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Back in the day when I got a daily newspaper, I enjoyed reading the editorial page.. I would get a cup of coffee and sit before the fireplace. Sometimes I would agree, sometimes I would disagree and other times I would throw the paper into the fireplace in disgust.
These days, my editorial is on the intertubes and one of the folks I like listening to is victor Davis Hanson. He has a podcast that I enjoy with wide-ranging topics. Sometimes history, other times current events. In the one embedded below, one of the topis is the rise of the Democratic Socialists in American politics. The whole podcast is over an hour, but if you skip forward to 25:30 you can get his take on them. Agree or disagree but he has studied the movement and I have not.
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You have doubtless heard by now of the court battle which appears to clear the way to easier legal ownership of short-barreled rifles, short-barrel shotguns, and some other hardware that for so long was severely regulated by the National Firearms Act of the 1930s.Overall, it is a tremendous moral victory for gun owners’ civil rights. […]Me: "We need a new holiday for pedants, where we explain everything to each other in tedious detail. Call it Belabor Day."
RX: "So, weekdays. Also weekends."
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A 30-year-old male opened the screen of a window while on the front porch of a residence. A 49-year-old female inside the residence discharged a firearm, striking him in the arm.
During this incident, officials said, the suspected attackers produced a firearm and shot the victim. The victim, police said, then produced his own weapon and returned fire.
The man that was struck was taken to a nearby hospital after the shooting where, officials said, he was listed in stable condition.
An off-duty Philadelphia police officer fired shots at suspects who stole his car early Monday morning, touching off a chase through Southwest Philadelphia that ended with multiple stolen vehicles recovered but no arrests, investigators said.
Investigators learned that the victim had assaulted his 63-year-old father and threatened to kill people at the scene following a verbal argument.
The victim’s 25-year-old brother, a valid CPL holder, discharged his firearm and killed his brother.
Life-saving measures were attempted but the victim was pronounced deceased. The county Prosecutor’s Office determined the action was justified in defense of another.
Just over an hour later, the second incident took place at about 03:15 p.m. at a residence on Stewart Avenue near Stephens and Hayes where officers discovered a 40-year-old man was shot.
Investigators determined the victim arrived uninvited at his ex-girlfriends home, assaulted her and aggressively confronted her current boyfriend, a 33-year-old CPL holder, who shot the victim during the confrontation.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Criminal Clues: Tips to Avoid Appearing Like a Soft Target It’s important to understand the criminal victim selection criteria and strive to reduce those “tells” in your daily life. Dry Practice Safety […]My brothers, until today we have fought in defense of our country, to save our lives, and for our lords; now it is time that we fight to save our souls for our Lord, so that having died on the cross for us, it is good that we should die for him, standing firm and constant in the faith, and with this earthly death we shall win eternal life and the glory of martyrs.
A year later, in October 1481, the remains of the martyrs were found to be incorrupt and were transferred to the Otranto Cathedral. Pope Clement XIV beatified them on December 14, 1771. Centuries later, on May 12, 2013, Pope Francis canonized them as saints, honoring their steadfast faith and ultimate sacrifice.
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A federal court injunction has just gone into effect that could have major implications for the future of the NFA.
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Back in the day of The Frugal Outdoorsman, Junior and I were playing with the old .30 WCF cartridge and I bought a Winchester 94 simply because I didn't have one and I saw one sitting forlornly in a used gun rack. Mine is nothing special. It was built in 1965, right after Winchester changed everything, and they called it the Antique Model. Purists said that this was Winchester's attempt at putting lipstick on a pig. I thought the price was right and bought it.
I immediately tapped out that execrable buckhorn sight and added a Williams peep. I added a saddle-ring to the left side of the receiver. I shot that rifle for several years as a test bed for castbullet.com, playing with cast bullet loads. I never made venison with it.
After Junior died, and my eyesight went to hell, that little rifle became a safe queen. I had changed shooting pursuits and didn't do much rifle work for about fifteen years. Last week, I was digging through the safe and found this little rifle and though how nice it would be to put an optic on it. The purists would howl, but it sure would make this a nice little rifle again.
