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During cross examination of Ronkainen, the state drilled into the difference between military spec and civilian firearms when considering pounds of pressure to pull the trigger. For military, Ronkainen said the pounds of pressure is higher, or around 6 lbs of pressure, to ensure there is no unintentional trigger pulls. For civilian firearms, the pressure could be as low as 2.5 lbs of pressure.

When the state asked if that means it would take 90 lbs of pressure to fire a 30 round magazine from a civilian firearm, the plaintiffs objected saying that was wrong. The state said it wanted to show the difference in level of fatigue in rapidly firing a civilian firearm versus a military firearm. Ronkainen said that is immaterial.

“I’m not sure the defense understood what a trigger pull was, but overall with what they got I think they did as well as they could,” Maag said.

Greg Bishop
September 17, 2024
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Lots of important security patches are out.

Catching up on my email and other internet activities today, I'm finding some weather-weenies who think that there is a chance for a huge storm to blow  up in the Gulf, so I click over to NOAA and look at their 7-day graphic.

 Belle has family in Missouri, and we drove up last Sunday to visit with them.  I was basically unplugged from the intertubes for five days.  It was a good visit.  We got caught up with the kids, and the grandkids, and the great-grandkids.

When we go to Missouri, we take a little bit of Louisiana with us.  Belle makes etouffee at some point, and the Missouri bunch doesn't get much etouffee.

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Today I’m at B&T in Thun, Switzerland taking a look at the whole history of the company’s suppressors. They began back in the 90s when founder Karl Brügger was working as a machinist and had spare time available – so he started making silencers for himself and his friends. That grew into a small business, then a larger business getting contracts for Swiss police departments and making commercial sales, and eventually into the major industry player it is today. B&T is not the best-known name in the United States, but they have a long history of making OEM suppressors for major European arms companies like H&K.

The post A Brief History of B&T Silencers – Impuls to Rotex to P...

Note: I meant to post this a few months ago but it got lost in my “drafts” folder. Putting it up for the record. These are reading notes not a composed review of Metzl’s book but you may find them useful nonetheless.

This post continues what I started before with my recaps of the first two sessions of our Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club on Jonathan Metzl’s recently published book, What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms (Amazon affiliate link to help offset my expenses in doing this work).

Here are my reading notes of what I liked and disliked about the first section and the ...

Walk in gunshot victim says he was robbing someone at the above location & they shot him

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According to a San Antonio police preliminary report, a family was leaving the Shops at Rivercenter around 5 p.m. when they encountered two people burglarizing their vehicle.

The suspects pointed guns at the family, and a man and his son opened fire on them, police said.

According to police at the scene, one of the suspects, a 35-year-old man, was shot in the face. The other suspect, a woman, was also hit. Both of the suspects were dropped off at a nearby hospital with apparent non-life-threatening injuries.

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 Starring the fantastic Val Kilmer.  It was made during the Airplane! era.  The setting is East Germany.  Younger folks will not get some of the jokes.  Lots of running gags and a lot of fun.

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On this day in 1873, triggered by a bond default and a bank scandal, a panic swept the New York Stock Exchange. This railroad bond default and resultant bank failure shut New York banks for 10 days. — On this day in 1519, Magellan left Europe on his voyage of discovery. — We’ve just started a 3-week-long sale at Elk Creek Company.  Until October 11th, 2024, all of our Pietta brand blackpowder revolvers and all of our M1891 Argentine Mauser rifles have their prices deeply discounted. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 114 of the …

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(Continued from Part 3.) Suggested Low-Cost Replacement Parts Here are some suggested low-cost spares/replacement parts, available from Palmetto Stae Armory  (PSA): PSA Classic Lower Parts Kit, FDE PSA AR-15 Bolt Carrier Group 5.56 Full-Auto Nitride MPI – 516446953 $69.99 Everything but the lower receiver and parts associated with the lower half that includes the butt stock: PSA AR-15 Upper 5.56 16″ Carbine-Lgth 1:7 M4 Nitride MOE w/ Rear MBUS, BCG, & Charging Handle, $319.99 This might be the lowest-cost way to acquire all the replacement parts without buying an entire rifle. This blemished build kit has everything except the lower …

