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Someone commented on points, plugs, and condenser in an earlier post. It took me down memory lane. When I started driving, that was considered a basic tune-up and I learned it at my grandfathers knee.
Every six or seven thousand miles, we would find a convenient shady spot, crack open the distributor and make sure that the points were okay. In my grab-and-go tool bag, I kept a small screwdriver and a point file. You could pick them up anywhere and in a pinch, your lady's emery board would suffice. File the points, set the gap, clean the rotor and inspect the contacts in the cap.
The first electronic ignition I ever owned was on q 1975 Ford that I bought new to go on active duty. That car was never right, Ford simply had not figured out how to do electronic ignition. That car had a pre-ignition ping that simply could not be tuned out. From that car and others I have known since, I became convinced that most of the cars from that era were simply pieces of shit. The cars from the 60s were pretty nic and the cars from the 80s were starting to get better, but the cars from the 70s suffered from a number of ailments fueled by rapidly changing technology that was launched too early.
Nowadays even my Briggs lawnmower has good ignition.
The National Instant background Check System (NICS) numbers for March of 2026 are in. According to the NSSF, adusted background checks, with give an approximation of firearm sales, are up 1.9 percent. Unadjusted NICS background checks are down 10.5 percent. This is consistent with a disconnect between firearm sales and NICS background checks.
The NICS is being used for more and more background checks which are not directly related to firearm sales. Chief among these are background checks for firearm carry permits and other firearm permits. As more states have become Constitutional Carry or permitless carry states, and as some states have stopped monthly background checks, the correlation between total NICS background checks and adjusted back ground checks to approximate NICS firearm sales has come to vary significantly.
Looking at the NICS adjusted data over the last twelve months from the NSSF, the first quarter (three months) of 2026 is slightly greater than the first quarter of 2025. The difference in the two years is not great, but adjusted sales in the last quarter of 2025 were definitely lower than in the last quarter of 2026.
One obvious reason for the difference is the conflict in the Middle East with Iran, where President Trump is fulfilling promises made over at least 15 years. Firearm sales are often driven by uncertainty. This hotter phase of the war with Iran, which has been ongoing for 47 years, has the additional effect of offering President Trump's opponents opportunities to attack him, as the final outcome has yet to be determined. Uncertainty abroad and domestically exists. In addition, NICS sales are benefiting from National Firearms Act sales, which are more than double in the first quarter of 2026 over 2025. According to the NSSF, those sales added more than 130,000 additional sales in the first quarter.
Analysis:
This correspondent expects the outcome of the massive destruction the United States and Israeli forces are inflicting on the Iranian theocracy will produce a resolution by the end of April, 2026, as predicted by the Trump administration. Firearm sales will continue to be bumped up in April. After April, two things are likely. The world will be more stable due to a tamed Iran, which will no longer be sponsoring terrorism. The domestic situation will be more stable with falling energy prices and a victorious Trump administration. If those predictions come true, firearms sales would level off or decrease in May and June, which are months when firearm sales normally drop.
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According to initial information from news stringer KNN, a homeowner was awakened by noises outside and discovered two men attempting to steal his Chevrolet Camaro parked in the driveway.
The homeowner confronted the suspects, who were described as wearing black hoodies, and gunfire was exchanged. Evidence of the shooting included bullet holes in the front door of the home and spent shell casings scattered on the ground.
Blood was also reportedly found on the hood of the Camaro, suggesting one of the suspects may have been injured, though police have not confirmed any injuries.
The new video appears to show two trucks, one red and one white, get into crash. Houston police believe the driver in the red truck intentionally hit the white truck and a person in the white truck opened fire, hitting one person. The person who was shot died at the scene.
Authorities said the suspected shooter is the person who called 911 to report the incident and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to the Milwaukee Police Department, security discovered a 31-year-old man sexually assaulting a 33-year-old woman at approximately 6 a.m. Thursday. Security personnel stopped the assault, and the man became combative. Security fired one shot, but no one was struck.
