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The company I work for is expanding the office into another part of the building. Between the 2 sections, they want some barn doors. I am going to be the one building them.

This is a great project for me. The construction of the doors isn’t beyond my meager skills nor does it require tooling that I do not own although part of the profits are going to purchase a nice thickness planer as well as a few things just to make life easier.

I have to transport quite a bit of spruce lumber back to my house in the GTI which is actually capable of doing so. I can’t fit a 4x8’ sheet of plywood in it unless I cut it to 2x8’, so a bunch of 1x10s and 1x4s should be no problem.

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And even NASA confirms that Antarctic ice is growing:

A new NASA study says that an increase in Antarctic snow accumulation that began 10,000 years ago is currently adding enough ice to the continent to outweigh the increased losses from its thinning glaciers.

The research challenges the conclusions of other studies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2013 report, which says that Antarctica is overall losing land ice.
According to the new analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tons of ice a year from 1992 to 2001. That net gain slowed   to 82 billion tons of ice per year between 2003 and 2008.

“We’re essentially in agreement with other studies that show an increase in ice discharge in the Antarctic Peninsula and the Thwaites and Pine Island region of West Antarctica,” said Jay Zwally, a glaciologist with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author of the study, which was...

for gun sales. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation processed a record number of background checks in the month of October, indicating that gun sales were at an all time high for the sixth month in a row.

The FBI’s National Instant Background Check System processed 1,976,759 firearms related checks in October. That is a 373,290 increase in checks over last year and a new record for the month. It also makes October the sixth consecutive month to see a record number of checks.

While I don't have an immediate need to do this, I thought it would be good to write the code for milling a slope while I am not under any pressure.  So I did.  The first results reminded me of Djoser's step pyramid:

This was a consequence of telling the program to do cuts of .1" depth.  I just redid it with .05" depth, and it is much better.  Still, putting a workpiece on a tilting table is faster and better looking, unless I go to .0001" depth of cut.

From Nov. 3, 2015 CNN

Nino Esposito, a retired teacher, adopted his partner Roland "Drew" Bosee, a former freelance and technical writer, in 2012, after more than 40 years of being a couple.

Now, they're trying to undo the adoption to get married and a state trial court judge has rejected their request, saying his ability to annul adoptions is generally limited to instances of fraud.

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From Campus Reform:

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering “voice feminization therapy” for male students claiming to be transgender women.

As part of the university’s “Transitioning at UWM” resource, the university encourages students to utilize “voice feminization therapy for male-to-female transgender clients” offered by the UWM Speech and Language Clinic, which claims to treat “voice disorders in adults and children.”

Elsewhere on the UWM website, the university claims voice feminization therapy is a “non-medical option” that allows transgender students to “live their gender identities.”

Michelle Johnson, the Media Content Manager at UWM, told Campus Reform that the school provides the voice feminization therapy “in compliance with nondiscrimination policies established by the university and the American Speech Language Hearing Association.”...

From Nov. 4, 2015 Houston Chronicle:

Houston's controversial equal rights ordinance failed by a wide margin Tuesday, with voters opting to repeal the law that offered broad non-discrimination protections, according to incomplete and unofficial returns.

You will recall that opposition to the city council passing this measure led to a judge issuing subpoenas for pastor's sermons a while back. If the homofascists can lose in Houston, the would probably lose a popular vote in Idaho.

The billionaire effort to pass gun control in Virginia suffered a major defeat:

Virginia Republicans look set to hold onto their Senate majority in the Old Dominion, amid aggressive campaigning by Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

It is a big defeat for McAuliffe, a close ally for Hillary Cl...

Part I is here Take driverless cars, for instance. If we were in a less tech-perilous, tyranny-seeking time, I think most of us would be excited about them. You and I may be skeptical about a specific new technology, but we tend not to be technophobes. We’re not ones who reject the new out of […]

I lived in Kentucky for three years, and loved the state.  Not as much as I love Louisiana, but still.

I am heartened to learn that Kentucky has elected a new governor.  Some fellow named Bevin.  What truly heartens me is that Mr. Bevin, seemingly, has never held elective office.

Both Bevin and Hampton are Tea Party activists who have never held elective office.

His running mate, Ms. Hampton, is a black woman who bootstrapped herself into a solid record as a military officer and a manager of industrial concerns.

Born in Detroit, the 57-year-old Hampton and her three sisters were raised by a single mom who lacked a high school education and couldn’t afford a television or a car. But Hampton was determined to better herself. She graduated with a degree in industrial engineering and worked for five years in the automobile industry to pay off her college loans. She then joined the Air Force, retiring as a Captain. She earned an MBA from the University of Rochester, moved ...

This was forwarded to me by a friend with the comment: "I sure wish they'd told me before I married my first wife."

Democrats reacted by chalking their loss up to the "unexpected headwinds of Trump-mania," a hilarious piece of trolling. Also swept away by the anti-Obama current was a Democratic "rising star" seen by many as a viable challenger to Sen. Rand Paul. Oops, again. Bevin becomes just the second Republican governor of Kentucky in approximately four decades. His Lieutenant Governor, Jenean Hampton, is the first non-white politician ever elected to statewide office. A black woman. Elected by Republicans. With Bevin's victory, Republicans are now set to control 32 governorships, compared to Democrats' 17 (Alaska's independent governor was opposed by Republicans, but endorsed by Sarah Palin). Barack Obama has proven quite adept at getting himself elected, but has acted as a one-man wrecking ball to his party's electoral performance across all levels of government.

Gizmodo Reporter’s Attempt to Smear Ted Cruz’s Gun Use Goes Embarrassingly Awry

Forwarded to me by a friend with the question: "What the hell is going on, and how much of it is self-inflicted?"

I wish I knew the answer to that.

"Confederate flag rally organizer: Bring rifles, 'extra magazines just in case' to San Antonio event."

Of course San Antonio is still a self-insured city, so if anybody in authority starts the shooting, the survivors could end up owning the municipality and flying their flag from city hall. Not that it will do the dead much good.

Murdered for their guns, Venezuela's police are now victims of crime.

“There are now fewer deals in black market arms but that has made anyone in uniform a more popular target for criminals than before,” says Eliseo Guzmán, the general commissioner of the Miranda state police force. “They will identify a police officer and take away his life just to take his gun.”

In a setback for Michael Bloomberg and Democrat Governor Terry McAuliffe, Republicans held on to their majority in the Virginia Senate. That’s despite nonstop media coverage of the Democrat governor’s political barnstorming efforts and the infusion of millions of dollars into campaign ads from out-of-state PACS, notably $2.2M from Everytown to sway voters in two key State Senate races.

Billionaire busybody and self-anointed nanny to all Michael Bloomberg has spent lots of money in Virginia, trying to turn the state Senate over to the gun grabbing leftist dick weasels, so that our carpetbagging, opportunistic governor can easier implement his progtard gun control agenda. Bloomberg spent $2.2 million on ads targeting Virginia Republicans – repugnant spots that use the relatives of violence to push a political agenda. Frankly, I don’t know what’s worse – a non-resident, busybody jerk trying to affect Virginia politics and the lives of the residents of this state, or the opportunistic jagoff Andy Parker, the father of television reporter Alison Parker, who was killed in Roanoke in an August on-air shooting along with her cameraman.

This is the same Parker, by the way, who physically threatened Virginia Senator Bill Stanley in a direct message on Facebook that said, “I’m going to be your worst nightmare you little b...

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Looks like October was another record month -- the sixth in a row as well as a record for the month.

[Via Len Savage...

While doing some research for another article, I came across this one from 2012, and the photo caption, especially in light of what we know now, reminded me of something:

The initial information is that the woman identified the man as her abductor. She told investigators he forced her to the apartment and sexually assaulted her. At some point, she got hold of the gun and shot him. [More]

But...but...but what about Gun-Grabby Gabby's "Protect All Women" tour...?

In another stunning rebuke to the billionaire funded, anti-rights crazies, the people of Coos County have passed a Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance that nullifies dangerous and unconstitutional laws like SB 941. [More]

So naturally, the totalitarian lobby is resorting to name-calling.

Attacker stopped with bullets. [More]

Virginia shows us the Bloomberg money machine can sputter and seize up.  It also shows us Republicans need to decide who their friends are [and] NRA ratings are hardly the final word... [More]

Being bought and paid for by Bloomberg does not assure victory — yet. But Republicans may change all that if they continue to offer gun owners status quo lip service instead of leadership. 

Now even the Democrats are asking the question:

“The gun thing, I would have done it differently,” Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) said. “It’s speculation at this point, but I feel the Gecker seat was one we thought we were going to win. . . . [The gun issue] was one variable that was thrown in at the last minute.”

How long before the Democrats start telling Bloomberg, “Thanks, but no thanks.” I’m honestly not sure why the calculus changed for the Dems. Up until about 2010 gun control was considered political suicide even across the aisle, unless you were in a safely Democratic urban district. The Dems of a decade ago successfully used the blue dog strategy to get back to a majority in Congress. Then in 2010, they flushed the blue dog strategy down the toilet in order to get enough votes to pass Obamacare without a single Republican vote. Obama won re-election, but he spent most of his first term not really ...

Enjoy the schadenfreude while it lasts. I’m not sure who deserves credit for this, but whoever came up with this, bravo:

I first saw it on Miguel’s site. Of course, it’s pretty apparent Everytown and Bloomberg were gunning for the 10th district, but hedged their bets by doubling down on a safe race, so they could claim victory if they lost the important race. Hey, they spent more money in it anyway. Here’s how it went this morning:

NRA defeated in their own backyard.

— Everytown (@Everytown) November 4, 2015

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The Dems swept the statewide races, which isn’t too surprising given they seemed to be the only people spending money. They managed to drive turnout in Philadelphia, while turnout in the “T” part of Pennsylvania was very light. Are they still sore about the whole Penn State thing? Has the Pennsylvania GOP started sucking worse than usual? For whatever the PAGOP is worth (which probably isn’t much), this is a problem they should be very interested in diagnosing, because without very strong turnout from that section of the state, there aren’t enough votes to overcome Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and the unions spent big on this race. It will likely be a good investment for them, because they can now have a very big say in the 2020 redistricting. The Republicans should have spent more in this election, and if they didn’t have the money to spend they should start asking themselves how they can manage to suck so bad that no one wants to give them money. But of course they never ask that. It’s business as usual. Strategy? What’s that?

The only thing you have to hope for is that union backed Dem justices aren’t going to toe th...

