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.…
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…
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,…
As we are in the midst of gun show season
How about a public service announcement? Because everyone could use a good M1 Garand.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Quietly, now
Someone may be back to blogging. Let’s just take it easy lest we startle her.
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…
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…
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…
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.…