Archive for November, 2013

Military Surplus For Police But Not For Civilians

Police departments all over the country are receiving heavily armored MRAPs from the military at the same time the administration is denying the importation of surplus M1 Garands from Korea.

From the AP on police MRAPs:

For police and sheriff’s departments, which have scooped up 165 of the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPS, since they became available this summer, the price and the ability to deliver shock and awe while serving warrants or dealing with hostage standoffs was just too good to pass up.

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Penn & Teller to Perform at SHOT Show 2014

From NSSF:

The dinner will be held in The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Level 5, Palazzo Ballroom, with the reception starting Tuesday, January 14, at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $115 each or $1,050 for a table of 10. Tables are assigned based on date and time of payment.

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Ohio Ordinanace Heavy Combat Assault Rifle

Ohio Ordinance’s modern take on the BAR:

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Facing Recall CO State Senator Resigns

From Denver Post:

Democratic state Sen. Evie Hudak has resigned her seat to forestall a recall effort launched by constituents who sought to oust her from office for her support of gun-control laws passed by lawmakers last spring.

Hudak’s move ends the recall process, as now a Democratic vacancy committee can appoint someone to fill her seat until 2014.

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San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association Files Lawsuit Against Magazine Ban

From NRA-ILA:

The Second Amendment-based legal challenge is part of a campaign of nationwide litigation filed and supported by a variety of law enforcement officers and associations to confirm that the Second Amendment protects these common standard-capacity magazines for self-defense and sport shooting.

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Immersion Training at Gunsite

From NSSF:

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Brownell’s WebBench

Click here for information on Brownell’s Christmas Catalog, special deals, SHOT Show 2014 and more.

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Civilians 29 Times More Likely to be Killed by Police Than Terrorism

From The Free Thought Project:

What went wrong? In the 19070’s SWAT teams were estimated to be used just a few hundred times per year, now we are looking at over 40,000 military style “knock and announce” police raids a year.

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Hydrapack Soft Flasks

Collapsible bottles in various sizes from Hydrapack.

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The U.S.-Iran Talks: Ideology and Necessity

The U.S.-Iran Talks: Ideology and Necessity is republished with permission of Stratfor.”

By George Friedman

The talks between Iran and the Western powers have ended but have not failed. They will reconvene next week. That in itself is a dramatic change from the past, when such talks invariably began in failure. In my book The Next Decade, I argued that the United States and Iran would move toward strategic alignment, and I think that is what we are seeing take shape. Of course, there is no guarantee that the talks will yield a settlement or that they will evolve into anything more meaningful. But the mere possibility requires us to consider three questions: Why is this happening now, what would a settlement look like, and how will it affect the region if it happens? Read the rest of this entry »

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Repeated attacks hijack huge chunks of Internet traffic.

From: Ars Technica

Man-in-the-middle attacks divert data on scale never before seen in the wild.

The hacks, which exploit implicit trust placed in the border gateway protocol used to exchange data between large service providers, affected “major financial institutions, governments, and network service providers” in the US, South Korea, Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Libya, and Iran.

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If Guns Were Regulated Like Cars

Over at The Truth About Guns they make the argument that if guns were really regulated like cars the anti-gunners would be appalled.

  • Car dealers don’t need to be licensed by the federal government. Gun dealers do.
  • Car dealers don’t need to keep meticulous records of all transactions under penalty of law. Gun dealers do.
  • Cars don’t require registration to own or licensing to operate. Neither do guns.
  • Cars can legally be sold across state lines. Selling a gun across state lines is a felony.
  • Driver’s licenses are valid in all states. Concealed carry licenses aren’t.
  • I don’t need to tell the ATF when I take my short wheel-base car to another state. I do need to tell them when I take my SBR hunting rifle.
  • Cars aren’t banned just because they look scary. “Assault weapons” are.
  • I get a tax credit when I buy certain cars. I don’t get a tax credit for my new hunting rifle.

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Black Hornet British Drone

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Obama Signs Law That Makes Protesting a Felony

This former Constitutional law professor appears to have no respect for the Constitution itself.

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CATO Institute Discusses The Second Amendment in 2013

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