Quick… name the coolest gun of the 70’s and the detective who carried it.  Dirty Harry and his S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum.  Hands down.  But what if Magnum Force was written in 2015?  What is the biggest, baddest handgun of modern lore?  Possibly the Desert Eagle .50AE – perhaps a tungsten colored Desert Eagle […]

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Continuing their theme for immediate release of a laser to match a pistol (a’la R51), Crimson Trace has announced the release of their LG-479 laser system for the new RM380 handgun. Touted as the result of “behind the doors shared details” between Remington and Crimson Trace, the new system is a standard red laser with […]

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A little over eight years ago I published a map of the world showing countries which had adopted the AR-15 either as a primary service rifle, or as a niche special forces weapon. Back then about half the world was using the AR-15. (Ironically this map was made just after Georgia adopted the M4 Carbines and M16 rifles […]

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Attention history and antique gun buffs, this group may be one for you. The Ghosts of the Eastern Front is a Facebook group dedicated to the Russo-German conflict within the Second World War. The group features, photos, videos, and stories from the deadliest front. Recently, photos have been popping up in earnest over firearms, militaria, […]

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I stumbled across this eBay auction for a 1911 stock when I was looking for a LWRC folding grip. Below is a screenshot of the auction.   Notice anything lacking in the description? The seller only says it will fit a 45 cal pistol. Well that is rather vague. From the photo of the item, […]

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Home defense is one of the leading reasons for many gun purchases, partly because many people who either do not bother or are not comfortable carrying concealed still want to have a firearm in their home. That’s a discussion for another day, though. Today we’re taking a look at the ins and outs of a household […]

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Join women from California Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program for this special ocean fishing trip, coming up soon!

We haven’t had an ocean fishing trip in years and we couldn’t resist an offer from Captain Tom Mattusch of the Huli Cat Sportfishing and Charter Boat to join him on this trip.  The Huli Cat is U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Certified and Tom is an IGFA Certified Captain.  We’ll be leaving the dock early morning of November 14th out of Half Moon Bay. We’ll be fishing for rock fish and crab with a chance to see humpback whales.  This trip can accommodate 25 anglers.

After we’ve fished all day we’ll dock in the harbor and watch the other boats come in while we are treated to a crab dinner with all the fixings. The cost of the trip, $250, includes the fishing trip, rod rental, fish cleaning and a crab dinner. So grab your friends and register now.  This trip will fill up very quickly.

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I saw a column a few days ago about a University of Miami Law Professor who was opposed to a campus carry bill making it’s way through the Florida senate.

MA Franks, another self-defense expert, urged lawmaker to reject the legislation. Franks is a law professor at the University of Miami who specializes in self-defense law and is also an instructor in Krav Maga, a Israeli form of hand-to-hand self-defense.“Guns are highly effective in committing crimes. They are rarely effective in preventing them,” Franks said.Franks said law enforcement officers and military members receive extensive training in firearms yet “struggle to use them effectively and accurately,” citing an 18 percent “hit rate” in gun fights involving the New York Police Department.“The fact of the matter is guns escalate aggression. They create a false sense of security. They encourage violence as a first resort,” Franks said.Franks also rebutted the argument that concealed weapons could prevent rape, noting most assault victims know...

"UK officials don't want to ban encryption.  They want to ban encryption that *works*."

when they notice that the new Lt. Governor is black. 

Or so the leftists will say.  Or they'll call her a race traitor, or something.


So the new SF sheriff is just as much a sanctuary-city asshole,but doesn't have as much baggage.
You'd expect SF to elect anything else?


This should get Blair another mention as a horrible hater, etc.
If New Yorkers want their beaches to be covered in dead bodies, they’re more than welcome to put in place the appropriate asylum seeker lures. Over here in Australia we prefer to keep our territorial waters corpse free, thank you very much. We just think they’re nicer that way.

Australians also enjoy having a functioning economy, with lots of jobs and investment. It’s worked pretty well...

I slapped some peel and stick Velcro strips on my tablet case and part of the packaging that came with my Gopro to make a tablet mount for my camera.

Thus, I have expanded the usability of both devices.

Also, the naming scheme in my AW100 simply counts up, even when I dump and format the card, so I know how many pictures it’s taken in total. I just past 1,000. What was number 1,000, you might ask?

A blurry,...

Woke at quarter to four with moonlight streaming in through the loft’s vent window. Went back to sleep and awoke less than an hour later to hard rain on the roof. More rain…more…aw, hell, it’s been raining all morning and the road is soup again. I think I even saw a damp snowflake on the Jeep’s windshield when we drove, not walked, to morning chicken chores. The weather not only changed right on schedule, it did so very abruptly. Tonight the temp’s supposed to get down in the twenties, and winter has officially arrived.

Spending this damp morning inside doing some gun housekeeping…

And thinking dark thoughts about enabling something I really want to do by doing something I really don’t want to.
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Bust of Shakespeare, City Gate, Verona

The Federalist:

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is translating William Shakespeare into English. If that seems strange, it should, because Shakespeare wrote his plays in English. All 39 of the bard’s works have been assigned a playwright and a dramaturge, who will alter its text to create a present-day, modern English version they hope will be more accessible to modern audiences.

That’s not all that lies behind this dubious effort. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), in keeping with the spirit of modern theater, ensured that 50 percent of the artists involved are women and that 50 percent are people of color.

The mystery is: How did it come to pass that, everywhere you look in today’s Ame...

Almost a million are motivated to take to the streets over a baseball game. [More]

Sorry, you look just like someone we know. [More]

Akron City Council remains blue. [More]

That and meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

"I can't believe I voted 'no' when it was finally on the ballot," said Marty Dvorchak, 62, of the northern Cincinnati suburb of Fairfield. "I think it's ridiculous that marijuana is illegal. The war on drugs has been a failure. But I don't think 10 people (growers) should have a monopoly." [More]

Those were pretty much my sentiments.

Is the prosecution’s burden much greater than that of the defendant? Certainly. But it’s the same burden we require prosecutor’s to bear when they seek to have a defendant found guilty of almost any alleged crime... [More]

Can't have that in self-defense cases, can we...?

[Via Michael G]

Literally. [More]

[Via cydl]

In my last post I presented my views that a CCW/CHL holder should view themselves as someone that reacts to a situation and uses the tools at hand to defend themselves and their loved ones.  I used the term “Reactionary Defender”, not knowing the political connotation of the word Reactionary.  So, let’s begin with a change in terminology – Reactive Defender.

This time I thought I would kick the hornets’ nest even more and discuss usable CCW training vs fun, or entertrainment as some have called it.

If you spend any amount of time on the forums, or gun range you will notice a great number of CCW/CHL holders take training classes that provide or build skills that have nothing to do with carrying a deadly weapon on a daily basis. If a person is not honest with themselves, this could only further the “sheep dog” mentality while not preparing them for the type of altercation they might actually encounter while getting ...

From Jakob Nielsen:

Summary: Browser tabs separate the stages of collection and comparing and serve as memory aids to keep many alternate pages available for consideration as users are shopping or researching. Follow 7 UX guidelines to better support this user behavior, which is particularly common among younger users.

How do people use the tabs in modern browsers? The ability to keep multiple pages open at the same time in different tabs can be used for parallel browsing, where a user alternates between tasks and resurfaces a tab when it’s time to work on the task in that tab. For example, a user might keep Facebook open all day in a tab that’s checked for updates from time to time.

Our recent user studies for the course Designing for Millennials found that young adult users engage in another tab-related behavior, which we call page parking: opening multiple pages in rapid-fire succession as a way to save the items on those pages a...

[Edited: Nov 4 11:26AM PT for accuracy] Back in September SilencerCo announced the Maxim 9, an integrally suppressed pistol. At the launch event, SilencerCo showed attendees an amazing 1980’s themed “Maxim Vice” video highlighting their new product and I was really hoping they would publicly release it. Thankfully, it’s now live so if you want a […]

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We had so much fun last year when some women from Ruger Arms came to visit us here in the Ozarks, that we had to repeat again this year; thus, the “part deux.”. And this year, instead of blowing stuff up, we shot even more guns and tried out the new Ruger Precision Rifle at 200 yards. We also visited an antiques shop and the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at Bass Pro Shops, in Springfield, Mo. We stopped in to visit with 5th graders at the WOLF school, too.

 

Let me reiterate that I am ok with mass gun seizing. And a national handgun ban.

Conor P. Williams @ConorPWilliams
Tweeted on November 2, 2015
[Via a tweet from Robb Allen.

Mr. Williams, May you live in interesting times. Molon Labe.

Don’t every let anyone get away with telling you that no one wants to take your guns.—Joe]

Television Person: "...and it's time for gingerbread and eggnog flavored coffees!"

RX: "No, it is not time for gingerbread and eggnog."

Me: "Whatever it takes to end the awful pumpkin season."

In Indiana there is no requirement to de-gun to enter a polling place. However, my polling place is in a school and don't nobody without a badge carry in a K-12 school, so I park a block away and leave the heater locked in the car.

Yesterday in Indianapolis, the 22% of eligible voters who could be arsed to go to the polls selected the dudes who will make the rules that Naptown residents will have to decide whether it's worth risking jail to break over the next four years.

Well, the GOP candidate in Naptown's mayoral race took a twenty-five point pasting in the polls last night. Considering that the well-funded winner had been running blandly upbeat TV ads for months while I never saw a Brewer commercial until a couple weeks before the election, this wasn't entirely unpredictable.

On the upside, Mayor Elect Hogwarts has the sort of name that lowbrow amateur pundits like myself love, like that actor guy, what's-his-face... Bandicoot Cucumbersnatch. I'll get a lot of cheap and easy mileage out of mistyping Mayor Hogswatch's name over the next four years.
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Yale professor cannot believe how ignorant his students are:

My students today are much less obnoxious [then I was at their age]. Much more likable than I and my friends used to be, but they are so ignorant that it’s hard to accept how ignorant they are. You tell yourself stories; it’s very hard to grasp that the person you’re talking to, who is bright, articulate, advisable, interested, and doesn’t know who Beethoven is. Had no view looking back at the history of the 20th century — just sees a fog. A blank. Has the vaguest idea of who Winston Churchill was or why he mattered. And maybe has no image of Teddy Roosevelt, let’s say, at all. I mean, these are people who — We have failed.

And this is at Yale.  So you wonder, if they never learned about Beethoven, Churchill, or Teddy, what did they learn?

I would venture to say that this is the best reason to de-fund the Department of Education.

So, Ted Cruz got criticized for holding his break-open broken open on his shoulder on social media.  And then people attacked the criticizers saying that is a perfectly acceptable way of carrying that kind of scattergun afield.  Back forth, back forth, frothy social media poop-storm, yay.

I'd like to see more candidates for office shoot something other than high end fowling pieces more often.  Only Palin bothered.  It'd be nice to see a future president shoot a bowling pin off a table and smile while doing it, for instance. 

I mean even a gun banner like John Kerry will pretend and put on blaze orange and pocket some #7 shot shells.

Yale News:

Yale will devote $50 million in resources over the next five years to enhance the excellence of its faculty by building diversity university-wide, President Peter Salovey and Provost Ben Polak announced in a Nov. 3 email.

“Yale’s education and research missions are propelled forward by a faculty that stands at the forefront of scholarship, research, practice, mentoring, and teaching. An excellent faculty in all of these dimensions is a diverse faculty, and that diversity must reach across the whole of Yale — to every school and to every department,” wrote the President and Provost.

