spring time. We are starting to see our annual rash of “mass shootings.” Take a look at these mass shooting events that have popped off in the last few weeks. 9 people injured in mass shooting at Cincinnati East End venue Winston-Salem park mass shooting Mass shooting near Indiana U. campus wounds 9 […]
On May 4, 1415, reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus were condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. Pictured is Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, in an 1883 painting by Václav Brožík. Hus had traveled to Constance with the promise of safe passage by both Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund and the Pope. But after he arrived the Pope and the cardinals soon ordered him to be thrown into prison. On July 6, 1415, after a ghastly stay fettered in prison and two trials, he was offered either recanting or death, and he chose a martyr’s death. He …
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DA Targets produces an innovative line of polymer, self-healing, reactive targets. They have silhouette targets. They have gong targets. And they have knock down targets, too. Like other reactive targets, knock down targets make an excellent training aid. The marksman doesn’t need to wait to inspect a target following a series of shots in order to find out how well he is shooting. Instead, the target reacts immediately, providing instant feedback about the effectiveness of each shot. This provides more accurate and powerful reinforcement of marksmanship skills. It is also a lot more fun. One of DA Targets’ most innovative …
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The following recipe for Dandelion Flower Pancake Fritters is from Avalanche Lily. Note: Be sure that you harvest only from dandelion patches that have not been sprayed with any herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides. Ingredients 2 cups Dandelion flowers 1 medium onion, chopped. Fresh or dried chives can also be used. 2 to 3 cloves of garlic (to suit your taste) 1 to 2 teaspoons of salt (to suit your taste) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 Tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar 1 cup of milk. (I use sheep milk.) 2.5 cups all-purpose flour. (I use home-ground Einkorn flour.) 2 eggs — …
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Today’s graphic: 70% of Canada’s population lives in these three regions. “Around 300,000 km² from 9,984,670 km² of total area of Canada, but 70% of population lives here…” (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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“The absolute rights of man, considered as a free agent, endowed with discernment to known good from evil, and with power of choosing those measures which appear to him to be most desirable, are usually fumed up on one general appellation, and denominated the natural liberty of mankind. This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature: being a right inherent in a us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the …
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The horse on the left is Golden Tempo, a 23-1 long shot who won the Kentucky Derby. The jockey is Jose Ortiz who won the Kentucky Oaks race yesterday - only the ninth jockey to win both in the same year.
The horse on the right is Renegade, at 4-1. The jockey is Irad Ortiz, Jr., Jose's brother. Irad has won the Belmont Stakes twice.
That's a horse riding Dynasty.
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A suspect is in critical condition after being shot by a homeowner during an alleged robbery in southwest Oklahoma City on Friday night, according to police.
On May 3, 1810, English poet Lord Byron swam across the dangerous Hellespont Strait in Turkey. (The modern day Dardanelles.) — May 3,1952: The first airplane landed on the ice pack at the geographic North Pole. — And on May 3, 1999: A category F5 tornado hit parts of Oklahoma City and caused the record wind speed of about 301 mph (484 km/h). 45 people were killed, and 665 injured. This was the highest tornado wind speed ever recorded. — Today’s feature article is a timely re-post from the SurvivalBlog archives.
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Editor’s Introductory Note: The recent spike in fuel prices prompted me to re-post this practical 2010 article from the SurvivalBlog archives. – JWR Although I live in a rural setting, my current employment depends on being able to reliably commute about 45 minutes each way to the state capital. Watching the shutdown and gradual restoration of the Colonial pipeline serving the southeast US in teh aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was a sobering experience. Fuel prices spiked to record levels and many stations were not able to re-supply for weeks because of the lack of sufficient movement in the pipeline. It …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: Do You Remember The USPS Ad Promising: “Two Days, Two Pounds, $2.90”? Well, Now It Can Be: “Four Days, Two Pounds, $39.25.” Links: Priority Mail consistently takes 4 days to deliver. USPS Rate Chart Link. Notes From JWR: 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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“And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: …
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As I continue to grade papers, I see troubling items. Sometimes not AI. From a comment on a paper:
No page numbers or headers are often signs that a student copied and pasted from an AI program. There are enough grammar errors and clumsy sentences that I doubt you used AI, unless it was developmentally delayed AI.
Another paper with AI fingerprints all over it. Some of these, even if not provably AI, are so bad that many AI programs need to go to college. Vague, general, shallow obvious statements with references to unnamed documents. Has anyone figured out where we go after AI? Assuming colleges and universities still have a use.
