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Florida man arrested for posting sickening threats against President Trump: ‘Fight me naked to the death’ [More] Thank goodness he wasn’t on a sloped roof! [Via bondmen]

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Terrorism How-To Guide Being Distributed to American College Students [More] Columbia, eh? That must be why they demand a “sanctuary campus“… [Via bondmen]

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Trump admin threatens to pull billions in federal funding unless MTA forks over NYC subway crime data [More] Crime…? In a “gun-free” zone with controlled entrances patrolled by “Only Ones”…? [Via bondmen]

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Maybe see if they can ID this t-shirt and find out who supplies it and get a warrant for customer records… [Via bondmen]

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“I recognize and I fully said from the beginning, we don’t have the same freedom of speech laws that they have in the United States, and the reason for that is that we want to hold together a multicultural community and have people live in peace,” said Minns. [More] War is peace. Freedom is slavery. … Continue reading "Do You Come From a Land Down Under?"

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SB 5098, if signed into law, will prohibit the presence of weapons in locations where children are likely to be present… [More] Well, sure. You don’t want them protected because dead kids really add to the blood dance potential. The minds manipulating the useful idiots are evil. What must it take to be a Democrat? … Continue reading "For the Children"

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“My client has no previous criminal history,” Jansen said. “He’s actually law enforcement.” [More] Am I the “only one” getting a “Menendez brothers plead for mercy because they’re orphans” vibe? [Via Steve T]

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Looks like all the noise about Pam Bondi is starting to get things moving… [Via Jess]

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Evil is only defeated by fighting back. [More] “Just give them what they want” is an admission that the person saying it is a coward who has no answers and you’re on your own. [Via Michael G]

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Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson Suspended From Twitter For One Month Over ‘Kill Tesla’ Post [More] So nothing happened after he said “Put a Bullet in Donald Trump”…? Meaning put a bullet in Trump supporters… Is there a better word for him and his fellow travelers than “loathsome”? Are any “Republicans” still using his “services”? [Via Michael … Continue reading "The Voice of Vichycon Has-Beens"

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Dick Metcalf influenced the shooting and hunting worlds for the better and his contributions are certain to stand the test of time. [More] Yeah, but it’s not really just about shooting and hunting, is it? [Via Andy M]

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This bill would require any applicant for a firearm safety certificate… to complete a training course no less than 8 hours in length… This bill would also require that personal firearm importer to obtain a valid firearm safety certificate and include a copy of the valid firearm safety certificate within the report. [More] So the … Continue reading "Just Like the Founders Intended"

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Oregon Democrats are drunk out of their minds with unchecked power. The goal is to punish anyone who still believes in the Second Amendment and to drive gun dealers out of business. [More] Plus they own the courts and Oregon Republicans, on the whole, are worse than useless.

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Greenpeace Loses Dakota Access Pipeline Trial, Faces Bankruptcy and Extinction [More] How? They had a powerful “Indian” on their side and everything… Time to break out that gorilla hand ashtray and celebrate… [Via Michael G]

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A Dothan man was arrested again on Monday just two months after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence. Dothan Police charged Willie Frank Peterson on Monday with possessing cocaine, hydrocodone, marijuana, and two counts of illegally possessing firearms… [More] So… he just went around all those hoops you and I are forced to jump … Continue reading "Biden Proves Gun Control Doesn’t Work"

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GOA and GOF have officially submitted our petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in Antonyuk v. James! This case began as a direct challenge to New York’s unconstitutional attempt to ban concealed carry by declaring nearly every location a “sensitive place.” But now, it’s become a battle over lower courts … Continue reading "Third Time’s a Charm?"

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As we enter the final days of the 2025 Legislative Session, the governor is making a frantic effort to push her gun-control agenda across the line. Two bills have been scheduled for Thursday, 3/20. SB279, the gas-operated firearm and magazine ban [and] SB318, the gun store liability bill that could put every gun store in … Continue reading "The Final Stretch"

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Gun Rights Lawyer Named ATF’s New Chief Legal Counsel [More] Have I got a litmus test for him… We’ll see…

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A year ago, the ATF raided an airport exec’s home—no knock, they covered the cameras, cut the power, and kicked open the front door. They shot him dead in front of his wife over gun sale suspicions… Seeking to stop this from occurring in his state again, Rep. Wayne Long reached out to NAGR and … Continue reading "Kash Patel, Shorten the Leash"

