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On April 14, 1849, Hungary declared itself independent of Austria, with Lajos (Louis) Kossuth as its leader. — On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning. — April 14, 1881: The famed Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight in El Paso, Texas. — Today’s feature article is a guest post from a long-time SurvivalBlog reader. Because it is partly self-promotional, it is not part of the writing contest …
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(Continued from Part 2.) Give Up the Fantasy A daughter may need to move, bend, compromise, and pivot. Those are all signs of maturity and embracing reality. A successful farmer looks at changing conditions across soil health, larger economic forces, and continues to refine their decisions onwhat crops are planted, and when. Young women and their families need to give up on fantasies and embrace reality. Fantasies are very dangerous delusions that often leading to negative long term consequences. When preppers think their food supply is adequate, but it would not feed a 19th Century waif for a fortnight, it …
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This weekly column features media 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. Today’s feature photo: The Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located 60 miles south of Burns (less than 1 mile south of Frenchglen), in Harney County, Oregon. Frenchglen is named after Pete French, with whom my Shirk family cousins had a well-publicized range war. The northwestern edge of the WSA is adjacent to Oregon State Highway 205. (A public domain photo, courtesy of the BLM.) The thumbnail …
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“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.” – Michel de Montaigne
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Over the past several days, the usual contenders have issued their annual hurricane forecasts for the2026 season. This year is supposed to be less active than normal with maybe nine (9) named storms and up to three (3) major storms.
We'll see.
The thing to remember about hurricanes is that it takes only one to completely screw up your weekend.
For those of you who take procrastination as seriously as I do, tax day is upon you. This is the first year in many that I have not yet picked our my BAG day gun. Perhaps because I already have my guns. I have heard good things about Springfield Armory's clone of the Browning Hi Power.
Let's say you want to cut a piece of aluminum angle in 1.5" segments on a chop saw with a 100 tooth blade. It is rough on blades but cuts well.) I would prefer 1.5" wide -0", +.05". Can anyone suggest a method of doing this? Yes, I should use a band saw but I do not have one right now.
Solution: dig through my scrap pile to find a 1.522" wide piece that I milled. Put it against the blade. Press a piece Delrin against and clamp it in place as a stop against the back fence. Remove 1.522" piece. Push workpiece against stop.
The first two slices after running over the belt sander were 1 517" and 1.509". Taking them down to 1.50" on the mill will be easy
Their “Diverse Coalition of Gun Rights and Gun Violence Prevention Advocates” includes rabid prohibitionist zealots who have made careers out of trying to eviscerate the Second Amendment through lawfare and gun bans, with not one recognized “no compromise” member. [More] Oh, look, another covertly-funded AstroTurf group comprised of useful idiots and rabid prohibitionists trying to … Continue reading "Bridging the Divide on Guns a Bridge to Nowhere"
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Education is another area where the perceived “need” for high tech work visas actually reflects the underlying failure of Democrat-dominated teachers’ unions and school administrations. Take a look at per capita spending in public school systems, then compare it to how much is comparably spent in, say, India, and it makes fair the question of … Continue reading "An Unexplored Opportunity"
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NRA Foundation Triples Down on Not Being Transparent [More] At this point, any gun owner who puts a dime down on this shell game is a willingly ignorant mark. John Petrolino is doing real investigative journalism here.
