Enemies Foreign and Domestic

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T17:49:37Z

Venezuelan Narco Regime Provided Over $20 Million to Fund Black Lives Matter [More] Can we tack this on to the Antifa plan? [Via bondmen]

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Foreign Aid Kool-Aid

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T17:46:02Z

Foreign Terror Designation Could Boost US Efforts To Dismantle Antifa [More] By all means, follow the money. [Via bondmen]

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We’re the Only Ones Powerless Enough

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T17:38:38Z

A Mansfield police officer pawned two pistols he took from the police chief’s office to pay his electric bill, according to a narrative released by law enforcement. [More] If that’s his level of intelligence and judgment, it sounds like he was being over payed. [Via bondmen]

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Beasts of Burden

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T17:32:25Z

“The State bears the burden of proving that its immoral scheme to criminalize rights is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition, and they will fail.” [More] Actually, unless and until the Supreme Court rules in favor of the uninfringed right of the people to keep and bear arms, the burden will continue to be entirely … Continue reading "Beasts of Burden"

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Gonna Die In This Small Town

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T17:18:39Z

The false and unvetted allegations were all police needed to conduct a surprise high-risk traffic stop, hold Massucci at gunpoint, and charge him with multiple felonies, according to his defense attorneys and records and surveillance video obtained by ABC15. [More] Let the criminal investigations and civil lawsuits begin. [Via Jess]

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I wonder if the new owners ever fixed the dioxin problem…

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We’re the Only Ones Taking Back Enough

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T16:50:08Z

A former South Carolina sheriff pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he helped steal about $80,000 from his force’s benevolence fund and took pain medication that was supposed to be destroyed as part of a pill take-back program. [More] So, like with gun “buybacks,” the pills were the sheriff’s department in the first place? … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Taking Back Enough"

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Kristin Hartman, 54, is facing charges of disorderly conduct, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot), vandalism, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shopping cart), driving under the influence of liquor, resisting arrest, and two counts of assault and battery on a police officer. [More] Some people just can’t … Continue reading "The Assault Foot and Shopping Cart of War Loophole"

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Shall Not Be Infringed UNLESS…?

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T16:09:41Z

Viramontes’s criticism of Bevis on this point carries little weight, given Heller’s holding that “the Second Amendment does not protect those weapons not typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes[.]” Id. at 625. Heller did not hold, as Viramontes seems to imply, that military-style weapons are protected “arms” because military action by civilians is … Continue reading "Shall Not Be Infringed UNLESS…?"

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Belle Calls Bullshit

by Pawpaw in PawPaw's House on 2025-10-31T15:43:00Z

We come this morning with this tale of woe from the Big Easy.  Belle calls bullshit.  She was a nurse for over 40 years.


Belle calls bullshit because this lizard is claiming that he is a licensed nurse that can't find a job.  There is a nationwide nursing shortage in every employment market.  This guy might not be able to find the job he wants, but he could go to work tomorrow.  He might have to start as an ER nurse on the night shift, but the jobs are available. This guy doesn't need SNAP, he needs to go to work.

Smelling Like a Rosie

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T15:23:53Z

“My child chelsea belle – before addiction took over her life – i loved her then i love her now as she faces a scary future- prayers welcomed- #addiction awareness #love #family,” O’Donnell wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of Chelsea as a child. [More] Ah, the old Trayvon Martin redirection… And it’s “addiction took … Continue reading "Smelling Like a Rosie"

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The $64,000 Question

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T15:09:06Z

BREAKING: JD Vance RIPS into Thomas Massie at Turning Point Event [Watch] Here’s the thing I never hear his critics address: When he takes a position contrary to what the president and party are pushing, what does the Constitution say?

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Spooky SNAP

by Pawpaw in PawPaw's House on 2025-10-31T14:41:00Z

 Today is Halloween, a celebration beloved by millions of Americans.  After a night of goblins, ghosties, and things that go bump in the night, Americans are poised to waken tomorrow to the pause, perhaps the end, of a program that began in 1939.

Originally called the Federal Foos Stamp program, it began to give Americans a temporary leg up when times were tough. It has now morphed into a bloated entitlement program. Democrats, through their hubris, are set to let it expire in the short-term beginning November 1st.

This program has been around since 1939, and although intended as a temporary measure, some folks have been on it since birth.  Now that it is poised to pause, the outrage is palpable and loud.  Videos of outrage are filling the internet, with people saying that if the Democrats pause their benefits, they will simply go to Wal Mart and steal it. My, my.

This ain't Wal Mart's fault.  But thankfully, the technology has caught up with stealing. There is an App for that.  I'm hearing that in some markets, Wal Mart will suspend in-store shopping.  If you want to order groceries on the app, they will bring it to you in the parking lot. This technology has been around for several years, and I myself have used it when convenient.

Again, these are all wild-eyed, hairy-assed rumors, but it will be interesting to see how this all plays out. The Senate Democrats could end all this by simply voting to fund the government at current levels.

The Times, They Are A-Changin’

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T14:40:39Z

As NRA 2.0 Takes Control, Big Changes and a Shakeup in Operations Ahead [More] John Petrolino notes some belt-tightening and re-prioritizing. Here’s what the Association has to say, and clicking on that will open the thread: Some may say this explains the reluctance to go all in for Winsome Sears, that they just don’t have … Continue reading "The Times, They Are A-Changin’"

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Argentina’s Milei Wins Big, Strengthens Push for Gun Rights

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-31T14:23:00Z

President Javier Milei of Argentina, from Wikipedia


President Javier Milei has won a landslide victory in the election of October 26, 2025. This election is a midterm election in Argentina. There are 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 72 seats in the Senate. Half of the Chamber of Deputies seats were up for election, and one third of the Senate. President Milei's party scored 41.5% of the vote, increasing its share of seats in the House of Deputies from 37 to 101. Milei's party increased its number of Senators from 6 to 20. This is a significant increase in power for President Milei. It is likely he will pursue his policy goals with continued vigor. President Milei admires the United States Constitution and the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights.  From AmmoLand, 2022:

Newly elected President Javier Milei of Argentina is an admirer of the right to keep and bear arms, similar to the Second Amendment enshrined in the Constitution of the United States of America.  Argentina has a vibrant gun culture nurtured by strong rural farming and cattle ranching roots.

In 2024, President Miley reduced the minimum age for legal firearms ownership from 21 to 18. From thefinancialanalyst.net:

In a bold move that has ignited fervent debate across Argentina, President Javier Milei has lowered the legal age for gun ownership from 21 to 18. This decision arrives amid rising crime rates and a palpable sense of insecurity within urban centers, particularly Buenos Aires, where citizens feel increasingly vulnerable to violence. Supporters of Milei’s initiative argue that greater access to firearms is essential for self-defense, especially in a country grappling with high poverty levels and a deteriorating judicial system.

Argentina has suffered under extreme restrictions on firearm ownership for the last 30 years.  In 1995, semi-automatic firearms of greater than .22 rimfire were banned for nearly everyone but the military. On June 18, 2025, President Milei signed a presidential decree allowing ordinary citizens to possess such firearms using the exisiting permit process. From batimes.com.ar:

 It allows so-called “legitimate users of conditional civilian weapons” to “acquire and possess semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines, similar to assault rifles, carbines or submachine guns derived from military-use firearms, in calibres above .22.”

