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China Introduces Pistol-Like Coil-Gun Based On Electromagnetic-Launch Systems [More] Give it a few years and lethality will be perfected. Think it’ll be available to We the People? The story is hardly new. I wrote an article on it a year ago and brought up an argument nobody in the “gunfluencer” world seems to want to … Continue reading "Every Terrible Implement"
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REMOVED AGAIN: Our Executive Director @iancesca1776 was informed he needed to leave the committee room because his firearm pin made others feel unsafe. [More] Those in power can use that excuse to trample a lot of rights– like you see being done here. To paraphrase Rhett Butler, they ought to be made to feel unsafe, … Continue reading "Feelings… Nothing More than Feelings"
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Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill to expand Colorado’s red flag law. The law originally gave family or law enforcement the ability to ask a judge to remove firearms from someone who could be a threat to themselves or others. Now, more people can make that request. [More] Like Democrat teachers’ union members and crazy … Continue reading "The More the Merrier!"
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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Dave Adamiak got a call four years ago from an active-duty Navy Chief Petty Officer, or CPO, who knew his son, Patrick “Tate” Adamiak. Unfortunately, he cannot ever forget the horror of that call. He was told that more than 40 law enforcement officers, mostly ATF and other federal […]
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According to reports from multiple news sources and independently verified by AmmoLand News, Harmeet Dhillon is set to be nominated by President Donald Trump as United States Associate Attorney General. [More] At least she’ll come into the job with clean hands…
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It’s been four long years since ATF arrested Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak [More] So, what’s it take to get the “pro-gun” administration’s attention? Maybe if Thomas Massie or Rand Paul set the wheels and political pressure in motion to apply for a furlough so he could be their guest at the next State of the Union … Continue reading "Gone But Not Forgotten"
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Beckwith v. Frey, No. 25-1160 (1st Cir. 2026) pp. 7-8 uses means testing approach based on homicide and suicide rates purportedly reduced by waiting periods. Concerning persons at risk of domestic violence during the waiting period:
A representative of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence ("the Coalition") also submitted a statement that domestic violence advocates advise victims not to obtain a firearm as part of their safety plans because, statistically, victims are more likely to have the firearm used against them than to make helpful use of it during a confrontation. The Coalition's representative also opined that victims who believe firearms are necessary for their immediate safety would not be harmed by the Act because the Coalition offers services designed to keep victims safe during the seventy-two-hour waiting period.
No evidence presented that domestic victims are at greater risk even if it were true that gun owners in general are at higher risk. The claim that gun owners are more at risk of their guns being used against them is based on a study in King Co., Washington, that found that owning a dog or renting was even a higher risk factor than owning a gun. The study looked only deaths by gun, not if the gun used was owned by the dead person. That people who die by gun might be drug dealers or other low-lifes seems not to have been considered.
I am also pleased to learn that the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence is able to provide protection for domestic violence victims more effectively than the police.
On pp. 12-13:
To support the threshold contention that the district court should have stopped at step one of Bruen, the Attorney General argues that the Act does not curtail conduct covered by the Second Amendment's plain text and therefore presumptively does not violate the Amendment. He contends the Amendment literally "says nothing about any right to purchase or otherwise acquire arms, much less to do so immediately." Thus, he says the Act does not infringe the right to "keep" and "bear" arms because purchasing and acquiring firearms are materially distinct from, and necessarily antecedent to, possessing and carrying them....
The four modern Supreme Court cases interpreting the Second Amendment do not provide clear guidance for resolving this dispute because none of them deal with the sort of regulatory regime we consider here.
So the freedom of the press does not include the right to obtain a printing press or computer printer.
Cops Arrest Man on His Own Property After Karen Neighbor Hears Gunshots [Watch] I hope he gets a lawyer and that lying sow and her co-conspirators get what’s coming to them. I also suggest he file a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Civil Rights Enforcement Division and demand an investigation into falsifying a police … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Tyrannizing Enough"
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HB 4145 started as another one of the Democrats’ annual attacks on liberty, property, and the Constitution. In its final form, it became a bill that delayed the worst provisions of MZ 114 and bought gun owners more time to avoid arrest and fight this insanity in court. If the Oregon Supreme Court invalidates MZ … Continue reading "Good News for a Change"
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Gabe Metcalf with his returned single shot 20 gauge shotgun and six rounds of ammunition. Courtesey Gabe Metcalf's Mother, Vivian.