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Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, we examine the Federal Reserve’s September 18th interest rate cut. Precious Metals: Gold price rallies to all-time high shy of $2,600 as Fed cuts 50 bps. Updates: Spot gold was at  $2,594.70 per Troy ounce on Thursday, in Asia. And silver jumped to $31.20. Platinum was also playing catch-up, rising to $1,004.50. (Up 1.4% in …

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“We should make politicians dress like race car drivers — when they get money, make them wear the company logos on their suit.” – Jay Leno

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Say a final goodbye to the summer 2024 boating season as Sept. 22 marks the fall equinox. With the change of season, ushered in by cooler air and water temperatures, boating safety also changes. With that in mind, the BoatUS Foundation offers three safety tips tailor-made to help you safely enjoy the wonders of the water during the off season.

• A life jacket for the season: Unexpected falls overboard could be big trouble fast, so wear a life jacket that fits over your clothing or consider investing in a float coat (a combination winter jacket and PFD). It can provide the...

Does anyone want to take a guess on the voting preferences of this guy?

Alaska man charged with making numerous graphic and violent threats towards Supreme Court justices | CNN Politics

An Alaska man was charged and arrested Wednesday for sending numerous graphic and violent messages through a public Supreme Court communications portal that threatened to injure and kill six justices, according to court filings and the Justice Department.

Some of the messages, according to court filings, used the N-word in threats to “lynch” a justice – identified in the filings as “Supreme Court Justice 1” – while also threatening the justice’s “insurrectionist wife.” Other messages refer to shooting another justice – identified “Supreme Court Justice 2” – and killing his wife, a...

9/19/24 Politico:

Babylon Bee does a deepfake that creates a perfect First Amendment basis for striking down the law.

Right now. It is in the aorta area.  This should be no surprise.   The surgeon sliced open the aorta to cut out Mr. Ed's valve, sewed a,mechanical valve in place, then sewed up the aorta.  Think of all the tissues and nerve endings that are busily reconnecting. 

Caught on the game camera this morning.

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9/19/24 Associated Press:

An interesting article by Tom Knighton.

Related, since the discussion is of the "well-regulated militia" clause, my article in the Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. I contend that the right to arms clause and the militia clause had different origins and different constituencies, and were not joined together until very late in the constitution-drafting game. One does not govern the other, anymore than that freedom to petition the government proves that freedom of speech and press are limited to critiques of government policy.

You bet they would.

1/ Many have asked how it's possible that our new film "Am I Racist?" hasn't been reviewed by a single mainstream critic, even with a 99% audience score, a “Verified Hot” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a top 5 box office debut. Here's what's happening behind the scenes.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 16, 2024

The next time you see a social media post from a military veteran who claims to support banning certain firearms or any other infringement of our civil rights, realize they may be getting paid to violate their oath.

An email obtained last week by the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project revealed that the “precision micro-influencer” marketing firm People First is hiring veterans to serve as paid social media influencers for the Harris-Walz campaign.

Lee Williams
September 9, 2024
HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN RECRUITING MILITARY VETERANS TO INFLUENCE SOCIAL MEDIA – Second Amendment Foundation (saf.org)

Paying people to lie? You should not be surprised. Lying is in their culture. It is what they do.

This is the first of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2024 Sociology of Guns seminar. The assignment to which students are responding can be found here. I am grateful to these students for their willingness to have their thoughts shared publicly.

On September 9, 2024, the murder trial of Gerald Goines was started in Houston, Texas, more than five years after the killings. The former Houston Police officer, under cover officer and narcotics squad leader was charged with the murders of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nickolas.

On January 28, 2019, undercover Houston drug police raided the residence of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, both 58 years old. Both of them and their dog were killed. The raid was caused because a neighbor lied about the Tuttles and Officer Gerald Goines lied on an affidavit to obtain a no-knock warrant.  ...

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According to Sheriff Rick Lang, his office received a 911 call on Sept. 17 about a male attempting to force entry into an occupied home on north 2800 Road, west of Comanche. Lang said while deputies were enroute to the location, dispatch received a second 911 call stating a “male had forced entry into a second and separate home and shots had been fired.”

Lang said when deputies arrived, they found a male “suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.”

“Emergency medical personnel attempted to revive the individual but were unsuccessful,” Lang said. “The subject was declared dead at the scene.”