President Milei has instituted reforms in the permiting process. In May of 2025, the process was streamlined. It is now entirely online. From resumenlatinoamericano.org, translated online from Spanish:

 It created a digital procedure under that name with the aim of reducing the time it takes for private individuals to acquire firearms. 

The government of Javier Milei moved forward on Tuesday with facilitating the purchase and possession of weapons through the creation of a digital express procedure, with the goal of reducing the time it takes for users to acquire firearms.

This was done by the National Agency for Controlled Materials (ANMaC), which approved, through Resolution 45/2025, the creation of the digital procedure called "Express Possession," designed to facilitate obtaining permits for the possession of firearms with a Unique Material Identification Code (CUIM), acquired through commercial dealers (gun shops) by individual (private) users and personnel from the Armed Forces, Security Forces, police, and the Penitentiary Service.

Argentina has relatively few legal firearms. According to the Small Arms Survey, Argentina has 7.36 civilian firearms per 100 people.  Brazil has a similar number of firearms per 100 people, at 8.29. Brazil's murder rate dropped to 19.83 per 100,000 in 2019 from 30.8 per 100,000 in 2017, during the Bolsonaro administration.  Argentina has a murder rate of 5.5 per 100,000, close to the murder rate of the United States at about 5 per 100,000 people.

Reforming firearms law and allowing people to defend themselves are part of President Milei's agenda. Milei may be termed a "practical libertarian" aimed at increasing efficiency in Argentina by reducing governmental restrictions, bureaucracy, red tape, and corruption.  Milei and his party do not have the political strength to create an Argentinian Second Amendment at this time.

 

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TN: Memphis - Domestic Defense, Husband Shoots Wife's Son

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-31T14:21:00Z

When officers arrived, they spoke with the mother of the victim, who informed them that her son, the victim, got into an altercation with her husband.

The mother told police that her son was asked to leave and was forcefully removed by her husband.

Police say that the son returned and broke the front glass window of the home; he then proceeded to grab his mother’s neck through the glass when the mother’s husband shot him once. 

More Here


MS: Jackson - Man Breaks in Home, is Shot, Dies

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-31T14:18:00Z

JACKSON — A man who police say broke into a Jackson home and attacked a resident has died after being shot multiple times during the confrontation.

Jackson police said officers responded around 12:51 p.m. Monday to the 1200 block of Wooddell Drive for a report of an aggravated assault. When they arrived, they found 27-year-old Randall Harris suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.


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Pleasantly Surprised

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-31T13:52:00Z

I've watched The Expanse through in its entirety some four times now, and seen parts of it even more than that. I think it's far and away the best sci-fi ever on the small screen. Good story, good writing, good characters, and the whole thing is extremely well executed, production-wise.

But I'd never read the books.

Therefore I felt like I was maybe setting myself up for disappointment when I finally ordered Leviathan Wakes on Kindle the other day.

It turns out that I needn't have worried. This is one of the rare incidences of the book being every bit as good a book as the movie is a movie. Polished it off fairly quickly and now I'm a few chapters into Caliban's War.

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In 1966, CZ undertook Project PRAK (“Slingshot”) to investigate the possibility of converting the CZ50 pocket pistol to 9x18mm Makarov. The PM Makarov was adopted in the 1950s and used throughout the eastern bloc, but [...]

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The 92SB Repro is a limited-edition reproduction from Beretta marking the 50th anniversary of the company’s 90 Series. The model replicates the third production variant in the lineage and is offered with a starting price of $1,526. Production is limited to 1,526 numbered units, and each example is finished and packaged to reflect the pistol’s historical significance.
Quote of the Day I use a .308 to hunt deer. My wife uses a 2025 Subaru. She has got more deer than I have. My Next-Door Neighbor (in Idaho)October 30, 2025 I was busy shoveling dirt on and around … Continue reading
On this episode of Ascend, find out what happens when a few Ducks Unlimited conservation leaders attend the Montana cast-and-blast.

Still working...

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-31T11:27:00Z


Another hundred rounds through the P320 XFULL on Thursday morning, just doing big goofy mag dumps, trying to get back into the groove with the P320 trigger.

Of course the gun functioned fine, as one expects with warm-ish 124gr FMJ. With the two partial boxes fired through it earlier, that brings the round count on the gun up to 220.



Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 31, 2025

by Greg Ellifritz in Active Response Training on 2025-10-31T10:52:45Z

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Spooktacular Halloween Safety Guide Happy Halloween!  I know a lot of you will be out with your youngsters tonight foraging for candy.  Here’s how to do it safely.     NOVEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER The […]
The Trump administration took two very good actions this week. The first: cutting down the number of ‘refugees’ from 125,000 to 7,500 to be let into the country. And they will be mostly white South Africans. The memo said only that the admission of the 7,500 refugees during 2026 fiscal year was ‘justified by humanitarian […]
Say what you will about The Sun, their headline game is fire.


How we comin' with those Epstein files, Mike?

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Trick or Meme Dump!

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-31T10:20:00Z




By Dave Workman A member of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s administration has been arrested and charged with drug and gun law violations, and a leading grassroots gun rights organization has taken the Democrat governor to task for eroding citizens’ gun rights while criminal activity was apparently happening right under her nose. Facing charges is LaMar […]

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Preparedness Notes for Friday — October 31, 2025

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-31T07:04:08Z

Today, while most of America celebrates the pagan Halloween, our family celebrates Reformation Day. — On this day in 1517, Martin Luther sent his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation. — And on October 31, 1952: The first thermonuclear (fusion) bomb was aboveground test-detonated at the Marshall Islands. — 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 for any of their one, two, or three-day course …

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(Continued from Part 2.) 5. TOILET Now that we have a warm house, food, water, and a way to defend it all, we need a workable sanitation system. Many preppers won’t have enough water to waste it flushing toilets so an outhouse or composting toilet will be necessary. Regardless of whether you have a flush toilet or something else, find a way to save the urine. Not only is it the best garden fertilizer, it will also speed up the composting process as well. Best of all, fertilizing the pile with urine allows us to add things which we can’t …

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Today, in place of our usual Economics & Investing news column, we offer some brief commentary from Senior Editor JWR: — I’m often irritated to hear the mainstream financial media report on the gold, silver, and platinum markets.  In reporting the ups and downs of the spot and futures metals markets, they seem oblivious to the bigger picture.  The metals are all now in primary bull markets. They blithely report: “The price of gold rose today…” But the rise (in Dollar terms) of gold, silver, and platinum are actually symptoms of the U.S. Dollar’s demise. In fact, all of the …

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The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-31T07:01:27Z

“Christ is our justification, from which follows that our good works, if they are of Christ, are good; but if ours, they are neither right or good.” – Ulrich Zwingli

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Extortionists for Gun Safety

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-31T00:43:10Z

Maryland Dem state senator charged with extortion after feds say she recorded foe in bed with married man [More] But that doesn’t mean we can’t trust her on citizen disarmament, does it…? Great people, these Democratic politicians. And maybe stamina-challenged “Only One of the Month” Finklestein can frame his termination notice to hang next to … Continue reading "Extortionists for Gun Safety"

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Is it possible to restore liberty and freedom?

by TPOL Nathan in The Price of Liberty on 2025-10-31T00:00:00Z

Consider these quotes: “But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams  “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our … Continue reading
When most people think of Vietnam and small arms, they picture battle-worn AKs carried through the jungles of the Cold War era. But half a century later, the country’s defense industry is no longer just a consumer of foreign weapons; it’s a creator. One of the most curious examples of this shift is the STL-15, a homegrown submachine gun inspired by Russia’s PP-19 Bizon. It is famous for its helical magazine, which was built not in Izhevsk but in Vietnam’s own Factory.
I haven’t tried one, and I guess I share that lack of experience with most of our readers, but the new FN LICC-IWS IPC should feel familiar if you know how to handle an M4A1. Yet it’s said to advance the platform with fully ambidextrous controls, an innovative takedown system, and a beefy, highly adjustable buttstock that can be configured to fold to either the left or right side for true user-selectable convenience. My biggest curiosity is the non-reciprocating charging handle system, which seems to look the same on both sides of the rifle.
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we took a look at different personalities in the gun community and what they carry. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here  to check it out. This week, I wanted to look at how some people carry way too much when carrying a concealed firearm. It's not hard to keep accumulating items until it just becomes overwhelming and you end up not carrying at all, which is exactly what you don't want. The key to success is carrying just enough to make it through the day without having any of the extra clutter. Let's take a closer look at how to stop carrying so much junk.

