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September 2, 1798: The first reported bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821 at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. The wrong man — blacksmith Patrick Lyon (pictured) — was accused of being one of the perpetrators. — September 2, 1969 was the day that the first automatic teller machine (ATM) made its first public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Center, New York. — The prepping Paratus holiday — an invention of our friend Commander Zero — is observed on the third Friday in September. I recommend giving very practical preparedness-related gifts. — Today’s …
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Introduction The rule of “Two is one, one is none” applies to almost all preparations. But what happens if once we’re safely in our shelter, we discover we’re missing a tool? In a WTSHTF situation, with no way to go out to a hardware store or have an online store deliver it to your doorstep, this situation would be catastrophic unless you had basic tools and knew how to build your own. With makeshift materials (as some military manuals call them) when there isn’t anything else suitable available, you can build a tool for yourself that will do the job. …
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This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, news about an accident at Shoshone Ice Caves. (See the Idaho section.) Idaho Three injured during walkway collapse at the Shoshone Ice Caves. o o o A television news segment: Gun ban sparks Idaho Caldwell Night rodeo controversy. o o o Idaho 2nd Amendment Alliance wants …
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“Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell
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The !0th Circuit strikes down a New Mexico "cooling off" law.
But the 4th Circuit upheld Maryland's handgun purchase permit requirement. The 4th also rejected a facial challenge to a Fairfax VA ordinance forbidding firearms in certain places, including parks.
And a Delaware trial court cited the state constitution in striking down the state's ban on possession of handguns by young adults.
On the side (I don't have a link) the government withdrew its appeal of a ruling invalidating the ATF ruling against stabilizing braces for handguns. Plus, it withdrew its appeal of a successful challenge of the ban on carrying in post offices.
I should have known better. That store is virtually un-shoppable
I was looking for drawers. You know, Men's Boxer-briefs. Yeah, those. I thought I knew where they should be, and I was wrong. I wandered a bit, then found them. Locked in a case, so I went looking for help. I couldn't find any help, but walked back tot he locked case. Found a button. Pushed same.
A woman showed up with keys, so I asked her, "How long have they been locking up the drawers?"
"Since they started stealing them."
I grabbed a 6-pack of Hanes (I buy underwear like I buy beer) and headed over to the blue jean rack. I found a pair I liked, and the first pair I picked up (regular ol' Wranglers) were my size. "That", I thought, "Was too damned easy".
I was right. It was too damned easy. I spent the next 30 minutes looking for another pair. No luck.
So, I headed to the register for the final insult. Wal Mart had three registers open, which I thought was odd. But I got behind a woman who could not figure out how to work a debit card.
I hate Wal Mart. I'm starting to understand why so many people like Amazon.
The Commission should support this effort by rooting out and helping to remedy any activities by the Biden-era FTC that may have improperly aligned the agency with anti-Second Amendment non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”) or otherwise infringed upon Second Amendment rights. [More] I’m all over Larry Keane and NSSF when they suck up to tyranny, so I … Continue reading "Trading Up"
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Wealthy enclave’s sewage reveals higher than average cocaine levels in the water [More] What, “overwhelmingly” Democrat Nantucket? So, well-heeled “liberals” who vote for “gun control” help finance violent criminal terror cartels and employ criminal illegal aliens…? Reminds me of another overprivileged hypocrite I wrote about after he thoughtfully demonstrated the real world effects of his … Continue reading "There Once Were Some Dolts from Nantucket"
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Minnesota has red flag laws…. But because the killer’s family affirmed his mental illness, there was nothing a gun shop could do. So unless you’re prepared to make transgenderism a diagnosed mental illness, none of that will matter. [More] Not that red flag laws would stop a determined psycho predator from victimizing others, and the … Continue reading "It Just Doesn’t Matter"
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RFK Jr Dismisses Gun Control Calls, Will Examine Psych Drugs In Mass Shooting ‘Health Crisis’ [More] Am I naïve for hoping growth and change are possible? Does he also dare look at flooding developing systems with estrogens, anti-androgens, and testosterone not natural to host bodies? Enquiring minds want to know. [Via Michael G]