In the Gun Free School Zone case against Gabriel Metcalf in Billings, Montana, the authorities have returned Gabriel's single shot 20 gauge shotgun, an ammunition pouch, and the six rounds of 20 gauge ammunition which were seized when Gabriel was arrested on August 23 of 2023. The case was ruled to be illegitimate by the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals when they sent the case back to the District Court with instructions to dismiss the case. The Ninth Circuit opinion was sent to the District Court on September 23, 2025, just short of two years after Gabe was arrested.
AmmoLand has been at the forefront of reporting on this case, with over two dozen articles over the course of the last two and a half years.
Officer Stroble returning Gabe's shotgun, ammunition, and ammo pouch. He does not appear happy or freindly.
It is not clear if the officers were acting on behalf of the Billings Police Force or the ATF/Billings Police Task Force. Gabe says officer Stroble was the officer who arrested him two and a half years ago as an officer in the task force. The arrest was a federal arrest based on the federal Gun Free School Zone act. The task force was used to arrest Gabe after the Billings police, on a local TV station, said they could not arrest Gabe because he was not breaking the law.
Gabriel won his case in the Federal Courts. The Ninth Circuit did not say the Gun Free School Zone law was unconstitutional. They said Gabe should never have been indicted and tried.
Gabe and his mother, Vivian, suffered significant damages during the two and a half years of punishment by process in the courts. Gabe spent a month in jail and years on probation. His mother stopped her business as a seamstress. Their budding recycling business was destroyed. Their reputation was damaged, relationships destroyed. When talking to Gabe and his mother, this correspondent learned Gabe's property, particularly the shotgun, had not been returned, months after the case was dismissed.
It has been common for police departments to fail to return property, even to those who win in the courts. The cost of forcing the police to comply often costs more than the property is worth. This correspondent told Gabe and his mother he would contact Gary Marbut and ask for advise.
Gary Marbut is a founder and President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association MSSA. He is a legendary figure in the Second Amendment community in Montana.
Gary put forward the idea of sending a letter from the MSSA to candidate for the US Senate in Montana, Kurt Alme. Kurt Alme was the United States Attorney for Montana, appointed by President Trump. Alme resigned from the US Attorney office on March 6, 2026. Gary sent the letter on March 10, 2026.
Kurt Alme's predecessor had been appointed by President Biden. Kurt has good contacts in the US Attorney's office in Montana. Timothy J. Racicot is currently the acting United States Attorney in Montana. U.S. Attorney Racicot was the acting U.S. Attorney assigned to the position by President Trump before Kurt Alme was appointed as the U.S. Attorney in Montana in 2025.
Racicot was the First Assistant U.S. Attorney (similar to second in command) during the previous administration, before becoming acting U.S. Attorney. Kurt Alme was Racicot's boss for five months, from October 7, 2025 to March 6. 2026. The Ninth Circuit ordered the District Court to dismiss the case on September 23, about two weeks before Kurt Alme was appointed to be the United States Attorney for Montana, and became Timothy J. Racicot's boss. Kurt Alme was not in charge when the Metcalf Gun Free School Zone case was being prosecuted. It may be Kurt Alme was unfamiliar with the case, as it was ordered dismissed before he was appointed.
On March 10 Kurt Alme was sent the letter by Gary Marbut, to remind him of the case. On March 20, 2026, Gabe's shotgun was returned by officer Strobel. Stroble is said to be the same officer who had arrested Gabe. Gabe and his mother received a phone call on or about March 20th, where the call was difficult to identify. When called back, the officer on the phone wanted Gabe to come to their office to pick up the shotgun.
Gabe insisted his shotgun be returned to where it had been seized.