Let’s Not Elect Foreigners

by JDZ in Never Yet Melted on 2025-10-30T22:56:27Z

This needs to stop. https://t.co/GappBOwnO6 — Tim Burchett (@timburchett) October 30, 2025
I grew up in an era when mainstream women’s magazines told girls they needed to be thinner and prettier. Now mainstream women’s magazines tell girls that men are better women than they are. pic.twitter.com/ybEFr8XdSv — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 30, 2025

And I’m Proud to Be UnAmerican…

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-30T19:53:03Z

Life imitates art. [Via CP]

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A Concerning Moment

by Glenn B in BALLSEYE'S BOOMERS on 2025-10-30T19:52:00Z

Yesterday, a moment or so before noon, I heard what sounded like fire engine sirens that had started to blare like crazy.  the thing was the sound came from a stationary point, not from firetruck speeding to a fire. Then, maybe half a minute later, I heard something I have not heard in Texarkana ever before and otherwise have not heard in decades. Right at noon, what sounded like an air raid siren also went off. That was from the local high school, across from the dog park where I was walking Skye, my pooch. After about 3 minutes of nonstop siren from the school, I got somewhat concerned, in fact enough to  bring up the news on my phone. That was because, it had been sounding off for so long and it reminded me of the air raid siren tests run every day in NYC back in the 1960s. Do you remember them? They probably had them all over the USA back then. 
 
With all the shit going on in the world and it being the first time I have ever heard that alarm here (I have been in this area over 6 years now), and it going on for three minutes or more, I wondered if we were under attack. Of course, there was nothing to worry about in the news, at least no immediate threats, and the siren stopped right after I checked the news. Boy oh boy though, it had me wondering. 
 
That, I guess, is due to my having grown up during the worst part of the Cold War! I remember air raid drills in St. Pancras RC School, we students had to: immediately become and remain absolutely silent, listen to directions either over the loudspeaker or from a nun or lay teacher in the classroom, get up and follow a nun or teacher, cover with a jacket if you had one, get to shelter in the school basement pr if no time then in the classroom, get under a table or desk, and then pray. Supposedly we would survive a nuclear bomb blast by doing that.
 
What a memory was triggered by that unexpected blaringly loud warning noise yesterday. I have to wonder, if they just started doing it now (and as I said, it was the firsf time I have heard it here in six years) why now!  
 
Anyway, my routine in the event of a real air raid today would be a bit different. If not there already, I would head home, don protective gear, grab defensive gear, grab water & a bit of food and meds (everything in a go box) and find below ground shelter. As I said, I grew up during the worst part of the Cold War and besides that, come Hell, high water or the Zombie Apoalypse, I want to live too see many more days &  ights.
 
 All the best,
Glenn B 

Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation Successful in Overturning Virginia’s Universal Background Check Law; Judge Halts Enforcement [More] So what are the odds that it will be appealed, especially if Spanberger wins? I mean, it’s not like we can count on NRA-endorsed Jason Miyares should he beat Jay Jones: AG Miyares continues his Second … Continue reading "Yes, Virginia Gun Owners, There Is a Governor’s Race"

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By Dave Workman The Second Amendment Foundation and five other gun rights organizations have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to accept a case challenging the federal ban on gun possession and ownership by persons who use marijuana. The case is known as Harris v. United States and the […]

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We’re the Only Ones Homicidal Enough

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-30T18:26:37Z

A jury has found a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey. [More] So, if she’d been armed she’d have been justified to shoot him in self-defense? It’s tough to know when, isn’t it? [Via Michael G]

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Range Day

by Pawpaw in PawPaw's House on 2025-10-30T18:19:00Z

 Belle had errands to run this morning, so I loaded a couple of rifles in the van and headed out to the Woodworth range for a little recoil therapy.

I started out with the Winchester 94 carbine.  I haven't shot this rifle since Junior Doughty died, and I felt like the old gal needed a little range time.  That rifle is fitted with a Williams pep sight and I quickly realized that I could not pick up that front bead sight against the tree line.  That sight just disappeared in the clutter of the ben and shadows.  My old eyes let me down.  I need a high-resolution front sight on that rifle. I'll do some research, but my first inclination is to install a Fire-Sight.

So, putting the levergun back in the case, I took out the Ruger 10/22.  I had not fired that rifle since I swapped the factory stock for the Boyds AT-One. That rifle made me feel a little bit better, so I re-zeroed with the new stock, then fired 10 shots on a fresh target.

Not too shabby for an old blind man.  I will own those two flyers, but I still feel that the trigger on that rifle is a bit crunchy. Ruger makes a better trigger, as does Timney and Volquartsen. The cost of those triggers are more than the cost of anew Ruger 10/22 and it becomes just a matter of how much I want to spend to refit the trigger group.

Decisions, decisions.

According to His Nature

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-30T18:17:30Z

Felon Released by Biden Faces New Gun Charge After Drive-By Shooting [More] For a second there I was hoping it was Hunter. So… is this just for show, like the Fast and Furious hearings, or do Republicans plan to actually do something with it? [Via Michael G]

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The Party Line

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-30T18:08:32Z

More than two-thirds (69%) of respondents to the survey by DC-based firm JL Partners — including 58% of Democrats — want illegal migrants who have broken other laws removed from the US. [More] What the hell’s wrong with 42% of Democrats, and the rest that keep voting for them regardless? [Via Michael G]

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New, Improved Trap

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-30T18:00:28Z

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, on Oct. 30, is set to publish a six-page proposed rule change to ATF Form 5320.1, commonly known as the Form 1, which is the “Application to Make and Register a Firearm.” [More] Here’s the proposed rule. I don’t see it posted for comment yet. Here’s my … Continue reading "New, Improved Trap"

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Rideout Arsenal Warns Customers of Scam Website

by Giorgio O in The Firearm Blog on 2025-10-30T18:00:00Z

The Rideout Arsenal Dragon, released to the public just a few weeks ago, has quickly garnered a great deal of interest online. It is innovative, unique from many perspectives, it has polarizing looks, and it's a premium product. All this attention has brought an unexpected, and definitely unwanted, outcome: a fake website posing as the real one, with the intent of scamming potential customers. 