‘This commitment has been and continues to be one of the university’s...

From Western Rifle Shooters:

This reminds me of an old joke: What did atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair say as she came face-to-face with God immediately after her murder by one of her own followers?

"OOPS!"

2 Injured when Man Accidentally Fires Rifle at Idaho Gun Show

It’s the second time in three years that an accidental shooting has injured someone at a gun show in Garden City, the Idaho Statesman reported

In Iowa, Clinton says she wants to make guns a voting issue 'just like the other side does'

See also: "Uh Oh: Gun Control Push Splitting Democrats ... Again."

Democratic strategists based in Colorado, however, warn that presidential candidates would pay a price for such talk come general-election time. “I have a feeling that [Clinton] is wise enough from her Arkansas roots not to come to Denver, Colo., or Colorado Springs and decide what I’m going to do is a major speech on gun control,” said Rick Ridde...

Mike notes who's channeling Grandpa. [More]

Looks like the only solution is upping taxes on the productive...

Lamar Russell, a member of the San Antonio chapter of Open Carry Texas, said he expects roughly a dozen people to show up. [More]

Imagine how much more problematic it would be for "authorities" to observe and then comprehensively respond in their own time and place were that number roughly 12,000, instead.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Counting illegals in the census undermines one of the fundamental principles of representative democracy – namely, that every citizen-voter has an equal voice. [More]

Thank goodness none of that has anything to do with that "single issue."

This is the second of our two videos from the most recent 2-Gun match, which was designed with an explicit World War One theme. This one is a head to head match between me, kitted out as a BEF rifleman, and Karl, portraying a rear-line German reservist with a Gewehr 88.

The fact that we finished the match within literally one second of each other really says something about the British gear being superior the the Gew88/C96 combination. In any contest with equivalent hardware, Karl’s better shooting skills give him the win. The only reason I was able to win was by having better gear (this especially shows through at the last half of the second stage, where the SMLE allows me to make up a significant deficit from the pistol shooting). That said, every one of the guns we used had some type of problem…

My SMLE had an unusual malfunction on the long range stage, with the bolt head jumping its track. This turned out to be fairly easy to fix by finding the right point in the gui...

Experiencing technical difficulties with the home desktop pc. I’m hoping to pick up the replacement part tonight.

Thank you for your understanding.

It’s been a few years since the Great Ammo Shortage began, but it hasn’t been so long we’ve forgotten the difficulty of locating .22LR. Some states were worse than others, for example, back in Washington State .22LR was quite literally nonexistent. There wasn’t a single gun store on the western side of the state with […]

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Liberty Suppressors has announced the release of their new integrally suppressed titanium version of their Leonidas platform. The new can is part of a system including components from Seekins Prevision, Lilja (a match barrel) and a NiB M16 bolt carrier group. MSRP for the Leonidas TI is set at $2130 (Price includes: Liberty Suppressors Leonidas […]

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Wilson Combat, purveyor of high-end 1911 handguns and various other platforms, has announced the release of their aptly named “Compact Carry” single-stack 9mm 1911 for use in the new “Compact Carry” Pistol division of IDPA. The new handgun is competition ready using 10 round magazines and an accuracy guarantee of 1.5″ at 25 yards. Like […]

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Quiz: How well do you know the M1911 Pistol? - Guns & Ammo:

I have been shooting the 1911 for the past 50+ years, and I thought I knew everything that was important about the iconic semi-automatic pistol frame.

As it happens, I was wrong.

VERY wrong; I got 3 out of ten questions wrong.

Go ahead, take the test.  You may discover that you're as ignorant as I am!

So yesterday, feeling better at last, I got out to the range with Proud Hillbilly on this beautiful fall day.

This was Communist Bloc day, as I took out a Russian SKS and my Maadi AK-47, both chambered in 7.62x39mm. I've had the AK since the 1980's but it was the first time out for this particular SKS. I was not disappointed by either of them at 100 yards.
Here's PH with her .22 rifle, working on her prone shooting position.
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The Republican consultant Rick Wilson recently summed up the current angst when he dreamed that the GOP establishment should discover a way to “put a bullet” in frontrunner Donald Trump. Was that idiotic remark supposed to sound cool? Wilson added that one of the most worrisome things about the Trump ascendancy was his illiberal intention of shutting down illegal immigration. The donor class, Wilson warns, “can’t just sit back on the sidelines and say, ‘Oh well, don’t worry, this will all work itself out.’” Wilson apparently believes that America would otherwise have been glued to the Republican debates to see whether Jeb Bush had outpointed John Kasich.

"Bystander mistaken for suspect shot by police after man opens fire on officer."

Republican Bevin wins Kentucky governor's race

Republican Matt Bevin easily won Kentucky’s governorship on Tuesday as the GOP made major inroads in a state that had stubbornly resisted the party at the state level even as it voted reliably Republican in federal contests in recent years. Bevin, a self-funding investment manager, rode a late surge of outside support from national Republicans to defeat Democrat Jack Conway, 53 percent to 44 percent, according to The Associated Press. Bevin will become just the second Republican to inhabit the governor’s mansion in Frankfort in more than four decades.

Polls prior to the vote showed a close race, with most surveys giving Conway, the state's sitting attorney general, a slight advantage. Bevin's victory capped a successful night for Republicans, who picked up four of the six independently elected statewide positions despite going into Tuesday with just one GOP officeholder. Their victories included ousting state Auditor Adam Edelen, who was thought to be Demo...

Oh man how true:

haha Repeal Gun Laws is nice for this one.  He missed out the Mickey Mouse eraser decoration I used to have… “The mouse thing that goes up”.

Thoughts?

The Italian stallion putting in work at the carnival:

What I got from this video is some respect for Instructor Zero’s menswear game, because he’s dabbling with a highly fuckwithable Stone Island pullover.  The brand is Italian just like him.  I wonder if he has a dealer price Stone Island plug?  Maybe I should stop talking shit about him being an entertainer, so he hooks a brotha up.

Oh besides that, the press checks are priceless haha.

Thoughts?

Funny / well done trailer.  It gave me an excuse to creep google images for a good Cara Delevingne pic, which is always a bonus.  If you don’t think Cara is attractive I feel bad for you son.  She’s definitely one of my favorite Victoria’s Secret models, PLUS she has a major part in the new Suicide Squad movie if you needed another reason to like her.  She models for Burberry as well, which speaks for itself.  Oh and chill guys, she’s 23.

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Surefire has just released the “Warden” and is now available for sale. I had a unique opportunity to shoot it a few months ago and it’s a product that does what it says. The Surefire folks invited me down to their Southern California headquarter’s private range where I saw the Warden first hand. The Warden […]

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Yes, They Want to Take Your Guns Away - The Daily Beast:

 Why don’t gun-control advocates like Hillary Clinton talk about the one gun control solution that could actually fix the firearms problem in America?

Sometimes I love The Daily Beast, sometimes I hate it.  But you got to admit, there's often content that makes you go .... "Hmmmmmm ...."

Contributor James Kirchick  (herein: "The Author") uses big words that I had to look up to examine why Total Confiscation Of All Guns would be the ideal "solution" to the "Gun Control Problem",

But it will probably never happen.

Why not?

UNIVERSAL FIREARMS CONFISCATION!!!

(there, I've said it)

The perennial “national conversation” abou...

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: New Defions/Arsenal Democracy (AD) November 3, 2015 Shortly after SHOT Show 2015, DefenseReview (DR) published articles on the Arsenal Democracy (AD) Blackside Glock pistol packages and select-fire/full-auto 5.56mm/300 Blackout (300BLK) tactical AR (AR-15) PDW SBR (Personal Defense Weapon Short Barreled Rifle), both of which were ...

It seems appropriate that CrossBreed is announcing this new line of holsters during the companies 10th anniversary. This limited edition holster is being made in collaboration with Jason Winnie Leathergoods. Only 100 holsters will be made in each model. The introductory model shown is called the Sapientia. This holster is made for the 1911 only. […]

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Thanks to our old friend Carl-Bear Bussjaeger and The Amazing Jo Ann over at The Zelman Partisans, TZP is about to go live with an email alert/digest system. For now, emails will be weekly and will contain TZP updates and a few notable news items or op-eds from outside sources. But the system will also […]

Oh yeah, it’s the sound of $700,000 of Bloomberg’s money circling the bowl. Let us hope by tomorrow the flush will be complete. Ideally what we want is for Democrats to think Bloomberg’s help is poison. At the least, to think that his money won’t help. Imagine if he had spent that money on malaria drugs for kids in poor countries instead of spending it to screw fellow Americans out of their Constitutional birthright.

Thanks to our old friend Carl-Bear Bussjaeger and TZP webmaster The Amazing Jo Ann, we are about to go live with an email alert/digest system.

For now, emails will be weekly and will contain TZP updates and a few notable news items or op-eds from outside sources. But the system will also enable us to send out urgent news or action alerts as need be.

Help us beta test the system. A trial alert will go out about 24 hours after this posting and we welcome your input.

To sign up, look for the form on the left sidebar (mobile users scroll down to find the signup form). Or start here. You’ll receive a confirmation email after submitting your info.

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On Amazon, Prof. David Berstein's (George Mason Univ. Law) new book, "Lawless: The Obama Administration's Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law." It also makes the point that the Obama Administration's actions are often predicated on questionable actions of the Bush II Administration. Bottom line: power begets, and seeks, power.

In New Haven, the mayor is saying great things about a plan by police to steal personal items from people’s closed cars that they can turn around and sell for profit after 60 days. The police claim that this is done in the best interest of the car owners, as it prevents a thief from stealing it and taking it to the pawn shop for a profit.

And this is why local elections matter.

So, today was a nice, warm day. I was outside at a job site when I felt something in my shoe. It drove me batty. So, I removed my shoe and found this:

I knew what it was immediately. The little rubber spacer thing that goes on the nuts and bolts of my Raven Concealment rig:

Yup, I should probably snug up all of my holsters hardware. And get some Loctite.

Headline: BEST FACTORY SINGLE STACK 9MM EVER?

The question mark! To give it some sort of hint of, err, something. And this:

The first thing I noticed was the model with the FIST feature. FIST stands for Firearm Integrated STandoff. This frame protrusion functions as a stand off. Theoretically, you can shoot at actual contact distances without running the risk of pushing the slide out of battery when you jam it into a bad guy.

And the image:

Why? I guess I’m not operator enough. The Honor Guard may be a very fine gun. I have no idea. But this line of advertising and whatever that FIST things is supposed to appeal to leave me scratching my head.

Joe on the internet:

The online world has returned to the day of yellow journalism like it was 100 years ago. The most sensational headlines of those days sold the most papers on the street. It wasnt until the transition of the subscription model that newspapers became somewhat trusted news sources. The subscription model of blogs and online news have been, at best, struggling and the quality is corresponding poor. Because sensationalism gets page views and page views mean advertising money, sensationalism wins over thoughtful analysis and thorough, accurate presentation of facts.

