“Tell Hill he must come up! … Strike the tent!” It is surely a wonderful compliment that both Lee and Jackson, delirious while dying, called for A.P. Hill (killed in the Third Battle of Petersburg, 2 April 1865) to come up.
I really detest Halloween. If it was about costume parties, it would not bother me. The origins are dark and many of the decorations that have taken over people's yards are disturbingly grotesque. I wonder how small children process of these.
I saw this one while walking home from church and it gave me a good laugh.
Christopher Columbus (detail), from Alejo Fernández, La Virgen de los Navegantes, circa 1505 to 1536, Alcázares Reales de Sevilla. In his magisterial biography, Admiral of the Ocean Sea, 1942, Samuel Elliot Morrison observes: [Christopher Columbus did] more to direct the course of history than any individual since Augustus Caesar. … The voyage that took him […]
10/12/25 Fox News article quoting CEO of Crowds on Demand about the dangers of companies like his:
The head of a national crowd-for-hire firm is warning that America’s protest culture has become a target for exploitation — by paid agitators, profit-driven interest groups and even foreign actors seeking to fuel division. Adam Swart, CEO of Crowds on Demand, told Fox News Digital that his company has witnessed firsthand how demonstrations can be co-opted by people "making money off chaos" rather than advancing genuine civic causes.
My concern is that there are forces — some domestic, some maybe foreign — that actually want to pull America apart," Swart said. "These aren’t left or right actors. They’re people making money off chaos.
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One person was stabbed and shots were fired after a fight broke out near a Myrtle Beach area gym on Tuesday night, officials said.
After an apparent fight broke out near X Gym on George Bishop Parkway just before 9 p.m., one person was left with non-life threatening injuries from being stabbed, according to Horry County Police spokesperson Mikayla Moskov. The stabbing victim’s friend then fired a shot into the ground to “stop it all,” Moskov said in a text message.
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Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer's Bench! This series focuses on home armorer and gunsmith activities to help you improve your skills and maintain your firearms. Today, we're diving into what's essentially part 3 of my STEN Mk2 build series. If you missed the earlier installments, part 1 covered cleaning Cosmoline with an ultrasonic cleaner, and part 2 tackled converting 20rd STEN magazines back to 32rd. This time, we're getting into the real meat of the build - removing the old receiver tube remnants from a parts kit.
On October 12, 1823, Charles Macintosh of Scotland began selling his trademark raincoats. (Still called “Macintoshes” or “Macs”). — Today, in 1492, after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sighted a Bahamian island, believing he had reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The …
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(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Most of the time the barreled receiver is treated as one part. Normally, a rifle barrel is not removed from the receiver during parkerizing since it is difficult to remove and reinstall without damaging the new finish. In these cases it is not uncommon for issues caused by trapped solution to show up sometime in the future where the barrel shoulder meets the receiver face. One way to mitigate issues caused by trapped solution is to use compressed air after the part comes out of the parkerizing solution but before the final …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: A Qatari Air Force Training Base In Idaho? What Is Next? A Chinese Infantry Training Base In California? News Links: Qatar is Getting an Air Force Facility in Idaho: What to Know. WSJ: Qatar Facility at U.S. Air Force Base in Idaho Sparks Controversy. 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 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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“And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And …
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Today, the Randolph County Rangers, a CFDA club, hosted a 10-year anniversary shoot. Their head honcho, Diamondback Billy, is much beloved in the sport and hosted a good time at his club house.
We spent time with shooters from Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky, refreshing old friendships and catching up on the latest rumors.
I did get to watch Jackass Jiles, one of the fastest shooters in our sport, hit a 0.915 (which is excruciatingly slow). Oh, we laughed. On his next shot, he redeemed himself, hitting a 0.295 (which is exceedingly fast). In our game, we start with the revolver holstered. When the light comes on, we draw, cock that single-action revolver, and fire. If the bullet strikes the target, you get a time. To manipulate a single-action revolver to unholster and strike a target in under 1/3 of a second is phenomenal.
In the ladies division, Belle took a minor trophy and got a cash award. Once again, my lady has proven that she is a Professional Gunfighter. She had been paid cash for her skills. I, on the other hand, finished comfortably in the middle of the pack.
Tomorrow after breakfast, we head north to Missouri to visit with family for a few days before we head home.
Recent news reports have parroted the press release of the dictator ruling modern California. California, Oregon, and Washington have begun a process of secession. They are creating the “West Coast Health Alliance” which is (in their words) a response “… …
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I have previously observed that tapping CFC does not seem to work. I am beginning to wonder if I was right. Online, I can find videos showing tapping CFC working and pages saying you need to use threaded inserts.