Within half an hour, on March 20th, at about 0930, the shotgun was returned. Such a quick response makes it appear the return was considered a high priority.
Because of the nature and high profile of the case, and because Kurt Alme had already resigned as United States Attorney before the letter from Gary Marbut was sent, there is no documented evidence the letter was responsible for the shotgun being returned. The timeline implies such may be the case.
Gabe's mother, Vivian, reminded the officers who were returning the shotgun, the front door did not work properly. According to Gabe's mother, it was unnecessarily damaged when the officers served a warrant on August 23, 2023, the day Gabe was peaceably arrested outside his home.
Gabe was arrested when he went to talk to officers at a parking lot across the street outside his home. Gabe said he took the initiative to talk to them. He had the understanding the situation would be resolved in his favor. Gabe said he had left the shotgun inside, as he had said he would do, to the same officers, days earlier.
The arrest, indictment, trial, appeal, and dismissal were all uncalled for.
It is unknown if Gabe and his mother will ever be made whole for their years of suffering and punishment by process.
Gabe's Mother, Vivian, has established a GiveSendGo site.
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According to the report, after the altercation, Nienhuis went to his truck and got a handgun. He walked back to the house and fired several rounds, one of which struck the caller's 11-year-old sister, the report states. Nienhuis then drove away from the scene.
Nienhuis returned to the house minutes later, where he was confronted by another of his sons who had armed himself with a rifle. They exchanged gunfire in the front yard.
Midlothian police said they believe no one was injured during the second shooting, but houses and vehicles belonging to several neighbors were damaged by gunfire.
Midlothian police officers arrived at the home at 7:17 p.m. and confronted Nienhuis, who had armed himself with a knife. Officers pleaded with him to drop the knife, but he refused and then stabbed himself in the neck. Officers charged him and retrieved the knife.
Seawright then exited his truck and placed a revolver in his pocket. Howard hit Seawright several times. During the fight, Seawright retrieved his revolver from his pocket. Howard gained control of the revolver and attempted to shoot at Seawright. Seawright then regained control of his revolver and fired several shots.
An off-duty GBI agent traveling north on U.S. Highway 29 witnessed the fight between Howard and Seawright and stopped to intervene. Once the agent saw Seawright fire his revolver, the agent fired multiple rounds. Seawright was not injured. Seawright immediately dropped his revolver and complied with the agent’s verbal commands. Howard then drove away from the scene into Clarke County, where he stopped and called 911. Howard reported that he had been shot. EMS then responded to Howard’s location, where he was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
“Keep your head on a swivel” is some of the dumbest self protection advice I’ve heard on the internet. It ranks right up there with using wasp spray for self defense, carrying car keys between your fingers, and loading your home protection shotgun with birdshot. What does “head on a swivel” even mean? […]On April 8, 1796, the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss proved the quadratic reciprocity law (the ability to determine the solvability of any quadratic equation in modular arithmetic.) — Today’s feature piece is a guest post that was too short to qualify as an entry for the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $984,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running the contest. Round 124 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage …
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I’ll make my list of the first nine survival items that you should buy really simple for you. The first two big-dollar items that you should buy are the Self Reliance Outfitters Canteen set and heavy duty space blanker/tarp. These two items are really must-have items. Dave Canterbury of Self Reliance Outfitters had these items custom-made. They are industrial strength and designed just like I would have done so myself. The canteen. It is similar to the old metal army canteen setup. But it is bigger and has a bigger mouth. It is nested in a canteen cup with a …
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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. — Some wisdom from Temple Grandin: Recommended Basic Livestock Handling. o o o A video from SecDef Pete Hegseth: Our Military bases became gun-free zones—leaving troops EXPOSED. That ends today. o o o GOP Senator Opposes More Than 60 Days Of War On Iran Without War Declaration. An excerpt: “Curtis didn’t say whether …
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“Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.” – Ambrose Bierce
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Ahead of his 8 p.m. ET deadline, President Trump announced that he has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, provided Iran agrees to a "COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING" of the Strait of Hormuz, while negotiations mediated by Pakistan continue. Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Iran provided a 10-point peace proposal, calling it a "workable basis on which to negotiate.Israel has also agreed to the contours of the ceasefire agreement, a White House official told CBS News.