I’ve posited before that, likely, 80% of people get their news from clickbait. I think it still stands.

Anti-gunners are often found to be in it for the money: Rent an anti-gun hack.

Jerry Miculek gets his terminator on. Interesting bits start at 3:28:

Trying not to cover yourself with the barrel looks very difficult.

Hillary Clinton goes all in for gun control.

Marty O’Malley promises executive action on gun control.

Concealed carrier kills robber. No charges. Good.

Landstad 1900 Autorevolver Disassembly

Glockin in the Free World

I was busy constructing parts for the Vixen HAL tripod legs, and I realize that some of the acetal parts to go in the ends of the legs were a little bit too long. So I put the part in Millie, and trimmed off .28" to make them exactly the right length.

Therefore, since they're not simply triggering me, they're causing actual pain, every asshole in Vassar and Oberlin involved in this should be chipped.
Administrators at Vassar College agreed to personally shred a pocket Constitution after an undercover reporter posing as a student complained that she felt “triggered” by its distribution on campus, while professors at Oberlin College confided that they shared the reporter's misgivings about the founding document.

And O'Keefe, you should know better:
“When this idea came up in our newsroom about campus administrators shredding the Constitution because it’s a trigger against students, we didn’t think people would actually fall for it,” he says at one point. “We underestimated just how stupid and politically correct these people are.”

That ten years from now we’re all talking about this damned endless war in Syria?

There’s an arc to American involvement here. First we threatened to bomb Syria and didn’t because the public was opposed. Then, a year later, we started bombing Syria. Then we tried training “Syrian moderates” (but failed because couldn’t even find 60 of them). Then we had a raid into Iraq. (The first we’ve heard of and only because it involved a combat death.) Now we’re sending troops. It’s just small numbers of special forces…

Thanks everyone for the comments on the posting from yesterday.  PawPaw has been following the links, and found something that's truly interesting.

Milady has been looking for a riding skirt, and it looks like I found one that meets her specifications at River Junction.  I was concerned that it was authentic, so I called the folks at the number and talked to a nice lady there who told me that it has no zippers or snaps, it simply buttons.  That skirt looks like just the ticket.  Milady will have to hem it, but she hems things for the grandkids all the time.

Thanks, Steve, for the link.  I've got it bookmarked and I'll show it to my gal when I see her next.  We're both working late today, so I might not get home till she's already in bed.

Some firearms have had such a great impact on global events that their very silhouette is synonymous with global events. This is a list of 5 truly revolutionary firearms that have helped shape the world as we know it today. Please remember to subscribe to our humble channel! Every subscriber helps! Thanks to our sponsors Grizzly […]

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A Redditor posted recently about an M3 Grease Gun that someone found in their attic that was turned into the local police department. Don’t worry though, the department is trying to find a museum to take it so it doesn’t end up melted down. somebody found this in their attic while laying down new insulation. […]

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Forget artwork that costs too much and doesn’t make any sense.  Minimalism moves into the concrete world of tactical rifles with the BRO-MXM CQB from Black Rain Ordnance. Despite its near-nothing appearance, Black Rain Ordnance packs all 18 ounces of this stock with performance oriented features.  Most noteworthy is the built to order version of […]

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I saw this video on Facebook and Franz’s ability to one shot kill boar is remarkable. He is sponsored by Aimpoint. I looked him up in youtube and found these. He explains one aspect of his shooting technique which is follow through. Here is a video on breathing technique.  

The post Franz-Albrecht Öttingen-Spielberg The Boar Terminator appeared first on The Firearm Blog.

In this installment of #HuntingwithJR, Judy Rhodes gives you some helpful information about quail and how to hunt them. Judy, aka JR, from Dallas, Texas, of course — is a 250-day-a-year hunter, on her own dime and her own time. When not planning and attending DIVA WOW events, a non-profit women’s outdoor organization that focuses on hunting, shooting, fishing and outdoor skills, JR loves to get out with her favorite hunting dog, Shaka, and fill her freezer with delicious meat.

The post #HuntingwithJR: Quail appeared first on Hunting, shooting, fishing and adventure for women by women. (c) Women's Outdoor News

Apparently it’s a thing. People often talk of shooting their guns, but it never quite made sense to me. Why shoot a perfectly good gun?

The new poll and results of last week’s poll are now up at The Zelman Partisans. Let your opinions fly on the question of what’s your favorite caliber for everyday carry. Share or Bookmark

Must get a few things done this morning, then will return to the “musings” I began the other day. Meantime, here’s some linkage … Never thought I’d see it, but here’s one pot-legalization initiative I hope falls on its corrupt, crony-capitalist face. What goes around comes around. Amazon is opening its first physical book store. […]

I thought this is funny. I’ve been working with Former Neighbor J on plans to ship the remainder of his belongings to his new home on the other side of the continent. We’re talking about the belongings located here…

…and indeed filling – packing it – from rear to front. Yesterday I spent hours tunneling around in there, completing an inventory of its contents, so I have a fair idea what-all is in there, right? So I sent the list off to J&H. And this morning I learned, not to my surprise, that they don’t actually want very much of it. They went off with three trailer-loads of stuff, after all. They’ve been living without the rest since March, and I have received no requests for shipping forgotten essentials even though we made arrangements to do just that.

I’m still on the hook to get rid of it, though, within 30 days of closing. “I guess t...

In Buddism hell doesn't exist as a "place" - it's created by an individuals, actions, thoughts, and words---a consequence of life for which each individual is accountable.

Other faith based believes notwithstanding---that is also true here on earth, not of the "hell" as depicted in scripture but those places we find ourselves where we don't want to be.

I was at lunch at a chain Italian restaurant with a group of ladies from a volunteer group.   One of them was NOT having a good day, and when our very young waiter came by and asked how we were doing she said, quite boisterously  "We're all going to hell and I'm driving the bus!"  She meant it as a joke but we didn't see bread sticks for the next 30 minutes.

But honestly, looking back on...

St. Paul graduate Owen Labrie had his admission and full scholarship to Harvard cancelled and went to trial and was convicted of a felony for arranging a liaison with a three-years-younger schoolmate via computer. Labrie will now be a felon and a registered sex offender for life. He was also sentenced to a year of imprisonment, as the result of declining to plead guilty and accept a lesser penalty.

I think it is pretty easy to form the right opinion of the justice of all of this, just by reading the New York Times‘ account of the victim’s perspective.

Appearing on a video screen, the victim of a sexual assault by an older student at one of the nation’s most exclusive boarding schools asked a judge here on Thursday to make sure her assailant was held accountable for a crime that, she said, h...

Here’s a quick note for my South Dakota readers: after a long hiatus, we’re finally offering training classes again. Because it’s SoDak and the weather is…fun, we’ve partnered with the Outdoor Adventure Center in Brookings to offer classes at their state of the art indoor range. The OAC is just 45 minutes north of Downtown Sioux Falls, and the facility is easily one of the nicest I’ve ever had the pleasure to shoot in. Right now, the only class I’ll be offering will be Fundamental Defensive Pistol on December 19th, more dates TBD. You can sign up for the class here:

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In certain circles, it’s become kind of cool to pooh-pooh a type of firearms training class referred to as “operator fantasy camps.” You know the type of class I’m talking about, it’s full of accountants, plumbers, and mechanics dressed in MOLLE with plate carriers doing carbine drills that have basically zero application to civilian self-defense. Now, some of these classes are doing things that are legitimately dangerous, whether it’s through lax safety standards or running drills that are dangerous when combined with unskilled students. However, if an operator fantasy camp class isn’t doing anything unsafe, what’s the big deal?

Right now, someone is pushing their taped glasses up the bridge of their nose as he prepares to blast with me a comment about how I’ve been one of the people making fun of these fantasy camps. Yeah, he’d be right. I have in the past, and although I’d like to think that I...

 TRIGGER WARNING: this post contains references to liberal intolerance, hypocritical butthurt and complete faggotry. Sensitive readers are warned.

 

For those of you who don't watch my Facebook wall (Probably a good thing), it's a war zone.  In the last week there've been defenses of the A10, attacks on the A10, jokes about the A10, a Christ On The Cross dress up doll, jokes about Muslim suicide bombers, about feminists, about conservatives, about anarchists, vegetarians, cops and starving children.

Now, humor is both a coping mechanism and a means of maintaining attention on an issue.  This is why Mel Brooks, for example, puts Hitler jokes into almost every movie.  Joking about issues can reduce their emotional impact, help us cope, while keeping us aware of the issue.

This is something most people know instinctively. Some have to be taught.

But a handful of people, who can be of any political or cultural affiliation, completely lose their shit.

Thus it was with this picture: 

 

This pictur...

Pennsylvanians, Virginians, and New Jerseyans especially. This is your chance to get some small measure of revenge on Bloomberg. If the elections today go well for us, it will be a big defeat for Bloomberg, and if they don’t, Bloomberg will use all that money he spent and the results to try to intimidate other politicians to do what he wants. It could be your state senate district next.

So get out there. What are you waiting for? Well, if you’re like me to be done with work, but don’t forget.

Bob Owens at BearingArms.com points out that the current case seeking to be heard by SCOTUS has implications that reach to places we had sincerely hoped to never go—a second civil war. The U.S. Supreme Court may decide as early as today whether they will hear a case concerning the obvious unconstitutionality of a Chicago […]

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Optics Planet has a handy little glossary for hundreds of the most common terms used within the shooting sports. Ranging from calibers .117 to “Zero” and “Zoom” the glossary is a solid start for a newbie to learn more or an enthusiast to brush up on their diction and definitions. I, for one, am a […]

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AUSTIN, TX – A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League (AG & AG) will host two major competitive shooting events in 2016. 3-Gun University will again be held in May at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM, and Multigun Fall FestivaΙ will take place in October at Rockcastle in Park City, KY.

Julianna Crowder, Founder of AG & AG, says that the organization is responding to the demand for female-only events where competitors can advance their skills. “In addition to the education and match experience, we will also have our signature AG & AG events to strengthen the sisterhood of women athletes, motivate them, and continue to build a strong female presence in the world of competitive shooting sports,” said Crowder.

The second annual 3-Gun University^TM welcomes new and experienced competitors. Participants will attend clinics on 3-gun techniques, learn to navigate natural terrain, run stages with dry-fire training, make ment...

Puff jackets are the rage this season — from ski slopes to football games to your favorite hunt. Girls with Guns Clothing, with its finger on the pulse of fashion and function in hunting, just released this newly designed jacket. We’ve found that any hunting apparel that works well in the field automatically qualifies for anything else we might need it to do. This one will be a staple in many women’s wardrobes, we believe.