Yesterday, I had two parts that were supposed to have a through hole for 6-32 screws. Somehow, I had failed to make a large enough hole (actually about .125" ID). So i tried to turn the screw through the hole with a power screwdriver. It went through and left pretty strong threads.
I think my previous tapping failure was because I used a tap in a power screwdriver. I think i will take one of my small CFC scraps and trying to tap by hand. If this works, it will be a giant improvement over other methods of binding pieces together.
UPDATE: I just drilled and tapped a piece of 3/8" thick CFC. The screws goes in smoothly and the hole is likely stronger the stainless steel screw. This makes a lot of my complex ways to avoid tapping unneeded. This should go much faster now!
UPDATE 2: Another advantage. I have been cutting blind holes using a circle pocket program to make sure they just wide enough for the threaded inserts. Also just wide enough for through holes for 6-32 screws because none of the twist drills are exactly the right diameter. Now I can use the .1065" carbide drill bit that is the right size for a 6-32 tap. This is still only 1 inch/minute cutting speed but all at once. The circle pocket cutting is a series of spiraling inward cuts every .1" deep.
I would ideally use a bottoming tap for blind holes but I already have a carbide 6-32 tap. I will just drill a .75" deep pilot hole and only tap .5" deep.
The most Bad Ass Indian tribe in the old west was not the Lakota that did in the 7th Cavalry, but rather the Comanche. S. C. Gwynne tells their tale well in
The Empire Of The Summer Moon.
Essentially they were ferocious and highly mobile guerillas who thought nothing of raiding a thousand miles (from Kansas into Mexico), often - maybe usually - riding at night by the light of the moon.
To this day a summertime full moon is often referred to (at least in Texas) as a "Comanche Moon). In fact, that was the title of a miniseries set in the old west not so very long ago.
The book does a great job describing the rise of the Comanche from obscure beginning to their domination of the central Great Plains. They were the best horsemen in North America and the masters of the hit-and-run. They put so much pressure on settled tribes (not to mention Spanish colonists) that they essentially stopped Spanish advancement north of the Rio Grande. The book makes the case that the Mexican government invited the Americans into Texas to act as a buffer between Mexico and the Comanches. The Texas border with them was bloody and settlement was slow.
The end of the Civil War and the introduction of repeating firearms (and light horse artillery), combined with the slaughter of the bison herds was a problem that the Comanches could never solve. Even so, Kit Carson admitted that their chief Quanah Parker (son of a kidnapped Texas girl who went native in the tribe) almost wiped out his entire command. The second half of the book is Quanah's story, from the greatest war chief of the Plains to the Reservation, and ultimately to his unlikely friendship with Teddy Roosevelt.
Highly, highly recommended.
The book left out what I think is perhaps the most unlikely Comanche story, that of David Pendleton Okenhater. Born as O-kun-ha-tuh (Making Medicine) in the 1840s, he was in the thick of the Comanche wars of the 1860s - he was with Quanah at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls. In prison at Ft. Marion in Florida in the 1870s he ended up as First Sergeant of the prisoners (really!) and was noticed by Capt. Pratt for the art he was creating (really!). Pratt encouraged his art career and one of his pieces came into the collection of Mrs. Alice Key Pendleton, wife of a Senator from Ohio (really!). The Pendletons paid for Okenhater to be sent to live at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in New York. He took their name out of respect and gratitude.
He was baptized there in 1878 and ordained a deacon in 1881. As a Deacon he was sent essentially as a missionary back to the Cheyenne. He lived out his life as a Deacon and a Cheyenne Chief until his death in 1931. That was a long way from a taker of scalps. A long way.
In 1985, the Episcopal Church declared David Pendleton Okenhater a saint. His feast day is September 1. That's quite some Medicine for O-Kun-Ha-Tuh to make.
10/10/25 SFGATE:
Two of the West Coast’s most dangerous fault lines might be more in sync than scientists have realized. A new study found that the two sleeping giants, the Cascadia subduction zone and the northern San Andreas fault, have been moving in rhythm for millennia, shaking within hours of each other in a geological “dance” that can rattle the coastline from Oregon to California.
A team led by Oregon State University geologist Chris Goldfinger published its findings on Sept. 29 in the scientific journal Geosphere, demonstrating the first evidence that the two faults have interacted repeatedly over thousands of years.
Yes, the two might go off together. These are both really big quake producers. The 1700 earthquake on the Cascadia fault produced a pretty major tsunami in Japan and a remembered in oral history of Northwest Indians
10/10/25 SFGATE:
A relative of San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto was caught growing cannabis at a county jail, according to an investigation by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Juel Perez De Leon, the brother-in-law of Miyamoto, was working as a plumber at a county jail in San Bruno in 2022 when a coworker found him smoking marijuana in a maintenance area, according to an incident report recently obtained by the Chronicle. (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms.)