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Hypocrisy was on full display on Wednesday’s Morning Joe as New York Times columnist David French joined the MSNBC show to discuss how Democrats should respond to President Trump on crime. Despite all the claims that Trump would be abusing his authority if he deployed the National Guard to blue cities, French, who, despite endorsing … Continue reading "‘A Principled Conservative’"
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Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is kicking off the new school year with safety as its top priority and a new layer of security. The school district announced that it will begin implementing its weapon detection screening program at school board regular business meetings. [More] Because nothing says “safe spaces” like a “gun-free zone”! And … Continue reading "Under the Illusion"
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The children, who do not have a parent in the US, were in the care of the Health and Human Services Department. The Trump Administration worked with the Guatemalan government to devise a plan to safely return the children to their families at home. [More] That’s one hell of a qualification, bringing “much needed diversity” … Continue reading "For the Children"
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The gun lobby claims it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown on firearms, pointing to a sharp increase in licensed gun owners and weapons since laws were introduced in the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre as a sign of its strength. [More] I wish them luck. They gotta work on that … Continue reading "Pushing Back"
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“It scrapes the internet 24/7 using an Israeli grade ontology to pull specific threat language and then routes it to local law enforcement. It’s a 24/7 detective that never sleeps and it’s going to get us in front of these attacks.” [More] And we already know who the algorithm considers to be the greatest threat. … Continue reading "Meanwhile, Over at the Department of Pre-Crime…"
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Harris County Approves Nearly $470K for Gay Softball World Series – The approval came in spite of a projected budget deficit of $220 million. [More] This will continue until we return to a standard of text, history, and tradition. Except voters parasitic and dumb enough to empower Al Green have an affinity for malfeasance in … Continue reading "Speaking of Democrat Government in Action…"
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Chicago shootings: At least 43 shot, 7 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence, police say [More] Note the url says “32 shot,” and we still have today to get through. Forget it, Jake, it’s Chi-Town. Pritzker and Johnson, of course, say they got this. If Trump does deploy the National Guard, I hope “law … Continue reading "My Kind of Town"
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A Christian worship leader will hold a concert in Seattle this weekend, even as LGBTQ activists urge city leaders to revoke his permit. [More] Did anybody really believe vengeful totalitarians would stop at the Second Amendment? Tangentially related, now that he’s self-destructed, is it OK to call Robert Westman by his “deadname”?
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Trump previously attempted to impose voter ID via an executive order earlier this year in a wider election integrity action. In April, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down the portions of that order that related to voter identification requirements. [More] That’s because she’s a treasonous anti-gun … Continue reading "Democrats to Scream ‘Racist Disenfranchisement!’ in 3…2…1…"
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LA councilmember accuses Home Depot of being ‘complicit’ with ICE raids, opposes new store over ‘silence’ – Ysabel Jurado told Home Depot to ‘take your orange aprons somewhere else’ [More] Because that’s a politicians job, to drive out business and prosperity (or a Marxist’s job, to eradicate the bourgeoisie). And her constituents who would be … Continue reading "A Los Angeles Democrat"
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Dismissing valid arguments by calling their proponent “racist” is a tactic of the left. [More] I can’t say it surprises me.
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Sangre de Cristo Sentinel is under new management. [More] You made it happen, George.
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On July 1, 2025, United States District Court Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo granted summary judgement to Firearms Policy Coallition members to obtain California Concealed Carry Permits. Judge Bencivengo ordered the Plaintiffs and Defendant to submit proposed orders within 30 days. From the order:
For the above reasons, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment as to their facial challenge pursuant to the Second/Fourteenth Amendment and denies the request for relief pursuant to the Privileges and Immunities Clause. The parties are ORDERED to meet and confer and submit a proposed order for an injunction consistent with this order within 30 days.