Here are the specs for it:

• Reversible Mossy Oak Break Up Country® Puff Jacket
• Microfiber Ripstop Material to Guarantee Durability.
• Primaloft Silver® Insulation
• Reversible Side in Charcoal Gray features:
• Zippered Chest Pocket
• Handy Side Pocket with Stow Pouch
• Sizes XS – 2X
• $169.99

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This week’s poll is now up. The question: What’s your favorite caliber for everyday carry?

And yes, we’re assuming that your EDC arm is a pistol. If you prefer to lug around a Barrett .50 cal, feel free to choose “other.”

This poll will be open through Monday the 9th at 6:00 p.m. CST.

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Last week’s poll results

We didn’t get many responses to our last poll, perhaps because a lot of our non-Jewish members didn’t feel qualified to answer or weren’t interested in the question. But here are the results (click to embiggenate):

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I’ve proposed a similar Godwin corollary to Godwin’s Law which I have none-too-modestly dubbed “Knox’s Law.”

As an online discussion of gun owners’ rights grows longer, the probability of an ad absurdum argument involving nuclear weapons approaches 1.

Ecclesiastes 1:9King James Version (KJV)

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Chris Knox
November 2, 2015
Comment to Quote of the day—Darcy @brooklinegirl
[And so it shall be. We now have a Knox’s Law category.—Joe]

Well, there are people voting at me down the street, so I reckon I may as well wander over and vote back at them.

The GOP and Dem candidates for mayor seem pretty interchangeable. They both think the city should have less crime and more businesses and money and they both hate them some evil cronyism.

I think I'm going to need to vote for the GOP guy because he at least tugged his forelock ceremonially to the RKBA by pressing the flesh at the Indy 1500 gun show. That, and while Dem Prosecutor Terry Curry has thus far done the right thing on armed self-defense, I want to make sure that he doesn't have a squishy anti-self-defense type in the mayor's office to embolden him.

(Meanwhile, in Lafayette, the GOP appears to have taken a dive in round one, effectively throwing the election.)
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The Germans are always using war in the Balkans as a pretext for *something*. https://t.co/7y23NGH73k

— Tamara K. (@TamSlick) November 3, 2015

Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Happy 200th birthday, George Boole.

The problem of having a follow-up shot has been around for a long time. It's the reason for squad and platoon marching and close order drill, allowing for groups to fire in rotation. It drove development of the brass cartridge. The revolving cylinder, still in use, was one answer.

And sometimes, the search took a turn down the development rabbit hole.

Here is the Bennett & Haviland Many Chambered Revolving Rifle.

The same idea that lead to the revolver. Preload several chambers, then move them into position for firing. The problem to be solved, as with a revolver, is to ensure that the next chamber is correctly aligned with the bore before firing.

Here's t...

But if you say anything against it, you're fired:

A popular weatherman announced Saturday evening he has been sacked by leading French news channel France Télévisions for publishing a book which accused top climate change experts of misleading the world about the threat of global warming.

So what was his motivation to write the book?

He said he was inspired to write the book after France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius met with TV meteorologists and asked them to highlight climate change issues in their broadcasts.

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Sorry for the lack of posts...been a bit under the weather this past week-end. Pretty much just slept, got up to try to eat something, then went back to sleep. Now I know what it must be like to be a dog. And I say this because they were beside me the entire time, far as I know.

But I'm better today, and up and about. And for unrelated reasons, I had to go to the doctor's office this morning. I wandered in, got called into the back by the nurse.

"Up on the scale, fat boy", she said. Well ok, maybe she didn't say it like that, but only because she's tactful.

"You can empty your pockets over on that tray to get your true weight," she directed.

So I did. And she broke out laughing. "Oh, God," she said. "I love West Virginia".

The contents of said pockets:

What's i...

Bookworm explains how the standard leftwing arguments for socialized heathcare featuring negative comparisons of the United States with allegedly superior and more enlightened other countries rest upon statistics which dissolve like fairy gold upon examination.

It all began when my son expressed dismay at data from his AP Environmental Science text-book:

In 1900 the U.S. infant mortality rate was 165. In 2011 it was 6.1. This sharp decline was a major factor in the marked increase in U.S. average life expectancy during this period. The United States ranks first in the world in terms of health care spending per person, but 54th in terms of infant mortality rates.

(G. Miller, Scott Spoolman, Environmental Science, p. 100.)

My son didn’t want to beli...

Reputedly told in McChrystal’s memoir: My Share of the Task:

When former U.S. Military commander in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, was called into the Oval Office by Barack Obama, he knew things weren’t going to go well when the President accused him of not supporting him in his political role as President.

“It’s not my job to support you as a politician, Mr. President, it’s my job to support you as Commander-in-Chief,” McChrystal replied, and he handed Obama his resignation.

Not satisfied with accepting McChrystal’s resignation the Pr...

"Son, you don't poke a wolverine with a sharp stick unless you want your balls ripped off." -- From Grandpa Vanderboegh's Rules of Life as expressed in family oral tradition, circa 1962.

Mike Vanderboegh's Derivation of Grandpa's Rules of Life, circa 1995: "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

Bob Owens discovers something: Supreme Court’s Decision Could Lead To Second Civil War

If the Supreme Court fails to take up the case, or takes up the case and decides against Freidman, then th...

"No One is Talking About Taking Your Guns."

"Nobody Wanted to Give Up the M-1 Carbine: Classic weapon endured through three big American wars."

Administrators literally shred Constitution after reporter calls it 'oppressive' and 'triggering'

Adams County rancher shot and killed by deputies

New York Billionaire Bloomberg Pours In Millions In Effort to “Buy” VA Senate

You may recall seeing my post about the Landstad model 1900 semiauto revolver a while back…

Well, the gun (only one was ever made) was in a British collections for a hundred years, but recently was purchased by a Norwegian collector, and has now returned to its homeland. Thanks to Lars, a reader who happens to be a Norwegian gunsmith, we have a series of photos showing disassembly of this unique firearm. Thanks, Lars!

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I swear Jerry Miculek was inhuman for his innate shooting abilities and I think this video is the true proof that Jerry is indeed – not human. If his plan was to keep his machine construction a secret he failed. Or, its possible (but highly unlikely) that Jerry is actually human and just that good. […]

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Today CrossBreed celebrates ten years in the holster business. In fact the original CrossBreed holster is the one that started it all in this holster design. Today CrossBreed has grown a great deal and now sells many holster designs as well as belts and other accessories. I own several CrossBreed holsters and purchased my first […]

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Mia Anstine lists 4 ways you can easily ruin a big game hunt, wasting both time and expense.

Since hunting season is in full swing, it’s fun to visit the coffee shop and hear the tales. Stories of success are always good, of course, but the most exciting stories are those of ruined hunts. Many a know-it-all will share dramatic tales, remarking “Can you believe _______?” or “Oh my gosh—she had no idea how to _______!” It seems we’re easily pulled into the “Oh me!” and “Oh my!” stories. Lord knows we don’t want to be at the butt end of those.

Here are 4 ways that you can ruin your expensive, time consuming hunt quickly.

Took Glock's small-frame big-bore to Marion County Fish & Game for some chrono work in the pistol bays today. I brought the last ten rounds of that Hydra-Shok and a box of Magtech 230gr FMJ that I purchased from Lucky Gunner.

I set the chrono up at nine feet from the muzzle. It was 63°F and 54% humidity at about 720 ft ASL according to weather.com and the map.

To survive the zombocalypse.

Meh. The criteria they used is fine I am just dumbfounded by the cities that rated well.

The criteria were defensibility, access to food resources over time, and having the best possibility of developing a cure. 

So this is community survival.  Not lone wolf survival.  They seem to be looking for a city that can survive intact.  A metropolis that is an island in a sea of Zed.

And a city can score high in one criteria and that can boost its ranks.  Hence, Boston scores well because of sea access, maybe?  But more from intellectual capital for finding a cure.  And it is hard to feed yourself in Manhattan with all those other mouths about.  But Utah scores very high on defensibility.

They rated Best:

1. Boston, Massachusetts
2. Salt Lake City, Utah
3. Columbus, Ohio
4. Baltimore, Maryland
5. Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia

And Worst:

49. Chicago, Illinois
50. Riverside...

You make a good number of friends over the years in the gun industry. One of those friends, Josh Sykes, not only works in the marketing end of the industry but has a company of his own named Kinetic Concealment. Up until now Josh has been designing and making holsters but today he contacted me […]

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SB Tactical has changed the world of pistols. Infamously known as the “Sig Brace”, the SB15 opened up many options for pistols. Regardless of the ATF letters, it is a product that has significantly altered the firearm industry. I only knew of their two versions offered by Sig Sauer. The SB15 and the SBX. Well […]

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We covered the Magpul Remington 700 Magazine Well in a previous TFB post where Magpul said they would be releasing the product this past summer. However, delays must have occurred because it is now November and they are just now releasing it for sale. There is no mention of it working in a synthetic Remington […]

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It is nice to see companies donating profits and bringing awareness to causes.  Streamlight is promoting a new “Light for a Cause”, this time focused at Diabetes. November is American Diabetes Month®, and Streamlight® Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting equipment, is doing its part to shine a light on this serious health problem […]

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The ATF tweeted about their Open Data website the other day and I started poking around this evening. There is some interesting stuff there. It includes developer APIs for accessing their data, number of people in various positions, budgets, the number of explosives manufactures in each state, the heat produced by burning a Christmas tree, and tons of other stuff.

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Henry Repeating Arms Big Boy Lever Action Rifle, 357 Mag, 16.5″ Barrel, Brass Receiver, Walnut Stock, Adjustable Sights, 7 Round Capacity, Carbine, Adjustable Rear Sight, Bead Front Sight

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Tactical concealed carry pants:

Behind the tactical scenes.  How the pants work:

Surgical elastic band… hmmmm.  Not really sure having a tourniquet on my leg is going to be comfortable, no matter how loose I can run it.  Also, the biggest you can carry is a full size 5″ 1911?  What if you want to run a Deagle?  Weakkkkkkk :P

Normally I’d really make fun of something like this, but these guys actually put in effort to make this system seemingly good for a wide range of people.   I wouldn’t call it “zero print” like they do, but at least it looks like you’re carrying around a book rather than a handgun.  Wait… is reading illegal yet?  Better make sure it’s not The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or you might be seeing how that asphalt tastes.

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This is amazing:

Silencerco the GOAT with promo videos.

“Fuck earplugs” -Hiram Maxim.  I know a timeless quote when I hear one.

Oh and I promised you guys ...

Money used to fight gun-control policies.  LOL… so epic:

Dimitri (former owner / Habitial line stepper of Ares Armor) is one of a kind.

If you missed the video VICE did on him when he was still at Ares, make sure to check it out.

This show of his; “Guntraband” is good, I like it.  I hope he continues doing it.  Something tells me the NRA won’t be picking him up for feel-good videos for the masses though.

Thoughts?

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Led to it by a blind link, I assumed for about one minute and fifteen seconds of this minute and a half video that I was watching a parody.

Not the case! This is completely serious.