That first incident led to a larger investigation by then-Sheriff’s Capt. John Ramirez, who uncovered allegations of “grow lights and starter plants being transplanted in other areas of the facility.” The investigation also revealed “rumors that De Leon may be cultivating marijuana in a locker on jail grounds,” the Chronicle reported. "
10/10/25 GB News:
Robert Jenrick has hailed a "free speech ictory" for Hamit Coskun after he won an appeal against his public order conviction, which he got for burning a Koran.
Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Justice Secretary declared that the "landmark case" was an attempt to implement "backdoor blasphemy laws" into Britain."
I can understand the desire of Muslims to make Western nations like the hellholes they (or their parents) fled. But the willingness of Westerners to help them is really absurd.
10/10/25 Portland Oregonian:
Our
reporters at the ICE building Thursday night counted several frogs, a
unicorn, a polar bear, an axolotl, a raccoon, a peacock, a shark and a
cat among about 100 regularly dressed people.
The nightly protest proved uneventful as darkness fell and protesters and counter-protesters started to gather.
The herd of animal costumes stood out. Or was it a flock?
Why do Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters come to mind?
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Quote of the Day Rapidly transforming the American public’s beliefs is a daunting task—all the more so if you dismiss their current values as unacceptable. The Democratic Party’s pragmatic wing has been pleading to broaden the tent, ideally before the …
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In September of 2025, the number of firearm sales, as measured by the National Instant background Check System (NICS), adjusted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) was about two percent higher than it was in September of 2024. This reversed the slightly downward trend in firearm sales started in February of 2025. The reductions have not been enormous, about 2-7 percent for each individual month. Those reductions have been keenly felt in an industry accustomed to significant expansion during the Obama and Biden administrations.
While the numbers used to approximate firearm sales were up about two percent, the number of overall NICS checks was down about ten percent from September of 2024, according to NSSF. From NSSF :
The September 2025 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,179,424 is an increase of 2.0 percent compared to the September 2024 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,156,223.
For comparison, the unadjusted September 2025 FBI NICS figure of 1,858,763 reflects a 10.3% percent decrease from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2,072,550 in September 2024.
Over the last 25 years of Septembers, 2025 is up a bit from 2024, which was up a bit from 2023. All three of those years are down from the peaks of 2020, 2021, and 2022. During the presidential election year of 2020 and the first two years of the Biden administration, the outlook for the Republic of the United States of America appeared grim. The last three Septembers firearm sales are only a little higher than those of the last three years of the Obama administration.
It is likely the shock of the assassination of Charley Kirk reminded potential firearms purchasers of the fragile nature of a stable nation-state. Over the last 235 years, the United States has been the most stable polity in the world. Some people claim the United States politically re-configures itself about every 75 years or so. The double elections of President Donald Trump add credence to the theory. For the present, there are wide differences between most of the United States population and the 25-30% which exist in an alternate reality defined by Wokism, climate alarmism, and critical race/sex/thought theory.
More political violence has the potential to increase firearm sales.
The firearms and ammunition market has absorbed enormous numbers of firearms and amounts of ammunition in the United States over the last 15 years. In 2009, the number of private firearms was 316 million. In 2025, we are well over 533 million, an increase of 217 million. Those numbers cannot be precise, but they are probably close. They are derived from ATF figures of firearms manufactured, imported and exported from the United States. Over 40% of privately owned firearms in the USA are less than 15 years old. Many purchasers have satisfied their desire for more firearms. The NSSF report on excise taxes show ammunition taxes down 31% since 2022, and down about 12% in the last year.
Over the long term, the likely removal of silencers/suppressors and short barreled shotguns and rifles from the National Firearms Act has the potential of increasing demand as purchasers adjust to the new statutory framework. Many firearms owners will opt to purchase new firearms rather than retrofit their existing models. A retreat from the dominant media demonization of firearms ownership of the last 60 years may increase the numbers of potential firearm owners.
If you desire firearms or ammunition, now is a good time to buy.
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Gun Watch
On Wednesday, deputies said that the shooter shot at a person who had
poured gasoline on the house floor and was trying to set it on fire
with someone inside.
"The shot was fired in an attempt to stop that from happening," Sheriff Jason Ard said.
The person who was shot, once released from medical care, will be charged with attempted aggravated arson.
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It turns out that winning a bajillion dollars in startup lotto around age thirty and then not having anybody tell you "no" for the next quarter century will absolutely
cook your brain.
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Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB's Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the Victra-12 shotgun suppressor . Last time, I covered the RXD collaboration from an industry perspective. This week, I want to talk about what actually happened when I took both suppressors to the range and what surprised me about their performance.