If you know anything about gun restoration, you have heard of Turnbull Restoration. Turns out, they make an optics mount for the Winchester 94. If Turnbull is okay with it, the purists can kick rocks. This little mount uses the barrel dovetail to mount an optic. I ordered the mount pronto, then went over about bought a Burris FastFire4 optic. It has the Docter footprint that the Turnbull mount requires.
The sight has four reticles and I'll have to figure out which is more useful.
Installation was straight forward. Tiny screws and follow the directions.
I think it looks good. The purists may scoff, but that is their right.
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Research done at the Crime Prevention Research Center and published in July of 2026 shows the percentage and number of people carrying concealed handguns continues to increase. A survey of 1000 people conducted by McLaughlin & Associates on July 22, 2026 shows significant increases in the carrying of concealed handguns. In the last 19 months, from December of 2024 to July of 2026, the percentage of likely voters who carried all or most of the time increased from 13% to 15.7%, an increase of 2.7% of the sample. Those who carry sometimes/rarely increased from 11% to 15.2% or 4.2% of the sample.
The total who carry increased from 24% in 2024 to 30.9% in 2026, or 6.9% of the sample.
Similarly, the total of those who say they never carry dropped from 73% to 66.6%, a 6.4% drop. Those who claim they "don't know" if they carry increased from 2% to 2.5%. The sample is of likely voters in general elections. Such a sample may or may not be indicative of the habits of non-voters.
20.1% of the respondents stated they possessed a concealed handgun permit. This is slightly lower than previous findings. The slightly lower number may be related to the increasing number of Constitutional Carry states, now at 29, where no permit is needed to carry a holstered handgun, openly or concealed, in most public spaces. 68.9% of the people who carry most or all of the time are located in Constitutional Carry states. The 29 Constitutional Carry states contain 47% of the population of the United States. The 29 Constitutional Carry states account for 68.8% of the land area of the United States of America. About 2/3 of the people who carry all or most of the time in Constitutional Carry state have a concealed carry permit. About half of the people who carry some of the time in Constitutional Carry states have a concealed carry permit.
People aged 18-40 carry at higher rates than people aged 41 and up. In ethnic groups, Hispanics carry at slightly higher rates than Blacks, Asians carry at the lowest levels, and White people and Other are in between. Republicans carry at higher rates than Democratic or Independent voters do. When ranked by ideology, very liberal voters carry at the highest rates, with 30.8% carrying all the time, vs 21.6% of very conservative voters carrying all the time.
Economic status shows the strongest correlation with carrying concealed handguns. Those who identified themselves as wealthy showed a percentage who carried all the time at 62.9%. Those who considered themselves upper middle class and who carried all the time were 28%. Those who considered themselves middle middle class showed 15.7% carrying all the time, lower middle class showed on 9% carrying all the time and only 7% of self identified poor people carried all the time. 4.1% of the sample considered themselves to be wealthy, and 15.5% of the sample considered themselves to be poor. 80.4% considered themselves to be in the middle class.
From the self-identified sample, it appears the average income of those who considered themselves to be wealthy was over $175K per year per household.
Analysis: These surveys commissioned by the Crime Prevention Research Center offer fascinating insight into the makeup of people who routinely go armed in the United States. The numbers and percentages keep increasing. While not all people who go armed support the Second Amendment, going armed increases the odds of valuing the Second Amendment. When a person goes about armed, it changes their mental set. They become more independent and aware. They are more likely to view those who seek to disarm them with suspicion. The wealthy in society tend to be those who set trends. The large percentage of wealthy who carry all the time suggest the percentage of people who carry will continue to increase.
©2026 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
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Deputies responded to an Oneill Road home Sunday at 9 p.m. to check on a report of a burglary. The homeowner, seeing the car of the suspects in his driveway, shot out the tires of the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. Upon hearing the shots, the two suspects came out of the home with their hands up and surrendered to the homeowner, who held them until police arrived to arrest the pair.
The man arrived unannounced and "became involved in a physical altercation with the homeowner and attempted to force his way into the residence," LCSO said. "During the incident, the homeowner discharged a firearm, striking the male subject."
