gunbloggers.com 86 items from 74 feeds
Hillsborough County deputies rushed to the facility following an urgent warning from onsite security, but gunfire erupted moments after their arrival. Investigators said Pearson crashed his car through a courtyard security gate shortly after noon and immediately shot 41-year-old LeAnne Selman three times. His firearm malfunctioned as Selman attempted to crawl away, leading Pearson to retrieve a handgun from his vehicle and execute her, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister.
Chronister said the gunman then advanced into the cafeteria, sending thousands of terrified employees running for exits or ducking into hiding spots across the campus. John Fraley, a Citibank security guard and Marine Corps veteran, tracked Pearson into a men's restroom and opened fire after taking a tactical position. Pearson sustained five gunshot wounds during the exchange of gunfire and was transported to Tampa General Hospital, where emergency doctors confirmed he died. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office officials noted that 3,200 employees were present on site during the attack.
Police say the officer saw a possible suspect, but lost sight of him. Officers later talked to a security guard working in the area who said he exchanged gunfire with group of people that fired a rifle at him.
One person in the group was hit while the others escaped. Police say the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to a JCPD press release, officers responded to the 1100 block of East Miller St. for reports of a burglary around 7:39 p.m. Sunday.
The owner of the home found an unknown person inside, causing the homeowner to fire a weapon. There were no injuries and the suspect ran from the scene before officers arrived.
During the attempted robbery, the intended victim tried to drive away as shots were fired at him but lost control of his car and crashed.
He then got out of the car and returned fire before leaving the area. Police used K-9 officers and drones in a search for a shooting suspect. More than a dozen evidence markers were scattered across the road.
When officers arrived, they found Christopher Peart dead. Christian Peart was there but was not injured.
Deryka Minor appeared in court for the first time after the shooting at Memories Lounge early Sunday morning. Cincinnati police Detective David Gregory said Minor has been cleared in the death of Kameiro Blair-Martin.
“As far as the homicide, she’s been cleared,” Gregory said.
Prosecutors and the defense agreed in court that Minor acted in self-defense. Gregory said Minor “was the victim of a pretty vicious assault,” and investigators said the employee who died was the aggressor. Defense attorney Clyde Bennett said Minor was attacked and shot to protect herself.
“She’s a victim. She was beaten pretty extensively and pretty viciously and did what she had to do to save her life. If she wouldn’t have done that, she’d be dead right now,” Bennett said.
Police identified 42-year-old Jonatan De Jesus Dzul Aguilar as a guest who they say began “behaving aggressively” toward female guests, repeatedly grabbing and disrespecting them.
Police said Idalberto Garcia Cardenas intervened and told Aguilar to stop.
Investigators allege Aguillar struck Cardenas over the head with a ceramic vase, causing a large contusion. Police said a tussle then followed, which caused Cardenas to pull out a gun.
As the two men struggled for control of the weapon, it discharged, striking Aguilar in the face, according to police.
Police said both men were injured in the altercation.
Y'all might recall a couple of weeks ago, the water heater in the shop went out. It was a small 4-gallon tank heater. White I was cussing and fretting, Belle went to Amazon and started searching. We went with a small on demand heater. I admit that I didn't do the research. After it was installed, it gave hot water, but it would trip te breaker when I pulled on it hard. After a couple or resets, I pulled out the specs and learned that it needed a 30-amp breaker. The circuit it wired with a 20-amp breaker. Well hell.
I checked with my electrician, and he wasn't sure if we had installed 10-gauge or 12-gauge wiring on that circuit. So, not wanting to burn the shop down I did some more research. I spent the money and bought another 4-gallon thank heater from Amazon. This one. It will give me four gallons of hot water and only draws 12 amps., which is okay on a 20-amp circuit.