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This fake Windows support website delivers password-stealing malware [More] As Sgt. Esterhaus used to say…
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A recent news headline declared, “11,500 shootings occurred within 500 yards of US schools last year.” The obvious implication is that American school children are under daily fire on school campuses nationwide. But, as with most gun control narratives in national media written by reporters who mostly don’t understand the basics of firearms or criminal … Continue reading "Lies of Commission and Omission"
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Does the 2A Die in Virginia Tonight? [Watch] I’ve noted before why I think defeatist titles suck. [Via Jess]
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The American Founders, having studied Rome’s failure in detail, deliberately designed a better system. They created three formal branches with stricter separation of powers — but they did not stop there. They explicitly empowered a Fourth Branch: the sovereign, educated, and armed citizenry itself. [More] Some might even call it a core purpose. FYI, I’m … Continue reading "The Militia Difference"
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Unveiling The Hidden Truth About Illegal Aliens And Crime – The Democrats have done their best to hide the data, but it is possible to use available information to extrapolate just how bad illegal alien crime is. [More] Now you guys are just tryin’ to p!$$ Stephen off… [Via bondmen]
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Secret Service Trainee Arrested for Secretly Filming Roommate with Hidden Spy Cam at Federal Training Academy [More] And they didn’t put him on the accelerated advancement career path? [Via bondmen]
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New York Times Downplays Savage Hammer Murder of Mother to Attack Trump, Doesn’t Include That Killer Was an Illegal Alien from Haiti [More] This is my shocked face. [Via bondmen]
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Texas Democrat James Talarico Said Having Police in Schools Fuels ‘Culture of Violence’ in Newly Resurfaced Audio [More] Why is it every time I see this lunatic I picture Elliot Page? If it ends up being between him and Cornyn, well, this is how the system keeps gunvoters in line. And look what else Texans … Continue reading "When Seconds Count"
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Sheriff’s lieutenant with million-pound fireworks stash led to deadly blast, prosecutors say [More] This one particularly grinds my gears because I used to work in the fireworks industry in California, initially brought in to help fight multiple municipal ballot measures to ban them. The “rationale” was to blame tepid “safe and sane” fountains for the … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Pyrotechnic Enough"
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A former Horry County Police Officer was arrested after offering bribes to dismiss traffic tickets, according to warrants issued by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). [More] “So take a tip from a cop who does.” [Via Steve T]
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Long Island Dentist Sues Nassau County Police for Illegal Firearms Seizure [More] Not the first time the jackboots have raided a peaceable gun owner. What the hell is it about Nassau Democrats who vote for tyranny?
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Steven emails in to ask if this is real.
1. Yes, this is a real vulnerability.
2. It impacts all Windows 10 and 11 systems.
3. There is still no patch from Microsoft (i.e. a true Day Zero exploit)
4. A successful exploit results in exceptionally bad things happening (access to the SAM database, get password hashes, and Administrator privileges).
5. The exploit code has been posted to Github. This is Biblically bad - fire and brimstone, etc.
The only good news (and it is legitimately good news) is that this does not look like it can be exploited remotely. Corporate IT departments will be pulling their hair out about their users gaining Admin access to their corporate laptop, but users at home shouldn't panic (you are already admin).
Microsoft has not covered themselves in glory here - heck Forbes has an article on this. That's not good PR. In my experience, Microsoft was pretty good at disclosure, but that was a long time ago.
Also, the researcher did not cover himself with glory either. There are something like a billion vulnerable systems out there and he uploaded the warez to Github? Not cool.
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: Machete-Wielding Subway Attacker Was a Repeat Offender [More] Well, if New York Democrats weren’t racist… Say, does that “median household wealth” distinguish between those who work and those who don’t? [Via Michael G]
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WaPo Editor Pleads Guilty in Federal Child Porn Case… He was part of the newsroom team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for investigative reporting tied to coverage of Roy Moore’s Senate campaign. [More] So he had three fingers pointing back at him? What is it about WaPo award winners? What is it about … Continue reading "Wiping Off the MAP"
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The Hockey Star half-sister of the 2011 world, the Staccato HD P4.5 is here to kick ass and look good doing it.Maryland LGBT Community Arming Up Over Fears [More] Unfortunately, the source being The Liberal Gun Club is a stong indicator that they continue to vote for thier disarmers. I’ve pinned the cognitively dissonant down on that before: We are Democrats, and as such we will support our party’s nominees for local, state, and federal office. … Continue reading "Fear is the Mind-Killer"
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Birthright Citizenship: American Sovereignty Dangling By a Thread in the Supreme Court… The future of the United States of America is at stake. [More] And it will be a very different country the next two or three generations grow up in, despite what critics with louder voices opine.