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The 3rd episode of my Lost Planet Homicide series is out today on Audible.com. If you’ve not tried this series yet, it is awesome. Think gritty cop show in space. I love writing these. I pitched the series as Space Bosch.

Best part is the entire series is FREE for Audible plus members. Here’s the new one-

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Episode 1: Lost Planet Homicide

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• Chris Arnade walks the Faroe Islands.


• The Throwing Madonna.


• A Rape in Cyberspace.

On this day in 1796, George Washington‘s farewell address as US President was published. The full text of his speech is worthwhile reading. — On September 19th, 1778, the Continental Congress passed the first budget of the United States. While the budget may have passed, the states responded poorly to the call for taxes to fund the government, and the government resorted to printing paper money to cover debts. In effect, the first budget was a failure, due in large part to the states not responding to the demands of Congress and to the depreciation of fiat paper money. Are …

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(Continued from Part 2.) Slings Bottom line, a sling is a necessary part of the rifle. But it should be detachable, to suit particular situations. For those on a budget, Com-Bloc rifle sling will suffice. These are inexpensive, ruggedly built, and with the right swivels work on just about any rifle. If you can do better, then please do. But when building up an arsenal I would economize where possible so that the budget can buy more spare magazines, replacement parts, and ammo. Gucci is nice, but it saps precious funds away from more important items we might be willing …

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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, we look at a recent nation-state bombing incident. About Those Hezbollah Pager Bombs A well-publicized news story: What we know so far about the deadly pager explosions in …

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“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.” – Ayn Rand

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I recently interviewed Maggie Kelch and her daughter, Jessica, both avid clay target shooters, hunters and all around outdoorsy ladies. Maggie and I shoot sporting clays on Ladies Night at Hill’n Dale Club in Montville, Ohio, and her daughter (a school teacher) joins our group from time to time. Both of these ladies are great shots and love their Syren L4S shotguns. Find out how things have changed for them along the way. 

Before getting into the Q&A, you must know that Syren U...

As do open-heart surgery patients.   I had hoped there would not be a lot of stitches to sbio and remove but the foot long chest scar is stitched, as is the pacemaker implant and the lower leg from where the vein for the graft came.  Taking out one or two stitches hurts a little, but the foot Kong is going to be a lot of stitches.   Perhaps they can use a typical anesthetic?

I’ll be back Monday. Please hold off on further inputs until I return because I don’t want to see anybody’s efforts wasted.

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US seizes over 350 websites used to import gun parts from China [More] What, China is committing human rights violations…? [Via Jess]

The post Stopping the Signal first appeared on The War on Guns.

Illegal aliens voting away your 2A rights? [More] “Legal” ones, too. Thus the “pathway.” Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority. [Via Jim Stephens]

The post No Question About It first appeared on The War on Guns.

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In the last couple days Israel has detonated first pagers then handheld radios to injure and kill Hwzbollah who have been appropriately wary of using cellphones because of how easy they are to track.  Alas, ballpoint pens lack MAC addresses (unless there is a WiFi version thst I have not yet seen).

9/18/24 Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System.  After a pile of explanation of their duty to keep unemployment and inflation both low, and sewing signs of a soft landing they will "lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/2 percentage point to 4-3/4 to 5 percent..." from looking at market indices, it appears that big money also priced in this reduction. 

9/18/24 Fox News:

9/18/24 NBC News:

And you know that by “Trump” who they also mean…? Meanwhile, over at the DSM…

The post Speaking of Toning Down the Rhetoric first appeared on The War on Guns.

Almost daily, legislators propose new gun laws aimed at reducing crime rates. However, both new and existing laws are unlikely to impact crime significantly. With over 90 years of gun control legislation and crime data, it’s clear that these laws do little to curb criminality or save lives. [More] “Gun Control” doesn’t work, at least … Continue reading "Gun Laws vs. Crime Rates in 2024"

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A bill introduced after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the bill’s sponsor, said Monday. [More] “Deemed” how? What part does due … Continue reading "Another Win-Red Beneficiary"

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Goldman literally says Trump must be eliminated. [More] And we know who pulls his strings… Funny… former Biden press secretary Jen Psaki didn’t seem to mind… [Via bondmen]

The post All This and He Wants Your Guns first appeared on The War on Guns.