A Real Reporter

by admin in The War on Guns on 2025-10-30T17:46:26Z

Mexican Journalist Killed for Reporting on Crime, Corruption [More] Yeah, but he was just a TikToker. The good news is, authorized journalists are safe. [Via bondmen]

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Springfield Armory has been producing more and more bolt-action rifle offerings, which came as a surprise a few years ago since they were traditionally known for being a semi-auto rifle brand (M1A, AR-15, AR-10, etc). Now, between their Waypoint, Boundary, Redline, and Heatseeker they have quite the portfolio of accurate bolt-action rifles. Today, that family grows even more expansive as Springfield announced longer barrel lengths in their Model 2020 Heatseeker.
Since 1993 the Association for the Recovery of Children lead by Bazzel Baz haslead the fight against child trafficking.
The Scope Bumper  is a new take on the traditional scope cover, designed not only to protect the lenses but also to shield the optic housing from impacts and contact during field use. The system consists of three parts that work together to protect the scope from end impacts and incidental bumps. The outer cover and cap are made from a carbon fiber polymer that provides structural durability, helping to protect the lens and bell housing from hard objects or obstacles.

Why Use a Handgun for Bear Defense — Because They Work

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-30T14:08:00Z

Grizzly bear downed at 10 feet by Jimmy Cox with a 10mm pistol. Sept. 18, 2018, AK

One of the major advantages of using handguns to defend against bear attacks is defense with a handgun is far more likely to result in a dead bear. This is a highly desirable result. Bears which attack humans should be killed. Killing aggressive bears is a significant way to condition the bear population to avoid humans.

The false premise implicit in the argument for non-lethal defenses against bears is, there are such small numbers of bears, killing a bear removes a valuable resource from the bear genetic pool. This view had some legitimacy about 1975-1980, when the population of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states was at its lowest level. This is no longer true. Bear populations are on the rise all over the world. None of the three bears which live in North America have ever been endangered. Even the populations of grizzly bears which lived in the lower 48 states were only listed as "threatened", not endangered. Today we have at least three times as many grizzly bears in the lower 48 than in 1977. The grizzly bear population in the lower 48 is increasing at a significant rate. It is well over 2,000 bears and is probably approaching 3,000 grizzly bears.

When grizzly bears were not protected in the United States, only those bears which learned to avoid humans survived. By 1900, grizzly bears ran from humans and from dogs. Once bears were given artificial protection from humans, they started to lose their fear of humans.  The grizzly bears in the lower 48 states kill humans at 30 times the rate per bear of grizzly bears in Alaska. The small population of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states kill more people than the large population of grizzly bears in Alaska. Yes, there are more people in the lower 48. But grizzly bears tend to be where the people are not in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. In Alaska, bears and people favor the same territories.

The number of bears killed when they attack people is too small to have much effect on the bear population, except to remove excessively aggressive bears. In the lower 48, there were 211 grizzly bears killed in defense of human life in the lower 48 states from 2003 to 2023. This averages about .64% of the bear population, or less than 10 bears per year. It is only 17% of the bear deaths recorded. During this period, the grizzly bear population has been steadily increasing.

Bear populations must be controlled or they become pests and threats to human lives and human property.  The most successful and common method to control bear populations is through regulated hunting. About 5-15% of bear populations need to be harvested each year to maintain a stable population. In Michigan, harvests are about 15% of the bear population from 1992 through 2023. During that period the bear population has increased about 10%.  In Alaska, about 6.7% to 10.2% of brown bears were harvested on Kodiak Island, without reducing bear populations.  The research paper suggested a harvest rate of 5.6-7.9%.

It is better to harvest bears which are hyper aggressive than to harvest random bears during the hunting season. The number of bears to be harvested remains the same. Bears which are killed attacking people mean there will be fewer bears to be killed by hunters. Bears which are unafraid of people should be taken out of the bear gene pool.

Stephen Herrero considered selective harvest of black bears to be a reason black bears seldom attack humans. From  Fatal Attacks by American Black Bear on People: 1900-2009, published 2011.

 Eighth, given the strength and opportunistic predation by black bears one can ask why bears do not prey on people more often. Part of the answer may be that bears that try to or do prey on people are usually killed and removed from a population’s gene pool, decreasing the frequency of any genes the individual might have had that could contribute to predatory attacks on people. It is well known among dog breeders that it is possible to selectively breed for or against aggression. It is highly likely that this selection would also be possible for bears.

The same logic applies to ursus arctos (brown bears, grizzly bears and Kodiak bears). Grizzly bears became very wary of humans by 1900, after about 50 years of relentless killing of aggressive bears by humans. The Lewis and Clark expedition journals show the members of the expedition developed a healthy respect for the dangers of grizzly bears. Even with muzzle loading rifles and muskets, they killed 33 grizzly bears and wounded several others. None of the expedition members, which numbered about 50, were killed by a bear. There were several close encounters were men escaped from bears. None of the company were mauled. Muzzle loaders and horses doomed the grizzly in open areas.

With the common availability of cartridge arms after 1873, almost anyone could easily and effectively kill a grizzly bear, if the bear was seen within a hundred yards. Aggressive bears were quickly killed. Those which avoided humans had a chance of survival.

It is not difficult to understand how bears could learn to fear people. Bears have some of the most sensitive noses in the animal kingdom. If a human kills a bear, the remains of the dead bear are going to be intermingled with scent from the human or humans. Remains of a dead bear are highly attractive to other bears. An association of human scent with dead bears is well within the learning capacity of bears.

Another advantage of killing aggressive bears is the bear cannot attack again or attack other people. Several people have been attacked by a bear more than once. Todd Orr is a classic example. Once a bear has attacked a person, it is much more likely to attack another person. The chance of this happening is greatly reduced if the bear is shot with a firearm. If a projectile enters the thoracic or abdominal cavity, the bear will probably die. The time involved can vary from seconds to days. Even .22 rimfire bullets are likely to kill a bear if they penetrate either major body cavity.

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AL: Anniston - Gunfight in Little Caesars, Employee Wounded

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-30T14:02:00Z

The Oxford juvenile went behind the counter and attacked one of the employees, leading to a fistfight involving all four individuals. During the altercation, one employee was armed with a pistol. The Eastaboga juvenile pointed his weapon at his friend and the armed employee, resulting in an exchange of gunfire inside the lobby.

As the suspects and the armed employee exited the building, another shot was fired from the Draco. The armed employee, who sustained two non-life-threatening injuries, was transported to UAB for treatment. The other employee suffered minor injuries unrelated to gunfire.

Both suspects have been identified, and Anniston Police Department investigators are collaborating with the Calhoun County District Attorney’s Office and the Calhoun County Juvenile Court to determine appropriate charges.

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TN: Nashville - Gunfight/Roadrage, Four People Wounded

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-30T13:58:00Z

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Four people were injured in a drive-by shooting that turned into a shootout alongside an East Nashville road on Saturday night.

The Metro Nashville Police Department reports that officers responded to the Cleveland Street overpass near Ellington Parkway, where a 22-year-old man had been shot in the buttocks.