A lot of people are freaked out about President Trump's Truth Social post from earlier today. I admit that it seems a bit harsh.
I wish that he had been a little more circumspect. Threatening to kill an entire civilization in one night seems a bit over-the-top. It's dark over there now, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Using XRDP, I am able to do all my development from my office now:
Once temperatures rise, this will be much nicer than doing this in the garage.
In this case, Georgetown. 4/7/26 Daily Caller:
A Georgetown University professor is under fire for telling people who share concerns about Muslim “rape gangs” to “get over it.”
Professor Jonathan A. C. Brown, chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown, posted the dismissive remark twice on X in response to users discussing a link between Islam and an escalating crisis of rape gangs in the United Kingdom, archived versions of the now-deleted posts show.
I understand Catholic universities are only nominally under Church authority, and it shows.
While this is a welcome and much needed announcement, and while Hegseth’s acknowledgement that the Second Amendment is a “God-given right” is consistent with the clear intent of the Framers of the Constitution, it needs to be recognized for what it is—a good first step but not the journey’s end. [More] Appreciate the progress. Take … Continue reading "Department of War Memorandum on Private Guns on Military Bases a Step in Right Direction"
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[A] 1631 law in Virginia required citizens to own firearms, to engage in practice with them, and to do so publicly on holy days. It demanded that the people “bring their pieces to the church”… This was the case in Massachusetts in 1644. The state required that “every freeman or other inhabitant of this colony … Continue reading "The Good Old Days"
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Yeah Artemis is crazy expensive, but it's still a big deal.
And we love us some Doris Day ...
Off-duty officer accused of shooting daughter’s boyfriend denied bond reduction [More] Why do I get the feeling that the daughter must be a real prize? [Via bondmen]
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A Second Amendment Roadmap For The Next Attorney General [More] So, naturally, we need a “Second Amendment leader” to tell us why we’re expecting too much and it just can’t be done. [Via bondmen]
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Austrian President says: ‘A day will come when ALL women will wear a hijab…’ [More] Best reason I’ve heard yet to leave NATO and not expend one dollar or life defending the government he wouldn’t have if not for us. I’m guessing Stephen will never have the intelligence or integrity to admit he’s a f_g … Continue reading "Meanwhile, Over at the Great Cultural Replacement"
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Democratic Activist Claims ‘Shocking’ Number of Women Prepared to Accuse Swalwell of Harassment [More] For once I say take him at his word: “I will not be a governor that tolerates violence against women in our state. Period … I don’t want men harassing you in the women’s locker room…. “I’m going to protect women. … Continue reading "#BelieveWomen"
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I returned to Washington to fully expose the abuses by the FBI and DOJ against J6 defendants, but it became clear that this will only happen from outside of government. [More] That remains my main objection with the Second Amendment Task Force. You can’t expect swamp creatures to drain their habitat. [Via bondmen]
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Just 1.5% of suspected shooters in NYC over last two decades have been white [More] Maybe this is why we’re so angry, Edmond, you gullible dope. [Via bondmen]
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He Used Drugs to Exploit His Victims – Now He’s Facing Decades in Prison – An Ohio jury found a law enforcement official guilty for using his former position to intimidate witnesses, steal department property, and corrupting confidential informants. [More] Thank goodness we have men like him out there taking guns away from crimin… oh, … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Corrupt Enough"
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77-year-old House Dem facing younger primary challengers seeks to impeach Donald Trump [More] All I need to know:
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BREAKING NEWS! TRUMP DOJ MAKES BAFFLING ERROR IN HUGE 2A CASE! [More] If Jeanine Pirro is behind it, what makes you think it was an error? Maybe she doesn’t want to offend Allah. [Via Jess]
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Boston followed through with that idea and recently sent out a mental health clinician to deal with a violent criminal swinging a sword. She was injured, and police shot and killed the man. [More] Looks like even the crazy guy was p!$$ed off by the bull$#!+. [Via Michael G]
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Texas A&M San Antonio English course ties standard English to ‘oppression’ [More] Did someone say “Cultural Revolution“…? [Via Michael G]
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Fully American AK in the most American of cartridges, 5.56 NATO! We take a custom AK for a spin to see what it can really do.The post OSS & CIA Special Weapons and Equipment Books first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
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Homer Stillé Cummings in 1915 Government Photo Public Domain
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1933 pick for Attorney General was Senator Thomas J. Walsh, born in 1859 in Two Rivers Wisconsin. Two Rivers had a population of 1,337 in 1860 . A self-made man, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He grew with the country in the West. Walsh won election to the US Senate from Montana in 1912. He exposed the Teapot Dome scandal in 1922. His summer home was in what became Glacier National Park. On the way to his inauguration in 1933, he died of apparent heart attack on a passenger train, as he traveled to D.C. from Florida, at the age of 73, with his new bride. Homer Stillé Cummings was meant as a stop-gap replacement.