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Yet ANOTHER example of bias/Conflict of Interest with anti-gun IL Supreme Court Justice [More] More on Elizabeth Rochford… And ARFCOM News noticed DOJ indifference, @ 5 minutes in… [Via Non_Fudd’s Ghost]

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The Bloomberg-funded grabboids have commissioned another bought and paid for study that can be summarized as: “Defensive gun use is rare but cops, politicians, and big party donors need all the guns all the time because they’re more important!” [More] And then there’s the inconvenient truth…

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The authority usurping Democrat judges are the victims, Republicans are racist, the public has never been unhappier, Elon Musk wants to eviscerate Social Security, and Republicans wish he’d shut up (OK, Lisa Murkowski and one who won’t be named, but you have to go to the link).

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The Surveillance State is bringing people together.  In this case Apple (iOS) and Google (Android).  You will now be able to send end-to-end encrypted messages from iPhones to Android devices and vice versa.  It's kind of like what Signal and Telegram do.

You already have that capability with Apple devices sending to other Apple devices, and Android to Android.  This new capability now makes it a big, happy, (more) secure world.

You will need to go into your device settings and enable Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol.  But yay for cross vendor cooperation and interoperability.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court had taken two cases where non-residents had been arrested and prosecuted for possessing firearms and ammunition in Massachusetts. Both cases involved residents of New Hampshire, where the defendants could legally carry firearms without permits. The cases were combined for the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The decisions were rendered on March 11, 2025. The decisions were opposite for the two cases.

In the decision for the earlier case, Commonwealth v. Donnell, the Court found the Massachusetts firearm licensing scheme at the time of Donnell's arrest, to be unconstitutional, because the law was a "may issue" law which allowed discretion on the part of the issuing official.From findlaw.com:

Our holding today does not, as the Commonwealth suggests, preclude it from requiring firearm licenses for persons within its borders. See Marquis, 495 Mass. at ––––, ––– N.E.3d ––––. To be consistent with the Second Amendment, the Commonwealth's nonresident firearm licensing scheme cannot vest an official with the discretion to deny a license to a qualified applicant. The defendant was charged under a firearm licensing scheme that did just that. This manner of firearm restriction is no longer permissible. Bruen, supra. Accordingly, the allowance of the defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed.

In the second case, Commonwealth v. Philip J. Marquis, the court upheld the law as constitutional. They found Marquis did not have standing because he had not applied for a nonresident permit under the new Massachusetts law. From findlaw.com, Commonwealth v. Philip J. Marquis:

This is one of two cases we decide today in which we determine the constitutionality of the Commonwealth's nonresident firearm licensing scheme.¹ See Commonwealth v. Donnell, 495 Mass. (2025). While we consider a prior version of the nonresident firearm licensing scheme in Donnell, here we consider the current version of that scheme. See St. 2022, c. 175, §§ 17B-22 (effective Aug. 10, 2022). Specifically, we address whether the current nonresident firearm licensing scheme violates the right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution or the rights to travel and to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We hold that it does not.

Analysis: The Massachusetts court refused to consider the thrust of the argument against requiring non-residents to obtain a separate permit from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in order to exercise rights protected by the Second Amendment. They did this by claiming the defendant had no standing because he had not applied for a non-resident permit.  The argument ignores the fact it is much more difficult for a non-resident to obtain a non-resident permit than it is for a resident to obtain a resident permit.  From the opinion:

Because that scheme does not penalize nonresidents' right to travel, and because differences in how that scheme operates for residents versus nonresidents are rationally related to legitimate State interests, the Commonwealth's nonresident firearm licensing scheme is also facially consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment rights to travel and to equal protection.

The Court dismisses those crucial arguments by citing precedents from more than a decade before the Supreme Court case in Bruen. The court goes on to make extensive arguments, which it says are not necessary. In the opinion of this correspondent, the arguments are weak. The Commonwealth treats non-residents substantially differently than it does residents when it comes to non-resident permits. The Court glosses over these differences as not relevant.