We are excited to announce a new course offering, On Demand Performance – Tactics. This class has been on my mind for some time and is probably more important than our primary course, ODP-Pistol. Take a look here, and I hope to see you on the range! As Todd always said, train hard and stay […]
On October 11, 1923, the hyperinflated German Mark issued by the Weimar regime fell to 10 billion per British Pound and\ 4 billion per U.S. Dollar. — October 11, 1138: A massive earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, killed an estimated 230,000 people. — Today is the 75th birthday of novelist William R. Forstchen. He is best known for his survivalist novel One Second After. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 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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Parkerizing is the trade name of a chemical reaction process that uses a mild acid solution to deliver manganese or zinc to a steel part and thereby coat that part with either manganese or zinc. The generic name for this process is “Phosphate Coating”, but most folks use the familiar name, Parkerizing, and often use a lower-case “p” when writing about it. The purpose of parkerizing is to provide a protective finish on steel parts. The resultant phosphate coating will hold lubricants and rust preventatives. One common use is to coat and protect steel firearms. Compared to bluing, it has …
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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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“Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward …
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Joining Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota in the coalition suing the Trump administration over defunding sex education in public schools that includes “gender identity” are Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New …
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Which is the best thermal rifle scope on the market? Taking on this task is not easy, especially if one has to consider that suppliers and offerings differ between countries and continents, and that it’s virtually impossible to try them all and under the same conditions. The civilian market for thermal riflescopes is primarily driven by hunters and recreational shooters, and I’ve been looking at this market for over a decade. Here is my conclusion.
For today’s edition of TFB’s Photo Of The Day , we have pictures of Northrop Grumman’s new Precision Grenadier System (PGS) . Designed to be used in a variety of applications, including anti-UAV warfare, this shoulder-fired 25-mm grenade launcher is a semi-automatic firearm fed from 5-round magazines and weighing just under 12 pounds.
Yeah, yeah, we heard the news: Straight wall cartridges are replacing shotgun slugs in hunting areas . But some people still are legally required to use a shotgun with slugs during deer season, and some people still prefer slugs anyway. After all, there’s a lot to be said for biffing a 1-ounce chunk of lead at a deer at 1600 fps. The good news is, if this is what you want, there are still several very good slug guns available on the U.S. market, purpose-built for using either Foster slugs or modern sabot-style slugs.
We are in Pocahantas, Arkansas for an invitational shoot tomorrow We were invited. I did not realize how much crop agriculture there is in northwest Arkansas.
It's after harvest time and the farmers are burning off the stubble.
That's a smoke funnel, rising from a field several miles from the highway.
We are in the hotel, ensconced for the evening. We start shooting tomorrow at 9:30
I have a Targus TGT54TR camera tripod. There is panhandle control rod that tightens and loosens to adjust position. Unfortunately, it ran away. (When I move to Tennessee next year, i am sure it will appear.) Targus does not sell replacement parts.
After a bit of fiddling at the recently opened Home Depot, I determined that it was an M8x1.25 thread. I ordered M8x1.25 x 40mm length thumbscrews from Amazon. Perfect fit. Of course, I now have seven leftovers (pack of 8).
One of my favorite lines from Die Hard. 10/7/25 ABC News:
Imelda Avila-Thomas and her husband, who both work for the federal government, suffered a "double whammy" when the government shut down, dropping the household from two incomes to none, she said.
Avila-Thomas,
43, president of union local American Federation of Government
Employees (AFGE) 2139 and an employee at the Department of Labor, said
she stopped hiring a tutor for her 12-year-old daughter, who has
dyslexia, while making plans for a garage sale to sell off some
possessions.
The government shutdown,
which entered its seventh day on Tuesday, has engendered "desperation
and uncertainty," said Avila-Thomas, who lives in San Antonio, Texas.
"Any day that goes by, it adds up."
Lots of Americans have experienced this. Many voted for Trump because of this.
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee awarded it to a Venezuelan peace activist today, and you know what she did? Dedicated it to President Trump She knows freedom for the Venezuelan people from narcoterrorism will be due to the efforts of the Trump administration pic.twitter.com/qw0DcV9cHi — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) October 10, 2025 HT: Karen L. Myers.
Battle of Tours, October 10, 732. A victorious line of march had been prolonged above a thousand miles from the rock of Gibraltar to the banks of the Loire; the repetition of an equal space would have carried the Saracens to the confines of Poland and the Highlands of Scotland; the Rhine is not more […]
Count on the New York Times to miss the point. 10/10/25 New York Times:
James Indictment Mirrors Her Civil Case Against Trump in Miniature
The
president and New York’s attorney general accused each other of real
estate fraud. But the sum involved in her case is $18,933, while
millions were at stake in his.