It is SO ORDERED.
The California Attorney General submitted a proposal whereby applicants would have to attest, under oath, they intended to spend time in a California jurisdiction within the next 12 months. It includes four pages of explicit instructions about how non-residents can apply, and what laws they must observe.
The plaintiffs submitted an order which simply says California licensing authorities are permanently enjoined from enforcing Penal Code sections 26150(a)(3) and 26155(a)(3). Judge Bencivengo chose the Firearms Policy Coallition's order. Here it is:
Defendant Attorney General Rob Bonta; Defendant’s officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys; and any other persons who are in active concert or participation with Defendant, are hereby permanently enjoined from enforcing California Penal Code sections 26150(a)(3) and 26155(a)(3) as to CCW applications submitted by Plaintiff Firearms Policy Coalition’s members who are not residents of California, including the named Individual Plaintiffs.
The order took effect on August 21, 2025.
California vests the issuing of concealed carry permits with sheriffs and police chiefs. The issuance of permits varies enormously between jurisdictions. 30 years ago, Sheriffs and police chiefs could issue permits to anyone they chose. This became a way for people who desired a permit to escape the horribly restrictive polices of sheriffs or police chiefs in large cities. Some counties were issuing thousands of permits to people who did not reside in their jurisdiction. The California legislature passed a statute forbidding the issuance of permits to people who did not live in the jurisdiction of the issuing authority.
The permanent injunction applies only to non-residents of California who are members of the Firearms Policy Coalition. This effectively makes it easier for non-residents of California to obtain California concealed carry permits than for residents of some restrictive areas in California. For example, only 100 to 200 permits were expected to be issued for San Francisco in 2024.
The order does not limit what jurisdiction an applicant may apply in. Placer County California already lists a process for obtaining a non-resident concealed carry permit. It is not clear how non-resident applicants may qualify with their personal handguns.
In the next few months, there will be many applications for non-resident concealed carry permits in California. The process may vary significantly by county.
Those counties which cater to non-residents are likely to reap the rewards of their efforts. California concealed carry permits are currently valid for two years. At the Crime Prevention Research Center, the cost of obtaining a California permit was summed up at over a thousand dollars for the initial permit, and over $600 for renewal, in 2023. Some jurisdictions, such as Placer County, appear to charge a couple of hundred dollars less.
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Gun Watch
Around 12:50 a.m., authorities received a call about an attempted robbery in the 400 block of Marion Road. Police said a delivery driver had returned to his vehicle when an armed suspect approached him. The victim pulled out his own firearm, and the two exchanged gunfire. The driver was not injured and is cooperating with detectives.
In this bizarre and deeply flawed decision, the Court effectively said governments could ban every handgun make and model but one. [More] And the cowards in the Senate approved Obama appointee Denise Jefferson Casper of Massachusetts by a voice vote. [Via Jess]
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Why aren't any boys born on Labor Day?
There's no male delivery.
On September 1, 1752, Pennsylvania’s new State House bell (known today as the Liberty Bell) arrived in Philadelphia from Whitechapel Foundry in London, England. — On September 1, 1836 Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrived at Walla Walla, Oregon Country (now US state of Washington.) On November 29, 1847, Dr. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and twelve others were killed by members of the Waiilatpu band of the Cayuse tribe. This heinous massacre has recently been the subject of massive revisionism, mostly at the hands of National Park Service historians/apologists. To …
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I was making good progress untying some difficult knots. The wind had taken down a tree in a marshy area in the woods by our home. I had used a block and tackle to pull the tree to drier ground so that I could process it for firewood. Now I was busy tidying up my ropes. Suddenly, I realized that something was different. I was wearing gloves. Usually shedding my gloves is the first step in the process of untying difficult knots. The Bear Knuckles G305 Hybrid Driver Gloves that I was wearing provided such good grip and dexterity that …
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The following seasonally apropos recipe for Roasted Summer Squash is from SurvivalBlog reader J.P.V.. Ingredients 1 pound summer squash (two medium-sized ones) 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon bread crumbs 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning ½ teaspoon paprika ½ teaspoon kosher salt or to taste Directions Pre-heat oven to 400 F. Cut squash into ½”-thick slices. Toss with olive oil. Combine remaining ingredients in a small bowl and toss with squash. Place squash on a baking pan and roast 12-14 minutes or until squash is tender. Broil 1-2 minutes or until crumbs are lightly browned. …
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Today’s graphic: Time of First Permanent European/European Descendant Settlement Within Modern-Day State Boundaries. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.