On April 12, 1811, the first US colonists on the Pacific coast arrived at Cape Disappointment, in what is now the state of Washington. — April 12, 1933: US Navy commissioned Air Station Sunnyvale (later renamed NAS Moffett Field) in Santa Clara County, California — at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. — April 12th is the birthday of the late novelist Tom Clancy. (Born 1947, died October 1, 2013). It was Clancy who almost single-handedly created the modern techno-thriller genre, with his first novel, The Hunt For Red October. Coincidentally, Tom Clancy’s first literary agent is now my …
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Editor’s Introductory Note: This young man is prayerfully seeking a wife. He is offering an after-marriage gift of up to $50,000 to whoever introduces him to his bride with $18,000 after their marriage and another $16,000 to the individual who provided the introduction after the first two births of healthy children born to him and his wife, for a total potential gift of $50,000. For further details, see this link to his article posted on July 13th, 2025: My Quest for a Wife: I’m Willing to Move, and in his February 24, 2026 article on rural migration starting at the …
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The latest meme created by JWR, based on an idea suggested by my brother Bruce Rawles: Meme Text: This Bird’s Problem is Medical… It Has Irritable Owl Syndrome Notes From JWR: I was pleased to see that this meme was included in a meme video by Johnny B, on Friday. (I sent it to him early.) Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included. …
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“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For …
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I am still several months out from moving. Theoretically, you can mail long guns to yourself, even c/o X, as long as X does not open the gun and hands it over to you when you get there. The handgun mailing ban repeal is in the public comment stage but should be complete by the time that I move.
4/10/26 AmmoLand:
For years, gun owners have watched blue-state politicians pass one unconstitutional restriction after another while the federal government mostly stood on the sidelines. That may be changing.
In a April 10, 2026, letter to Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon put the Commonwealth on formal notice: if Virginia enacts a slate of anti-gun bills now sitting on the governor’s desk, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is prepared to sue.
4/11/26 Time:
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States had started “clearing out” the Strait of Hormuz, just as the first direct peace talks between Iran and the U.S. began in Pakistan.
“We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
There are some technical issues that I have seen discussed but it can be done. Yet more America doing the heavy lifting for countries that could do their part.
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On April 2, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a memo directing installation commanders to respect the Second Amendment rights of our service members on United States Military installations. Hegseth noted the Constitution is there to protect the rights of all Americans, including the rights of service members which are protected by the Second Amendment.
The current policies in place in the United States military made it virtually impossible for service members to be able to carry arms for their own protection unless they were military police or in some training exercises. Installation commanders have had the authority to determine who may carry weapons on their installations. Secretary Hegseth directed installation commanders to start with the presumption that a request by a service member to carry a personal weapon for personal protection is valid. From the video:
"The memo I am signing today directs installation commanders to allow a request for personal protection to carry a privately owned firearm with the presumption that it is necessary for personal protection. If a request is for some reason denied, the reason for that denial will be in writing and will explain in detail the basis for that direction."
Military bases have been, in effect, gun free zones, where only a very few people, mostly military police, were allowed to be armed. Secretary Hegseth noted recent mass public shooting attacks on military bases at Ft. Stewart, Holloman Air Force Base, and Pensacola Naval Air Station.
Online commentary from declared veterans on X was often positive, with comments such as "best Secretary of War ever" and "this should have been done long ago". Detractors claim there will be a wave of accidental shootings, murders, and suicides as the policy is implemented.
War fighters will be required to follow the laws of the states where they are stationed. 29 states do not currently require a permit to carry handguns, concealed or openly. 21 states require a permit to do so. At present, only a few states allow concealed carry by persons under the age of 21. The memo applies to service members "..in their nonofficial duty capacity on DOW property within the United States." The question of Second Amendment rights for 18, 19, and 20 year old people is being adjudicated in the courts.
In 2015, Donald Trump promised a similar policy. In 2018, this correspondent explained how the policy was neutered by the military bureaucracy in an article entitiled Defiance through Compliance. The complex mechanisms set up in the military bureaucracy made it virtually impossible for the vast majority of service members to be able to carry arms for defense of self and others, except in an active war zone. All of the incentives were biased against commanders allowing their service members to be armed.
As Secretary of War Hegseth noted, our military bases inside the United States can be targeted in asymmetrical warfare. Casualties at a United States military base inside the United States could be higher than the minimal casualties which have occurred in operation Epic Fury abroad.