Police said he was found near a Chevrolet Malibu, which was disabled along the guardrail. Detectives learned that a second car involved, a Nissan Altima, had dropped off three victims following the incident:



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Today’s guest for the TFB Behind The Gun Podcast is Joe from Desk Pop. Desk Pop is a rapidly growing channel that Joe started a number of years ago that focuses on more than just firearms reviews. Instead, Joe wants to get real hard-use data out of his equipment, which should, in turn, give consumers like us access to better data for what is essentially life-saving equipment for many of us on a daily basis. In addition to the testing and data, Joe also likes to have fun and isn't afraid to show it. Today, we’ll talk about that specifically in regard to the recent trend in the industry regarding forced reset triggers. Are they practical for the average gun owner? Probably not, but they sure are fun if you can get them to run properly! Everyone, please give Joe a warm welcome back to the show!
Quote of the Day Kirk was shot in the throat by a high-powered sniper rifle while speaking to college students at Utah Valley University on September 10. Phillip NietoOctober 29, 2025Kash Patel shuts down Charlie Kirk foreign intelligence probe in … Continue reading
Retired from the military police, Avery Skipalis walks us through what she calls the evolution of the Beretta M9 (Beretta 92) to the Taurus 92. She highlights the changes that she particularly likes.

WORKING SLIDES MORE EASILY

by Mas in on 2025-10-30T13:00:00Z

The semiautomatic pistol is the most popular handgun today, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation tells us that some 26 million new gun owners have joined our ranks since 2020.  Many of them are a bit short on hand/upper body strength and have trouble racking the slides on autoloading pistols. Fortunately, we have a new […]

Tab Clearing...

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-30T12:10:00Z


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The Election Fraud Myth

by Clayton Cramer in Clayton Cramer. on 2025-10-30T11:41:47Z

10/28/25 Fox News:
"An investigation by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has uncovered over 1,000 noncitizens who "appear to have registered to vote unlawfully in Ohio," his office announced Tuesday.

"LaRose says he has referred all 1,084 cases to the Department of Justice, noting that 167 of the individuals appear to have cast a ballot in a federal election since 2018. LaRose's office also referred 135 others for potential prosecution, citing evidence of other unlawful voting activity....

"The other crimes include 99 individuals who appear to have voted in two states in the same federal election; 16 people who appear to have voted twice in Ohio in the same federal election; 14 who appear to have voted in a federal election after the date of their death; four who appear to have engaged in ballot harvesting and two who registered at an unlawful residence."

The 14 who voted after they died are going to really be upset.

Meme Dump!

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-30T11:09:00Z




Thursday Meme Drop

by Midwest Chick in Midwest Chick's Place on 2025-10-30T10:30:00Z

Thanks to Eaton Rapids Joe for the Bloom County memory. Berkeley Breathed was ahead of his time.

Preparedness Notes for Thursday — October 30, 2025

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-30T07:04:20Z

On October 30, 1864, in the midst of both a mining boom and the Civil War, Helena, Montana was founded. — On this day in 1938: A nationwide panic over the War of the Worlds broadcast. — October 30th, 1735 was the birthday of President John Adams. (Some sources cite his birthdate as October 19, 1735.) — 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 for any of their one, two, or …

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(Continued from Part 1.) 3. WOODSTOVE Currently, only 1.7% of American homes heat with wood with an additional 7.7% use it for their secondary source of heat. That leaves 90% of Americans without a sustainable way to heat their homes if the SHTF. Don’t be one of those 90% if you want to survive your first post-SHTF winter. Based on those numbers, for most preppers heat will be the second most difficult thing (after water) to prepare for on a long-term sustainable basis. And because it’s so difficult, it’ll be the most neglected topic among their prepping priorities. Don’t ignore …

The post A Top-10 Prepping List, Multi-Tool Not Included – Part 2, by St. Funogas appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-30T07:02:33Z

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, a warning on Ghost Tapping. The New “Ghost Tapping” Card Scams Reader C.B. spotted this, at Newsweek: ‘Ghost Tapping’: What to Know About New Scam Warning. Army to …

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The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-30T07:01:49Z

“People ask me what I do, and I tell them, ‘I’m a fisherman and a hunter.’ They look at me like I’m lazy or crazy.” – Jack Hemingway

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Q Factory Visit 2025

by Patrik O in The Firearm Blog on 2025-10-30T00:00:00Z

Back in 2023, while James and Ryan from TFB TV were visiting Q Rifles and interviewing Kevin Brittingham  about the upcoming  Boombox Rifle , I managed to join them on their range day. With Q being located in Dover, New Hampshire, it was only a quick 3-hour drive for me to meet up with them all and shoot some pretty cool guns and write a story on the whole thing. Yes, I was present for the infamous “Hot Tub”  video we filmed at Kevin's house, but I was also present for the dozens of beers we all drank at the meet and greet in Portsmouth that same night. Fast forward to the beginning of 2025, and I reached out to my buddy Liam at Q about trying to get another visit scheduled so I could create some content for TFB. Liam quickly put me in touch with Colin, and we hashed out the details on when they would want me to pop in.

Starting week #5 – some humor, perhaps?

by TPOL Nathan in The Price of Liberty on 2025-10-30T00:00:00Z

(A BAKER’S DOZEN (TM)) Now we have survived – even thrived! – for four weeks with only “minimum essential” government. How much farther can we go? When will we really see what it is like to have the FedGov really … Continue reading

POTD: The Cabot Guns Apocalypse MAX

by Eric B in The Firearm Blog on 2025-10-29T23:30:00Z

Photo Of The Day, and I think that regardless of what you think of the pistol itself, or the price tag, this is a good-looking piece of art. Cabot Guns has spent more than a decade pushing the boundaries of pistol craftsmanship, combining premium materials with exacting tolerances to produce firearms prized by shooters and collectors alike.
Welcome back to another edition of Wheelgun Wednesday . This week, I wanted to look at some of the options on the market that you should look at collecting now before prices continue to climb. The younger generations are starting to branch out from the polymer guns and as a result, the classic revolvers that may not be super expensive now will start to become more expensive over time as demand grows. Let's take a closer look at revolvers to buy for collecting.

Shot:

by Kevin in The Smallest Minority on 2025-10-29T19:33:17Z

Chaser:

Strippers-Wad Cutters and RELOADING Revolvers

by Greg Ellifritz in Active Response Training on 2025-10-29T18:00:23Z

I have a little video content for you today.   Thanks to Mickey Schuch from Carry Trainer for filming a bit of my introductory revolver class at RevolverFest in South Carolina earlier this month.  In this piece, I discuss different types of revolver speed strips and how I like to carry them for the smoothest […]
In a surprising pivot amid ongoing debates over gun control and hunting rights, the Swedish government has dialed back its aggressive plans for a compulsory buyback of AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles. What began as a swift reaction to a tragic mass shooting has evolved into a more measured approach, allowing licensed owners to retain their firearms under existing permits while offering generous incentives for voluntary surrender.
CANCON A Fully Suppressed RECOIL Range Day! We're moving to an all new location this November for a weekend of cans, guns, and fun!
SDS Arms has added two variants to the Tisas PX-9 Comp family: the compact PX-9 Carry Comp and the full-size PX-9 Tactical Comp. Both join the existing PX-9 Duty Comp and share the series’ upgraded feature set. Both new models use a match-grade barrel with a single-port design intended to speed follow-up shots, and they are fitted with a new aluminum, flat-faced trigger that includes an integrated safety to promote consistent trigger breaks.

I Really Like the Axis GUI in LinuxCNC

by Clayton Cramer in Clayton Cramer. on 2025-10-29T16:38:44Z

That it shows you the toolpath for the current file in advance. 
Okay, this is not the most efficient path.  I could have avoided the criss-cross and raising the tool to 1" above the surface wastes time.  But I am not doing this for a living.

10/28/25 DW:

 The governor of Japan's northern Akita prefecture has formally requested military support to protect residents after an unprecedented wave of fatal bear attacks.