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“To sit on a ranch horse that’s been broken in, it’s like getting in a Porsche.” – Sam Shepard
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A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records....
"Authorities have not commented on a potential motive for the 45-year-old former soldier. His niece has said Brown long struggled with mental illness."
- A neat web tool that allows you so select various countries, states, and provinces and drag them around a Mercator projection map to see how their perceived size is affected by the distance from the equator: True Size.
- The Two Mearsheimers
- The dilemma of the rural NPR station.
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Authorities say their preliminary investigation indicates a physical assault between the victim and his domestic partner took place at the home prior to the shooting.
"The man then assaulted another member of the home with a knife and was shot. The shooting appears to be self-defense," officials said in a news release.
When officers arrived, they found a man on the ground near the gas pumps with gunshot wounds. Officers provided immediate medical aid until fire personnel arrived and transported him to a local hospital. He is expected to survive.
The investigation revealed the shooting began as an argument between the victim and the suspect. During the dispute, the suspect and the victim exchanged gunfire. The suspect then drove away from the scene.
This morning, August 28th, detectives were notified that the suspect, 33-year-old Joshua Cash of Sacramento, had turned himself in to a Bay Area law enforcement agency. Elk Grove Police detectives transported Cash back to Sacramento County and booked him into the Main Jail on charges of attempted murder (Penal Code 664/187 (A)), and felon in possession of a firearm (Penal Code 29800 (A)(1)).
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90 years ago today, August 31, 1935, the first national skeet championship was held. This tournament match ran from August 26th to 31st, 1935. A roster of 113 participants was hosted by the Solon Skeet Club, near Cleveland, Ohio. — August 31, 1911: The unconstitutional “Sullivan Act” requiring New Yorkers to possess licences for firearms small enough to be concealed went into effect. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used …
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DISCLAIMER: I paid out of my own pocket for this food and Ramen Bae did not sponsor this review article in any way. Some folks love Ramen, but others say if you eat it you’ll die a horrible, painful death. Well, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch; bottom line is that as food it’s not the same as say a prime rib dinner. But then it doesn’t need you to take out a second mortgage to buy, either. After all the years I’ve eaten food that some might call questionable, ramen isn’t anywhere near the top of the list …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: What’s the Difference Between a Conspiracy Theory and a Conspiracy Revelation? About Six Months News Links: Vaclav Havel, Klaus Schwab, Prince Charles – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1992. 2020: Klaus Schwab and Prince Charles on why we need a Great Reset. Prince Charles flew 16,000 miles in just 11 days using three private jets and one helicopter before proudly posing with Greta Thunberg in Davos Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted, then …
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“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. Now we command you, brethren, …
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But if my brother or I got a cold or the flu, we were kept in bed, snug and warm, and left with a little bell to summon Mom if we needed anything. We didn't abuse that, not bothering her unless we needed to, but something was comforting, knowing that if we needed a drink or just a hug, she was there. Mom herself was battling cancer, and we had that intuitive sense, even that young, that our troubles were little compared to hers, and we tried to be quiet and considerate.
For on such mornings, there would be no noise in the house, but for Mom's labored breath, and occasionally the little tinkling chime of an etched metal bell.