The point was misuse of the criminal justice system to attack an individual for a political purpose. She even ran for A-G on that platform. This showed that equal protection of the laws did not matter. She did not even claim that she was going after white-collar criminals. Now, the left is butt-hurt that what goes around, comes around.
The Church of England decided this week to cover the interior of the oldest cathedral in England in graffiti in order to represent the voices of “marginalised communities.” [More] Speaking of spiritual wickedness in high places… leave it to Opposite Day “progressives” to make the holy profane, almost as if there’s a Malevolent Intent and … Continue reading "Meanwhile, Across the Pond"
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ATF charging individuals for 3D-printed FRTs [More] Maybe we missed a footnote in the memo…? Looks like some FA was going on before FO kicked into gear … but still, from a “shall not be infringed” point of view… Comment from an advisor: The ATF special agent swore out a a false statement “FRT has … Continue reading "A Forced Reset"
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Florida parents left boy, 16, by side of the road with bag of guns and told him to fend for himself, police say [More] Time was a young man striking out on his own wouldn’t have been news, but I suspect there’s a different dynamic at play here. [Via WiscoDave]
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Every few years, when a new James Bond film comes out, you can reliably count on one thing: Old Double-Oh-Seven himself will be on the poster with an attractive woman on his arm and a mean-looking firearm—usually a handgun. Unless the film is being shown by Amazon Prime Video, it seems. In an odd and unexpected move in early October, Amazon Prime decided to update its promo photos for the James Bond films by making new posters with firearms airbrushed out of the artwork—sometimes with amusing results.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jennifer Mascott, President Donald Trump’s latest nominee to the federal appeals court in Philadelphia, further shifting the court’s ideological balance to the right. [More] Anybody ask her some pointed questions? Or are we just making $#!+ up? [Via Jess] Related UPDATE Major, major breaking news. A huge victory for President … Continue reading "The Right Stuff?"
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10/7/25 BBC:
Campaigners
want to ban the sale of catapults to under 18s, as young people are
inflicting wildlife, animals and people with devastating injuries.
Wildlife
charities, including Naturewatch Foundation, want the government to
take action after witnessing attacks by young people which had been
filmed and shared online.
Farmer Lou Carpenter said: "We've got to stop these children having these lethal weapons before they start killing people."
In
the UK catapults are not illegal to own or carry in public with the
government saying it is keeping all relevant legislation under review....
Lou
Carpenter, who owns ancient woodland that provides a habitat for rare
birds, told the BBC that catapults were being used to poach, and the
problem was getting worse.
"I've had
them here, armed to the teeth with catapults, and I see it as my job to
see them off because I don't want them here," she said.
Many of the perpetrators were young, she added.
"We've got to stop these children having these lethal weapons before they start killing people," she said.
Carrying a trebuchet? No, this seems to be their word for "slingshot." Even a Wristrocket was hard to imagine as a deadly weapon unless it went through an eye socket. Does Britain no longer have active parents?
These are very serious allegations that could destroy these guys’ business, so remember how we all worked ourselves into a lather over Donald Trump saying “Take the guns first, due process later.” It’s innocent until proven guilty, and it will be interesting to see how/if they respond. I just submitted this: [Via WiscoDave]
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NRA Files Another Lawsuit Challenging the National Firearms Act [More] Terrific. It’s also comparatively easy. Now when are we going to see them putting the necessary resources into an even more pressing and existential issue affecting all of their members in Virginia? I suppose we could ask. [Via Jess]
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I believe the news article that the Glock rep demanded to view the 4473’s. First, it’s stated by a commenter on Ammoland who provided a link. Second, the link is a detailed news article. Three, Glock didn’t sue the gun store or news entity into oblivion for defamation. [More] It’s not like they’re 2A purists… … Continue reading "Some ‘splainin’ to Do"
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that the DOJ does not believe that the McCoy vs ATF should be the next 2A SCOTUS case. Why did DOJ say this? Mark Smith, Four Boxes Diner, discusses [Watch] I’m not afraid to say so when I think he’s not being objective considering all factors, or just generally … Continue reading "An Age-Old Question"
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I needed some 1.25" long stainless steel 6-32 socket head screws. I ordered some on Amazon because I did not need 100 of them. They are still a week or two out. So I went to Tacoma Screw. They only had 1" long ones. It makes sense; the smaller the diameter to less the sheer strength and Young's modulus (measure of bending under stress). These scale up and down with the square of the diameter (cross-section).
The length matters because I am using these screws to hold two intersecting carbon fiber plates together through a binding block. (I am using LibreDraw to convey the idea. It was more effort than it was worth to add the screws going horizontal and vertical through the binding block.)
Solution is to recess .25" deep in the binding block holes.
When I wrote the mkcircleblock program, I felt like I went a little overboard with options. In retrospect, being able to stack entries like in this makefile seems forward thinking.
SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc: $(MAKEFILE)
cat prolog.ngc >SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc
echo "( zero at left end of block narrow end up )" >>SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc
./mkcirclepocket .17 .3593 .1945 0 -.1 -1 1 1 .123 SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc -a
# relief hole to make up for no 6-32 screws longer than 1 inch
./mkcirclepocket .25 .3593 .1945 0 -.1 -.25 1 1 .123 SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc -a
# Through hole
./mkcirclepocket .17 1.0779 .1945 0 -.1 -1 1 1 .123 SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc -a
# relief hole to make up for no 6-32 screws longer than 1 inch
./mkcirclepocket .25 1.0779 .1945 0 -.1 -.25 1 1 .123 SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc -a
echo "m2" >>SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc
echo -n "%" >>SlowmotionPillowBlockVerticalHoles.ngc
The George Thorogood song “
I Drink Alone” goes like this:
I drink alone
Yeah, with nobody else
I drink alone
Yeah, with nobody else
Yeah, you know, when I drink alone
I prefer to be by myself
That chorus runs through my head often when I’m sitting on the deck with a bourbon and a cigar. It’s not a sad thought — I’m perfectly content left to my own reflections. In truth, I suspect most cigar smoking happens this way: quietly, contemplatively, and in solitude.
That said, I sometimes do miss the Friday nights at our
local brewery cigar lounge, which unfortunately closed in May 2024. Those hours spent chatting with fellow enthusiasts were always time well spent. It’s no secret that I enjoy a good conversation about cigars.
A few recent lounge visits reminded me just how different those experiences can be. The two lounges I frequent most often are friendly places — as most cigar lounges tend to be — and I’ve shared plenty of pleasant discussions there. But more often than not, people are content in their own thoughts, perhaps finding the same quiet satisfaction I do.
My recent visits to the
OBX Cigar Lounge were a pleasant change of pace. The atmosphere there was conversationally lively — even “robust.” Both times, I found myself caught up in easy, engaging talk that seemed to make my cigar last longer simply because I was puffing less!
By extreme contrast, a visit to another lounge this past week was the opposite experience. Besides the shop employee, three others were present when I arrived. For most of the 75-minute smoke, three were glued to their phones and the fourth to a crossword puzzle. Apart from a polite entrance greeting and the occasional crossword answer, silence ruled the room. It was morning, so perhaps that explained the subdued mood.
Where do you enjoy your cigars — in company or solitude?
ht B Let’s set the wayback machine to 2015. Biden was VP. He went to Ukraine and threatened the government with the loss of $1 billion worth in loan guarantees if their head prosecutor wasn’t fired. The reason? He was looking at Burisma which meant he’d be looking at Hunter Biden. What’s worse is the […]
Abigail Spanberger Refuses to Withdraw Jay Jones Endorsement amid Text Scandal [More] Being a Democrat who demands out guns, she’s OK with putting two bullet in our heads, too. And she’s hardly alone. The question is, what’s NRA going to do about it? [Via Michael G]
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Republican Buys Dominion Voting Systems, Forces Them To Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives [More] I’m particularly happy for Mike Lindell, and wish him success in rebuilding after the storm. I appreciate they promise integrity going forward, but there’s a more basic and vital concern: Now that they own it, are they going to do comprehensive audits … Continue reading "Dominion Over Dominion"
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Lever-action rifles ain’t what they used to be. We’ve gone from the days when grandpa’s wood-and-steel Henry/Marlin/Savage was as good as it got. Now we have a lot of competition in the lever rifle scene, and the theme of the year is Space Cowboy, with add-ons and accessories that meld the world of tactical rifles with the Wild West. And that’s where XS Sights comes in with their new forend for the S&W 1854, offering M-LOK slots all around.
Trevor Noah says it’s ‘funny’ that Charlie Kirk got shot while defending guns [More] You know what would be funnier? If they deported his subversive, ungrateful $#!+head back to South Africa. They don’t much like guns there, either. Getting laughter says a lot about the people who pay to see this clown.
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My three-year-old granddaughter was looking at a fresh withdrawal from the bank that included a hundred-dollar bill and some twenties. I’d told her who Andrew Jackson was before in terms that would resonate with a child her age, and sang her Johnny Horton’s classic, a favorite from when I was a boy. For Ben Franklin, … Continue reading "Ben & Me"
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New York Times headline: "End of the World Imminent: Women, Minorities Hardest Hit"
"Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump"
They list three prominent black women, two of whom engaged in lawfare against Trump and allies. They are upset because what goes around, comes around.