So far this year, 10 people have been killed in bear encounters across Japan, surpassing the previous record of six fatalities set in 2024.

What did the Akita governor say about bear attacks?

"The lives of citizens can no longer be protected without the help of the Self-Defense Forces," Governor Kenta Suzuki told Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday.

Wildlife officials say the number of incidents has sharply increased as bears stray into populated areas in search of food.

"Attacks to the neck and face are extremely common," Suzuki said, noting that bears are now appearing not just in mountain regions but also in urban neighborhoods. He described the situation as "abnormal" and urged immediate federal assistance.

Remember that even hunting weapons are severely restricted in Japan.

10/28/25 ABC News:

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast.

The Brown family found the Schweppes-brand bottle just above the waterline at Wharton Beach near Esperance in Western Australia state on Oct. 9, Deb Brown said on Tuesday.

Her husband Peter and daughter Felicity made the find during one of the family’s regular quad bike expeditions to clear the beach of trash.

“We do a lot of cleaning up on our beaches and so would never go past a piece of rubbish. So this little bottle was lying there waiting to be picked up,” Deb Brown said.

Inside the clear, thick glass were cheerful letters written in pencil by Privates Malcolm Neville, 27, and William Harley, 37, dated Aug. 15, 1916.

 

Another TDS Symptom Can Go Away

by Clayton Cramer in Clayton Cramer. on 2025-10-29T15:55:00Z

10/29/25 CNN:

President Donald Trump has said it is “pretty clear” the US Constitution does not permit him to run for the third term in office, after days of speculation prompted by claims from allies there was a plan to let him do just that.

“I have my highest poll numbers that I’ve ever had,” he told reporters on board Air Force One as he flew to South Korea where he is attending a regional summit as part of a whirlwind tour of Asia.

I think the only reason anyone would even slightly mutter such an idea was to cause more brain injury to the left.  I saw an apt analogy recently: the left is a cat; Trump is holding a laser pointer.

How Overpriced is California Real Estate?

by Clayton Cramer in Clayton Cramer. on 2025-10-29T15:50:00Z

 10/28/25 CBS 2 Boise:

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A California Police Chief is being investigated for living in Boise and commuting over 600 miles to work in Milbrae, CA.

According to ABC30 Action News, the president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is calling for an independent investigation after a formal complaint that Milbrae Police Chief Eamonn Allen is allegedly living at the police station during workdays and commuting home to Boise when he's off work.

The board of supervisors is raising issues with public safety and the use of tax dollars. Property records confirm that Allen bought a house outside of Boise in June of 2024.

According to the outlet, since Allen became Millbrae police chief, photos obtained by them show the station has added two bedrooms, a single, and a room with two mattresses to the police station.

It could be worse.  He could be telecommuting.

I was not expecting this:

Germany's infosec office (BSI) is sounding the alarm after finding that 92 percent of the nation's Exchange boxes are still running out-of-support software, a fortnight after Microsoft axed versions 2016 and 2019.

While the end of Windows 10 updates occupied most of the headlines, Microsoft's support for Exchange and a bunch of other 2016 and 2019-branded products ended on October 14, as scheduled a year earlier.

Alternate title: 90% of German firms fail their SOC 2 audit.  Look, this isn't landing a man on the moon, and you had a whole year.  You just couldn't be bothered.

Was ist los? 

 

MDT Sporting Goods has introduced the MDT Titanium Hunting Brake, a lightweight muzzle brake designed for precision hunting rifles and competition use in formats such as NRL Hunter. The brake is intended to provide significant recoil reduction while keeping overall rifle weight to a minimum. Machined from Ti-6Al-4V titanium, the unit weighs approximately 1.7 ounces (about 48 grams), placing it among the lighter options in its category. The four-port layout uses angled ports to counter recoil and muzzle rise, helping shooters maintain sight picture and observe impacts.

Optimum Still Sucks

by Pawpaw in PawPaw's House on 2025-10-29T13:38:00Z

 I awoke this morning to another Optimum service outage. I called it in and got the familiar robot. Optimum knows that there is a service outage in my neighborhood and are working diligently to restore service.

I especially like the part in their spiel when they tell me that I can go online for more information.  How, exactly, and I supposed to go online when the internet is down? That is a question that no one has been able to answer.  Just a dumb-ass robot answering the phones. Telling me what I already know.  

Optimum still sucks.

Colt originally developed the 901 as part of the US Army SCAR program, with the intention being to create a 7.62x51mm rifle that could also use unmodified 5.56x45mm upper assemblies. This would allow special operations [...]

The post Colt LE-901 Modular Multi-Caliber AR: A Well-Designed Failure first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.

It seems to happen frequently — though never intentionally — that I end up pairing cigars and libations with color-coordinated labeling. One recent example was the Calumet Farm 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey alongside the L’Atelier LAT56 cigar. I didn’t even notice the matching aesthetics until I was taking the requisite Instagram photo.

In truth, the choice had nothing to do with appearances. Both had simply been sitting around far too long without the attention they deserved. I smoked one of the LAT56s shortly after picking them up in August of last year, and the bourbon bottle had been gathering dust since mid-2023.




The Calumet Farm bourbon was one I purchased on a trip a few years ago and enjoyed before it eventually migrated to the back of the shelf. Pulling it out again reminded me how pleasant it is. Bottled at 100 proof, this 10-year-old bourbon offers a well-balanced mix of vanilla, caramel, and butterscotch as its core flavors. A mild spice with hints of honey and fruit sweetness rounds out the sip. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable “classic” bourbon profile.

The L’Atelier LAT56, a creation of Pete Johnson of Tatuaje fame, is a hefty 6 ½ x 56 cigar that somehow feels even larger in hand. This limited-production stick features an Ecuadorian Sancti Spiritus wrapper — a hybrid of Criollo and Pelo de Oro — over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The smooth roll and gold band give it an understated elegance.

The cigar opens with a mix of pepper and nutty cocoa and maintains that flavor balance consistently throughout the smoke. It’s a solid medium-bodied cigar with a steady burn and satisfying smoke output. 

The pairing of the LAT56 and the Calumet Farm bourbon proved to be an unexpectedly delightful match. By the end of the nearly two-hour session, I decided both deserved a spot closer to the front of my stash so they wouldn’t be forgotten again anytime soon.

Cheers!


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Quote of the Day Burning your own fuel in your own house is about far more than the “aesthetic of it”, no matter how hard the papers try to tag it with that superficial label. A wood burner offers energy … Continue reading
Blackbird, a new manufacturer focused on weapon suppression systems, made its public debut at Suppressed Fest 2025, a live-fire event centered on suppressed weapons technology. The company was founded by Mikeith Green, who has roughly 15 years’ experience in the firearms and suppressor sector, and the business draws on that practical background during product development. The image above shows one of their 556 suppressors on a Noveske rifle with some Ground Systems Research furniture.
As Jackie Richardson wraps up her garden for the year, she learns how to dehydrate herbs in the air fryer. This simple process is one she will definitely use again.

David: Jewish Marksman Extraordinare

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-29T11:13:00Z

 David by Bernini, public domain 

One of the most famous bible stories is the story of David as a young man, who slew Goliath, a gigantic Philistine warrior, champion of the Philistine army. The story is much debated. Was David known to Saul, the king before David killed Goliath? How old was David when he killed Goliath? Did someone else kill Goliath, and David was later given credit for it?