The man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
One witness, described in court documents as a security guard who also manages the club, told police no one was hurt in the initial fight, and it happened quickly. But Klotz then followed Rinker back to his car. The witness said they heard multiple gunshots and saw Klotz fall to the ground. Rinker allegedly “swept” his gun toward the witness and others around him, so the witness told police they fired shots at Rinker but weren’t sure if they hit him.
Another witness told police that even after shooting Klotz, Rinker allegedly stood over him and fired about five more shots, according to court documents.
Before police got to the scene, Rinker – who did have a gunshot wound – drove himself to the hospital, according to court documents.
The security guard tried to aid Klotz, who did not have a gun and wasn’t known to carry one. Klotz was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Allen County Coroner ruled it a homicide.
The vehicle was identified and an arrest was made
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The victim told officers he was sitting at the apartment steps when some men pointed a gun at him and started shooting.
He said he fired back in self-defense and ran inside the apartment while bleeding to get his brother to seek medical help.
A witness told MPD he saw the victim sitting on the steps outside of his apartment when four men walked past him and toward where the victim was sitting.
The witness said he heard a shooting and the suspects then fled the scene, officers said.
Today's mass murder history incident is an arson that killed 19 and injured 28. An unemployed laborer resident in what had been a nice hotel in an earlier era vented his drunken anger at other tenants by lighting a flyer that burned down the hotel. It was part of that fortunately short-lived architectural design with open staircases that "acted as chimney flues, shooting the flames to upper floors within minutes." (This was the initial report. A few weeks later, as they finished excavation, the death toll rose.)
If you watched the original Blade Runner, you saw an interesting structure with these open staircases: the Bradbury Building.
It has appeared in many films. I was called to eleven incredibly boring days of jury duty in downtown Los Angeles in 1980-1982 period. During the long lunch breaks, I walked all over the area, visiting the Bradbury Building and the iconic City Hall.
An exhibit there showed 1900 city election ballots. Only three parties were on the ballot: Democrat, Democratic Socialist, Socialist.
"Investigative journalist Dan Boguslaw first published several fusion center bulletins about DeFlock, a crowdsourced map of ALPR cameras. 404 Media has now obtained four more recent law enforcement briefings warning police to surveil or beef up patrols of areas where Flock cameras are located (the documents are embedded below). These briefings document instances of Flock vandalism and warn, specifically, about the DeFlock “National Week of Action Against Automated License Plate Readers,” which is essentially a series of public meetings and protests about the dangers of mass surveillance."
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Quote of the Day The NFA is 92 years old. GCA68 is 58 years old. This is how long it has taken to significantly beat back some of the provisions of these unconstitutional measures. We now are winning as we … Continue reading →
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Legally a suppressor, gamer PRS gear is always fun to play with. The N3wton gives you the best of both worlds.A security guard opened fire on a driver who allegedly tried to run him over near 27th and Glenrosa avenues in central Phoenix on Friday morning, according to police. The driver sped off before officers arrived, and it remains unclear whether the person was struck by gunfire. As of Friday, the vehicle had not been located and the driver has not been identified.
Slack said the man drove around, but soon came back with a shotgun, and an individual inside the gas station chose to fire and killed Angilau. After being shot, Angilau exited the store and collapsed outside, where he died from his injuries.
He said the person who shot the man has been very cooperative with officers.
"I think this is why a lot of people do conceal carry just to protect themselves in situations like this. Obviously a very unfortunate situation, but they do occur; they are rare, however, especially here in Riverton," Slack said.
Is this evidence the Overton window has shifted? I wonder if the NYT is going through the three stages of acceptance: Three Stages of Acceptance: (1) It Is Not True. (2) It Is Contrary To Religion. (3) Everyone Knew It … Continue reading →
Continue reading →A Georgia state lawmaker pled guilty in court on Thursday to making false statements in order to illegally collect nearly $18,000 in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment benefits while she was serving as an elected official.
Democratic Rep. Sharon Henderson, who represents Georgia's District 113, is the third member of the state House to plead guilty in connection with benefit fraud during the pandemic.