That bell is one of the earliest memories of sound I have. There were others; the sounds of the kitchen filled the air as Mom baked something. I remember the sound of the front door, a heavy hardwood door that shut with the announcement of "Dad's home!" Dad would walk in and kiss my Mom. Not a peck on the lips, but a long kiss, and she'd giggle, there with flour on her face, and that is the sound I first remember.
As I prepare something to nourish me again, I think of such sounds - from here within the silence. When I think of "quiet," I think of being out in the woods. Morning in the forest, the world is silent but for the draw of your breath. People talk of the quietness of the wilderness. But is it? Is any place? Indeed, not the city, from which we shout our way home each day, automobiles yielding not by law or logic, but by some order of survival of the fittest.
When I was first drawn to the woods, seeking quiet and perhaps sustenance, I never realized the varied depths of sound in the woods. First, there was my own sounds, body defying that bitch that is gravity, hauling myself up the tree stand with all the tactical grace of a draft horse. My breath came in hot, wet bursts, and every step seemed a kettle drum in the darkness. When I got up and settled, I expected only quiet, my senses tuned to anything that would indicate a whitetail was headed my way.
The first sound you'll hear when you are in the woods is the birds. A woodpecker off in the distance, the sound stopping as abruptly as it started, as if it were only an echo you heard. Then, the soft chirps and peeps as the sun first comes up. The sounds of that time when the owl ceases flight, passing the baton to the predators of the day as the wet, grey light illuminates their flight. Then silence, as overhead the form of a hawk passes, the sparrows cry but a dinner bell of a feathered hors d'oeuvres. It's a melody of life, gone silent in fear as the whoosh of wings sweeps overhead. The hawk is gone, riding an updraft away to a tune only he can hear. As quickly as it was hushed, the sounds are back, as I settle back into the blind to the chorus of hungry birds.
But morning passes, and the birds twitter off into the serene efficiency of food gathering. The quiet hangs pensively between trees and rocks that alight with small creatures, freed as prey of the night, searching for food. Rivers move in the distance, the streams complain, a fish jumps, the sound at the limit of your hearing as the forest floor, green with calm, pools around all.Sounds emerge and fade -
The wind through the treetops as a thunderstorm does a drive-by.
A dying tree tapping its own chest, then falling into sleep as the wind finishes its work, leaving without notice.
The slick of a knife as it cuts into the apple that is lunch.
It's not easy sitting still, sitting in what others would call silence, listening only to the hearts' whispered confidences, conversing silently with your own regrets.But if you are patient and completely still, you may hear it in the distance. Not the birds nor the brook, but the soft crunch of leaves, scarcely a sound yet, almost sound anticipated, yet to reach the ear. There it is again, drifting into your hearing, then ebbing away again, sound dying softly on a trail that's leading away from you. It's gone.
You tell yourself it was a three-legged, one-eyed, scrawny button buck not worthy of the shot, while down inside you have a mental picture of tines with a spread of two and a half feet and a form that blots out all sound.
You knew there were deer here. Creatures living in the shadowy limbo from which time began, moving around and away from time, away from you. Forms moving right around you, as your heart sounds out that beat of time, going too fast. If only you could see with the eyes that all hunters have. You know they are close, moving in and out of the sun's glare, flirting with you with grunts and snorts, hot air from soft muzzles, challenging you to the duel that only one of you will win. They drink from quiet pools in which autumn leaves slowly die, drifting on the cold waters with the motion of sleep.
You've seen the signs, the rubs, the scrapes, those measured indentations made of testosterone and bold youth. Signs of the whitetail, rising out of the deep quiet and the sleep. Look quick, listen close, for soon the marks would be gone, disappearing with astonishing speed as leaves blew past, as if relinquishing themselves back to the earth, where you, the hunter, are but a transient.Do they hear me? The sharp intake of breath in the cold air, the hammering of my heart that to me sounds like a cacophony. That sound that pounds in your ears, and you imagine every creature in the forest can hear it. When the hunter's urge comes on full, strong, legs, arms, and muscles, ready. Memories from the times before memory existed, wired into us, come from those who survived. The moment passes, and the sound is but a tree limb coming down; you are left with the clear lucidity that adrenaline brings, resting your hand and quieting your heart. Be still, so we are not heard. Be still so no one notices the trembling of your form, the tear as it forms in quiet pools, still, as your body trembles with anticipation.