Homer Stillé Cummings was a reliable political hack who Roosevelt picked to be Governor General of the Philippines. He was an early child of the American Urban class, born in Chicago in 1870. He grew up and prospered in the American North East Coast. In 1933 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee, and had been chairman of the committee previously. He left the office of Attorney General in 1939 and entered private law practice in Washington D.C.
Homer Cummings became Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Attorney General in 1933. He became the crusader who pushed hard for defacto national firearms bans and especially for handgun registration in the United States.
Cummings succeeded in passage of the National Firearms Act, but failed to obtain national handgun registration. In 1937, he stated his belief all firearms must be registered.
I am convinced of this—any practical measure for the control of firearms must at least contain provisions for the registration of all firearms.
In an interview with Homer Stillé Cummings, in 1938, much of his philosophy about gun control was revealed. Rex Collier was on the staff of the Washington Evening Star, which was the paper of record in Washington D.C. until 1981. Cummings had pushed for national handgun registration and licensing in the National Firearms Act. At first, he did not include short barreled rifles, but was willing to do so when pressured by Minnesota Representative Harold Knutson. After the NRA succeeded in convincing the Congress to reject universal handgun registration, Cummings made several more attempts to achieve it. His last attempt was in 1938. During that attempt, he was interviewed by Rex Collier. From the Interview with Cummings in 1938, by reporter Rex Collier on the staff of the Washington Evening Star::
From Collier:
Now as I understand it you are urging the extension of that law [NFA] to cover pistols, revolvers, and gas guns.
Atty Gen: That is correct and I might add, Mr. Collier, that this is not a recent inspiration with me. I have been fighting for such legislation for four years.
Cummings goes on to say what has been one of the major talking points of those pushing for disarmament of the public in the United States. The claim is Canada and some European countries have lower reported rates of homicide than did the United States at the time. Cummings did not mention the homicide rate stayed the same or went up after handgun registration was passed in those other countries. He says this, which shows his mind-set:
Of the homicides in this country, almost 70 percent are committed by firearms.
Cummings uses the generic term firearms, not handguns. Cummings' history as a Northeast coastal urbanite suggests he had little personal knowledge of firearms. Cummings went to Yale. He practiced law. It is difficult to believe he did not know the proper us of "by" and "with". Firearms have no volition. The proper usage is "killed with firearms, not killed "by" firearms.
Cummings goes on to denigrate those who claim the natural right to keep and bear arms, because it is outdated:
And even in the year 1938 we hear the hollow argument of the inalienable right of a person to buy a pistol without leaving any form of identification.
Later, Cummings lets slip a telling point. The group most in favor of the registration of all handguns in the country is "the press".
Question: Can you tell me which groups are in favor of the proposal?
Atty. Gen: In the first place, I would list the press of the country.
To his credit, Rex Collier asks the obvious question:
Question: What good does it do, General, to have a large file of guns owned by persons who are not criminals?
Atty. Gen: Simply this. Tomorrow's supply of guns for the underworld is today in the hands of honest citizens. Under this bill no honest citizen will transfer his weapon without complying with the terms of the statute, and in time the underworld supply of guns, except those secured by theft, will be cut off.