Two Oversight Officials Fired Hours After Pointing Out Anti-Police Bias In Chicago’s Office Of Police Accountability [More] Am I wrong to think this has more to do with “overrepresentation” and less to do with Founders’ intent behind the Bill of Rights? [Via bondmen]

The post We’re the Only Ones Unappreciated Enough first appeared on The War on Guns.

…26 million Americans believe “the use of force” is justified to keep Trump from regaining the presidency. [More] They mean “by others,” and like the MSNBC moron, most have no clue that it could blow back on them up close and personal. They think they’ll read about it, make some “serve’s the fasicsts right” comments … Continue reading "The Culpability Consequence"

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Secret Service Director Makes Cryptic Reference To Coming ‘Geopolitical Event, Kinetic Conflict’ That Could Endanger US Leaders [More] They could tell us but then they’d have to kill us? [Via bondmen]

The post There’s a Storm Coming first appeared on The War on Guns.

Postal Workers’ Union Endorses Kamala Harris but Your Mail-In Ballot Will Be in Good Hands [More] Hey, it says snow, rain, heat, and gloom of night, it doesn’t say a thing about partisanship… [Via Michael G]

The post Creed Between the Lines first appeared on The War on Guns.

…the entire time police had Robinson’s vehicle impounded, they never checked to see whether both her fog lights were working, or not. They also never tested the car for potentially relevant evidence, such as gunpowder residue… [More] Who needs good old-fashioned police work? Come to think of it, that generally involved a rubber hose… [Via Michael … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Playing Grand Theft Auto Enough"

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MSNBC Columnist Says Routh Was Justified in Wanting to Take a Shot at Trump [More] So, it it true that we don’t hate the DSM enough? If so, when do Bill Clinton’s Rules of Engagement take effect? [Via Michael G]

The post Spoiling to Start Something He Thinks He’ll Remain Above first appeared on The War on Guns.

The chest reminds you that what happened was not dramatically different from an autopsy: ribs moved; flesh peeled back.

Since inception, the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund has awarded millions of dollars for legal research, education and support of cases defending the individual right to keep and bear arms.

Later this week, I will begin posting some of the field trip reflection essays my Sociology of Guns students were required to submit following our visit to Veterans Range at the start of this semester.

The field trip is historically a highlight of the course for students and the reflection essays are among the most popular items I post to my blogs every year (previous student reflections can be found on my Sociology of Guns collected posts page).

The essays provide interesting insights into the experience and thoughts of young adults who for the most part are not invested in, or even familiar with, guns and gun culture. They are gun curious.

Ticking two items off my winter prep to-do list…

The kitchen bypass regulator died during last winter’s first freeze and I’ve been using the Plan B regulator ever since. Never got around to getting a new one till today, when I also had to go to town and procure a replacement for the leaking pigtail hose on the bedroom regulator.

With ad hoc propane plumbing stuck onto the cabin as the need arose, it’s always one thing or another. At le...

A closer look at what the Israeli cyber attack pulled off. Remote cyber weaponisation of a phone, without installing any explosives in the device, unlike the 1972 assassination of Mahmoud Hamshari in Paris which required physical placement of explosives pic.twitter.com/tUvdYrZgOb

— Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) September 17, 2024

Go, Mossad!

I went through most of yesterday thinking it was the 16th until elder feral son Usay asked me if I was going to call younger feral son Qusay and wish him a happy birthday.

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REPORT: Mossad Intercepted Hezbollah Pager Shipment, Loaded Them With Explosives [More] So… know any phone deals being offered to gun owners…? [Via Michael G]

The post Reach Out, Reach Out and Touch Someone first appeared on The War on Guns.