Analysis:
People who have obtained concealed carry permits have proved to be more law abiding than police officers in the same jurisdictions. Military personnel who are willing to submit a request to their commanding officer in order to be able to carry personal arms for defense of themselves and others are likely to exhibit the same level of responsibility.
Most mass public shootings take place where the attacker knows most people are not allowed to carry defensive weapons. The memo from Secretary of State Hegseth is designed to remove military bases from that category. The memo directs commanders to assume the need to carry for protection is legitimate. The incentives should become biased toward the protection of the right to bear arms.
Future memos might include retired military members, veterans, or simply those with carry permits among those allowed to carry on military bases. Retired police officers have a mechanism to carry nationwide. An increase in armed defenders increases the odds one or more will be available to defend against an attack.
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According to the Rocky Mount Police Department, officers were called to the 800 block of West Raleigh Boulevard around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday after shots were reported in the area. When they arrived, they found a man who told officers he fired his gun “after an unknown male attempted to rob him.”
The victim, who suffered lacerations in the altercation, was treated by EMS on scene, police said.
Meanwhile, other officers who were also responding saw a vehicle leaving the area. They stopped the car and found two men, 34-year-old Risheen Robinson and 23-year-old Aubrey Hill Jr., inside. Both men, who are from Rocky Mount, were detained.
Police say their investigation suggests Hart Jr. went to his parents’ house, and, while he was there, an argument started between him and his father, 88-year-old Harold Hart Sr.
During the dispute, police said Hart Jr. allegedly picked up a chair, made verbal threats and charged at his father. During the incident, 86-year-old Lizzie Hart was also pushed and fell into a coffee table.
As Hart Jr. advanced towards his father, Hart Sr. discharged a firearm, hitting his son, police said.
The Battle of Ravenna was fought on April 11, 1512. French forces under Gaston de Foix defeated the Holy League in this major battle of the Italian Wars. — April 11th is the birthday of John Milius, who was born in 1944. He both wrote the screenplays and directed the films Dillinger, The Wind and the Lion, Big Wednesday, Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn, Farewell to the King, and Flight of the Intruder. He also wrote the screenplays of the first two Dirty Harry movies as well as the first draft of the screenplay for Patton (before Francis Ford Coppola …
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As a busy CPA, I was always looking for ways to save time. I would occasionally go to the library and scoop up an armful of time management books. I would take them back to the office and skim through them. They all kinda said the same thing. Make a list, prioritize it and put estimated times to complete by each item. Do the A’s first, then the B’s and then the C’s. It was better than nothing. But it had holes in it. Under the C items was get new tires. But this never happened till a tire failed …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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“And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in …
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A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.
Three other women who spoke with CNN also alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congressman – including Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos.One woman who connected online with Swalwell over her interest in Democratic politics says she ended up extremely drunk inside his hotel room after a night out with the congressman, with little memory of what occurred. Earlier in the night at a bar, he kissed her and touched her leg without her consent, she said.
I am surprised at my reaction to the Artemis II mission. I mean, it's a huge bucket of money to throw at well connected aerospace contractors - and one that imperils the astronauts because it's so expensive that they couldn't really test the heat shield.
And yet suddenly it's 1968 and the teachers are rolling televisions into the classroom so we can watch the spaceships return to Earth.
Sure, it's crazy expensive, but we just sent men people around the damn Moon.
And we did it without that ridiculous Metric System ...
For a moment, America is the Old America that can do things.
I was hosting a lunch yesterday (chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, fried green beans, yeast rolls). Talking with friends as I cooked the meal, one of my buddies said that his doc was trying to get him away from seed oils and go to more animal fats.
When I was growing up, my mom used white canned Crisco. Grandma used lard. I keep a little bacon grease around for making roux.
We started talking about lard, and the flavor that it brings to fried foods, then talked about beef tallow. I have no experience with beef tallow, but I have heard good things. My buddy, JT, says that he can get it from a wholesale grocer, but has to order 50 pounds. We decided to split a 50 pound order three ways. He is getting it for $1 a pound, which seems like a pretty good deal.
If any of y'all have any experience with beef tallow, let me know.
