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I am reminded that 82 years ago today, Operation Overlord kicked off. The crusade to retake Europe focused on five beaches on the Normandy coast.
Eisenhower had prepared a press release in the event that the landings failed. He was prepared to accept full blame if the operation failed. That was the ethical choice. He was the Supreme Commander. It was his show.
We can draw parallels to more recent military disasters and the lack of accountability.
People who have concealed carry permits are one of the most law-abiding groups in the United States. Police officers have crime rates far below the general population. People with concealed carry permits are more law-abiding than police officers.
The arrest rate for the overall adult population in the USA is about 2,100 - 2,200 per 100k in recent years. The arrest rate for police officers has been about 170 per 100k. This may be low because no one tracks police arrests officially. Officials may be reluctant to charge police officers. The conviction rate for concealed permit holders is about 17.6 per 100k in Texas, according to an academic paper by John Lott, Moody, and Wang published in 2025. From the paper:
Of the 43,932 total convictions in the Texas DPS 2023 report, only 284 — or 0.6 percent — were convictions of LTC holders, a conviction rate of
17.6 per 100,000.37
Convictions are not the same as arrests. Arrests for felonies tends to result in about 65% convictions. Arrests for misdemeanors results in about 45% convictions. A conviction rate is likely to be about half of the arrest rate. If we double the conviction rate to approximate the arrest rate, concealed permit holders have less than one fifth the arrest rate for police officers. Concealed carry permit holders have 1.7% of the arrest rate for the general population.
The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) sums up how law-abiding permit holders are for convictions of firearm related violations:
Concealed handgun permit holders are extremely law-abiding. In Florida and Texas, permit holders are convicted of firearms related violations at one-twelfth of the rate at which police officers are convicted.
Minnesota tracks the number of carry permits which are revoked each year. A look at the Minnesota numbers shows revocations of permits are close to what concealed permit convictions are in Texas. The numbers and methodology may be significantly different in the two states. In 2024 the number of permit holders in Minnesota were about 400 thousand. The number of permit revocations was 47. That is a rate of revocation of 11.5 per 100k in 2024.
The crime rates of permit holders are much, much lower than that of the general population and much lower than that of police officers. In terms of other population groups, permit holders crime rates are about as law abiding as Asian Americans as a group. Both groups show high levels of civic responsibility and respect for the rule of law.
Analysis:
Very few people believe disarming the police is a good idea. Police officers, even retired police officers have the legal right to carry in most places where most people are prevented from carrying weapons. Police officers have the legal right to carry in all states and territories of the United States. The Congress created the LEOSA act as a way to protect the public with more responsible armed people on the streets. They also created it as a way to protect police officers. The same logic applies to people with concealed carry permits. Those people are much less likely to break laws than even police officers are.
It is common sense to increase the number of such protectors by 15X. There are about 700 thousand sworn police officers. There are about another 500 thousand retired officers. There are over 20 million Americans with concealed carry permits.
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Graham then continued to assault the man, police said.
“An uninvolved witness in the Summit Avenue area observed the incident and believed the male was in immediate danger. In response, the individual retrieved a handgun and shot Mr. Graham,” the news release said.
The person who shot Graham stayed at the scene and “complied with officers during the investigation,” police said.
Police Chief Dennis Stevenson says a man reported firing his gun at another man, who was allegedly vandalizing his car. The suspect then ran off into the woods behind a nearby store and daycare.
The search took place just off Bowen Street. The daycare which police were searching near was unoccupied. Surveillance video from a nearby business showed the suspect limping with a wound to his right leg.
I mowed grass today, for the third time this season. I'm not proud of that, but we've had a wet May and my yard holds water. I timed it perfectly, because when I finished mowing, it started raining.
I don't have a lawn in the traditional suburban sense. I have a mixed-grass pasture. The Bahia was going to seed and was nearly knee-deep in places. It used to drive the HOAS crazy. When I moved here 20-something years ago, we had an HOA. I and some like-minded neighbors decided to ignore the sonsofbitches and see if they could make their treats work. They had no heart for conflict and folded up like a cheap pocketknife.
