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Archive for August, 2013
Israel Shoots Down Missile Launched From Egypt
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch on 13/Aug/2013 16:58
From: AP
Katyusha Rocket
Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, said the Iron Dome system shot down a Grad-style Katyusha rocket fired from Egypt after midnight.
ATF Arbitrarily Going After Legal Gun Parts
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 13/Aug/2013 08:19
From World Net Daily:
…I cringe every time I hear someone who supposedly supports gun rights – from politicians to the head of the NRA – calling for the feds to “enforce the laws already on the books.†The fact is, the gun laws that are already on the books are a labyrinth of confusion and booby-traps full of open-ended mandates, ambiguous definitions and unbridled bureaucratic discretion.
Safety Ring For Mosin-Nagant Rifles
If you have problems manipulating the safety on your rifle check out this product from Brass Stacker.
Semi Auto Civilian MP5 Spotted
From the Firearm Blog:
A Document received by TFB, dated a week ago, show that Heckler & Koch GmbH (Germany) applied to Germany’s  Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) to sell a semi-automatic version of the famous H&K MP5K and H&K MP5SD on the civilian market.
With Embassy Closures, the U.S. Errs on the Side of Caution
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 9/Aug/2013 13:57
“With Embassy Closures, the U.S. Errs on the Side of Caution is republished with permission of Stratfor.”
Summary
Global, nonspecific threats such as those that prompted recent U.S. embassy closures and travel warnings have rarely proved credible. These precautionary measures appear to be the result of two separate threats, one attack against an unspecified U.S. embassy and another against travel infrastructure — presumably an airliner. In response to the embassy threat, the U.S. government announced Aug. 4 that it had extended the closure of several embassies in the Middle East until Aug. 10 and that African posts would now be among the embassies closed. In response to the airline threat, Washington issued a global travel alert running from Aug. 2 to Aug. 31. The travel warning and the closures have commanded the media’s attention and have led to much speculation about the source and the credibility of the threats, but more often than not these threats fail to materialize. Read the rest of this entry »
Teachers To Be Armed in Arkansas
From GOP.com:
Dougan is among more than 20 teachers, administrators and other school employees in this town who will carry concealed weapons throughout the school day, making use of a little-known Arkansas law that allows licensed, armed security guards on campus. After undergoing 53 hours of training, Dougan and other teachers at the school will be considered guards.
Starbucks Buycott
From The National Journal:
The “appreciation” here stems from Starbucks’ policy of respecting state gun laws in its stores, including open-carry laws in the states that have them. Starbucks does not, however, allow its employees to carry guns, or allow guns at company headquarters in Seattle.
Newspaper Fires Editor For Publishing List of Gun Owners
From World Net Daily:
The Rockland editor said she felt threatened by the complaints, but local police didn’t believe there was a credible threat. McBride and other executives then decided to hire armed guards to protect their property, the Times reported, “causing an uproar due to the perceived hypocrisy of the avowed anti-gun editors hiring gun-toting men.â€
NSA Targeted TOR Network With Malware
Posted by Brian in Comms, News, Threat Watch on 8/Aug/2013 13:06
From BoingBoing.net:
Initial investigations traced the address to defense contractor SAIC, which provides a wide range of information technology and C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) support to the Department of Defense. The geolocation of the IP address corresponds to an SAIC facility in Arlington, Virginia.
NRA Files Suit To Allow Handgun Purchases By 18-year-olds
From Selling The Second Amendment:
The NRA, along with two nineteen-year-olds, aims to overturn the federal law that restricts the sale of handguns and ammo to anyone under 21 years of age. While individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 cannot obtain a handgun from a licensed dealer per the law, they can still obtain a gun through other channels. The law also does not prevent individuals between 18 and 21 from obtaining shotguns and rifles.â€
Read the full petition here.
Andriod Backup Services May Not Be Secure
If you use an Android device you may want to review how you store your settings and passwords.
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
If you have a recent Android phone or tablet, chances are you take advantage of a convenient feature to backup your application settings and wireless network passwords. This feature is enabled by default in Android 2.2 and later, and it can make switching to a new device or replacing a lost phone a quicker process. If you haven’t examined all the settings for your phone, you might not know if this setting is enabled.
Yemen: The Forgotten Front
From Geopolitical Monitor:
Since its establishment in January 2009, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has launched numerous attacks against American interests in the region. In response, Washington has slowly expanded its drone attacks in Yemen and strengthened the government’s ability to fight this ‘organization’ on its own via increased training and military assistance.
AR Platform Most Popular Gun Since The 30-30 Lever Action
According to a poll conducted for the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
The Kopp-Etchells Effect
This is a new phrase to describe a phenomenon produced by the blades of helicopters. Read the article about how the phrase came about, here.
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. U.S. Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod