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Archive for category News
Century Arms Selling “Modern” Chinese Mosins
Posted by Brian in Long Guns, Mosin Nagant, News on 12/Apr/2014 07:27
The guns are Chinese Type 53s that have been refurbished and put into an Archangel stock:
SWAT May 2014
Articles:
Sphinx Arms SDP Compact
Ten Survival Preps Under $20
Barrett Optical Ranging Scope
AR500 Body Armor
M4 or MP5?
“Well Regulated” Does Not Mean What You Think
In SWAT‘s February 2014 issue Claire Wolfe deconstructs Dick Metcalf’s call for “reasonable regulations”.
Metcalf and the hoplophobes he aided think “well-regulated†means this: A legislature can pass a vaguely worded law; unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats fill in the details; and once these faceless ‘crats have come up with their faceless rules, their enforcers can bust us, fine us, even kill us if we don’t obey.
Letter From Soldier Who Survived Fort Hood Shooting
From Washington Times:
“Stripped of my God-given Right to arm myself, the only defensive posture I had left was to lie prostrate on the ground, and wait to die,†writes 1st Lieutenant Patrick Cook of the 49th Transportation Battalion, who witnessed the massacre firsthand.
6.5×40 Cartridge For AR Platform
Small Arms Defense Journal has a review of the cartridge including its pros and cons.
Man Charged With Felony for Knife Possession
From The Heritage Foundation:
Eighteen year-old Jordan Wiser is training to be a firefighter. He’s a certified emergency vehicle operator who works as a first responder when he’s not attending high school. And, after just spending 13 days in jail, he’s now facing felony charges for weapons possession.
The weapon? A pocketknife. It was in his EMT vest, and he uses it to cut through seatbelts when he’s practicing saving lives.
Lowest Murder Rate in Chicago Since 1953
Posted by Brian in Law, News, Threat Watch on 9/Apr/2014 12:06
Is it just a coincidence that it comes during the first 3 months of Illinois’s concealed carry law?
From ABC in Chicago:
Chicago’s first-quarter murder total this year hit its lowest number since 1958, police say.
Where Will MRAPs Go After Afghanistan Withdrawl?
From Military Times:
“USFOR-A does not provide or intend to provide any such equipment, including MRAPs, from Afghanistan to Pakistan,†the statement says.
2014 Sniper Adventure Challenge Match
Posted by Brian in Matches and Competitions, News on 7/Apr/2014 17:23
The match is set for Sept. 5-7 and you can sign up at Competition Dynamics.
The Sniper Adventure Challenge is a Tactical Adventure Race involving: land navigation; practical shooting with long-range rifle, carbine, and pistols; fieldcraft; problem solving; and other related tasks. Two-man teams will be required to navigate at least 25 miles on foot to complete the course. (“SPRINT” division will be at least 10 miles.) Along the way, there will be a series of tasks to accomplish to gain additional points. These tasks may include: shooting problems with long-range rifle, carbine, and pistols; problem-solving; physical challenges; fieldcraft; communication; target recognition; memory; and other tasks.
Kid With Medical Condition Becomes SEAL For A Day
From Navy Times:
A six-year-old boy caused an explosion near Farmington on Sunday, but there was no cause for alarm. For Mason Rudder, those explosions were the sound of a dream coming true.
550 FireCord Paracord
Check out the Kickstarter project:
Russia and the United States Negotiate the Future of Ukraine
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 5/Apr/2014 07:23
“Russia and the United States Negotiate the Future of Ukraine is republished with permission of Stratfor.”
During the Cold War, U.S. secretaries of state and Soviet foreign ministers routinely negotiated the outcome of crises and the fate of countries. It has been a long time since such talks have occurred, but last week a feeling of deja vu overcame me. Americans and Russians negotiated over everyone’s head to find a way to defuse the crisis in Ukraine and, in the course of that, shape its fate.
During the talks, U.S. President Barack Obama made it clear that Washington has no intention of expanding NATO into either Ukraine or Georgia. The Russians have stated that they have no intention of any further military operations in Ukraine. Conversations between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have been extensive and ongoing. For different reasons, neither side wants the crisis to continue, and each has a different read on the situation. Read the rest of this entry »
Malcolm Gladwell on the Tragedy of The Branch Davidians
From The New Yorker:
Outside the Mount Carmel complex, the F.B.I. assembled what has been called probably the largest military force ever gathered against a civilian suspect in American history: ten Bradley tanks, two Abrams tanks, four combat-engineering vehicles, six hundred and sixty-eight agents in addition to six U.S. Customs officers, fifteen U.S. Army personnel, thirteen members of the Texas National Guard, thirty-one Texas Rangers, a hundred and thirty-one officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, seventeen from the McLennan County sheriff’s office, and eighteen Waco police, for a total of eight hundred and ninety-nine people. Their task, as they saw it, was to peel away the pretense—Koresh’s posturing, his lies, his grandiosity—and compel him to take specific steps toward a resolution.
Here is Gladwell discussing his piece and what got him interested in what happened in Waco:
The History of Black Hills Ammunition
From Small Arms Defense:
Trying to bridge match grade accuracy and ability to produce military reliability is very difficult. Loading any precision round is difficult in mass production. But there is one company out there that has done it, and that is Black Hills Ammunition owned by Jeff Hoffman and his wife Kristi, who is a co-owner and an integral, indispensable part of Black Hills Ammunition.