Cummings goes on to say most guns used in crime are purchased through legitimate channels in 1938. Because criminals will not register their guns, when his subordinates find someone who has an unregistered gun, they can prosecute him, because anyone with an unregistered gun would have to be a criminal. Cummings probably believed what he said.
In 2026, his words seem laughably naive. Today we know the small number of guns used in criminal homicides are easily obtained on the black market; substitute weapons are commonly used; disarming the population leaves the vulnerable at the mercy of the violent. Congress did not agree with Homer Cummings. In Europe, firearm registration was being used against the people. In Germany, in France, in the countries occupied by the NAZI regime, registration lists were used as a means of oppression. Today we know gun registration is in effect gun confiscation.
Stephen Halbrook notes the winds of war were blowing against firearms registration in the USA. He reports what happened in 1941. From the Wyoming Law Review:
Congress took notice. Reporting a bill to allow the President to requisition property, the House Committee on Military Affairs included a provision forbidding the impairment of Second Amendment rights “in view of the fact that certain totalitarian and dictatorial nations are now engaged in the willful and wholesale destruction of personal rights and liberties[.]”220 The resultant Property Requisition Act of 1941 declared in part:
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed—
(1) to authorize the requisitioning or require the registration of any firearms possessed by any individual for his personal protection or sport (and the possession of which is not prohibited or the registration of which is not required by existing law), [or]
(2) to impair or infringe in any manner the right of any individual to keep and bear arms[.]221
Homer Cummings died in 1954, celebrated as a faithful Progressive who did what he could to register all firearms in the United States.
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According to Miami Twp. Communications Manager Jill Drury, the incident happened at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Jassamine Drive and Student Street.
The men reportedly stopped in the intersection to argue. The first man approached the second while holding a pipe. He was then promptly shot in the leg by him.
According to a release, 30-year-old Christopher Ray was named as the deceased in this weekend’s shooting. Authorities say Ray was physically assaulting a woman inside the home prior to the shooting. It is believed at this time that the woman’s juvenile son, in fear of his mother’s life, retrieved a firearm from inside the home and shot Ray in defense.
On April 7, 1902 the Texas Oil Company (Texaco) was formed. — On April 7, 1994, Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated by Hutu soldiers—a day after the deaths of Juvénal Habyarimana, president of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, president of Burundi—as Rwanda entered a period of anarchy and genocidal killings. — April 7th is the birthday of Colonel Bob Denard (born 1929, died October 13, 2007). He had an amazing life as a mercenary, including four attempted coups in the Comoros. The 2011 film Mister Bob is a slightly fictionalized account of his earliest mercenary adventures …
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So you are living in a societal collapse and something breaks. Let’s say that your generator dies. You’ve gotta fix it. The following describes what have I learned about fixing things: I used to go through the repair process in my mind a few hundred times. I would pull the cover by loosening two screws, then unbolt the coil with a socket wrench. Then pull the coil and inspect for a broken winding. But first of all, I must borrow my friend’s socket set. I have learned over the years that the most efficient route is often to just tear …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. The public domain photo above was taken Bonnie Moreland, in Eastern Oregon. Redoubt News Links A video from Our Wyoming Life: Twins Born on the Ranch… But Mom Rejected One. Love birds? Idaho Fish and Game has a livestream just for you. The latest from Destination Rove: It’s Finally Time to Start Rebuilding…+ Easter Jeep Safari. Send Your Media Links Please send your links to media from the …
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“But, you know, we have these entrenched entities – and I’m talking about both Republicans and Democrats – who believe that when you’re elected to office, you become some kind of member of the aristocracy, and that anyone who challenges you is attacking you and is unpatriotic. This is foolishness.” – Dr. Ben Carson
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That logistical flex we talked about on Sunday may have been a distraction, designed to draw ground forces away from the main mission of collecting our lost aviator.
We had boots on the ground, no doubt, trying to bring our guys out of harms way.