A non-resident permit is only valid for a year, while a resident permit is valid for 4-5 years.  The non-refundable fee is $100 for both. A Massachusetts official can take up to 90 days to issue a non-resident permit, while they are only allowed 40 days to issue or deny a resident permit. Residents are allowed a sixty day grace period to renew their permit; non-residents have no grace period. The concept that a citizen would have to apply for a permit up to 90 days before they can exercise a fundamental, Constitutional right after a decision to cross a state line, is absurd. Those decisions are often made momentarily, on the spot. For the First Amendment, any delay of exercise of the right has been found to cause irreparable harm. The same standard should apply to the Second Amendment, which is not a Second Class right.

The Massachusetts court then reaches into fish and game law to claim there is no requirement for state permits to treat residents and non-residents alike. It claims the state permit system need only meet rational basis. Both claims are highly problematic.

Hunting and fishing are not rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.  The Court is playing games when it says the Massachusetts non-resident permit scheme does not violate the Second Amendment, and then claims the permit scheme can treat non-residents and residents differently, because the Court said it does not violate the Second Amendment. This is circular reasoning.

Massachusetts is one of the jurisdictions in the United States most hostile to the Second Amendment. The judges on the Commonwealth's high court are clever wordsmiths. This does not mean they are correct.

It is unclear if the Marquis case will be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Have a great National Survivalism Day!  This is a day that is appropriate for giving prepping reference books and preparedness tools/supplies, as gifts. March 20th is the birthday of Mel Tappan. (Born 1933, died 1980.) His perennially popular survivalist books Survival Guns and Tappan on Survival have a well-deserved following. I designated March 20th National Survivalism Day, in his honor. It is also apropos that National Survivalism Day falls in March–one of the months that both Northern Europeans and Native Americans refer to as The Starving Season–when stored food runs low, but before spring bounty appears. Plan ahead. Stock up. …

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We live up in the Arctic. Water is not always easily available in this area, various events can cause power to go out for weeks at time … what could possibly go wrong? The following design is for a fuel or water level sensor circuit. It uses a 66F002 MCU (Microprocessor Control Unit) with a built-in Analog to Digital flash storage read-only memory (A/D Flash EEPROM) using a sensor that has a prism built into a lens in the form of a sealed IR (Infrared) detector. When the sensor is bare (dry) the logic input to the MCU is logic …

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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, more war drums warning of WW3. How Europe Has Been Preparing For a Third World War Over at The Independent: How Europe has been preparing for WIII – …

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“It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much … to forget it.” – James Madison.

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 This is a cool photo.  Dolphins near the SpaceX capsule in the Gulf after it touched down.

The chyron says that the dolphins are celebrating.  I doubt it. They are probably wondering, "Where the hell did this come from?"

Minnesota Sen. Justin Eichorn was arrested on March 17, accused of soliciting a 17-year-old girl for prostitution in Bloomington. [More] Of course, Democrats are having a field day with emotionally charged words like “looking to have sex with someone’s child” and “No one who solicits children belongs anywhere near public office or the State Capitol,” … Continue reading "Stupid Should Hurt"

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Singer Courtney Love announces she’s getting UK citizenship, trashes ’emperor’ Trump [More] Jeez, I didn’t even know (or care) if she was alive. I still don’t. Make sure the drug rehab place gets the money she owes them first. As I noted in “A Judgment Call” (Guns magazine, March, 2005): Where do we begin with … Continue reading "All You Need is Love?"

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So, this puts a plus mark in the Bondi record. We’ll see what it really means as things develop. Case in point, how does it override the Schumer funding prohibiton on restoring rights?

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France to distribute ‘survival manual’ to prepare households for emergencies – including armed conflict [More] Do they include white flags? You’ll be surprised, you’re doing the French Mistake! Whose up for sending them more sons? [Via JG]

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Senators Grassley and Johnson Provide Documents Outlining FBI Operation Arctic Frost, the 2022 Targeting of President Trump by the FBI [More] Ol’ Kash sure has his work cut out for him. [Via bondmen]

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An internal FBI inclusivity “Guide,” obtained by our team, counseled agents on “Ways to Manage Your Unconscious Bias,” “Micro-Inequities” and “How to Improve Your Inclusive Intelligence.” [More] I hope Patel purges the kneejerks… [Via bondmen]