Lakeside resident Christian Ferrari, a Marine lance corporal at the time of his arrest, admitted that he sold 22 AR-15-style rifles to undercover ATF agents… “Sometimes I just don’t think that far ahead, your honor,” Ferrari, a 23-year-old El Cajon resident, told the judge. [More] What’s that colored gunk between his teeth? [Via Jess]

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The 144 people arrested have about 1,599 prior arrests and 1,669 felony charges between them. Nearly half of them were convicted felons. [More] Or as race-hustling Democrats would say, they’re overrepresented in the criminal justice system… So, how soon will they once more be deemed trustable without a custodian? [Via Edmund M]

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There is the a very real possibility at this point that there is a mole within the Secret Service team surrounding the president or at the highest levels of the Secret Service… [Watch] Will the third time be a charm? Who thinks there won’t be a third time? [Via Jess]

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This is How They’ll Just Ignore the Second Amendment [Watch] I seem to recall somebody — an obscure bellyacher, not a recognized Second Amendment scholar — warning not to overly rely on the “common use” test… [Via Jess]

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The Secret Service didn’t fail Trump on Sunday. America’s gun culture did. [More] My first thought was “Nobody light a match around MSNBC Columnist Frank Figliuzzi,” and my second thought was “Do.” [Via Jess]

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And so now you see, the REAL men and REAL women are coming to take our COUNTRY back. We won’t be SILENCED, we can’t be STOPPED. [More] I’d feel better about that if so many of the people projected to bear that load didn’t find excuses not to vote, contribute, join, work, spread the word, … Continue reading "The Sleeping Giant Awakens?"

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Secret Service told locals they would ‘take care of’ building used by Thomas Crooks to shoot Trump [More] They did.

The post As Promised first appeared on The War on Guns.

Howard Stern says he ‘hates’ anyone that votes for Trump: ‘They are stupid, I have no respect for them’ – Stern said he agrees with people comparing Trump to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler [More] Told ya. I’ve never been able to understand this vulgar, genocide-minded apparatchik’s attraction, or why black conservatives are called Uncle Toms … Continue reading "The Feeling is Mutual"

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09-17-24 David Codrea joins Mark for the latest news [Listen] Yesterday’s conversation on Armed American Radio…

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By focusing on the word “all,” propagandists can deflect from addressing the real issue: “shall not be infringed.” [More] Prohibitonist gaslighting masks totalitarian intent.

The post Harris is the One Lying About Guns… first appeared on The War on Guns.

Through Dec. 31, 29,357 people had registered about 69,000 prohibited guns and over 42,000 accessories, according to Illinois State Police data. A little over 2.4 million Illinoisans have firearm owner’s identification cards, meaning only about 1.2% of FOID card holders registered guns or accessories subject to the ban, the statistics through 2023 show. However, the true degree of compliance with the law is not possible to determine, since residents with a valid FOID card may not own guns or accessories that are subject to the ban.

Jeremy Gorner
September 16, 2024
Downstate federal trial poses latest test for Illinois gun ban (msn.com)

As it should be, and almost always is, the demand to register guns is mostly being ignored.

Sean "Diddy" Combs knows the score: A dry carbine is a malfunction-prone carbine...

If this were such a big deal, would the Chinese be talking about it?

According to a Chinese state-sanctioned study, signals from SpaceX Starlink broadband internet satellites could be used to track US stealth fighters, such as the F-22.

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The research details how the academics were able to recognize the rough location of a commercial drone by observing disturbances in electromagnetic signals from Starlink satellites caused by aircraft passing through them. The system could "provide significant advantages in detecting small and stealth targets," the team claimed.

The academics, led by professor Yi Jianxin from Wuhan University's School of Electronic Information, launched [paywall] a commercial DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone and sent it over the coast near the Chinese city of Guangdong. The researchers chose the drone as they estimated it has the same radar signature as a modern F-22 fighter.

They reported being able to detect up...

Update: The event has been held. We should see some results soon. There were at least two private purchasers at the event.

Gun turn-in events are labeled with the Orwellian term "buyback". They are not "buybacks". You cannot "buyback" items you never owned. Columbus Ohio is planning to purchase guns with $100,000 on September 14, 2024. They will be paying more than market value for the guns. From dispatch.com:

The Columbus Office of Violence Prevention and Columbus police will be holding a gun buyback Downtown next weekend, with the city prepared to give out $100,000 in cash gift cards for guns.

The city's second anonymous gun buyback event will be held Saturday, ...

At about 1045 a.m. at 850 W 63rd st, two suspects opened fire in the direction of a Concealed Carry License holder. He returned fire and wounded one of the suspects with a graze wound of the abdomen.