This is what happens when 77 million trailer park champions band together to elect a game show host to the highest office in the land. [More] How fresh and original Gavin Newsom fanboys are! Now tell us something about the low-income, uneducated, slack-jawed hillbilly worthlessness of gun owners, who aren’t as cultured and refined as … Continue reading "Trailer Park Boys"
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The best upgrades for the most modular micro compact on the market! With the huge number of options, we found the winners you should consider.
Quote of the Day This is a painful lesson that a lot of us in the Palestine solidarity movement have been learning is that we don’t have power… what we don’t have is power… the question I’m asking myself, and …
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XS Sights has launched the Minimalist OR Tritium night sights specifically fit for the HK CC9 , designed for co-witnessing in the lower fifth of an RMSc optic window. The front sight features a self-illuminating tritium lamp, while the blacked-out, serrated rear sight reduces glare and keeps the shooter’s focus on the front sight. The rear ledge enables one-handed slide racking for practical use. Built with a Black Nitride finish, these sights offer twice the corrosion resistance of standard black oxide and should make for a great addition to one of the latest offerings in the micro compact 9mm market.
graphic used with permission of Second Amendment Foundation
On January 15, 2019, an off-duty British SAS operator and high level trainer, who goes by the nom de guerre of Christian Craighead, disrupted an Islamic terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya at the DusitD2 complex. He is credited with saving 700 lives through his skills, action, heroism and leadership. Christian gave the keynote speech at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Salt Lake City on September 28, 2025. If you wish to listen to the entire presentation, the video of the Keynote speech by Christian Craighead SAS, retired, starts about 5:40:30 and ends about 6:15:15.
Christian grew up with a single mother. He was raised by his grandmother, of modest means in Northern England. He joined the army at age 16. After serving in the Parachute Regiment then the elite Pathfinder Platoon, he was one of the very few selected for the SAS. During his 28 year career, he participated in over a thousand high risk kill or capture missions, including hostage rescue.
He became the chief close quarter battle instructor in the SAS. "He almost literally wrote the book on hostage rescue." In 2018 he moved to Kenya, Africa on a training mission. For the first time in his 26 years in the military, firearms were available to him in his home and in his vehicle. He was personally responsible for them at all times. He had to file a weekly report including the serial numbers on al his weapons. Because his weapons were at his disposal, he was able to immediately respond to the terrorist attack on a Nairobi hotel complex on January 15, 2019. In the afternoon of January 15, a friend called him from inside the hotel to tell him a complex attack was ongoing, and the friend was unarmed. Christian could hear gunshots and explosions in the background. He drove to the scene of the attack expecting to meet police and special forces, and to act as an observer and advisor. Instead, he was the first responder. The rescue/siege lasted over 15 hours.
At the GRPC, Christian detailed his actions in Nairobi far more than has been released as little as a year ago. After he prevailed in the incident, the response from the British government was mixed. He was awarded The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, just below the Victoria Cross. High level officials also told him he had disgraced the SAS, the British Army, and the UK government, for acting without orders. The British Ministry of Defense has blocked the publication of his book "One Man In", a memoir of what happened in Nairobi on January 15-16, 2019.
Christian retired after 28 years of service, and moved to the United States. He spoke from the heart about his gratitude to President Trump. While his move to the USA came at great personal and financial cost, he believes it was worth the price. He has kept in touch with President Trump and assists him as he can in conventional and unconventional ways.
Christian is a devout Christian. He believes God used him in Nairobi in 2019. Christian wrote a successful children's book "The Wrong Wolf". His current main occupation is Minister of Defense for the Field Ethos Journal.
Christian looks forward to becoming a United States Citizen. His personal account is well worth viewing at the GRPC website.
©2025 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
Gun Watch
According to officials, District 4 officers were alerted to reports
of shots fired in the 800 block of N 9th St. just before 7 p.m. Police
say a 14-year-old and another suspect attempted to rob two men at
gunpoint.
SLMPD said one of the victims, a 45-year-old man, was carrying a
firearm at the time of the shooting. Officials say shots were fired by
the 14-year-old and the 45-year-old man, both sustained
non-life-threatening injuries.
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Noah Gonzalez, 28, faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon
after the shooting on Monday, records said. Gonzalez was not the shooter
but displayed a firearm before he was shot, police said.
On Monday, Oct. 6 around 9 a.m., Metro police responded to reports
of a shooting at Tee Pee Lane and Grand Teton Drive in the northwest
valley. Police located Gonzalez inside a vehicle suffering from multiple
gunshot wounds, they said.
Police later determined the shooting involved road rage between
Gonzalez and another driver, officers said. Police said Gonzalez
followed the woman to her home about a mile and a half away, where the
shooting then occurred.