Installation was easy. It took me 45 minutes, but a good plumber could have done it in 10. It sits under the sin, plugs into a 120v outlet and gives me hot water for the dishes. If it lasts as long as the first one, it will be a win.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Graham’s Beach Grill in unincorporated Cocoa Beach. Deputies responded to the location at approximately 2:18 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2026, after a 911 call was received advising that a person had been shot. Upon arrival, deputies located an adult male suffering from life-threatening injuries. Brevard County Fire Rescue personnel rendered aid before the individual was transported to a local hospital. Despite life-saving efforts, he was later pronounced deceased.
The decedent has been identified as 33-year-old Walter Butler of Rockledge. Preliminary investigation indicates the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the business. Butler and another male had a verbal exchange in reference to a previous disagreement. This disagreement escalated into a physical altercation when Butler attacked the male. A single shot was fired during the physical altercation by the male who was attacked. After the shooting, Butler went into the business where he collapsed. The male who fired the shot, remained at the scene where he met with responding deputies. He was subsequently detained and transported to BCSO Criminal Investigative Services to speak with homicide agents.
Based on the initial investigative findings, the male who was confirmed to be the shooter was released and continues to cooperate with agents. The investigation remains on-going as agents attempt to conduct additional interviews with individuals who were present at the time of the shooting.
- Tesla to wind down production of the Cybertruck, aka the Incel Camino or the Electric Edsel.
- Radio waves from your wifi router can be used to identify where you are in your home, as well as mapping you well enough for an AI to identify who you are.
- Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY] to force a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth when Congress reconvenes next week.
The post The Only FAL Contract Not In 7.62mm (Venezuelan 7mm Liviano) first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Could You Weak-Hand Draw If You Had To? This is a critical skill set that most defensive shooters fail to consider. The Lock Held. The Glass Didn’t. “What Silver Rail Elementary tells […]By Dave Workman Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who headed the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and created that office’s Second Amendment Section, has resigned, the first departure of a high-profile Trump administration official following the midterm elections, and who is now being hailed by gun rights activists as a champion. Under Dhillon’s leadership, the […]
The post Dhillon Steps Down as Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division appeared first on Liberty Park Press.
Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […]
This photo of Dog the Bounty Hunter (which was not staged but a discovery one day when I got home from work) made me smile. Since the news today is full of (surprise!) news about the election (it's that or the Kardashians any more, which is probably why I gave my TV to AmVets) --today, just some smiles.Tonight, I think I want to laugh again, if only to myself.
So for you, some Home on the Range Classic Dating Disclaimers. Feel Free to add your own.
There are good dates and bad ones. The good ones hold in close and smile. But the bad ones? The statute of limitations has run out on some of those.
Dates from Hell. We've all had one, or will. My worst was a fellow that came over for a fancy dinner I cooked, then proceeded to pull out a little hand held video game and play it for an hour, totally ignoring me on the couch next to him. I finally said "uh, what are you doing? and he said "I'm getting my child to the next level!"
He did NOT get to the next level.
When I was just a pup, one of the mechanics that worked on one of the corporate planes I flew, asked out a lady that was on the city council. She was attractive, liberal and well dressed. He liked the attractive part enough to ignore that they might not have a lot in common. They went to dinner, and did not have anything in common, so he just told her he enjoyed meeting her and they could remain friends but there wouldn't be a second date. She seemed to take that well and thanked him for the friendship.
That night he started getting phone calls from different people with different voices, but not QUITE different, telling him what a jerk he was and how wonderful this lady was and he should see her again. It turns out his date had multiple personalities and all of them started to stalk him. He said the one named "Oscar" creeped him out the most. He ended up moving and changing his phone number. She was probably elected to Congress.
But still, we open ourselves up there in the dating world, which can be a wonderful adventure, or simply that giant rock rolling down the hill at you.
Love can make us do things we normally wouldn't consider. It can lead to a buddy asking a vegan to go turkey hunting, only to have the girl jump up at the first sight of a trio of young jakes yelling "Run Mr. Turkey, Run for your Life!" It made one young lady from a friends workplace, flushed with happy anticipation of her first night with her long time crush, spend $100 for a top of the line push up bra and matching panties. Love made her glad she did, disappointment made her set her new lingerie on fire. In his office. During a meeting with his biggest client.
