The Freeholder

You must go read about Major Chuck’s day at the range. Cover your keyboard first.

(Via Wired) If we could all face our end with this much grace….

Here’s something we rarely see from the media–a positive story about someone successfully defending themselves with a *gasp* gun! I will note that, while it’s…

And yesterday’s move by Wal-Mart to sign onto His Idioticness Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” anti-gun agenda is one of those decisions. Wal-mart has…

Yes, it’s April 15–they day that all wage earners in the United States should realize that we live with a gun held to our head.…

This week, we have a suggestion from the Mountain Man. Unfortunately, you can’t embed this one, since military.com doesn’t support that. So click to see…

If I do, I guess I’ll call it the “Conspiracy Theory Flake of the {whatever period} Award”. Today’s nominee? is Alicia Keys, who has moronically…

Have you ever had a day where the headlines are just rubbing you wrong? Well, I am. Here are a few of today’s headlines from…

(Via Timebomb 2000) Here’s a 17 minute video of a guy making his own triodes. I suppose this might be a useful skill at some…

Jed at FreedomSight has the latest on the Cavalry Arms raid. Fair warning, you may want to remove all breakable object from areas near you–say,…

Drop the bombshell:

Life is truly mysterious. I was looking for a photo of of Charlton Heston to use in this farewell post, and I found it on…

(Via the Drudge Report) The last time an Argentine leader had big problems at home, they invaded the Falkland Islands and got their butts handed…

A lot has been said about the state of the economy lately. I’m not an economist, so I’ve stayed fairly quiet on the subject. But…

Here’ something interesting–The 9th: The Story of the 9th Armored Division. My Dad has a printed copy of this as a memento of his service…

Sticking with the view from the other side, let’s have a brief look at Operation Nordwind from the German propaganda point of view. I wish…

If you think you’ve had a bad trip flying since 9/11, check out this guy’s trip that never happened. Amazing yet frightening.

Let’s go old school, and from the other side as well:

(Via Kilo India Tango) The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time I could argue with Kennedy, but he did do Marilyn Monroe….

(Via Karen De Coster) Smart fellow, that Mises.

(Via Irons in the Fire) I’ve always been a fan of the police as “peace officers” rather than “law enforcement officers”. When we forced this…

I think my brain’s full! I’ve been continuing my reading relating to Heller. In particular, I’m trying to figure out exactly what the consequences of…

(Via FreedomSight) As far as Alan Gura is concerned, those of us who think he threw automatic weapons under the bus in his arguments on…

(Via Timebomb 2000) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms requires the following items, Purchase Description Determined by Line Item, to the following: LI 001,…

Well, today I’ve had an unfortunate experience with one of the symptoms of “What’s wrong with our economy”–my local John Deere dealer is closing. The…

From guys who were there–David Hardy and Countertop. David takes exception with those of us who want our machine guns “Right now, thank you very…

(Via the Mountain Man) Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who co-wrote “2001: A Space Odyssey and won worldwide acclaim with more than…

(Nods to Kim du Toit, Michael Bane, the NRA-ILA and others) So today was one of the biggest days for the future of firearms ownership…

If you’re a SF fan, like alternate histories, have a libertarian bent, enjoy graphic novels or just like escapism, you need to go read Roswell,…