I know it’s said by the older men of every generation. I know my father said it of me. But I have to genuinely believe that young people were not this stupid when I was that age.

1. Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.
2. Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing.
3. The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies. 

I made an effort to read Conquest's  The Great Terror: A Reassessment and Reflections on a Ravaged Century, and they were a bit too... dense, I guess, would be the word. The first needed a much deeper knowledge of Soviet history than I have; I kept struggling to remember which commie was which...

Everyone has heard ...

I don’t normally write about Virginia politics. I’d rather let the husband do that, since he’s much better versed than I am in the state political game. I’m actually pretty non-partisan, and my political views are generally libertarian in nature. Just leave me alone to live my life, and I’m happy.

That said, when it comes to Second Amendment rights, I’m a non-compromising purist. When it comes to property rights, there is no middle ground. And when I see local Democrats playing dirty games with people’s livelihoods and taking a crap on the Second Amendment in an effort to foment discord and controversy in time for elections, I can’t NOT say something.

JB Gates, the owner of NoVA Firearms originally intended to open a store in Arlington County, but thanks to bullying, manufactured outrage, and outright abuse by sniveling hoplophobes in the area – the same morally corrupt band of gun-grabbing invertebrates who are now politicizing Mr. Gates’ livelihood in order to gain election traction – the landlord of the store’s original location ...

The new episode of PHS Radio is finally up. In my first episode back, I take a look at a few news stories, such as the $1 million bounty offered for anyone who could hack into iOS 9 (That bounty was collected! So much for secure…). I also talk a lot about patriot networking and the […]

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So this week things went a little sideways. A bunch of us were tied up with various stuff, so Sean decided to take a hiatus. But does that mean no show? NEGATIVE GHOSTRIDER!!! Nope we had a bank show from Lawdog! Enjoy!!!

The eternal struggle continues.
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What makes you think that?  Is it headlines like this that completely contradict the article?

There is little doubt that such bias is a primary reason that trust in the media continues to diminish.  While this bias routinely shows up in local and national news coverage in all manner of form...

From Nov. 2, 2015 Washington Post:

A large segment of white middle-aged Americans has suffered a startling rise in its death rate since 1999, according to a review of statistics published Monday that shows a sharp reversal in decades of progress toward longer lives.

The mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 with less than a college education increased markedly between 1999 and 2013, most likely because of problems with legal and illegal drugs, alcohol and suicide, the researchers concluded. Before then, death rates for that group dropped steadily, and at a faster pace.

The only thing more depressing are the comments by progressives doing everything but a happy dance about it.

Jack Wylder here to kick off the Book Bomb for Mike Kupari’s ‘Her Brother’s Keeper’. The ILoH is currently in Seattle so he’s asked me to post this for him and he’ll do the updates and such as he can. I’ve got coins to pack so I’ll just repeat what he’s already said about this:
“I’m going to try something a little different on this one. Now that Amazon has instituted a long delay (I’m guessing it is about 8 hours) before the sales rank changes, it has made it harder to get that awesome, wild west, crazy swing vibe that we used to get with BBs. And now the high point spike arrives in the middle of the night, when most people in North America are asleep.”
“So this time I’m actually going to stick up the BB post on the 2nd. The physical book actually officially releases on the 3rd. That’s our official date. So instead of having a 24 hour book bomb, it will be more like a 36 hour book bomb. That way hopefully we’ll see the cool number spike that day like we used to, instead of the day after.”

On the goofy Jet Li "steal the slide" Beretta disarm as seen in Lethal Weapon 4, which is for some reason taken as an instruction video in certain corners of the internet to this day:

Glock 37 chrono day at the range.

This is so, so wrong:

Months before the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared bacon a carcinogen, American boffins may have found a solution: algae that tastes just like bacon, but without the bad bits the Doctors at WHO say could cause your untimely demise. 

The eukaryote in question is called Dulse (Palmaria sp.) and, as explained Oregon State University, is already in demand as a tasty addition to various recipes.  

The, err, plot thickens:

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It appears that my monthly column in Shotgun News is done.  My column now appears on the Firearms Policy Coalition web site. 

My sister who is sort of a conservative Green (sorry if your heads are exploding at the thought) brought to my attention this measure on the ballot.

"US Constitution Second Amendment Preservation"  ordinance.  I can't find the text, but it requires the sheriff to decide if any law violates the Seconsd Amendment or the Oregon arms guarantee and not enforce such laws.  Apparently driven by recent background check law that Bloomberg paid to have Oregon pass.  Here's the text.  A reminder that good intentions are not enough.

Here is one idea, more will follow. The best outdoor bags of all purposes: I have the Field Bag, an over-the-shoulder grab-all that will house a take-down rifle (as long as the components don't exceed 16" each), comfortably carry ammo, has water-bottle pockets, and the shoulder-strap is long enough to carry the bag as an on-the-back haversack if you are...

The debate about having guns on college campuses continues, and government bureaucrats seem to be getting more shrill about their belief that guns should be kept away from college campuses.

Yesterday, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling said she hopes a proposal to revoke a ban on guns in campus buildings doesn’t even get to the point where she would have to testify against it at a hearing.

Because REASONS!

“I hope the people of Wisconsin realize that college campuses are different and are unique,” Riseling said. “Where does this end? Do we then make sure that our school zones are not gun-free anymore? It just keeps going on and on. The proliferation of weapons in our society is actually leading to more problems, not fewer problems.”

Yes, college campuses are, in fact, different and unique. They’re much bigger than your average elementary school, where an armed resources officer c...

San Francisco is a den of feckless PC nuttery, so I’m not surprised at anything weird emanating from that particular cesspool of filthy hippiedom. After all, this is the city where a middle school recently decided to delay announcing the results of a student election, because they weren’t diverse enough for the howler monkeys’ tastes. Because kids voting for the peer they believe would best represent them in student government is not good enough. “It’s not okay for a school that is really, really diverse to have the student representatives majority white,” the principal said.

So teaching kids that their vote only counts when it’s the “right” vote is acceptable?

So disrespecting those kids who ran effective campaigns and those kids who voted for them is OK, because they’re white.

But it’s not racism when they do it.

So, no. I’m not surprised at all with any sort of d...

This weekend I managed to get shooting again. I’m slowly getting back into IHMSA competition. At this point we’re the last club standing in Pennsylvania that’s still running matches. Handgun metallic silhouette is a tough discipline. The closest target for small bore (which is what I mostly shoot) is chickens at 25 yards, and about the size post card. Pigs are at 50yd, Turkeys 75yds, and Rams at 100yds. I shoot standing, so I started back getting only 17 out of 40. Then 21 out of 40. This match our Mule ran out of gas and had to be pushed back from the 100 yard line, which got my heart rate up, so I bombed a few ranks of animals after that. Back to 17 this match. Maybe December will be better. But enough about that, now for the news:

There was no news from the Supreme Court as to whether they’ll grant cert in the Highland Park Assault Weapons Ban case. My prediction is that they will not take the case.

...

Mine was like this (friend’s video):

That’s me at the 0:20 mark.

Bill Clinton warned of overreaching on control.

Infographic: All things AK

Yup. It’s amazing how much of that stuff I have to explain to kids when they see it in a movie.

Life in the future consists largely of looking at a tiny device that has the whole of human knowledge in it and swiping to the right to make the notifications go away. Or looking at cat pics.

Every Town for something or another spokes person threatens to beat someone with his bare hands. This is why I bear arms.

Cali leads in DDs, probably movie props.

Tactical facepalm.

No Republican Has Hosted Network Sunday Show or Newscast in 50 Years

The blue sheepdog tells you about the RFP process for the Fibbies new 9mm pistol.

Not certain what it was but it was big:

And it had a big hole in it that made bigger holes:

A project called SALT- A Safe Gun for a Safe Home has been started on Indiegogo already has over $12,500 raised in just 17 hours. Essentially it is a project aimed at introducing a non lethal solution into a home defense scenario, so no matter who breaks into your house (or while concealed carrying), there […]

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Thankfully, the shooting industry will never have as much drama and nonsense floating around as Hollywood does. Regardless, a recent drama that has ensued is one where James Yeager pretty much called out Instructor Zero for not being professional enough, Zero responded in kind on Youtube with his own video, and then Yeager responded with […]

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Smith & Wesson announced the company is now making and selling M&P Shield pistols with ported barrels and slides. Both the 9mm and .40 S&W versions of the Shield will be available with the porting. Porting can help reduce muzzle rise during recoil. Considering that the guns have relatively mild recoil and rise for their […]

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Nearly two years ago, "Bill Clinton Warns Democrats Against Overreaching on Gun Debate."

"Former President Bill Clinton warned a group of top Democratic donors at a private Saturday meeting not to underestimate the passions that gun control stirs among many Americans.
"Do not patronize the passionate supporters of your opponents by looking down your nose at them," Clinton said.
"Alot of these people live in a world very different from the world lived in by the people proposing these things," Clinton said. "I know because I come from this world.""

Yes, I do change my pants more than twice a year. But BDUs, though perfect in every other way for wearing in the desert, are too damned thin for winter. Put up with it for several winters, helped along by long johns…

A couple of autumns ago somebody gave me several pair of heavy canvas pants. Far too heavy for sweating through Summer, but perfect for Winter. So part of the changeover ritual is bagging up the BDUs for the ‘mouseproof’ shed, and airing out the canvas pants.

Takes me a while to get used to doing without cargo pockets, I must admit…

This fell into my email inbox, not the regular spam locker.

I don’t read much crime fiction but even I’ve heard of Patricia Cornwell. I’m surprised to find her publicist spamming my bitsy little blog – with bonus points for actually not having missed the target demo by much. Is this a thing?

*Unless you’re a touchy Christian or just generally have no sense of humor, in which case stop right here.

Being Jesus means you get an extra barrel.

Also, stick around for the Teletubbie with the Saiga. There’s a mental image that will stay with you…

Via IFL Science:

Herpetologist Dr. Karl P. Schmidt in 1957 was bitten by a snake from the Chicago Zoo he had been trying to identify. The snake proved to be an example of Dispholidus typus, the Boomslang.

The snake was a juvenile example, and Dr. Schmidt believed it was not capable of delivering a lethal dose of venom. In any event, there was no Boomslang anti-venom available in Chicago, so Dr. Schmidt did not seek medical treatment initially. He merely commenced a diary, noting the effects of the bite and his personal movements and response, before he collapsed and died the following day.

I've been playing this cowboy game for several months now, and it's probably time to buy some duds.  I have never tried buying clothes online, to be quite frank, I never liked buying clothes at all.  Once a year or so, I'll go to one of the box stores and buy a couple sets of jeans, and every so often I'll pick up socks, or boxers, but buying clothing isn't something I do.

So, this morning, I hied myself over to this place, and ordered a set of duds.  We'll see if they fit when they...