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Two were shot at 6339 S Carpenter. One was shot in the thight/groin, the other was wounded in the foot. An armed Concealed Carry License holder returned fire.

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The Ruger P85 – like so many of Ruger’s products – is not particularly attractive or exciting. It introduced no particular mechanical innovation besides the casting-based manufacturing that would actually probably be seen as a detriment if it were advertised. And yet, the gun (and those developed from it including the P89, P90, P91, and P94) were massively successful, with more than 700,000 produced. What Ruger did was to continue their standard operating procedure of making a gun that was practical affordable, and reliable without trying to make it flashy – and sold it by the boatload.

The post Boring, Durable, Unsexy Bricks: The Remarkably Successful Ruger P85 firs...

 The 6th US Court of Appeals has just stripped qualified immunity from higher education administrators at the University of Louisville.  The whole qualified immunity thing has had quite a bit of definition creep over the past decades to the point where the administrators at universities figured they were covered if they made a professor's life a living hell if he didn't toe the ideological line.  In this case, having the audacity to question 'gender-affirming care'.

University of Louisville officials can be held personally liable for allegedly retaliating against a psychiatry professor through a "hostile, humiliating work environment" designed to chill his speech and not renewing his contract after he questioned so-called gender-affirming care at a Heritage Foundation event in 2017, a three-judge panel unanimously ruled.

Essentially they put the guy on double secret probation for the following:

 While specifying he was not speaking for UofL, Josephson told the gatherin...

The Mukden False Flag Incident was orchestrated on September 18, 1931. To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, a railway explosion was faked by the Japanese. — The 18th of September is Chilean Independence Day. On this day, in 1810, Chile declared independence from Spain. — We are now back at the ranch, so I’ve deactivated the “store vacation” mode, for Elk Creek Company.  I’m ready to take orders again.  Take a look at the dozens of antique guns and replica black powder guns that I’ve recently added to our inventory.  Thanks,  – JWR — SurvivalBlog Writing …

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(Continued from Part 1.) PM and the AR-15 Rifle: Failure is the Best Teacher As I’ve mentioned in a previous SurvivalBlog article, the first five ARs that I ever fired all failed. All five were in what appeared to be like new condition. Four of them failed due to a lack of lubrication. The fifth one was a new rifle that had yet to be test-fired. It turns out it was a home build that was sold through an FFL, a local retail store as if it was a factory build, yet the parts used were sub-standard and the builder …

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This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — First up: Dollar stores getting crushed sends ominous signal about US economy: Consumers are ‘tapped out,’ expert warns. o  o  o Over at The Burning Platform: UN ‘Pact for the Future’: Digital IDs, Vaccine Passports, Massive Censorship. o  o  o Reader F.J. sent this article link: Hawaii man trapped in 15ft remote …

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“I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit.” – Rose Wilder Lane

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I’m thinking about starting a column based on doing crafts with my grands. I think it’s a wonderful way to connect, have conversations and do something creative together – when we’re not out creeking, hiking, fishing, looking for mushrooms, shooting hoops or playing tag. So, on a recent trip to the East Coast, my two grandchildren (ages 13 and 11) enjoyed making flower frogs from air-dry clay.

My new favorite music video.

He let them burn it down
She helped bail them out
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— No Neck Joe (@NoNeckJoe1) August 8, 2024

Since there has been some dissent over whether or not to lube the gun, I thought I would field strip it and see what the inside looks like. My pics may not show the gun as well as I would like, but I am amazed at how little fouling there is – a testament to […]

“Licensed Troubleshooter: The Guns of James Bond” is live on Kickstarter now – check it out for lots of super cool exclusive options!

Today my friend Tom joins me at the BackUp Gun (BUG) Match for a bunch of James Bond guns. We tried a new match division this month called Wildcard, where you use a different division of gun (Revolver, Hideout, Backup, and Big 5) in each stage. Tom and I realized that between literary and cinematic Bond we can cover 4 really cool Bond pistol this way – a (faux) Fitz Special, Beretta 418, PPK/S, and ASP. Should be fun! Let’s see how we can handle each of them in turn…

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9/5/24 Travel & Leisure:

[Ed: We first published this in 2018. It’s worth repeating.] Today, September 17, is United States Constitution Day—also Citizenship Day, and before that, I Am An American Day. Any day is good to be grateful to be American. This one is especially fitting. What a great day to be celebrating all American citizens, not just those […]

If I can’t control the weather, what good am I*?