More Here
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Champion: Remembering Marty Hayes We lost yet another firearms instructor this week. Marty Hayes (founder of Firearms Academy of Seattle and ACLDN) dies in his sleep a few days ago. Besides Marty, this […]
You may recall that the Environmental Law Institute, which holds classes and seminars to ‘inform’ judges and other legal personnel about environmental matters, has reportedly been skewing the information towards the green agenda and climate change. Well, the EPA is cutting off their access to officials from the EPA (which lent them legitimacy). “It is […]
It’s time to end the California-compliant madness.
Jordyn Bisbee shares her experience of a dove hunt on Texas' opening day in this episode of Ducks Unlimited's Ascend.
October 10, 732: The Battle of Tours. The Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi was defeated by the Frankish Aquitainian force led by Charles Martel. — Today is the birthday of the late singer-songwriter John Prine (1946-2020). — And this is also the birthday of composer Giuseppe Verdi. (Born 1813, died 1901.) — On October 10th, 1913, the Panama Canal officially linked the Atlantic to the Pacific. — Today’s feature article is a guest post by A.C. of the Stakeholder Prepping Podcast. Since he is a SurvivalBlog advertiser, this article is not eligible for our writing contest. — …
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The following is a summary of a Stakeholder Prepping Podcast. — Something that a lot of us overlook is the idea that preparedness is fundamentally a whole-family-unit endeavor. The effectiveness of any emergency plan hinges not on the dedication of a single individual, but on the cooperation and understanding of the entire family. When emergencies or disruptive events occur, a family unit operates at its most resilient when every member, including children, is an active participant rather than a passive bystander. The core challenge for parents is shifting the family’s mindset away from visualizing doomsday scenarios and toward fostering confidence, …
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Here are the latest news items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. In this column, JWR also covers hedges, derivatives, and various obscura. This column emphasizes JWR’s “tangibles heavy” investing strategy and contrarian perspective. Today, more coverage of the bull market in gold and silver. Precious Metals: On Thursday, spot gold was at $4,076.10, and spot silver hit $51.42 per Troy ounce. This eclipsed the record high price set in January 17, 1980, when the Hunt Brothers attempted to corner the global silver market. When I last checked, it took …
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“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” – Samuel Adams
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10/9/25 Washington Times examines how Anti-Ku Klux Klan Act (1871) can be used to sue not only active rioters who injure law enforcement officers but any entity or person who "
Lawsuits may be brought anywhere a conspirator made an “overt act,” even a lawful one, to aid the conspiracy. Anywhere, as in “flyover country.”""This provision has massive implications in the electronic age, when chat groups and email lists are used to organize everything from riots to weddings. The effects of email trails and electronic rosters on proving who was “in the know” are staggering. So are the damages involved. The Black Lives Matter riots in Minneapolis inflicted half a billion dollars of damage. The recent Los Angeles riots may reach the same level. Every person who knew what was afoot and kept his or her mouth shut is liable for all that."
Also, private parties may sue on behalf of the U.S. Government for misappropriation of funds under the False Claims Act and receive a percentage of the stolen funds. Attorneys with a willingness to pursue the billions stolen through U.S. AID could become multimillionaires.
Worth reading in full, especially if you are an attorney.
I have seen the phrase “politically motivated” ever since I can remember. The most recent is here: New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements by a federal grand jury in …
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Most of you will remember Arnold Schwarzenegger firing the M202 quad rocket launcher in the 1985 film Commando. In the popular imagination, a “flamethrower” usually means a heavy fuel tank strapped to someone’s back, a hose, and a very nervous operator spraying liquid fire a short distance across some patch of jungle. By the late 1960s, that classic setup was already dated, dangerous to its user, cumbersome, and too short-ranged for the bunker, trench, and tree line problems that American units kept running into in Vietnam.
What is generally called “Christendom” or “Christian churches” is divided into hundreds of denominations, and thousands of “multi-” and “non-” and “anti-” denominational groups (congregations and loose collections of congregations). All claiming to worship YHWH (Jehovah, God, the Creator, the …
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Only 150 people will be able to save themselves with this Smith & Wesson 500 Emergency Kit, as that’s the maximum amount that will be made. The revolver comes with a black Cerakote frame, adorned with high-polish stainless claw marks on one side and a bear engraving on the other. Polished controls complement the design, paired with hunter-orange rubber grips to make sure you can keep the grip for follow-up shots. I’m not sure about the motifs, but it’s a good-looking revolver for our Photo Of The Day.
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we took a look at the growth curve people go through when they start carrying a concealed handgun. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I thought it would be an interesting perspective to look at what social situations you may have to navigate while carrying a concealed gun. Whether it's family members, a new significant other or strangers out in public, it can sometimes be difficult to know what to do in a given situation, which is what makes sharing experiences a fun part of the carrying community. Let's take a closer look at the social side of concealed carry.