He not only made numerous promises to Americans regarding the Second Amendment, but he also specifically referenced the pistol brace rule, going so far as to say he would tear it up immediately upon moving back into the White House. How then have we arrived at the current impasse? [More] This is a brave article … Continue reading "Biden… Excuse Me, I Mean Trump Administration Coming After Pistol Braces… Again"
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In mid-September 2025, Delta State University student Demartravion “Trey” Reed, was found hanging from a tree on the Mississippi campus, as The College Fix previously reported. Within three days of Reed’s death, the state medical examiner concluded and released a statement on its autopsy report, which confirmed the findings of the local coroner.
However, a group of black activists began circulating a theory that someone or a group of people actually lynched Reed. They came to this conclusion partially because Reed (pictured, right) was found 50 miles away from where Emmitt Till was lynched 70 years prior.
Yes and you multiply 50 times 70 you get 3500 which means, I do not know, but it clearly shows he was lynched!
I suspect that if you progressively draw larger and smaller circles around this young man's place of death you would find all sorts of horrible crimes.
I am actually sympathetic to concerns about coroner's inquests. In the early 1970s, an Arizona inquest found that a black man with his hands tied behind his back hanging from a tree was a suicide. Yeah, I find that most unlikely. But vague geographical connections?
Baltimore Reparations Fund Plagued by Infighting and Struggles for Control [More] WarOnGuns has obtained exclusive footage: [Via Michael G]
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“We’re going to make the case on why this new gunshot detection technology, as well as license plate readers, our real time center, more cameras, all this technology, gives us more intelligence, gives us more data to keep our streets safe,” Bibb said. [More] “Safe”…? Of course Bibb’s a member! And I like how the … Continue reading "Fun Times in Cleveland Again"
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Armed Suspect Storms Houston Church With Loaded Gun and 100 Rounds — Stopped Seconds Before Potential Massacre [More] Emmanuel Ahsono Mbwavi…? Howdy, y’all! [Via bondmen]
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EXCLUSIVE: 5.4 Million People Have Migrated To Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020 As The Great Divorce Continues [More] Mr. Wolf…? (NSFW) HOW DO THEY VOTE? Let’s ask Blanca! [Via bondmen]
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The principal of Pauls Valley High School was injured on Tuesday afternoon when authorities said he tackled a gunman entering the school. Kirk Moore was shot in the leg and airlifted to the hospital. Authorities said his injuries were non-life-threatening. [More] Good on him. He has my impressed respect. That said, it’s a key gun-grabber … Continue reading "Behind Every Silver Cloud is a Dark Lining"
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Trump Administration Moves To Automate U.S. Military Draft Registration… While Trump built the campaign that led him back to the White House upon a platform of refusing to drag the country into any new conflicts like the endless cycle of regime change wars in the Middle East that has haunted the United States since the … Continue reading "Getting Drafty In Here"
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Through the Downtown Ambassador Program, safety ambassadors will roam downtown Thursdays through Sundays from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m., according to Nickie Davis, executive director of the Downtown Community Improvement District. These unarmed ambassadors will serve as “extra eyes” for the Columbia Police Department. [More] I understand they even have their own patrol vehicle. [Via Steve … Continue reading "I Need to Start a Pool"
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NRA 2026 Director Election Results Show Reformers Gaining Ground [More] Yeah? Which “reformers” are willing to speak out against the greatest threat to gun owner rights? Not even one? Stupid, self-defeating and shameful…
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Ireland Calls Out the Army—Against Its Own Citizens! [More] Don’t worry– the enforcers and those dispatching them will be safe. Speaking out against the cultural terraforming sounds like “some real loser $#!+,” right, Stephen?