01850
$774.99

CZ-USA 1911A1 Full Size Single Action Semi-Automatic Pistol, 45 ACP, 5″ Barrel, Blue Finish, Walnut Grips, Two 7 Round Magazines, Notch Rear Sight, Post Front Sight

2015 brings the launch of the first pistol made in the USA that bears the CZ name. The CZ 1911 A1 is an homage to the past, a 5” government sized model built as a modern incarnation of the original 1911 A1. That original was adopted into US service in 1924, ‘improving’ on John Moses Browning’s original design. Our version makes several small ‘improvements’ as well, swapping the checkered plast...

I've had several people comment to me on the Supreme Court delay on Highland Park that with the current composition of the court, it's better to wait several years until we have more favorable odds.

First off, a right delayed is a right denied. People are at risk now. What else are you willing to so cavalierly "temporarily" surrender while gun owners in occupied territories are risking everything with brave noncompliance?

Second, what makes you think the amnesty sellout by pathway to citizenship Democrats and cheap labor Republicans is going to result in the court you envision, as opposed to one that goes the other way?

People who are venturing such wishful thinking: How about offering something beyond opinions, anecdotes and platitudes that can refute all credible data -- not to mention the California experience -- about where manipulative immigration politics will lead?

People have been saying this "we're not ready" crap for over 20 years. So what happens when they kick the can down the road 10 years and outcomes are still too uncertain for them?

Not really, but it's a good first step. [More]

Naturally, the totalitarian lobby is aghast.

[Via Mike H]

The man accused of threatening to burn down a college campus building in Fort Collins has been charged with illegal possession of a high-capacity magazine, marking the first time the charge has been filed in Northern Colorado since controversial legislation was signed into law more than two years ago. [More]

So can we assume the "I will not comply" movement has succeeded in relegating enforcement to add-on charges?

[Via cydl]

He died after a state trooper handcuffed him on a boat ... Ellingson went overboard after the trooper traveled at high speeds on choppy water during the busy Memorial Day weekend on Lake of the Ozarks. [More]

First we give you sorrows, then we drown them out.

[Via bondmen]

The Supreme Court now says we need to wait for next Friday's conference for further info on the Highland Park "assault weapon" ban case, assuming they don't delay it again. I added an update at the end of last Friday's AmmoLand post. [More]

Multiple informed sources confirm the world-famous actor, whom Radar has chosen not to identify, has been diagnosed with the deadly virus that usually leads to AIDS itself...Alarmingly though, some sources said he has continued to be promiscuous. [More]

Then assuming your story isn't a lie, don't you "journalists" have the same moral obligation to identify him as you would a serial killer? Not only does it mean he's out there creating new victims, but so are his partners, including ones who may not know--and Radar Online is aiding and abetting that.

How sleazy can a tabloid get?

It's not like people desperate for fame don't let these Hollywood vampires use them.

I want to take a moment and discuss a subject and undertone that is present in a lot of concealed carry conversation. One that delves into what it really means to walk around with a firearm on our person, as civilians.

If you hear, read or watch anything related to concealed carry you will eventually hear the term “sheep dog.” Sheep dog is a rather innocuous term. It draws to mind a shaggy dog, maybe with hair in its eyes, overseeing a flock of sheep with the farmer nearby.

Unfortunately some have decided that carrying a concealed handgun makes them something akin to that docile canine overseeing the flock; except in their minds they are overseeing a flock of sheeple.

From Wikipedia: Sheeple (a portmanteau of “sheep” and “people”) is a derogatory term that highlights the herd behavior of people by likening them to sheep, a herd animal. The term is used to describe those who voluntarily acquiesce to a suggestion without critical analysis or research.)

I believe the sheep dog mentality is dangerous and even leads to bad habits. Why? Simply put, upon receiving my Texas CHL, I was not sworn to protect anyone or anything...

NRA has endorsed candidates in the off-year elections tomorrow, November 3rd. It is very important for every gun voter to show up this year. PVF’s web site looks like it’s finally correct, and has all the endorsed candidates. FOAC also has their slate of candidates up, with some further local races you might want to pay attention to. We elect judges in Pennsylvania, and that’s mostly what this election is about. The Supreme Court plays a big role in drawing of districts, and realize that if the Dems manage to take full control of this state in their current “wild-eyed leftist and loving them some gun control” incarnation, your gun rights will be finished. This is no exaggeration. The important statewide candidates:

Supreme Court

• Anne Covey (R)
• Michael George (R)
• Judith Olson (R)

Superior Court

• Emil Giordano (R)

Commonwealth Court

• Paul Lalley (R)

Also, if you li...

A small start up company by the name of Otto Arms LLC, appears to be unveiling an MP5 like retractable stock for the SCAR Light platform. I’ve tried getting in touch with them for more information, but haven’t gotten anything about it at this time, so I cannot even speculate on price. The company seems […]

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@tinaissa One time, I said to a gun nut, Gun Avi=Teenie Weenie Dick. Boy, did he get upset. Babies.

Darcy @brooklinegirl
Tweeted on January 25, 2015
[It’s another Markley’s Law Monday! Via a tweet from Linoge.—Joe]

In an interview with William Gibson, the interviewer brings up the oft-stated idea that he is somehow prescient about the technological future, to which he replied:

"But I know intimately that it's not what I do. Say there's a 12-year-old who's reading Neuromancer for the first time. If she's really smart, she gets 10 or 15 pages into it and she's thinking, "Okay, it's got to be about what happened to all the cellphones." I mean, that's what I would have done. Because that's weird! They don't have any cellphones. And what was for a while one of the coolest moments in the book hinges around the bank of payphones in an airport in 2030. And you can't even find a bank of payphones in an airport in 2015!"

I know those feels. My long-dead attempt at cyberpunk-ish noir, which was going to be a sort of near-future Heat-meets-Count Zero, now finds itself set a couple years in the past. And it begins with our protagonist's pager going off and him walking over to the pay phone to call the number.

It's funny, because by 2012, payph...

(via)

Several years ago I was looking for a tool set called a Chapman. It is a small ratcheting handle and a collection of bits like screwdrivers and hex keys. I had borrowed one from a friend at the range and broke one of the tips and I wanted to replace it. I found it on a website called Sciline.com(archive). They sold tools of all sorts and varieties.
It wasn't a well laid out site and there was no online ordering, just an address and a phone number. Mixed in were references to the Marine Corps and Iwo Jima(archive). One interesting comment was "Sciline remembers, because Sciline was there".

I called the number. It must have been a small operation because Mr. Sciline answered the phone. Clearly an elderly man, he took my order for two Chapman tool sets and the expanded bit assortments. I bought one for my friend and one for me. Then I asked him if he was the veteran that remembered Iwo Jima.

We talked for almost an hour. I told him I had a been a Marine and was interested in...

"Don't push it".  I have to note that pain is a good limiter on pushing it.  I was given one exercise to to in the time before the stitches are pulled, and consider how it hurts that's quite enough.  I can now prop my right hand up and use it a bit, but that's about it.

So, in my efforts to not go nuts doing nothing, a few links:
More San Francisco idiots worried about being too hard on the people who rob them.

And when the bastard gets more people killed, he'll bitch that it's because everybody wouldn't bow down to him.

Anyone think any of the Democrats will think holding Obama to the law is more important than "He's a Democrat!" ? 

...

Back to the “musings” shortly. In the meantime, I must beat back the tide of open tabs … “If bacon is so bad, I don’t want to live.” Leisl Schillinger is lying about that. She wants to live — and live boundlessly well. Wil Wheaton is right!. The growing trend to expect creative people to […]

Here’s a good one from Kevin D. Williamson, who’s about the only reason I ever wander over to NRO…

The problem for the U.S. political class is that the provision of actual public goods is nowhere near large enough of an enterprise to justify all of the clients they want to pay on the public payroll or all of the large, complex, lavishly funded agencies that they want to establish for the purpose of putting themselves in charge of them. So they have to return to the old protection-racket model: Much of American government today exists simply to stand between you and your own goals to collect a fee.

It’s Freedomista 101, but the article actually does attempt to provide a few examples of ‘public goods’ provided by government as opposed to ‘services’ that are nothing but glossed-over old-fashioned protection rackets – as exemplified by his excellent takedown of every DMV in existence.

I was still thinking about how I could squeeze a blog post out of this when I got...

This very sad beater of a Mosin Nagant sold recently on Gun Broker for, count it, $1085.00 + $31.00 shipping.

The rifle was rusty, dusty, and thoroughly corroded, with a chipped and banged-up stock and a very worn bore. Why did a gun in such a miserable condition fetch such a fancy price? Historical association.

Its markings revealed that it was Izhvesk Arsenal-made Model 1907 Mosin Nagant carbine cut down from a former Cossack unit Ka3-marked rifle, and it could also be identified as a Model 1916 St. Petersburg Cavalry School carbine on the basis of the metal side-attached bayonet scabbard.

Not really a true Model 1907 carbine, the Model 1916 St. Petersburg Cavalry School carbine was converted from Model 1891 rifles....

Read this blog post on Blue Sheepdog. Even when the writing is on the wall, it shouldn’t be this obvious. The FBI procurement specification for its new 9mm pistol(s) is so specific that only one company’s product is even eligible. The staff at Quanitco knows what it wants, and it is bending a whole lot of procurement […]

"Top 10 Iconic Movie Guns."

This list is for people whose knowledge of history and film goes back as far as yesterday's breakfast. I would rather suggest the following as "Iconic" (in no particular order) --

Full Auto Competitors:

Gary Cooper's Lewis Gun in For Whom the Bell Tolls.

High Bridge Arms, founded in the mid-1950s by Olympic shooter Bob Chow, shuts down rather than give local police its customer list. [More]

Are they going to move to a location outside of the hive?  Because if they're just closing down, they're required to turn their records over to ATF.

The arrogance of Commissar Farrell is telling. Imagine what he and those like him would do if they could.

[Via Michael G]

Police 'to be given powers to view everyone's entire internet history' [More]

Hey, if you don't have anything to hide...

And if you do, what better way to keep you in line...?

[Via Florida Guy]   

There is “no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous ‘cash payment,’ ” Mr. Gliniecki read. [More]

That said:

Mr. Gliniecki sold 50 copies of the Socialist Appeal newspaper at a rally attended by the new Labour leader. Mr. Gliniecki says he would typically sell 20 to 30 copies at such a rally. 

Did he require callous cash payments?

[Via Florida Guy]   

And naturally:

How many Democrat-controlled and/or MAIG member cities can you find on the list?

• Bear Necessities
• We're the Only Ones Making a Point Enough
• A Time for War
• Notes

"I [suggest] that people who commit property crimes are human and deserved to be referred to in terms that acknowledge that," Cyril, who's the executive director of the Center for Media Justice in Oakland, writes in the thread. "I think we should think twice before speaking in disparaging terms about 'those criminals,'" she adds later in the thread. [More]

Why double down? She hasn't even demonstrated she's capable of thinking once.