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Abdulkarim allegedly said in the video, “If you’re not going to pay us enough to [expletive] live or afford to live, at least pay us enough not to do this [expletive],” the DOJ said in a statement. [More] How ’bout we PUNISH you enough not to do this? Lemme guess… first generation…?
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“I hate Republicans,” Piker said on “Pod Save America.” “I oppose them. I say that all the time. I think that the Republicans are far more damaging. The biggest terrorists, the biggest domestic terrorist in this country, the biggest terrorist internationally is the Republican Party. And not only that, but it’s just like, they … … Continue reading "None Dare Call It Hate Speech"
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TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces will begin implementing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET, in accordance with the President’s proclamation.
And 4/12/26 The Hill reports our Navy is clearing mines to open passage for other nations.
I wish Trump would be clearer when he makes statements on Truth Social.
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Judge Roger T. Benitez, also known as "Saint" Benitez by supporters of the Second Amendment, has retired from federal service as of April 2, 2026. Judge Benitez was born in December, 1950, in Havana, Cuba. He fled the Castro regime in Cuba in 1960 with his brother, speaking only Spanish at the time. His family was reunited and eventually settled in the Imperial Valley of California.
Judge Benitez graduated from the Central Union High School in El Centro, California, then obtained an Associates degree from Imperial Valley Community College in 1971, a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University in 1974, and a J.D. degree from Western State University College of Law's San Diego campus in 1978. He spent 19 years in private practice in the Imperial Valley. He became a California Superior Court Judge from 1997 to 2001. Judge Benitez was appointed as a federal Magistrate judge in 2001. He was elevated to Federal District Judge in 2004, in spite of opposition from the American Bar Association. Judge Benitez assumed senor status on December 31, 2017
Judge Benitez first became known as "Saint" Benitez after his decision in Duncan v. Becerra, later to be renamed Duncan v. Bonta.
Judge Benitez was assigned the case before he assumed senior status. The case took nearly two years to adjudicate. In the case, Judge Benitez granted a motion of summary judgement against the State of California. The summary judgement was in effect from March 29 to April 5, 2019. It became known as "freedom week". Estimates suggest hundreds of thousands of magazines were legally purchased and shipped into California during that week. Seven years later, the case is still under review. It has been appealed to the Ninth Circuit. The three judge panel affirmed Judge Benitez decision on August 14, 2020. Then the Ninth Circuit decided to hear the case en banc. The en banc panel reversed the decision of the three judge panel on June 22, 2021. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court. On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit en banc decision and remanded the case back to the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit remanded the case back to the District Court and Judge Benitez. Judge Benitez issued the decision on September 22, 2023. Judge "Saint" Benitez again found the law to be unconstitutional in a well written and argued decision. The state appealed this decision to the Ninth Circuit the same day.
The Ninth Ciruit, in an unprecedented move, voted to skip an appeal to a three judge panel, and to hear the case again, en banc. The en banc panel issued its opinion on March 30, 2025, again reversing Judge Benitez decision, with strong dissents. The case had become Duncan v. Bonta because of a change in the California Attorney General. The case is in the process of being appealed to the Supreme Court again. As of the time of Judge Benitez' retirement on April 2, 2026, the Supreme Court had not yet decided whether to hear the case for a second time.
In addition to Duncan v. Becerra, later Duncan v. Bonta, Judge Benitez issued a decision that the California ban on the AR-15 and similar
firearms violated the Second Amendment, in 2021. The Ninth Circuit put that decision on hold waiting the final decision on Duncan v. Bonta. Judge Benitez decided a law requiring background checks to purchase ammunition was unconstitutional in 2024. In 2025, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld Judge Benitez decision on the ammunition law. The panel's decision was appealed to an en banc review, and is now being considered by the Ninth Circuit, en banc. In a case about the Second Amendment on short clubs "billies", Judge Benitez originally found for the State of California. The Supreme Court sent the case back to Judge Benitez after the ruling of the Supreme Court in Bruen. Judge Benitez, following the Bruen decision, found the California law to be unconstitutional. California has appealed the case, which is now pending, awaiting the final decision in Duncan v. Bonta.