I'm not opposed to mowing grass, you understand, I am opposed to rutting up my yard. I raised beef cattle for 20 years and know that the proper use for good grass is feeding beef. I don't object to keeping a lawn, I am just baffled that anyone cares.
Tomorrow I'll break out the weed eater and trim around the culverts, then go to Popeye's. Belle has a yearning for fried chicken.
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Because I work in the criminal justice system, some readers ask me why I don’t generally comment on high profile shooting cases that are in the news. I guess I owe them, and you, an explanation. In the past I worked as a police prosecutor, prosecuting misdemeanor cases. I was a cop for longer than […]
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Murders committed with handguns patterned after the extremely successful Glock line of pistols, equipped with "Glock switches", are extremely rare, according to research done by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC). The research was published on May 27, 2026.
No database of cases where "Glock switches" are used to murder people is maintained by the federal government . The CPRC did what they characterize as "an exhaustive search" for incidents where such a "Glock switch" was used to murder people, from 2021 through most of May, 2026. They found 20 incidents where 43 people were killed over the more than five years studied.
Every murder is a tragedy. However, the number of murders committed with "Glock switches" is a tiny blip in the overall number of murders in the USA, over the five years examined by the CPRC. The CPRC carefully and correctly states they may have missed some murders committed with "Glock switches". It is the nature of crimes that some are not detected. It is the nature of the media that some events are not reported in a way which is easily found. The demonization of these devices works to insure most known events are reported.
Handguns do not make good automatic weapons. They are more difficult to master than rifles or shotguns, even when one shot is fired for every trigger pull. The yare much more difficult to control on full auto, especially a full auto with a high cyclic rate of fire. With modifications, expert users can use them effectively, with practice. Machine pistols, as they are called, have not been a popular item with military services because of these limitations.
"Glock switches" take an excellent handgun design and transform it into a bad machine pistol. As noted by the CPRC, the "Glock switches" are dangerous to the user and to everyone near the user, including the user's allies and confederates. "Glock switches" override the handguns disconnector, allowing the handgun to fire before it is fully locked. The difficulty of controlling a handgun in full auto, with an extreme cyclic rate, makes the danger of shooting in a direction which is not desired, a real possibility. This may be a reason the "Glock switches" are not used more commonly.
CRPC notes the total number of murders committed from 2021 - 2024 are about 80,657 murders in the USA, according the the FBI. The numbers for 2025 have not been officially released. Of those from 2021-2024, we know 29 were committed with "Glock switches". It is impossible to know if more or fewer murders would have been committed without the "Glock switches" being used. It is plausible, perhaps likely, the use of the switches prevented some murders because of the difficulty and danger of use, and the inherent lack of accuracy with such devices. If the first shot is on target, it is likely the second and following shots are not on target. The homicide rate in the USA has been falling since 2021. The murder rate in the USA is at an historic low, probably the lowest ever recorded in the USA.
As mentioned in the CPRC article, these devices are mostly used by criminal gangs. Most of the murders appear to be during gang wars. "Glock switches" are already illegal to produce or own for nearly all people in the United States. Only licensed machine gun manufacturers, law enforcement, and the military have the ability to legally possess them.
Analysis: The focus on "Glock switches" is another attempt at creating a crises where none exists. The purpose appears to be to pass legislation to make items which are already illegal to own, double or triple illegal. The desired effect seems to be to ban or make illegal ordinary Glock pistols. Glock type pistols may be the most popular pistol in American society, perhaps in the world.
Those who wish to disarm the population have never been worried about logic, facts, or cost/benefit ratios. Most people still value logic, facts, and cost/benefit ratios. The CPRC article sheds light on a subject primarily shrouded in myth and emotion. It is likely the emotion based laws against Glock pistols will run into difficulties as they are challenged in the courts. Commonly owned firearms which are used for legal purposes are protected by the Second Amendment. Glock pistols are common. They are overwhelmingly used for legal purposes.