[Via Michael G]

“Union” was a trade name used by French and Spanish arms manufacturers (as well as American, actually) – but this particular Union is a French example. Among their many variations of pistols available (25, 32, long, short, extended barrels, etc) was a fully automatic version. For that pistol, they also developed a 35-round “horseshoe” magazine to provide maximum capacity without overly hampering the gun’s handling. These are extremely rare today, as not many were initially manufactured.

There’s an interesting guide claiming that Chrome is the best browser for security. Citing three other articles regarding it, the guide says that Chrome surpasses even Firefox when it comes to privacy and security. Chrome has a very mature security model (see here, here, and here), which often requires advanced exploitation and multiple vulnerabilities to fully compromise. […]

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Manticore Arms is coming out with a folding charging handle for the Tavor rifle in mid November. MSRP will be $75, and it has the option of being installed on either side of the Tavor, in addition to having both sides and thus making it truly ambidextrous. Manticore began the company’s product line with a […]

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"Connected" cars are easy to track:

Connected cars that communicate with other vehicles or transport systems to improve safety and traffic flow can easily be tracked, a security researcher has shown.

In an experiment undertaken on the campus of the University of Twente in The Netherlands, two wireless sensing stations were able to pinpoint a target vehicle nearly half the time, according to Jonathan Petit, Principal Scientist at Security Innovation, a software security company.

“You can build a real-time tracking system using off-the-shelf devices with minimum sophistication,” says Petit. In a paper to be presented at the ...

Five Year Plans always make me think about socialist governments murdering their people.



Stupid F---ing hippies. Lifting their throat to the slaughtering knife.

Member way back in thirty two
When Stalin's plan killed 10 million and 2
Gotta snuff them Kulaks for the Topia-U
But that's ok, they were probably Jews
Probably Jews
Probably Jews

 

"Pro-life means anti-gun? Pastor loses support after film takes aim at NRA and Sarah Palin."

Again, I recommend Greg Hopkins' book, A Time To Kill, as a specific antidote to this poisonous drivel.

The White House will try to block the release of a handful of emails between President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, citing longstanding precedent invoked by presidents of both parties to keep presidential communications confidential, officials said Friday. [More]

Figures.

What email address were they sending stuff to?

A robbery was thwarted at a Southwest Side corner store Saturday night when a patron with a concealed carry license shot and killed an armed robber, authorities said. [More]

Snuffy Pfleger wishes the customer and the store employees had been killed instead.

[Via several of you]

...just another stab at anti-gun indoctrination. [More]

That's some mojo.

And hopefully, useful idiot Schenck, joining forces with a Planned Parenthood supporter to attack his base, just committed fundraising suicide.

But Christians who won't saw my head off, you're fair game! [More]

[Via Michael G]

I was proud to elect Congressman Paul Ryan to the position. [More]

The Democrats were pretty happy, too.

This useless dolt continues to prove himself every bit the destructive establishment tool his predecessor, Steve Latourette Syndrome, was.

And oh, look -- now that the Bolsheviks got their boy Ryan in, they can take the gloves off. It won't be long before they resume painting him as a "right-wing extremist," meaning anyone who takes a harder line is enrolled on the DHS domestic terror watch list.

By the way, that's a nice touch, posting the bottom photo sideways, right afte...

MasterPiece Arms has produced a video giving a pretty detailed breakdown of their Bolt Action Chassis System.  It shows all of the features and operation, and some good video of deployment of the features. In this video Phil Cashin, owner of MPA, gives an overview of the MasterPiece Arms Bolt Action Chassis, delves into its […]

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Smith & Wesson is now selling versions of the M&P CORE and M&P Ported 9mm pistols with a threaded barrel. These guns, produced by the Smith & Wesson Performance Center, are full sized pistols, have 17-round magazines and ship with tall, suppressor ready sights installed. These models ship with both a standard and threaded barrel […]

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“You’ll put your eye out…”  BB guns.  Sheesh, I haven’t thought about those in a long time, especially with the availability of AirSoft.  Looks like Air Venturi is working on solving a problem which, honestly, I don’t remember having (though I was a young’un at the time). Air Venturi, an exclusive airgun, airsoft and ammunition […]

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Remington Arms is proud to present its new micro pistol, the RM380. Our Babbs has spent time on the range with this gun, and she likes it — a lot. She liked it so much, and believes in this  that she asked Remington if they’d give one to a lucky WON reader. And, of course, why not pair it with excellent Remington’s Ultimate Defense Compact Handgun ammo (2 boxes) in .380 Auto?  And that’s not all … you’ll also get your choice of a Crossbreed holster so that you can carry it comfortably.

From Babbs’ review …

The RM380 comes in all-metal construction with a light DAO trigger. Lefties will appreciate the ambidextrous magazine release, and if you want, you can replace its grip panels for further customization. While on the subject of the grip, the angle and ample checkering worked well for the other women and for me. The guys certainly hit their targets in...

California Lt. Gov. Takes Detour on Pot, Embraces More Gun Control - Reason.com:
(October 30, 2015)
 [California's Democratic Lt. Governor Gavin] Newsom and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence have yet to release the language of the proposed statewide initiative, but the group has announced the basic parameters of the proposal. It would prohibit the possession of large-capacity magazines – thus forcing the owners to surrender something they had acquired legally.

Other factors of Newsom's initiative:

• Requires licensing of ammo vendors
• Point of sale background checks for ammo purchase
• Confiscation of firearms owned by people under a restraining order or crime conviction
• Requires immediate reporting of lost and/or stolen firearm
• Provides "... a process for better sharing data with the feds"

"I am forced by death and destruction to say there should be war"

"Off-Duty Newark Cop Arrested For Pointing Gun."

"Bear Spray Or 230-Grain Fat Boy?"

Bernie Sanders and the Brazen Return of Socialism

"Bill Gates says that capitalism cannot save us from climate change."

The world’s richest man, Bill Gates, has said that the private sector is too selfish and inefficient to produce effective energy alternatives to fossil fuels.

Hillary Clinton’s rogue agenda: Why Sid Blumenthal matters.

"The Public Sector: Standing in Our Way until We Pay Up."

Mehhhhhhh:

At least he finally realized no one wants to hear him sing, we’re making progress here guys.  My praise then loathing of Jim Huish’s beating a dead horse attempt at making another viral video is well documented.  He will probably run out of money on ammo before that viral thing happens again, unless he changes his game up.

0:18 and on contains enough trigger slap to make a grown man cry.  :(  Like, is that necessary to get the desired beat?  I doubt it.

1:18 – Please tell me these companies listed at the end; DRT ammo, POF-USA, Be...

hahahaha:

hahah Key & Peele are amazing.  I need to do like an entire day K&P marathon someday just to catch up.

Thoughts?

Gat tip: 3 Percent

Royal Richie on his Bill Cosby shit, hold the pudding and quaaludes:

Tactical Cliff Huxtable… Royal is the GOAT.  2:12 had me DEAD hahhaha.

3:35 – This little magic trick you can do with mags really is a mind boggler for some people.  Those lines and curves…

4:38 – Oh actual ear plugs?  What novel idea RICHARD.  Only took you an entire damn year to realize that heaphones don’t provide adequate db reduction. haha *smh*

MS Clean is a good idea, no matter how you operate.  The price is definitely right as well....

I feel so much better.

Alan Colmes asks the 2016 Presidential Candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Gloria La Riva about Bernie Sanders’ brand of Democratic Socialism and to compare his positions with her own. (video @ FOXNews)

A progressive talks to a person who lives in a world with a different colored sky about why people who believe in individual rights and the free market are dumb.

Watch at your own risk of throwing stuff.

I wrote the original story of the new RM380 some months ago. Since that time things have certainly changed for the better at Remington. With the hiring of a new CEO the way new Remington guns will be introduced has changed a great deal. I’ve covered this several times in comments and a previous press […]

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The nation just lost 20% of its strategic hippie-punching reserves. https://t.co/EBpZfRvHw3

— Tamara K. (@TamSlick) November 2, 2015

Yet another thing Skippy is no longer allowed to do.

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I spent yesterday getting the replacement parts made for two absurdly patient ScopeRoller customers.  Even though there was no machining of aluminum to make the parts, I did use Miilie to drill the holes in a total of 10 parts./  Here is one face of the first part.

Why do these pilot holes this way instead of by hand on the drill press?  Because these were placed accurate to .0001", instead of perhaps to .01" using a micrometer and drill press.  The slow speed on the drilling is because even 1 inch/min. caused a lot of vibration.  But 0.5 ipm was pretty peaceful.  The first two were pilot holes at 0.5" and 1.5" from the left end of the workpiece (or more accurately from the left end of the vise, which I was using to register the workpieces against)..  These went down .2"--just through the .125" wall.  The last hole was a throug...

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She may have a grease gun, but the cars she serviced catch fire more than they run…

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson dies at 73

Skipped it yesterday because we had "stuff" to do.

This was almost called the "GET OFF MY SIDE, DAMNIT!!!! Gun Show Report", because, especially after reading Tam's post View From The Porch: Two Americas... from the other day, I  noticed a few old things as well as a few new ones really make me wish that some folks would either stop coming to the shows, or in a few cases maybe find a way to express themselves while hiding their candle under a bushel as it were.

• Guy who sells WWII Nazi bring-back gear and paraphernalia. Interesting stuff, but I wince every time I walk by him because of the visuals...
• Guy selling t-shirt advocating an eternal war with Islam.
• The guy who made up a remote weapons mount for your AR15. He wasn't at this show, but the memory still makes me twitchy, especially the way he was sweeping the entire show...
• New one: Today a local training facility (about which I have never blogged) that is infamous for high prices had a simulator. The scenario they were simulating was that there's this guy in robes and keffiyah in th...

In late August, I wrote a piece telling precious Snowflakes out there that they have no right not to be offended.  In it I posited that the perpetually offended want to wrap themselves in metaphorical bubble wrap in order to insulate themselves from anything that hurts their precious feelz.

Worse yet, not only are they afraid of their feelings, beliefs, and opinions being challenged, they work to destroy anyone who doesn’t toe their ideological line, and there’s nothing they won’t do to ensure that their adversaries are dehumanized and devastated.

Take for instance author Sarah Hoyt, whom the offendatrons and SJWs hate almost as much as they hate the International Lord of Hate himself, Larry Correia. Sarah is an immigrant from Portugal. She’s a self-made woman, a successful author, an absolute genius writer, and a loyal, kind, generous human being. But Sarah doesn’t bow to their ideological demands, and for this, she’s been ...

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Can anybody identify this plane and its markings?

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Seeing them was the other reason to attend Bulletfest.

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“God loves the Trinity (in the “three of something” sense) — a Russian proverb.

Panzerkampfwagen Drei

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Saw old friends, met new people, tried a few guns, enjoyed the company of awesome people amid rare arms and armor.

That guy in the middle looks pretty sharp.

In less than two seconds:

In my life, I’ve met two politicians who I thought were good people. One of them has died. Godspeed, Fred.