The most common assumption is that David killed Goliath and he used a sling and stone to triumph over the giant. Estimates of his age vary from 13 to 28. He is described as both a boy and a man, as "a youth" and as "a mighty man of valor, a man of war".

In every generation, there are people who are born who have a natural aptitude with one or another sort of weapons. People with an aptitude often hone this ability though practice, training, or both. David appears to have been a "natural" with the sling. He had plenty of time to practice while he was watching over his father's sheep. The evidence of his proficiency is from KJV bible, I Samuel:

34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

Even a nine foot tall giant would be as vulnerable to a sling as an European brown bear, or a lion. Killing a bear and a lion with a sling (and probably a dagger or knife) would make David well known for his proficiency. It is not impossible to kill a bear or a lion with a sling, or at least to knock them out long enough to finish them off with another weapon such as a knife or short sword.

The bear which existed in Israel at the time of David would have been the European brown bear, essentially the same animal as the grizzly bear in North America. Not all grizzly bears are the same size. There are large males, smaller females, and sub-adults which are smaller yet. The most common to come in conflict with humans tend to be young males which have not established their own territory yet. It seems more likely the bear which David killed was under 300 lbs than over 500 lbs. Similarly, a lion could easily be 150 lbs instead of 300. The important thing with a slung stone would be to hit the animal on the head, at the right spot to knock it out or to stun it.  Pitchers who are good at throwing 5 ounce baseballs can hit speeds of 130 to 150 fps. Slings magnify the speed of the throw. Some modern users of the sling hit close to 200 fps and over 130 foot lbs of energy.  It is enough to knock out a bear. A Canadian man, Jesse Mengler, knocked out and probably killed a black bear in British Columbia, with a thrown rock, in 2010.

From the biblical text, it is clear Goliath underestimated the smaller David, who was not wearing any armor. His overconfidence contributed to his defeat. It is not difficult for this correspondent to believe Goliath turned his attention away from David at a critical moment. David closed the distance to optimum sling range and let fly with the deadly shot. Goliath was struck in the forehead with enough force to partly embed the stone. He fell unconscious to the ground.  David then used Goliath's sword to make certain he was dead. To show both armies he had triumphed, David cut off Goliath's head and held it up for them to see.

For most of history, slings have been used as military weapons. They were used by the Aztecs in opposition to the Conquistadors in the Conquest of Mexico. Steel armor and firearms made slings obsolete as military weapons.

In Barnett v. Raoul, Judge McGlynn references the David and Goliath story to illustrate the need for effective projectile arms for self defense. Judge McGlynn stated David had no choice but to use a projectile weapon in combat against the giant Goliath who outclassed David in sheer size and body strength.

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SC: Charleston - Fight, Residents Disarm Invasion Suspects

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-29T11:11:00Z

CHARLESTON — Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an Oct. 26 attempted burglary at a downtown home, which was thwarted by residents who shot one of the men and stabbed the other, police say.

Shortly before noon on Oct. 26, Charleston police responded to a home on S. Enston Avenue. The residents reported that two men had broken into the home and attempted to rob them, according to information released by the police department.


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GA: Savannah - Domestic Defense, Woman Shoots Man

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-29T11:08:00Z

Savannah Police determined that 46-year-old Keith King was shot in apparent self-defense after an altercation with a woman who was living at the home. King was charged with simple assault and criminal trespass.

 

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CA: Bakersfield - Gunfight at Interuppted Burglary, no Injuries

by Dean Weingarten in GUN WATCH on 2025-10-29T11:06:00Z

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 7:30 a.m., deputies were called to the 300 block of Industrial Street for a report of two people who shot at each other with guns.

KCSO said deputies spoke to a man involved in the shooting, and it is believed the exchange of gunfire happened during an interrupted burglary.

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Large Language Mistake

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-29T10:30:00Z

So, if you're scouring the internet for archived magazine road tests of a certain car, you can often input the year, make, model, and "0-60". (I have decades of Car and Driver and Road & Track in the attic and just generally lying around the house, but they're hardly organized.)

While searching for information on the 1-of-2400 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Indy 500 Pace Car yesterday, I had Google’s AI summary tell me it didn’t exist and that the '77 pace car was a Corvette. Then this morning, given the same input, Google says it was a Toronado.


Few things encapsulate the current zeitgeist like having the “Artificial Intelligence“ LLM of a tech megacorp confidently tell you that the thing you saw with your own eyes (and photographed!) doesn’t exist, while simultaneously contradicting the different wrong answer it gave you yesterday.

This is like HAL trying to gaslight Dave by telling him that the pod bay doors he’s looking right at don’t exist.

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And in Wisconsin

by Midwest Chick in Midwest Chick's Place on 2025-10-29T10:30:00Z

The Department of Public Instruction seems to be running cover for child molesters and groomers. Kudos to Madison’s Cap Times for committing a brazen act of journalism. The left-leaning newspaper’s year-long investigation found DPI “investigated” more than 200 teachers, aides, substitutes, and administrators “accused of sexual misconduct or grooming behaviors toward students” between 2018 and 2023.  … […]

Hump Day Meme Dump!

by Tam in View From The Porch on 2025-10-29T10:12:00Z




Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — October 29, 2025

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-29T07:04:04Z

October 29, 1929: Stocks crashed on Wall Street. This became known as “Black Tuesday”. This event triggered the Great Depression. — October 29, 1940: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew the first number – #158 – in the first peacetime military draft in US history. — October 29th is the birthday of fighter pilot Vermont Garrison, an American who fought in three wars – WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was born in 1915 and died on February 14th, 1994, in Mountain Home, Idaho. — Please pray for the residents of Jamaica and Bermuda enduring Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. — …

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A while back, while reading one of my daily economics blogs, I read an article on the top 25 things to have on hand in case the SHTF tomorrow. It was quickly apparent the author was an armchair prepper at best. Many of the non-negotiable items were overlooked, some items would be good for wilderness survival but not post-SHTF survival, and others were common everyday things we already own such as warm socks. Some of the items were unnecessary gadgets. Out of curiosity I did a search for other top-10 lists. The ones I found had the same issues. The …

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SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-29T07:02:20Z

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader C.B. recommended the Pure-Gas.org website. It has a list of gas stations that sell ethanol-free gasoline. JWR’s Comment: This is the correct variety of gas to use for extended storage. Of course, add some PRI-G or Sta-bil. Do not expect any ethanol blend to store well. o  o  o Something published …

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The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

by James Wesley Rawles in SurvivalBlog.com on 2025-10-29T07:01:08Z

“Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.” – Norman Schwarzkopf

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I previously covered the M60 to the M60E6 , but now we turn to a lesser-known stepping stone: the M60E1. Developed as a prototype, the M60E1 represented an early attempt to correct many of the shortcomings of the original M60, which entered service in 1957, saw heavy use in Vietnam, and remained in U.S. military arsenals until its gradual retirement in the 1990s.

Four weeks…

by TPOL Nathan in The Price of Liberty on 2025-10-29T00:00:00Z

The 28th of October, 2025. The FedGov has been shut down for four weeks. Twenty-eight days. As we all know, the results are catastrophic. The Fifty States have fallen into anarchy and chaos. Jerusalem in AD 70 and Berlin in … Continue reading

POTD: The Kimber 1911 El Rey

by Eric B in The Firearm Blog on 2025-10-28T23:30:00Z

Photo Of The Day, and we go full Rose Gold, with a hint of black Kirinite! Custom & Collectable Firearms has unveiled a new limited-run pistol: the Kimber 1911 El Rey. Chambered in .45 ACP, production is capped at just 380 sequentially numbered pistols (why not 45 or 450?).