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Attorneys representing the wife of one of two men killed last year during a mass shooting at Florida State University, which was allegedly committed by 21-year-old Phoenix Ikner, say that they will soon file a civil lawsuit against ChatGPT and its parent company OpenAI, after learning that the chatbot allegedly helped Ikner plan his mass … Continue reading "Bloodlust In/Bloodlust Out"
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Police have warned right-wing activist Tommy Robinson after they received intelligence that he was named in a so-called Islamic State publication, which encouraged others “to commit violence” against him… The officer continued: “Just remind, you know, because of this information, it doesn’t authorise you to carry weapons, anything like that, take any pre-emptive action against … Continue reading "Meanwhile, Across the Pond…"
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IL Supreme Court Defends Removal of Traffic Court Judge for Past Conservative Comments – The Illinois Supreme Court would rather keep a heavy backlog of Cook County cases than allow a pro-Trump judge to sit on the traffic court. [More] So the only judges will be collectivists? If a man knows a show trial gulty … Continue reading "Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose"
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According to a previously removed page on HCSO’s website, Morgan is a recipient of the State of Florida Mothers Against Drunk Driving Deputy of the Year award. [More] Why’d they remove it? [Via Edmund M]
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Puerto Rico does not allow us to have identification birth certificates that are congruent with our nonbinary identities and forces us to choose between masculine and feminine gender markers that inaccurately reflect who we are. [More] Rewriting history to erase inconveneint truths: It’s the commie thing to do! So… how soon will “deadnaming” be actionable … Continue reading "Adventures in Newspeak"
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FIREARMS NEWS – April 2026 Issue – On Sale Now! [More] I did my own announcement but it never hurts to double tap…
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Samuel Ronan, a former Democratic state and national candidate, attempted to run as a Republican in Ohio’s 15th Congressional District against GOP incumbent Rep. Mike Carey. To do so, he signed a declaration of candidacy — under penalty of election falsification — swearing he was a member of the Republican Party. [More] Stephen and Ranjit … Continue reading "A New Republican"
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"The Trump administration wants to require health insurance companies to hand over troves of sensitive, detailed, and identifiable medical records from millions of federal workers and retirees, along with their families. The move is raising immediate concern from legal and health policy experts, according to a report by KFF Health News."I see no way that this data could possibly be misused. Besides, citizen, if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about, nicht wahr?
On June 26, 2025, Governor of Rhode Island (D) Dan McKee signed into law a ban on the manufacture, purchase, sale or transfer of certain firearms. The firearms affected were: semi-automatic shotguns with fixed magazine capacity exceeding six rounds, shotguns with revolving cylinders, and semi-automatic rifles with fixed magazine capacity exceeding ten rounds. In addition the ban covers semi-automatic rifles which can accept a detachable magazine and which have any one or more of the following characteristics:
- folding or telescoping stock
- bayonet mount
- grenade launcher
- shroud which protects the non-trigger hand, except an extension of the stock on the bottom of the barrel
- pistol grip or thumbhole stock
- flash suppressor or threaded barrel which could accept the same
The ban also covers semi-automatic pistols with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding 10 rounds and any semi-automatic firearm which can accept a belt ammunition feeding device.
The ban does not include .22 rimfire rifles with attached tubular magazines. The ban does not appear to include pistols with detachable magazines or semi-automatic shotguns with detachable magazines.
On February 27, 2026, Democrats in the Senate introduced a bill to add possession to the prohibitions already passed in 2025. This changes the ban on obtaining the affected firearms into a ban on possessing them.
Senate sponsors to add "Possession" are: Alana M. DiMario, district 36;Dawn Euer, district 13; Meghan E. Kallman, district 15; Pamela J. Lauria, district 6; Tiara T. Mack, district 6; Mark P. McKenney, district 30; Linda L. Ujifusa, district 11; Bridget Valverde, district 35; and Samuel D. Zurier, district 3.
The Rhode Island Senate contains 38 senators. 17 are women, 21 are men. Four are Republicans, 34 are Democrats. All of the sponsors of the bill to ban possession are Democrats, seven of the nine sponsors are women.
Analysis:
Rhode Island is a deep blue state. As mentioned, on 4 of 38 Senators are Republican. Only 10 of 75 representatives are Republican. The Govenor, Daniel McKee is a Democrat. The legislature already passed the bill banning the manufacture, purchase, sale or transfer of the listed firearms. There are several court cases involving outright bans of these sort of weapons. As many of the listed weapons are in common use in the United States, the Supreme Court is likely to strike down these bans at some point in the future. The Supreme Court has refused to do so at present. It refused to hear the case Snope v. Brown. It is not clear if the new bill will be passed, as it makes the original law more likely to be seen as unconstitutional. With supermajorities of Democrats in the House and Senate, passage is plausible. The longer the Supreme Court takes to hear an "assault weapons" ban, the more states will thumb their noses at the Supreme Court precedent in the Bruen decision.
In 2022, a federal district court found the banning of stun guns in Rhode Island to be unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The judge in the case was William E. Smith. Judge Smith assumed senior status in 2024. He might or might not be assigned to hear a challenge to the current weapons ban.