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WAYNE ROOT: Federal Judges Are on The Payroll of China, the CCP and Mexican Drug Cartels. Wanna Bet? Here’s How to Stop Them. [More] I don’t see one other option: Investigate the legality of their appointments. If by Biden autopen, pursue that. If by Obama, many of us believe an official forensic investigation would tell … Continue reading "Lest They Be Judged"

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In Internal Documents, Columbia Grad Student Union Spells Out Demands for ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Free From Public Safety Patrols and Protest Records [More] Ah, the lot of the downtrodden… Me, instead of living a life of furious resentment, I’m remembering working part time in the KSU Supply Center picking and delivering food for dorm cafeterias and … Continue reading "If Wishes Were Fishes"

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As Oregon gun owners and anti-gunners crowded into a public hearing on House Bill 3075, Beaver State news agencies were acknowledging the majority of people who submitted written testimony oppose the measure, and twice as many signed up to testify against it over those testifying in support. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Jason Kropf […]

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During World War Two, the Swiss had adopted Adolf Furrer’s toggle-locked MP41 submachine gun, and they found it too fragile, complex, and expensive. Looking for an alternative, one easy choice was the Finnish Suomi. Used [...]

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 I haven't been paying attention to the judiciary lately.  I'm retired and other folks are tasked with that function.  I'm no lawyer, but I can read English, and from my limited understanding, the Supreme Court is responsible for the supervision of the lesser federal courts. To my way of thinking, that puts John Roberts squarely in the supervisors role.  It seems that he has abdicated that role.

It seems that a number of unelected, lifetime, local district judges think that they can tell an elected President what to do. Some folks are agreeing.

We’ve had a federal judge order President Trump to rehire 30,000 federal employees he laid off. We’ve had more than one order him to spend money which violated an executive order he’d given.

And over the weekend, one of the silliest and most corrupt judges in America, James Boasberg of the federal district court in Washington, D.C., actually ordered the Trump administration to turn planes around that were in the process of deporting Tren de Aragua gang members to a prison in El Salvador.

I agree and understand that the federal judiciary has a role in upholding the rule of law.  We are a nation of laws.   But, courts have jurisdictions and federal district courts have limited jurisdiction. I fail to see how a lower court judge thinks that he can tell an elected, sitting President how to do his job.

After this latest kerfuffle, President Trump posted, in a moment of peeve, that this judge should be impeached.  Chief Justice Roberts is quoted as saying that impeaching a federal judge is "inappropriate".

Perhaps impeaching a federal judge is inappropriate, but it is also Constitutional.  It's written right there in the document. What might be appropriate is for Chief Justice Roberts to exercise his supervisory role and instruct his lower courts on something called judicial restraint. If John Roberts is concerned about the reputation of the Courts, perhaps he should start by reining in local judges who want to assume the role of President.

Interesting things are happening in the Fifth Circuit case involving silencers, USA v Peterson. A three judge panel ruled that silencers were not "arms" as defined by the text of the Second Amendment. Peterson and his attorneys have asked the case be reheard in an en banc review. The Fifth Circuit has been reasonably diligent in its Second Amendment cases, so an en banc (review by the whole court) has a good chance of reversing the three judge panel. The Peterson case appears to be seriously considered by the Fifth Circuit. The court has sent a request to the parties involved to send a response on to the Appellant's Petition. The request for response was sent on March 7, 2025.

The Trump Administration issued a executive order to the Department of Justice (DOJ) headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to present a plan to review all legal actions and regulations affecting rights protected by the Second Amendment. The plan is due by March 10th. The Fifth Circuit request is a golden opportunity for the DOJ to present a clear and effective response in the USA v. Peterson case. In the case, the US Attorney made the claim that silencers were not arms covered by the text of the Second Amendment. This is what was used by the three judge panel to claim silencers are not protected arms. The Trump administration could easily reverse the claim and state silencer are clearly arms protected by the Second Amendment. The US Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Louisiana has until the 17 of March to send its response to the Fifth Circuit.

The Assistant US Attorney assigned to this case is David Berman. His history is makes him an unlikely Second Amendment advocate. He spent time in venues hostile to the Second Amendment before coming to Louisiana. He was a Law clerk for the US District court in Massachusetts, then a year and a month in Louisiana, then in the District of Columbia for a year and seven months; then in the Greater New York City Area for  two years and eleven months; then in the Southern District of California for one year and eight months, then back to Louisiana as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. His law degree is from the University of Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England. He appears to be an up and coming, talented and ambitious attorney. As a skilled attorney, he should be able to argue either side of a case.