It’s walkie time! Tobie and Uncle Joel have had their breakfast, and now it’s walkie time! And what are we doing?

We’re sitting indoors not going walkie, that’s what. Because it’s raining. It could rain any other time of the day, couldn’t it? But no. It’s raining at walkie time. And we all know who’s...

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My appetite has not fallen that much.  My calorie intake has fallen about 15%.  I suspect that improved oxygenation has increased fuel consumption. 

9/17/24 Newsweek:

"The remote island of Tinian, which is less than 40 square miles, is one of three principal islands in the Northern Mariana Islands, a string of sparsely populated islets in the Western Pacific Ocean that make up the U.S.'s westernmost frontier, along with the major military hub of Guam some 100 miles to the south."

You all remember why Tinian tickles a part of your memory bank, right?  For all the concern about Russian-saber-rattling, China is the real risk.

Jack just pointed out the date. Holy moly, how times change.

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Police cut ties with 1st Phorm after founder’s rant against female cops [More] I can see where some might find “you know that if that person didn’t have a badge or a gun, you could punch a hole through their f—— face and end their f—— life” offensive, but is it wrong? [Via bondmen]

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Hillary Clinton Says Americans Should Be Criminally Charged and Jailed for Spreading “Misinformation” [More] And Trump and those who support his agenda are “a danger to our country and world.” It depends upon what the meaning of the word “misinformation” is. Who thinks we can get along with this? [Via bondmen]

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Got a few links here I don’t want to do separate posts on so I’ll leave them here: [Via bondmen]

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…for killing Nohema Graber, 66, on Nov. 2, 2021, with a baseball bat at a park near Fairfield High School… [More] Gee, Office Krupke…

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Gun Conrollers Knew the Assault Weapons Ban Failed in 2004 and They Know It Now [More] Failed at what? If the answer is “at stopping crime,” that was never the intent. Have gun bans been taken off the table?

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EXCLUSIVE: Pennsylvania Motor Voter System Will Be Audited For Noncitizen Voters [More] A problem created by Democrats… Did anybody file a lawsuit? [Via Michael G]

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Lebanon: Hundreds of Hezbollah Terrorists Injured as Pagers Explode in an Apparent Coordinated Strike [More] While some seem to be getting a good laugh out of this, non-technical me is wondering who has the technical expertise to explain why a resourceful enemy couldn’t do that to cell phones here? Or electric cars…?

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Springfield Bomb Threats Were All Hoaxes Originating Overseas [More] No worries: CNN is still blaming Trump and Vance for starting it. [Via Michael G]

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Unlike FOIA requests, which can ask for records, the committee can ask questions and has subpoena power to cut through to the chase and get them answered. [More] Getting a simple question answered shouldn’t take an act of Congress, presuming House Oversight Republicans will act…

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NRA Petition Candidates Round-Up [More] Any takers?

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1.5 to 2.7 Million Illegals Likely to Vote in 2024: Experts [More] And who thinks if caught they’ll be deported?

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Sheriff says he’ll start raising kids for parents by showing their mugshot and perp walking them after school shooting hoaxes [More] Avoiding the issue solves nothing. [Via Edmund M]

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Boy suspended after reporting student with bullet at school [More] Gee, I wonder what lesson that teaches him. He apparently didn’t do it quickly enough to the liking of those who enforce anti-bullying policies. [Via Jess]

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We have breaking news. We now know the firearm, according to reports, that was used by the anti-Trump guy who tried to assassinate President Trump on Sunday, that apparently the serial number has been obliterated or partially obliterated. Now this is a big deal because it’s going to play a role in the October 8th … Continue reading "A Numbers Game"

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WHO approves mpox vaccine for babies without clinical trials [More] [Via Michael G]

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Nearly 500 Republican, Democrat Officials Urge Joe Biden to Import 2.5 Million Migrants to Fill American Jobs [More] Cheap labor Republicans (suicidal fools) are every bit the enemy as pathway to citizenship Democrats. Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue.” And I have that on good authority. [Via JG]

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