Staying away in droves
(Via Breitbart) It seems that New Jersey residents are failing to turn in their standard capacity magazines, preferring instead to become felons. Given the success…
Year: 2018
The rest of the story
About 6 weeks ago I posted about the most difficult duty any pet owner has-when is it time to let go and send one on.…
As if there isn’t enough to worry about
Of course, that’s if one is inclined to worrying. I do my best to not worry. I think the time is better spent getting a…
Hellbent but Heaven bound?
(Via the Woodpile Report) As a former motorcyclist (as opposed to a biker, who would say that I rode a rice burner and therefore wasn’t…
You can’t judge a book by its cover
(Via The Tactical Wire) Advice to cops on dealing with armed citizens.
Nailed it
(Via the Woodpile Report) I’ll admit that I like Larry Corriea’s Monster Hunter series a lot, and his take on The Gun Thing even more,…
Are you OK? Are you alright? HELP, MEDIC!
Aesop at the Raconteur Report has put up what I believe will be the most important thing I’ve read this month-medical kit advice from someone…
In other news, water is wet
A UC Davis study examining the first ten years after California adopted universal background checks shows that those checks did not reduce homicides. Not that…
A new improved tourniquet
(Via SurvivalBlog) It looks like there is another tourniquet out there that hopes to dethrone the CAT. I can’t say if it’s a superior product…
Water, water, not here, not there, not anywhere
On SurvivalBlog there is an excellent article about the world nearly ending for Cape Town, South Africa. Drought, coupled with the general African inability to…
You got your knife on you?
(Via Kim DuToit) As the son of West “By God” Virginia hillbillies, this sounds so familiar I could be sitting there on the stool beside…
Facing down Hell
(Via the Drudge Report) “I’m not a survivalist, I’m a survivor.” Even in the People’s Republic of California there are hearty individuals-and those who support…
A Happy Thanksgiving to you
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris – ‘The First Thanksgiving’ I like to wish everyone who happens by a Happy Thanksgiving. Even in what I think of…
The hardest part of being a pet owner
I’m a cat person; have been for 35-ish years. I seem to have a knack for getting most of mine to some seriously ripe old…
Veterans Day
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, an armistice was declared, ending active fighting in WW I. For some families,…
Time to clean up the browser tabs. Again.
This is a bad habit of mine-collecting a bunch of browser tabs that I want to make note of on the blog and then never…
If you’re going to bug out, bug out early
Some California residents are learning a lesson that we in the preparedness community have know for a long time–If you’re going to evacuate, you have…
Who-wee, it’s Fall, ya’ll
It’s 5 weeks or so since I heralded the arrival of what was going to pass for Fall, at least for a while. That weather,…
Like winter, Christmas is coming
One of the local papers linked this. Enjoy.
Always a class act
Audrey Hepburn was a class act, even before she was an actress.
“The father is not expected to face charges, police said.”
I should certainly hope so. They ought to pin a medal on this guy. A brave dad armed with a pistol stopped what could have…
Variety is the spice of life
(Via the Woodpile Report) Variety is the spice of life, be it in relationships or food. Cue R. Ann Parris on The Prepper Journal. I can’t…
Taking it up a notch
A bunch of Democrat elected types an one Hollywood star have received, or had intercepted by law enforcement, pipe bombs. One side claims that it’s…
A tiny step into renewable energy
No, I’m not going to go all “green” on you, even though I was turning off lights and changing out bulbs before it was cool.…
If this old world can hold it together for a while longer…
(Via The Silicon Graybeard) We may actually get off this rock permanently. SpaceX has played a huge part in this; as one commenter said, getting…
Sorry, but politics must intrude for a bit
(Via the Woodpile Report and the Conservative Treehouse) I hope everyone reading this is well and truly sick and tired of the fiasco that has…
Summer turns to fall
Falling behind, that is. It’s been a long, miserable summer here at the Freehold. While the temperatures have been warm, it’s been the tropical levels…
Feed the machine
There are a number of people who wonder why the “police action” in Korea wasn’t prosecuted with more vigor, why the Vietnam “conflict” was fought…
Outside the box thinking personified
(Via Says Uncle) The most cogent reason for carrying a pistol chambered in .45 ACP I’ve seen recently.
AR-15 Wear and Failure Points
(Via Says Uncle) 15 wear and failure points on the AR series of firearms, but a list of good spares to keep. I note they…