The Department of Justice  oversees the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. The Attorney General could issue instructions on the official position of the Executive branch to the Eastern District of Louisiana. An executive order has been issued by President Trump. This is a clear situation to show execution of his order.  Silencers are the weakest part of the National Firearms Act. They should never have been banned with excessive taxes and regulations. They should be protected under the text of the Second Amendment. The Bruen and Caetano decisions make this clear.

We should know what the position of the administration is on this issue by the 17th of March, but it is possible the US Attorney could ask for time to study the issue further.

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The identity of the deceased male is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

The adult male shooter was not injured.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant C. Lamont and Detectives M. Providence and J. Robles reported:

HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting at a residence at the above address and found an unresponsive male lying on the driveway.  Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced the male deceased.

A preliminary investigation determined the male was burglarizing the residence while the home was unoccupied.  When the homeowners returned and saw the male suspect on the property, one of them produced a firearm and shot the suspect.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office was contacted and it was determined the case would be reviewed by a grand jury.

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According to police, a 28-year-old woman told officers she was assaulted by a 33-year-old man she knew in the 500 block of Eiler around 4 a.m. The man fired a shot at the woman, who fired shots back. The man then ran off.

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March 19, 1882:  The first stone was laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí. — On March 19, 1982, 50 Argentines landed on South Georgia in the Falkland Islands to plant the Argentine flag. They renamed the islands The Malvinas. This precipitated the Argentine army invasion on April 2nd. Despite some significant naval losses and dreadful weather, British Marines re-took the island on April 25th in a well-coordinated ground campaign. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 117 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First …

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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Current Anti-Drone Applications As drones have continued to threaten civilian and government spaces, different groups have taken various approaches to down drones in their airspace. Both Ukraine and Russia have adopted a ballistic solution. Using cheap, Turkish-made shotguns has allowed them to supply mass Infantry units with counter-drone capabilities. They have found that #4 buckshot from a 12-gauge shotgun has had the most effectiveness against small drones – the ones dismounted Soldiers are most likely to encounter. However, 12-gauge shotguns have a maximum effective range of only fifty meters. Shotguns have benefits …

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Our 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. — St. Funogas sent this snippet to ponder: “With all the recent hullabaloo about auditing Fort Knox, let me point out why it’s just one more irrelevant tempest in a teapot to decoy the US public from the more important numbers like the deficit, national debt, and the $1 trillion yearly interest on …

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“I’m an old-school survivalist – being armed is right up there at the top of the list of things to be ready for. But I also have dang near thirty five years of being that old-school survivalist behind me. In all that time, I have needed to eat far more times than I’ve needed to point a gun at someone. Not saying it won’t happen…simply saying that, statistically, you’ll be more likely to be patting yourself on the back over your food stash than your gun and ammo stash. In addition to keeping you from, y’know, dying, food has an …

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 I mentioned that I prefer to cut CFC so that instead of making it Dust in the Wind, I can cut useful parts instead.  I am getting such an opportunity.  I am remaking that motor bracket in CFC.  I have a significant piece of CFC from which I can cut a 2.5" x 3" piece.  

My sneaky way to connect two CFC parts together at a right angle with screws, since the threaded inserts approach is clumsy and gooey, is to use effectively a coupler:

Vertical part A gets two through holes.  The screws goes through them into through holes on the coupler C, with nuts on the far side of C.  Two screws from the top of C go into holes in horizontal part B with nuts on the bottom of B.

A commenter made an interesting suggestion of counterboring the far side of the second part to bind and epoxying a nut there.  This is a great idea if you need a flat surface on the far side.  (It also looks prettier.) 

In this case, after cutting off the 2.5" x 3" part, I seem to have an uncut piece that I can cut off to make a coupler.

The last of the Battle of Britain RAF pilots reports to the final muster.

 There seems to be at least one federal employee who appears to have thought that.  3/12/25 Daily Mail:

A top 'DEI' activist is caught on voicemail allegedly offering minority air traffic controller candidates the chance to cheat in a make-or-break entry exam.

Shelton Snow, a powerful figure in the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NBCFAE), can be heard promising advance access to test answers in a shocking audio clip obtained by DailyMail.com.