Chasing it was more fun than catching it.But we still get out there, we get our hearts ripped out, stomped on and set on fire and eventually we put on our brave faces and get back to living, and if we're lucky, find someone special we can laugh with, admit how horribly we screwed up the last relationship, and move on. (Raises hand).
Disclaimer: Dating is for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. All models over 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. Some assembly required. No other warranty expressed or implied. No dogs or horses. Apply only to affected area. May be too intense for some viewers. Freshest if eaten before date on carton. Subject to change without notice.
Terms subject to change without notice. Times approximate. Simulated picture. Do not attempt to put in pants. Don't try in your living room, these are trained professionals.. Use only as directed Breaking seal constitutes acceptance of agreement
May contain nuts.
One size fits all. Edited for television. Keep cool, process promptly. Return to sender. Not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect, error or failure to perform. Penalty for private use. See label for sequence. Add toner. Your canceled check is your receipt. Sanitized for your protection. Sign here without admitting guilt. Limited time offer, call now to ensure prompt delivery. Not actual size.
You must be present to win.
You must be this tall to ride the ride.
Safety goggles may be required during use.
Use only in a well-ventilated are. Keep away from fire or flames. Replace with same type. Not liable for damages arising from use or misuse. No substitutions allowed. For a limited time only. Action figures sold separately. If ingested, do not induce vomiting. Substantial penalty for early withdrawal
Slightly higher west of the Rockies.
Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball!Lastly, for those of us who are no longer youngsters.
Contents may have settled.
I went to Holloway this morning. Holloway is and unincorporated crossroads down the road from the house. There is a barber shop there. An old style, single chair barber shop. A haircut is $20. This morning, the conversation was politics, weather, and Houston, TX. Go figure. They were trying to figure out if Houston was the 4th largest metro in the US, or if it had been surpassed by DFW?
No one brought out a cell phone, no one tried to Google. No one in there was under 65 years old. Just a bunch of old men on a sunny Thursday morning.
After the barber sup, into town to the grocers to try and figure out what we're doing or lunch. I'll fry a mixed bag for lunch, some taquitos, some chicken strips and some egg rolls. This time of year is my favorite for cooking. The cool temps let me do things that the hot August weather forbids. Tomorrow it will be a beef stew. Basic, with potatoes and carrots.
The politics of the midterms don't bother me, as most Presidents get a shellacking during the midterms. I've seen this before. The pendulum is always swinging. Sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, but always moving. Life goes on.
JP Enterprise is best known for their competition guns, but this little PDW is built to do it all.
Retired Ohio peace officer Greg Ellifretz is recognized as one of today’s very best trainers in the various elements of use of force. Here’s his advice for what needs to be said after you’ve had to use force in self-defense.Hitefield adds that Hyde-Smith had some “gaffes” during the campaign, when she made some remarks about the rising cost of living that some voters felt were dismissive. For instance, when asked about soaring costs, including beef prices, during an interview with WLOX in February, Hyde-Smith applauded the passing of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and went on to say, “It is on everybody’s mind. It is certainly me at my house. And you know, you have so many proteins to choose from. And all commodities go through peaks and valleys.”
Cheers!
Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said police believe she was just a bystander to an unrelated incident, according to The Associated Press.
Republican Party of Virginia Chief Financial Officer Frank Loehr told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the victim was shot in the shoulder as she was talking to people from the Nature Conservancy who had set up a booth on the sidewalk.
While being interviewed by police, Goffney told investigators she was at the crime scene in the Ford Fusion when the shooting happened and said Pritchett, 18-year-old Elijah Markell Parham and 16-year-old Malachi Debar Williams were with her at the time. Goffney told police that Parham and Williams were both armed and planned to rob an unnamed 16-year-old who was with Payton when he was shot and killed. After Payton was shot, Goffney told investigators that Parham, Williams and Pritchett all ran back to the vehicle and she drove them away from the scene.