One story I'm hearing is that at the site of that distraction, US forces left two mementoes for the Iranians to find. One, a case of MREs, and second, a pair of American flag boxer shorts.
Is that true? Hell, I don't know, but it makes a great story.
President Trump has stated that he will give Iranian officials until Tuesday evening to open up the Straight of Hormuz before he orders the bombing of Iranian civilian infrastructure. You all know that I don’t do politics on this blog. I don’t care what you think of the president’s threats or potential actions. […]According to a media release from Hegseth’s office, the undersecretary of war for intelligence and security will be responsible for updating the War Department Manual, which lays out physical security measures for the DOW. This update “will authorize permitting officials to review service member requests to carry personally owned firearms.”
In his video, Hegseth states, “If the rejection of an application is necessary, the rejection shall be in writing and explain the objective, clearly describable, and individualized basis for such decision. The review shall be a dispassionate and commonsense application of applicable law and standards.”
There might be aspects of a particular soldier that justifies not allowing him or herself to be armed, although i find myself wondering why you would trust such a person with arms in an official capacity.
Folding & takedown AR-15s are the next step in firearm miniaturization. We'll take a look at the best options and give our recommendations!The post Carlstrom / Juhasz Concealed Sleeve Gun first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
I first met Bill Wilson at my favorite shooting match, the old Second Chance Shoot now known as The Pin Shoot, in 1977. (www.pinshoot.com) The man has impressed me ever since. He won that event more than once, along with many others, and established himself as a world class shooter. Bill founded the International Defensive […]
The first shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of South Grand and Park Avenue at the BP Gas Station. Police say a 15-year-old was shot multiple times and is in stable condition at an area hospital.
Police say their preliminary investigation indicates the 15-year-old had pointed a gun at someone, and that person fired in self-defense. Police say the shooter is cooperating with investigators.
Speaking on camera, the homeowner told WSOC he "immediately began shooting" after coming face to face with the intruder in a hallway. He said his only focus was protecting his family. According to his account, the person ran from the home, and he could not say whether the suspect had been struck. The homeowner declined to share more details while the investigation is still underway.
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A fresh look at an old friend. I drank it during college, and it is still a staple on many shelves across the world. How they can produce this bourbon at this price point still confounds me. It's nothing special, nothing exotic, it simply falls squarely where it should.
On April 6, 1652 Cape Colony, the first European settlement in South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeec. — April 6, 1768: French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition arrives in Tahiti, claiming it for France and naming it New Cythera. — This new Southwestern Oregon listing at SurvivalRealty.com caught my eye: Turnkey Off-Grid Survival Compound — Rogue Valley — Water, Power, Food, Multi-Family Ready. — Our feature piece for today is by Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson. — We now need entries for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than …
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A rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO probably offers the most widely available and varied selection of ammunition in America today. A quick visit to cheaperthandirt.com revealed a total of 144 different ammo options in a variety of bullet weights available in 5.56 NATO or .223 Remington at the time of this writing. These options also tended to be more economically priced than ammunition for other center fire rifle chamberings. Rifles chambered in 5.56 NATO also tend to produce negligible recoil and are generally light and easy to carry. Factors like these make rifles chambered in 5.56 NATO attractive options for …
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The following recipe for Reduced-Carbohydrate Trail Mix is from SurvivalBlog reader F.C.. Ingredients 2 cups mixed dry-roasted nuts. (Any combination of peanuts (not truly a nut), almonds, hazelnuts, and/or pistachios.) 1 cup toasted seeds, unsalted. (Such as pumpkin, squash, and/or sunflower seeds.) 2 ounces unsweetened shredded coconut. 1⁄2 cup raisins and/or craisins. Sneak in a few M&Ms, if desired. Directions Just measure, and mix it up! STORAGE This stores best in airtight containers. — Do you have a well-tested recipe that would be of interest to SurvivalBlog readers? In this weekly recipe column, we place emphasis on recipes that use …
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Today’s graphic: Northern European flags share the same Christian cross design. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.
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“We are living on the brink of the apocalypse, but the world is asleep.” – Joel C. Rosenberg
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