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Book Review: The Prepper’s Blueprint by Tess Pennington

I’ve been around the survivialism/prepping thing long enough that every time I see a book that purports to be, as the cover of this one…

December 21, 2014February 15, 2021
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Doin’ it old school

I’m not a big AK fan, but I do appreciate craftsmanship whereever it’s found.  In this case it’s Bosnia.

December 21, 2014February 15, 2021
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What might have been

(Via the Drudge Report) I would ask if it would not have been better if the hostages had been armed and allowed to defend themselves…

December 16, 2014February 15, 2021
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So sue me

I’ve been trying for weeks to come up with some novel peice of news that I could rif off of to use this link I…

December 13, 2014February 15, 2021
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When the hunter becomes the hunted

(Via the Mississippi Rebel) I’m not a hunter.  I haven’t been hunting in 40 years.  I have nothing against the sport, I just have nothing…

December 13, 2014February 15, 2021
Once again, the date that lives in infamy arrives
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Once again, the date that lives in infamy arrives

This time, it really is Sunday, December 7, though it is some 73 years after the fact.  The men who lived through that terrible day…

December 7, 2014February 15, 2021
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Multiple Choice

From the Dec. 1, 2014 NSSF “Bullet Points”: “The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reports that it processed 175,754 transactions on Nov. 28,…

December 2, 2014February 15, 2021
Review:  Tagua Gunleather Holster for the Ruger LC9 with Crimson Trace Laser
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Review: Tagua Gunleather Holster for the Ruger LC9 with Crimson Trace Laser

The Tagua Gunleather Holster for the Ruger LC9 with Crimson Trace Laser is a well made paddle-style holster.  The materials are top-notch.  The fit and…

November 25, 2014February 15, 2021
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Statists gonna state

In local (North Carolina) news, “State legislators expect to consider new regulations in 2015 for fast-growing “sharing economy” companies like Uber and Airbnb.” So much…

November 19, 2014February 15, 2021
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Well heck

I have been trying to come up with something useful to toss out here.  I’ve got a number of things rolling about in my currently…

November 15, 2014February 15, 2021
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…
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On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…

We remember, still.

November 11, 2014February 15, 2021
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History Lesson

(Thanks for the pointer, Hugo.) Lawrence Joel is one of those real, certified hero types–and he has the Congressional Medal of Honor to prove it.…

November 8, 2014February 15, 2021
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Speaking of M1 Carbines

It seems that Inland has risen from the dead and is going to bring us new commercial production near mil-spec M1 Carbines.  (There are some…

October 30, 2014February 15, 2021
Here I go again
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Here I go again

Apparently, it is my place in this world to provide a home for abandoned cats and mistreated guns,  This time it is a mistreated gun,…

October 26, 2014February 15, 2021
Because there is really nothing that can be said
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Because there is really nothing that can be said

October 24, 2014February 15, 2021
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As we are in the midst of gun show season

How about a public service announcement?    Because everyone could use a good M1 Garand.

October 18, 2014February 15, 2021
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10-year-old shooter: “I want to be an inspiration”

(Found on Teh Facebookz) I’d say she already is. Apologies for linking to the Communist News Network, but it’s where the video is.

October 18, 2014February 15, 2021
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Ripped from the headlines

(Via Ars Technica) FBI director to citizens: Let us spy on you Encryption will “lead all of us to a very dark place,” FBI director…

October 17, 2014February 15, 2021
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Another new bullet design

(As found on Teh Facebookz) But this one may have possibilities.  Made from solid copper bar stock, the Lehigh Defense Maximum Penetration are designed to…

October 15, 2014February 15, 2021
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It must hurt when someone sticks a finger in your eye

(Via Frugal Squirrels) It seems that Everymom for Bloomberg’s Safety (or whatever they’re going by this week)  has once again botched their numbers when discussing…

October 14, 2014February 15, 2021
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Evil corporations

(Via Frugal Squirrels‘) How dare those evil corporations!  Why, they think they can just go around, butting their big noses into people’s lives, helping them…

October 8, 2014February 15, 2021
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Seeing as how Ebola has reached our shores

And who could have ever predicted that *roll eyes*? Let’s go over the symptoms, shall we?  Early on, Ebola looks distressingly like about a zillion…

October 1, 2014February 15, 2021
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So…just how bad is it going to get in California?

(Via the Drudge Report) If you keep up with the news (and you should, you just shouldn’t obsess over it), you know that California is…

September 29, 2014February 15, 2021
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If all police officers

(Via The View From The Porch) Were like Chris Hernandez, we’d have a much more pleasant country.  And a lot less cop-bashing on Teh Facebooks and…

September 27, 2014February 15, 2021
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Still stealing

Probably will be for a while.  But with stuff that is this good, why not?

September 25, 2014February 15, 2021
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Hey, when you got nothing to say, steal from others

For a number of reasons, it’s been a heck of a week, and the next week or three promise to be the same.  I’m beginning…

September 21, 2014February 15, 2021
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Why the heck not

I wasn’t going to add to the collective 9/11 word play on the Intertubz today, but here at this late hour, I’ve figured “Why the…

September 12, 2014February 15, 2021
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Quietly, now

Someone may be back to blogging.  Let’s just take it easy lest we startle her.

September 7, 2014February 15, 2021
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What? No books? No bikes? No boom sticks?

Nope.  Tam of The View From The Porch has decided to call it quits as far as blogging goes.  She’s fine, but fed up with…

September 2, 2014February 15, 2021
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Merger? Hostile takeover?

If you’re interested in the hard core of Second Amendment advocacy, then you keep up the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.  Founded by…

September 1, 2014February 15, 2021

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