Court records state Pritchett’s interview with police supported Goffney’s version of what took place. He told investigators that Williams had been communicating with the unnamed teen before the shooting in an attempt to set him up for an armed robbery. Pritchett also confessed he was with Williams and Parham — both armed with rifles — and knew an armed robbery would take place with the unnamed teen being the victim. Records state Pritchett told investigators that Payton shot first, and Williams and Parham returned fire, leading to Payton’s death. Pritchett also told police that he, Williams and Parham all then climbed into the backseat of the Ford Fusion, and Goffney drove them away from the scene.
Investigators said an argument broke out inside the Crackpot Bar and an adult man pulled out a knife.
Police said a security guard working at the bar shot the man, who died at the scene.
Brown faces charges of felon in possession of a handgun, felony drug possession, attempted homicide, gun possession during the commission of a dangerous felony and violating the conditions of his release. The release violations stem from a March 16 arrest involving charges of aggravated assault, domestic assault and aggravated burglary.
Brown remains jailed on $360,000 bond.
Harris faces charges of attempted homicide, felon in possession of a weapon and gun possession during the commission of a dangerous felony. He remains jailed on $150,000 bond.
By Dave Workman In the wake of Tuesday’s Democrat trouncing of Republicans across the country, outgoing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who is already being looked at as a possible presidential contender in 2028—said it might take several years before another conservative justice like Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas could be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. […]
The post The Bad News: No New Conservative SCOTUS Justices for Years appeared first on Liberty Park Press.
Anyway, the data processing coordinator for the district somehow rescued a computer pound puppy. It was an odd dual minicomputer system named MINITS (for Miniature Time Sharing System). It used two Interdata minicomputers, a Model 3 and Model 4, sharing a common 32K RAM space. A model 4:
The dials on the left and the push buttons at bottom allowed you to enter data into various memory locations, such as when you needed to put the boot code in to load the OS from the drum. This was a slow process. One friend, Curt, demonstrated his ability to enter the boot sequence accurately with his toes.
I do not know if the Model 15 was an Interdata supported product, or something Cerf's team created. The Model 3 was for control of the teletype terminals and modems. The model 4 did the timesharing processing.
This is a model 33 teletype. It printed and accepted keyboard input at 10 characters per second (we finally managed to find a 30 character per seconds modem and CRT to attach).
An early line printer that used type slugs linked together in a chain as its printing mechanism. The chain spun horizontally around a set of hammers. When the desired character was in front of the selected print column, the corresponding hammer hit the paper into the ribbon and onto the character in the chain. Chain and train printers gave way to band printers in the early 1980s.
The original model can print 600 lines of text per minute and can skip blank lines at up to 75 inches per second (190 cm/s), while the model 3 can print at up to 1400 lines per minute. The standard model has 120 print positions. An additional 12 positions are available as an option. A print chain with up to 15 copies of the character set spins horizontally in front of the ribbon and paper. Hammers strike the paper from behind at exactly the right moment to print a character as it goes by. In later models, the print chain is replaced by a print train; print slugs instead of being mounted on a chain are placed in a track.
Drum printers used a series of type slugs mounted on a drum. A print stroke would line up the appropriate slug for each letter (perhaps all the slugs for the entire line to be printed?) and stamp them through a ribbon onto that same distinctive wide fanfold paper used by chain printers:
Because alignment of the type to the line was happening at very high speeds, the letters would often being not exactly centered in the line. You would see characters printed perhaps a few hundredths of an inch off a perfect impression vertically. I suspect this could be adjusted for better output accuracy but the listings we had in binders were all suffering this drunken vertical print alignment.
Shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 30, the Forest Acres Police Department said officers were called to a shooting at a home on Ransom Drive.
During the investigation, officers discovered that the man who was shot was the aggressor in a domestic violence incident that involved a mother and her son.
The suspect, 40-year-old Saban Burzic, was shot in the lower body and taken to a hospital. FAPD said Burzic is charged with third-degree domestic violence as well as third-degree assault.