Small Business Spotlight: Without Warning

by Hrachya H in The Firearm Blog on 2025-10-28T23:00:00Z

Welcome back to TFB’s Small Business Spotlight ! In this weekly article series, we talk about small firearm-related businesses. Today’s company is Without Warning, a manufacturer of competition shooting muzzle devices and accessories.

We Still Are Not California

by Clayton Cramer in Clayton Cramer. on 2025-10-28T21:46:00Z

10/27/25 KTVB:

 BOISE, Idaho — Nearly 100 cows hoofed it into Boise's Northend neighborhood early Friday morning, turning city streets into an impromptu cattle drive. 

The herd thundered through the intersection of Bogus Basin and Cartwright roads just after 1 a.m., making a beeline for downtown, an udder disaster.

Boise Police Department officers and dispatch worked to track down the owner while residents reported cattle sightings across multiple blocks. The wayward cows were spotted at 18th and Sherman streets, 18th and Eastman streets, 15th and Harrison streets and on Dewey Avenue....

The situation reached a head when many of the animals congregated in an alley between 18th and 19th streets near Hill Road. Officers managed to corral the herd with the owner's help, who arrived with a trailer to transport the animals.


 ...but yesterday, I purchased ten 1/10th ounce gold coins from SD Bullion. Besides the already super high price of an ounce of gold, they add a premium, and the premium for coins smaller than an ounce if substantially higher than it would have been if I had purchased a one ounce coin, by about $180 more. The only advantage to buying smaller coins that I can see is if our economy tanks and bullion is then used as currency. Having coins of lessor weight and thus value helps assure that you do not need to cut down larger coins and helps assure that if you are ripped off, you may lose less in value because you only carried what you needed. For instance if someone was was charging the value of 1.4 ounces of gold for a product, you do not need to bring two one ounce coins to the bargaining table and then need to try to cut one precisely; instead, you can bring the exact amount in smaller coins, like a one ounce coin and four 1/10 ounce coins. Then if ripped off, your other bullion is hopefully still stashed away safely.
 
Anyway, unless gold goes up substantially, I will lose out on this purchase but then I am not buying while hoping to make a killing on a price increase. I am buying to have something to fall back on should the dollar's value collapse and a loaves of bread start being sold at hundreds of millions of dollars apiece. Think that could never happen, think again! It already did happen in pre-WW II Germany.
 
 "A loaf of bread in 1922, Germany cost 163 marks. In September 1923, it cost 1,500,000 marks and at the peak of German hyperinflation, a loaf of bread cost 200,000,000,000 Marks." More at the source: https://www.historydefined.net/german-hyperinflation/. No one expected it then and very few think or expect that it could happen now; yet, the truth is, as some say, shit happens.
 
All the best,
Glenn B 
 

Ballseye's Predictions

by Glenn B in BALLSEYE'S BOOMERS on 2025-10-28T20:57:00Z

 I have a few predictions for the coming year, actually for the rest of this year and all of 2026. I am not wishing that any of these come true for anyone, I am just guessing that these things will happen, some only if other things I mention happen first. Most are prophecies of the gloom & doom type but some are also much nicer in outcome. The predictions of Nostradamus have nothing on mine.
 
1. Someone, of leftist, liberal, democrat ilk, will again attempt to assassinate President Trump and will succeed in at least seriously wounding him putting him in the hospital and out of commission for at least a three months.
 
2.VP Vance will take over the presidency, after the above takes place and he will be as strong & decisive as Trump was while in that position.
 
3. Illegal aliens from China (Chinese military personnel), admitted by the Biden administration, will attack our country from within doing great damage to our electrical grid. 
 
4. China will invade Taiwan and shortly thereafter will surreptitiously invade the United States of America in a sneak attack much worse than 9/11.
 
5. North Korea, Pakistan, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and others will ally with China and also attack U.S. interests.
 
6. Russia will attack at least one, if not more, eastern European members of NATO and will bomb Ukraine with multiple nuclear weapons. 
 
 7. Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens will ally with our enemies and a civilian militia of conservative types will unleash a fury upon them with the blessing of whoever is president at the time.
 
8. The U.S. will be forced to retaliate with nukes and WW III will kill over half the human population on the earth.
 
9. Japan, Australia, the UK (minus Ireland), Israel, several Arab nations, some few countries in South America, all of eastern Europe (outside of Russia & its current allies) and the remainder of western Europe will ally with the USA. 
 
10. India will attempt to remain neutral. Canada will attempt to do likewise, and will abandon the USA causing a civil war that ousts its current liberal government.
 
11. Nancy Pelosi will be killed by an assassin who beats her with a ball peen hammer and then shoots her to make sure the job is done. The assassin will be transgender with severe delusions of self importance and femininity who believes he is pregnant because, he claims President Trump raped him in the Lincoln bedroom.
 
12.  Mamdani, if he becomes mayor of NY, will be assassinated by someone hired by Soros in order to gain sympathy for socialism in the USA. Riots, by leftists, will ensue even though it will be proven that Soros was behind it.
 
13. The monarchy in the UK will come to an end.
 
14. Ballseye will win the largest Mega Millions prize ever and War III will break out the very next day eventually causing the U.S. dollar to crash (just my luck). 
 
15.Gold will hit $7659.17 per ounce within eight months of today (October 28, 2025).
 
16. Silver will hit an all time high of $185.00 per ounce around the same time as gold hits the above value.
 
17. The democrats will overwhelmingly win the 2028 election by way of voter fraud and the election results will be cancelled once the fraud is discovered. A new election date will be scheduled but on that day, riots will break out and marshal law will be declared; thousands of rioters will be killed or wounded. Schumer will be discovered as the mastermind behind the voter fraud and will commit suicide, in a federal lock-up, shortly after his arrest.
 
18. Once WW III is concluded, an actual Zombie Apocalypse will follow shortly thereafter. 
 
19. Ammunition prices will increase ten fold during WW III and go higher in the ZA. 
 
20. Ballseye (me) wakes up and realizes all of his predictions were part of a terrible nightmare. 
 
All the best,
Glenn B 
 
Note: If you have not figured it out yet, this is a humorus fantasy post. I do not wish ill on anyone mentioned above, am not advocating any type of violence, nor suggesting or hoping that someone, anyone, does anything mentioned above, except for me waking up and then finding out I won the largest Mega Millions prize to date. (And that I will live in good health and fitness, for at least many years, to spend a lot of it it, leaving the remaining tens of millions to my son & daughter.)

Swarthmore accedes to the trans agenda

by Midwest Chick in Midwest Chick's Place on 2025-10-28T18:30:00Z

I am going to preface this with the observation that the names in this article read like something out of a James Bond movie. Cory ‘Evie’ Parts, the man pretending to be a woman, has sued Swarthmore regarding his temporary suspension from being able to compete on the women’s track team. He was given options–to […]

Finland to Shift to NATO Caliber Weapons

by Matthew Moss in The Firearm Blog on 2025-10-28T18:00:00Z

The Finnish Defense Force have announced  they will shift to small arms systems chambered in NATO standard calibers. Traditionally, due to their location and regional history Finland had favoured Soviet-era calibers such as 7.62x39mm and 7.62x54mmR. Now with Finland’s closer alignment with the West and its accession to NATO in April 2023 they are moving to increase standardisation with their allies.

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