The outside world fades back to hush, rising only to the occasional stammering of an angry squirrel, who doesn't stop even with cross hairs pointed at him. Do not fire, you tell yourself, as the sound would clear out everything around. Stop, look, wait. Listen.
You can not hear his heartbeat, only your own, but as he comes into view, you can see the flinch of muscle and hide. Flesh driven by a heart that is insular, standing with a form that, without sound, infers weight and speed. It's speed that will take him far from you if he senses that heart of yours which beats too loudly, with strength born by rending it and building it back up again.
Then, as suddenly as the sound comes into your field of view, it stops. Stops, as everything- animal, vegetable, mineral, the trivial uproar of a squirrel and the sun, coalesce into one sound of shuddering breath inward. There he is, fixed in the hot, philandering wind, a beam of sun against the massive rack, as he turns, sniffing, listening for danger. One more moment, one more breath, and he'll have you. Instinct draws up the gun.The birds explode into flight, the noise shattering the lie of silence. The whitetail bolts with a clamor, faint and fading as he breaks the barrier of life, moving on with a boom heard across heaven.. . .
.. . that boom, the sound of a truck door outside, slamming shut, bringing me back from the forested recesses of my daydream to the room around me. The world has gone back silent again, but for the sound of my breath, Up on the shelf, sits a metal bell, the ancient etchings upon it dusty; coalescing, into a sense other than sound, a scent, a touch, the whisper of comfort and the smell of hot chicken broth, there in a room only fierce with the sound of alone.
I pick up a little framed photo of a red-haired woman and child, as outside, the melodic chime of birds in the trees calls upwards to heaven.
- Brigid
The Perdomo Legacy Nicaraguan Maduro was created by Nicholas Perdomo III as a tribute to his father. It features a 10-year-aged Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper that spent an additional 14 months aging in bourbon barrels. A shade-grown Nicaraguan binder — a hybrid of Cuban and Cameroon seeds from the family’s Finca Natalie estate — holds fillers from Perdomo farms in Estelí, Condega, and Jalapa Valley.
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My buddy, a CFDA club member has a home range in his shop. He practices fast draw out there so that he can place consistently in club matches. Last week, he reported that he was shooting in his home range when He got a spam call. The conversation went like this.
Phone rings, he answers it. "Hello"
He listens for a few seconds, determines it it a spam call, then speaks in a frantic tone. " Who are you? What are you doing in here? I'll shoot you.
He then fires two shots into a target. Pow! Pow! "Oh, damn. Look at all that blood"
He says at that point, the call dropped. Imagine that.
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I’ve known about Big Horn Armory out of Cody, Wyoming, for a long time. From the moment they hit the scene, I fell in love with their big-bore lever-action rifles. They made a massive splash in the firearms world by building rugged, hard-hitting lever guns chambered in .500 S&W Magnum and .460 S&W Magnum—cartridges previously […]
The post Big Horn Armory 500 Automax Review Field Artillery Support first appeared on Day At The Range.No-hit shooting – 900 block of Gladys Avenue: On August 26, 2025 at approximately 7:48 p.m., officers responded to the 900 block of Gladys Avenue regarding a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located evidence indicating a shooting had occurred. The preliminary investigation indicates that two male adult suspects were attempting to burglarize a male adult victim’s home when the victim fired a gun, and the suspects fled in a vehicle. As they fled, one of the suspects fired a gun back. The suspect vehicle collided with another vehicle, and the suspects fled the scene on foot. No injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing.
