Real danger or “Wag the Dog”?
If your one of those who keeps an ear to the ground, listening for the rumble that would presage an event that means The End…
Year: 2014
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
(As heard on the Survival Podcast) Most often, the answer to that line is “In the dark!” However, that doesn’t necessarily need to be so–not…
Going back–w-a-a-ay back
You can live in a place all your life and fail to know everything about it. A few years ago I came into the knowledge…
Economic geekery
John Mauldin makes a point that Gross Output may be a better indicator of economic growth than Gross Domestic Product. And no, we really aren’t…
Book Review: Prepare For Anything Survival Manual
If you’re looking for that one book that will tell you everything you need to know in order to “survive”, then this book will be…
DC in flames!
Well, not really, but close enough. In light of Heller, McDonald, and their progeny, there is no longer any basis on which this Court can…
Time to piss some people off
(Found on Facebook. Damn but that place is turning out to be useful after all.) I’ve never made much of a deal of it here…
Adios, Maryland
(Via Facebook) Beretta has announced that, in the wake of Maryland’s latest excursion into anti-gun territory, their manufacturing arm is bailing. Management is staying, but I…
Fallacy? I’m not so sure…
(This has been in an open tab waiting on me to turn it into a post of my own I’ve forgotten where it came from.…
How about that gun show?
Yes, your intrepid reporter has once again ventured into the very jaws of evil and wickedness, the gun show. This one was the Concord, NC,…
Sharp objects
Usually, when one gets a gunny talking about sharp objects, the subject will be knives. However, we aren’t talking about knives, we’re talking about razors.…
Not bloody likely
A Charlotte, NC man is partially paralyzed after being struck in the head with a bullet on the 4th of July. Family members won’t know…
Walther Volkspistole
(OK, I don’t want to tread on Forgotten Weapons turf, and don’t get used to me posting every day again, because I don’t know if…
Stay in touch
One of the topics any prepper will run into is that of communications. While there are differing schools of thought on the necessity of maintaining…
Nope. still here
Just busy with work, family and life. Plus still too burnt out to get overly wound up about any of the continuing idiocy in the…
D-Day plus 70 years
There were a lot of “D-Days” in World War II–every assault had one. But when you mention “D-Day”, most people’s thoughts will go straight to…
Damn, but I like M&Ms
Over at The Shooting Wire, there is an interesting story ofa food company that apparently doesn’t care for the word “knife”–it isn’t “family friendly”. If…
I’m sorry for your loss
(Link via the Drudge Report) But it doesn’t make you an expert on firearms or firearms policy. The father of one of the victims of…
But they’ll want to take your guns anyway
Because yet another nut job decided he wanted his 15 minutes of fame with a side of blood. Even one of our favorite gun banners…
And now we know
(Via the Drudge Report) Well, our darling President said he would take matters into his own hands in order to force action on gun control.…
And it’s outta here!
John Lott on gun free zones and why the word FAIL is so closely associated with them. Because media bias. Surprise.
Time to clear the tabs
I had hoped to comment at length on these, but it ain’t going to happen. Not even sure where I found them now, so wherever…
Product Review: TruGlo Bright Sight Paint Kit
Getting old sucks. Your short term memory goes, your knees go, your sex drive goes, your eyes go, your short term memory goes…. Joking aside,…
Paging Quality Control…
I don’t remember seeing this many gun recalls, one after another, ever. This time, it’s Remington’s turn, with a recall for their Model 700 and…
Book Review: Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers
(I’m trying something new here in an effort to have some more to write about. Since I’ve tired of ranting about our government, keeping track…
A Ruger recall
Ruger is recalling some of its SR-556VT rifles for a disconnector that was incorrectly heat treated. They say that this can lead to the rifle…
Let’s talk about the Springfield XD-S for a second
In particular, let’s talk about the recall and what they do to your gun. Without having taken it apart and mic’d every part before returning…
So, the prepping thing is all fun and games
Right up until you actually have to use it all. Last Friday, the weatherdroids got it wrong. “Light glaze of freezing rain”, they said. “Little…
A sign that libertarianism is making headway
(Via Say Uncle) How do you tell when libertarianism is starting to frighten The Powers That Be? Their media lapdogs start getting their hate on.