By Dave Workman Nearly two years after parting ways with high-profile Dallas attorney William Brewer and his firm, Brewer Attorneys & Counselors, the National Rifle Association—in an Oct. 30 court filing in Dallas County District Court—is now demanding that the law firm repay a reported $200 million in legal fees, plus damages. The NRA is […]
The post NRA Demands Former Attorney Repay $200 Million appeared first on Liberty Park Press.
The Babylon Bee a few days ago made fun of Republicans who decided gas prices mattered more than mutilating children. There is doubtless some truth to that. The failure to adequately consider plans for closure of the Strait of Hormuz is perhaps Trump's biggest blunder.
There are signs, however, that the problem is worse than Republican voting.11/3/26 Gateway Pundit:
Pennsylvania resident Jean Franco Urbaez arrived at his polling place in Lower Macungie Township, PA, to vote in person. To his surprise, someone had already voted in person using his identity at 8:11. Urbaez videotaped himself making the discovery until he was told he was not allowed to videotape in the polling place.
This is no surprise. A friend in the Bay Area tells me in 2024, he tracked his mail-in ballot from his mailbox to the election center. To his surprise, he was able to track his wife's mail-in ballot, which was counted the day after the election. She is not a U.S. citizen and has never registered to vote, or voted.
Voting machines in Westchester County, New York, the state's seventh most populous county, are not accepting paper ballots at polling locations throughout the county, the Westchester County Board of Elections said in a statement Tuesday morning.
"The Westchester County Board of Elections (BOE) is aware of an issue involving the paper ballots that is preventing some voting machines from accepting ballots at polling locations throughout the County," the statement read.
The board, in a separate statement issued later in the day, said the issue stemmed from an update to the county's election programming that occurred after initial testing of equipment.
Oh yes, I believe that. As a British friend liked to say, "There are fairies in my garden, too."
A friend of his moved with his wife to West Point, N.Y, where they voted in the 2024 election. Someone voted in their name in the Bay Area, likely not for the same president.
I was really impressed that Newsom won the recall election after COVID. If anyone should have been vulnerable at that point, it was Newsom. My wife thinks all elections are now so corrupted in Blue States that elections no longer matter.
I suspect until the government starts pushing Jews into boxcars for re-education camps (and the rest of us oppressive white people, shortly thereafter)*, this will continue, with the pretense of elections.
*This is where it should end. Quite forcefully.
A look back at the Remington CSR! Does Remington still have what it takes?Congress changed hands last night, and not by a small margin. Come January, the Democrats will be fully in charge. Michigan elected a socialist and Texas turned purple. That seems to be the over-arching result.
Louisiana elected Julia Letlow to replace Bill Cassidy. It was not a forgone conclusion as Democrat Jamie Davis ran a credible race, getting within two points of Letlow. It was a near thing.
The House races are another thing entirely. Predictably, Democrat Troy Carter won his race out of New Orleans. That was no surprise. Republicans Mike Hohnson, Steve Scalise, and Cla y Higgins won easily. Two House districts are in a runoff situation. Both the 5th and 6th districts will have final elections in December. I live in the 5th District, which is trying to flip from D to R. Generally, December elections in Louisiana are low turnout, so the candidates will have to have a good ground game to get their voters to the polls.
The next two years are going to be interesting and the 2028 Presidential race starts today.
The post Japan’s Cold War Battle Rifle: Howa Type 64 first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
By Dave Workman A new report from the Second Amendment Foundation’s director of legal research and education has once again shown how the gun prohibition lobby is more interested in ratcheting down on the rights of law-abiding gun owners than reducing violent crime. It is a subject TGM has previously discussed how groups such as […]
The post New SAF Report: Everytown, Giffords State Rankings Have Little Correlation to Reality appeared first on Liberty Park Press.
NC: Spindale - Worker/Owner of Business Confronts Combative man, Is Attacked, Shoots, Kills Attacker
The police department said Rhodes briefly walked away from the area, but he returned, approaching the suspect while yelling and screaming. The suspect was standing in front of the shopping plaza, directly before the entrance of the business and also said he was carrying his firearm for protection, police said.