According to prosecutors, Henderson began applying for the benefits in June 2020, when she was still a candidate for the Georgia House. Investigators say she claimed she was working as a substitute teacher for Henry County Schools, even though she had not worked for the district since 2018, when she worked for five days. During that time, prosecutors say she also signed an acknowledgement that she was not not eligible to draw unemployment wages as a substitute teacher.
Investigators say Henderson falsely reported in her application that she worked for the school system throughout 2019 and as recently as March 10, 2020, and that her workplace had shut down because of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
She then allegedly filed weekly certifications claiming she could not report to work due to COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. Court filings show that even after she was sworn in, Henderson submitted eight additional certifications around June 2021. She was elected in 2020 and reelected in 2022 and 2024 to represent western Newton County and part of Covington.
In court, the 67-year-old lawmaker pled guilty to making false statement to obtain funds administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A South Florida woman who was captured in Jamaica after landing on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges tied to an alleged multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme....
Escoe had been placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list as investigators sought her in connection with an alleged scheme involving more than $32 million in federal pandemic relief funds. The FBI had offered a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to her arrest and conviction.
Federal prosecutors allege Escoe and others submitted fraudulent applications seeking money through programs including the Paycheck Protection Program, Restaurant Revitalization Fund, Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. Investigators allege the applications relied on fake tax documents, fabricated banking records and false information about businesses.
Not really the sort of entrepreneurial spirit that I wanted.
The final defendant of a six-defendant fraud scheme was convicted late last week of submitting fraudulent applications that sought more than $6.8 million in COVID-19 benefits.
Jahri Asad Cunningham, 48, of Houston, Texas, is the brother of the “mastermind” behind the scheme, Paradise Williams, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the two worked “hand-in-glove” defrauding several relief programs. Cunningham personally received $344,240 in benefits intended for people struggling to keep possession of their homes during the pandemic.
The whole group collected more than $3.3 million during the scheme. U.S. District Judge John H. Chun ordered Cunningham remanded into custody after the guilty verdict was returned and scheduled Cunningham’s sentencing for Nov. 2.
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Four Columbus men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a pandemic-tax-related fraud scheme.CHICAGO — A man who owned a medical management company that operated COVID-19 testing labs pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges he paid a former Loretto Hospital executive’s companies tens of millions of dollars to help facilitate a fake coronavirus testing scheme.
Mohamed “Siraj” Sirajudeen operated O’Hare Clinical Lab Services — a COVID-19 testing company with locations across the country during the height of the pandemic — and owned its management company, Chicago Polyclinic. O’Hare Clinical Lab Services was inundated with complaints during the pandemic, as customers told Block Club at the time they never got their test results or saw reporting of their results delayed by weeks.
Sirajudeen’s O’Hare Clinical Lab Services was also involved in a scheme to bill the federal government almost $900 million for fake COVID-19 tests, prosecutors alleged in a 2025 indictment.
The sentences include prison time, supervised release, and restitution amounts that will go to the United States Treasury.Christopher Upshaw, aka “Troub,” 26 Sentenced to 8 years in prison
Five years of supervised release
Ordered to pay $411,112.21 in restitution
Johnathan Swift, aka “John Boy,” 34 Sentenced to serve five years and three months
Five years of supervised release
Ordered to pay $417,095. 56 in restitution
Dontavis Williams, aka “Turk,” 41 Sentenced to nine years and seven months in prison
Five years of supervised release
Ordered to pay $156,531.74 in restitution
Donterious Sparks, 37 Sentenced to three years and five months in prison
Five years of supervised release
Ordered to pay $311,072.55 in restitution...
According to court documents and evidence presented at the sentencing, officials say that law enforcement was first alerted to the scheme when unusually large IRS deposits landed in the bank account of 32-year-old Tommie Mullins of Columbus. Investigators made the discovery in a joint law enforcement effort, “Operation Sweet Silence.”
As a result, court-ordered wiretaps caught Mullins discussing a 20% cut from a fraudulent Employee Retention Credit scheme. According to officials, the Employee Retention Credit was a tax credit created for businesses during COVID-19.
Following this information being caught on wiretaps, law enforcement and IRS agents began an investigation into the pandemic tax fraud.