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Police said they believe Jordan was battering his girlfriend when the woman’s brother heard the assault, went upstairs and saw his sister being beaten.
“After several attempts to get the individual to stop, he produced a firearm and he shot the victim,” Price said.
No injuries were reported in the shooting. According to the police chief, a homeowner returned fire after allegedly being shot at. He said one individual was taken into custody. The suspect has not been identified.
Aluminium prices are at a four-year high, up more than 25% this year, as war in the Middle East and a blocked Strait of Hormuz choke off nearly a quarter of the world’s seaborne metal supply.Not just aluminum, though. The global helium supply has been kneecapped as well, which will impact everything from microchip manufacturing to MRIs.
The war has also upended markets for products extracted from natural gas. Among the most critical is helium, an odorless element produced as a byproduct of natural gas extraction. Before the war, Qatar supplied roughly one-third of the world’s helium.I've already had a couple people tell me that even though prices on everything from portable electronics to memory cards for cameras is up, if I have any I need to buy, I shouldn't be waiting for Christmas because it's going to be a year minimum once the shooting stops for things to even start getting back to normal.
Chip manufacturers use it to cool machines that etch circuits onto silicon wafers. Pharmaceutical companies rely on it for quality checks of their products. In magnetic resonance imaging machines, helium cools superconducting magnets.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Allure of Accuracy “There are many reasons to train accuracy to a high level. First, it refines fundamentals—posture, grip, trigger speed, vision, and process—allowing a shooter to know they can hit a target […]
Are you joining the red dot revolution? Get some basic training tips and drills to help you master red dot pistol shooting!It was a god morning. I trimmed some trees, cleaned a fence line, fixed a lawnmower and did a litlte gunsmithing. Cooked lunch at noon. Not a bd morning's work for an old fart. I think I'll take the afternoon off.
I notice that we still don't have firm figures on the California races In this most advanced era of human civilization, the simple fact that California cannot count votes within hours of the polls closing is a damnable indictment of the way they conduct elections.
Four of the budget 2011-style pistols on the market, but is there a winner? We take a close look to find out!By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the last newspaper where I worked, regularly provided outstanding journalism until Gannett bought it in 2019. Before the purchase, we had scores of reporters and dozens of editors. Our print edition could reach nearly 200,000 people on a Sunday. My editors were smart and community […]
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Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […]No, not a MAGA talking point. 6/4/26 New York Times:
But with every passing day, the world is learning to live without the Gulf’s seaborne exports.
1Just as the Covid-19 pandemic and President Trump’s tariffs forced a significant rewiring of global supply chains, the Strait’s closure has prompted a similar adjustment. You might be part of it. When gas prices rise rapidly, people start to limit their driving. Walmart just reported that customers are now buying less than 10 gallons of gas at a time on average at its filling stations.
The United States, Brazil, Canada, Kazakhstan and Venezuela are already increasing their oil production. Large releases of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve are also helping to cover shortfalls. Like a stream that finds its way around a fallen log, markets locate new supplies when the old ones are suddenly cut off.
At some point, the Iranian crazies will get poor enough for their religious objections to evaporate. By then, Iran will be a less important source of oil. And on the bright side, reduced consumption of oil will make the world a better place for Greenies.
One of you is scheduled to come take this 1983 Encyclopedia Britannica away Thursday or Friday. They are, in any rational sense, an obsolete marker of a 20th century literate middle class American family. You wanted a comprehensive overview of human knowledge not just for your own curiosity, but as a starting point for your kids when they started school. While encyclopedia are never a particularly good source for a research paper, like Wikipedia or Grokopedia, they were a starting point for enough knowledge to know what to ask next.
"The pilot of the F-15E Strike Eagle shot down April 3 over Iran was also the pilot of one of the three F-15Es shot down by a Kuwaiti F/A-18 in a friendly fire incident less than five weeks previously, making him “almost certainly” the first Air Force fixed-wing pilot to be shot down twice in the same conflict since the Vietnam war, according to current and former Air Force officials."This is how you get given a new callsign by your peers.