According to video footage, police said Rhodes "animatedly" or in a lively manner approached the suspect, and after a verbal exchange, Rhodes lunged at the suspect, appearing to strike him. Police said the suspect fired one shot, hitting Rhodes and ultimately killing him.
A witness told investigators Durham entered the business and punched another man in the face. The witness then heard two gunshots and saw Durham run from the building.
Investigators said the other man fired a handgun during the confrontation, striking Durham in the hand. The man was taken to Willis-Knighton North with minor head injuries.
According to police, the witness said Durham had previously threatened to harm the man because he believed the man was having an affair with his wife.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said 36-year-old Natalia Gaviria, of Kissimmee, got heavily intoxicated before entering the Dollar General. Once inside, she reportedly pulled out a knife, began waving it around and threatened customers.
Store employees quickly ushered customers out of the building and called 911. During the encounter, investigators said Gaviria stabbed a soda bottle inside the business.
Two residents drew their concealed firearms and held Gaviria at gunpoint until law enforcement officers arrived. Sheriff Judd noted that under Florida law, residents do not need a permit to carry a concealed firearm.
According to authorities, an 80-year-old homeowner called to report the break-in. At some point, the suspected burglar was shot and killed.
When deputies arrived, they found the 80-year-old victim, who was unharmed, and took him to the hospital for a minor medical concern.
James Thacher's Military Journal 75-6 (1823) recounts his contemporaneous and often eye-witness experience of the war. Some of these stories are not new to me or likely you but there are details that are for me:
October. By some gentlemen from head quarters, near New York, we are amused with an account of a singular machine, invented by a Mr. D. Bushnell of Connecticut, for the purpose of destroying the British shipping by explosion. This novel machine was so ingeniously constructed, that, on examination, Major General Putnam was decidedly of opinion that its operations might be attended with the desired suc- cess ; accordingly he encouraged the inventor, and resolved to be himself a spectator of the experiment on the British shipping in New York harbor. Mr. Bushnell gave to his machine the name of American Turtle or Torpedo. It was constructed on the principles of submarine navigation, and on trial it has been ascertained that it might be rowed horizontally, at any given depth under water, and the adventurer, concealed within, might rise or sink, as occasion re- quires. A magazine of powder was attached to it in such a manner as to be screwed into the bottom of the ship ; and being now disengaged from the ma- chine the operator retires in safety, leaving the in- ternal clock work in motion ; and at the distance of half an hour, or an hour, the striking of a gun lock communicates fire to the powder, and the explosion takes place. It was determined to make the experi ment with this machine in the night, on the ship Eagle, of sixty four guns, on board of which admiral Lord Howe commanded. General Putnam placed himself on the wharf to witness the result. Mr. Bushnell had instructed his brother in the management of the Torpedo with perfect dexterity ; but being taken sick a sergeant of a Connecticut regiment was selected for the business, who, for want of time, could not be properly instructed. He however. succeeded so far as to arrive in safety with his apparatus under the bottom of the ship, when the screw, designed to perforate the copper sheathing, unfortunately struck against an iron plate, near the rudder, which, with the strong current and want of skill in the operator, frustrated the enterprize ; and, as day light had begun to appear, the sergeant abandoned his magazine, and returned in the Torpedo to the shore. In less than half an hour a terrible explosion from the magazine took place, and threw into the air a prodigious column of water, resembling a great water spout, attended with a report like thunder. General Putnam, and others who waited with great anxiety for the result, were exceedingly amused with the astonishment and alarm which this secret explo-sion occasioned on board of the ship. This failure, it is confidently asserted, is not to be attributed to any defect in the principles of this wonderful machine ; as it is allowed to be admirably calculated to execute destruction among the shipping.
The explanation that I have read in the past is that the failure to get an adequate bite into the copper bottom meant that turning the screw just spun the submarine. This makes more sense.