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After an initial investigation, detectives determined that the shooting began when the homeowner reportedly walked in to find an intruder in his home and confronted him. The suspect was then shot.
Sgt. Smith said all involved parties were detained and are cooperating with the investigation.
Upon arrival, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The man was later identified as 62-year-old Carmelo Medina of Harvey.
Police said a 33-year-old man said the other person entered their home and charged in his direction, and that's when he told police he fired a gun and struck the man in the chest.
"Él era bueno, no era mala persona. (he was a good man, he wasn't a bad person)," Medina's sister, Estella, told CBS News Chicago.
She, along with Medina's niece, Ana Bahena, and son, Carmen Martinez, spoke about what happened to Carmelo.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Red Dots on Revolvers? Why? Caleb discusses dots on revolvers. I Was the Last Person to Interview Buffalo Bill Cody Before He Died. Here’s What He Said You history buffs will like […]On April 10, 1633, the first imported bananas went on sale in London in the shop window of Thomas Johnson’s apothecary. Pictured are some banana vendors and their wares in Chennai, India. — And April 10, 1827 was the birthday of General Lew Wallace. He wrote books (author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ), sculpted, practiced law, painted, played the violin and made them as well. He was U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. And he served as the Territorial Governor of New Mexico. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing …
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I’m still reeling over what happened on the recent Easter Sunday. It was early in the day when I trekked down to the barn to check on one of my heifers that was due to calve. I had been watching her carefully as we got closer to her due date. She wasn’t over-due. In fact, she was right on time. I had purposefully not made any Easter plans so I could be home if there was trouble. And indeed, there was trouble. Her water broke at about 7:30 a.m. and I waited and waited for those two little hooves to …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. Economics & Investing Links of Interest France just pulled all its remaining gold out of the New York Federal Reserve. Forbes: Gold And Silver Hit 3-Week Highs After U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Agreement. US government is spending $88 billion a month in interest on national debt—equal to spending on defense and education combined. US employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 jobs last month, rebounding from a weak February. Economics & Investing …
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“Our global economy is much more fragile than many of us realize.” – Robert Kiyosaki
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Oh, wait… we’re not supposed to “blackpill”… I guess Cekada’s not “truly pro-Second Amendment“…
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A Canadian province spent thousands of dollars on a coffee truck promotion to recruit American healthcare workers, a taxpayer watchdog revealed.
The government of British Columbia sponsored the coffee delivery stunt, which lasted approximately two days in June 2025.
It involved a branded pink-and-purple truck driving across Seattle to hand out 1,000 cups of coffee and napkins.
The paper cups said, 'Fill your cup. Follow your heart to BC,' and included a link to the government's healthcare careers website...
However, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) revealed the province's government spent on $165,000 CAD ($119,134 USD) the promotion.
That breaks down to each coffee costing approximately $165 CAD ($119 USD) per cup.
That must be a very attractive employer if you need to spend that much money to recruit employees
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) deployed a new technology dubbed "Ghost Murmur" in the high-stakes operation to retrieve the second U.S. airman from deep inside Iran over the weekend, according to a new report.The tool is able to pick up human heartbeats across long distances, and then uses artificial intelligence (AI) to sift out background noise, two unnamed sources told The New York Post.
The mountainous terrain of southern Iran was an "ideal first operational use" for the technology, one of the sources said....
The Ghost Murmur was reportedly developed by a secretive, experimental branch of Lockheed Martin's operations, known as Skunk Works.
U2, SR71. Dark Star? Is the Death Star beyond their capacity? I think not. For all we know, the Skunk Works might be building the Millennium Falcon in Area 51.
I’ve added several recent article links to the running archive of Firearms News‘ posts about “Donald Trump’s 2A Legacy and the ‘Beautiful Second Amendment’.” [More] Doctrinaire “loyalists” are invited to disparage legtimate callouts as “blackpilling.”
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By Dave Workman Writing at ProMarket, two researchers have declared it’s time for “alternative tax regimes to replace” federal excise taxes on handguns and long guns—which generate revenues to fund federal wildlife restoration programs—and doubling the taxes to “produce meaningful gains to society through a reduction in violence.” Liberty Park Press reached out to authors […]
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