'There are some valuable pieces of information that I have taken a screenshot of and I am going to send that to you via email,' says Snow, an air traffic operations supervisor based out of New York.

'I am about 99.99 percent sure that it is exactly how you need to answer each question.'

The inside info was made available in 2014 to African Americans, females, and other minority candidates – but whites were left out of the loop to 'minimize competition'.

Exactly how many applicants were able to capitalize on Snow's brazen offer to secure coveted controller jobs responsible for the safety of millions of fliers remains a mystery.

But one former NBCFAE member, Matthew Douglas, told DailyMail.com: 'I know several people who cheated and I know several people who are controlling planes as we speak.'

Why does Sniow think so badly of black people?  Projeection? 

 The Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has launched a new app for migrants.  It's designed to make it easy for illegal immigrants to self-deport.  Linky Here.  President Trump says that if an illegal immigrant uses the app to go home, they may be able to later return to the United States legally.

I think it is a great idea, and I'm simply boosting the signal.

On February 5, 2025, an officer responded to a "suspicious person with a weapon" call near a Jack in the Box located on the 5900 block of Gulf Freeway. The video does not say what department the officer was with. The address is in downtown Houston, so the officer is probably from the Houston Police Department. The officer noticed a young man and started questioning him. The young man stated he had been inside the Jack-in-the-Box watching his brothers sell "waters" outside. A man, with a knife in hand, had rushed at his brothers. The young man said he had pulled out a pistol, then moved between his brothers and the man, and told his brothers to run.

The officer searched the young man and found a loaded Glock 19. The young man said he had purchased the pistol from a friend for $150. The young man told the officer he was 17 years old. The officer arrested the 17-year-old for criminal possession of a handgun.

This is the information brought to the court in the initial hearing before Judge David Fleisher, an elected Harris County Criminal Court Judge. Houston, Texas occupies much of Harris County.  Judge Fleisher has gained a reputation across the nation for including a hearing on probable cause with the initial court appearance.

The response from Judge Fleisher is interesting. He says: "He [the young man] is going to the defense of others".

At this point, a lawyer in the back of the courtroom stands up and rushes to the defense of the young man. Judge Fleisher and the lawyer tend to talk over each other, but the lawyer lays out several documents. The documents are a memo from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), saying possession under the age of 21 is not a crime, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling the limitation of carry to people under 21 is unconstitutional,  the United States District Court, Northern District holding the prohibition on carrying under the age of 21 is unconstitutional, and a motion to quash the indictment.  Judge Fleisher laughs at the level of preparation, and rules there was no probable cause to search. Judge Fleisher says he was going to rule no probable cause existed, in any case.

The lawyer may have been stretching the law. The DPS memo limits the exemption from the law to 18-20 year old people. The youth in this case was 17 years old.

This case shows the sea change in the respect for the Second Amendment in the seventeen years since the Heller decision and particularly the 32 months since the Bruen decision. Heller clarified the Second Amendment as a fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms. Bruen reinforced the Heller decision and clarified the right to bear arms a right to carry arms routinely in case of confrontation, including outside the home.

When this correspondent received initial law enforcement training in the 1970's, an instructor said: don't worry about searching someone for weapons.  The instructor claimed they had never had a case, where they found a weapon, where the judge had dismissed the case for lack of probable cause.

Times have changed for the better. If the young man had been 18, carrying a Glock would not have been a crime, as the founders intended when they wrote the Second Amendment.

Given the circumstances, the Glock will not be returned. This correspondent's first impression, given the price of $150 cited, was the Glock was probably stolen. Many people do not bother to report stolen guns. If the Glock had been on the official list of stolen firearms, the young man might have been charged with possession of stolen property.

Judge Fleisher has heard another case involving a 17-year-old and an illegal possession charge. Because there was evidence of the pistol being fired, the other 17-year-old was treated much differently. In that case, the officer did not make an illegal search. The pistol was seen in plain sight inside a car.

Link to second case on youtube

Those who wish for the population to be disarmed claim more guns = more crime. There is no conclusive evidence of this. Most of the evidence indicates more guns = no difference, or a drop in violent crime, with a slight increase in property crime.

For those interested, here is a link where Judge David Fleisher explains his mission on an ABC news interview.

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