Judge "Saint" Benitez has now retired from the court. He is 75 years old. He leaves a rich legacy of cases and decisions which are superbly argued and written. Coming from a family which suffered significant persecution by unlimited government in Cuba, he held limitations on government power in the United States to be clear and legitimate. His story is one of the American dream, from fleeing communism to his assent to high office, against the odds. His presence on the court will be missed.
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The homeowner told police he heard a noise outside and went to check,
where he said he found a man trying to cut and steal the catalytic
converter from his vehicle, according to what detectives told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
During that encounter, the resident fired a single shot that hit the
man. Investigators said they have not ruled out the possibility that the
shooting was in self-defense.
- Fortunately, that will buff right out: Photos of a visibly patched-up KC-135 transiting through RAF Mildenhall en route back to CONUS for repairs.
- The Click That Cost $11,000: Google placing ads for various third party travel agency intermediaries above the links to the actual hotel is a perfect example of enshittification.
- Europe about to feel jet fuel crunch.
By Dave Workman Tens of thousands of National Rifle Association members, families and guests will descend on Houston, Texas this weekend for the 155th annual meetings and exhibits, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The NRA event will have special significance because the organization will also be observing the 250th anniversary of United States. […]
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On April 13, 1012: A ransom of 48,000 pounds was paid to a large band of Vikings, led by Danish warlord Thorkell the Tall, for the liberation of Canterbury, after a raid on the city and the capture of Alphege [Aelfheah] Archbishop of Canterbury — April 13, 1743, was the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. — And on April 13, 1933: First flight over Mount Everest, by Lord Clydesdale. — We’ve just started a two-week-long sale on all of our pre-1899 antique shotguns at Elk Creek Company. There are some deep discounts. This sale will end on Monday, April 27th, 2026. …
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(Continued from Part 1.) Preparations for Daughters The number one thing that a parent can do for their daughter who wants her to have a great life is to prepare her for marriage. The preparations necessary for a young woman for success in life are extremely different than the preparations for a son or grandson. The easiest way for a young woman to be successful in life is to enter into an excellent marriage. The number one problem is that most parents and grandparents are doing a poor job at preparing daughters and granddaughters for this role because they think …
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The following recipe for Sweet Moroccan Lamb Stew is from SurvivalBlog reader Cartol in Delaware. It makes 4 to 6 servings. Ingredients 3 pounds lamb shoulder on the bone, trimmed of excess fat 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 large onions (about 2 pounds), grated or finely chopped 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (divided use) 1/2 cup sugar (divided use) 2 pinches of saffron threads, lightly toasted and finely crumbled or powdered in a mortar with a little salt Salt (to taste) Freshly ground black pepper (to taste) 1 cup water …
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Today’s graphic: Population density of the world. (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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“You win battles by knowing the enemy’s timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.” – Miyamoto Musashi
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Ironically, the special guest who made this suggestion during the Building a Stronger, More Competitive Canadian Economy panel which also featured federal ministers Mélanie Joly, Rechie Valdez, and Lena Metlege Diab, is a Canadian who left Canada for better opportunities himself.Patrick Pichette was born and educated in Montreal and left Canada for work in the U.S. accepting a role as senior vice president and CFO of Google in California in 2008. He now lives in London, U.K., holds a Canadian passport and is a partner at Inovia Capital.Inovai Capital says Pichette paid Canadian taxes continuously from 1989 to 2008 and paid an exit tax on all his assets at the time. Pichette currently pays both Canadian and U.K. taxes.
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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Gun Watch
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.