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Archive for category News
Brian Terry killing: Border Patrol fired beanbags first as “warning shots” after asking Mexican bandits to drop their weapons.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 5/Mar/2011 20:36
“The FBI investigation of the Brian Terry killing reveals that the Border Patrol agents of the BORTAC team that tracked an armed gang of bandits on the Arizona desert south of Tucson were armed with both regular weapons and shotguns with non-lethal beanbag rounds. The FBI confirms what I reported four days after the shooting, based on sources within the Border Patrol, that the BORTAC team followed standing operations orders and fired the beanbags first as “”warning shots” after verbally asking the bandits to drop their weapons.
Instead of dropping their weapons, the bandits opened fire, and agent Terry was hit and killed in that exchange.
Two questions immediately come to mind when reading this story. Why do Border Patrol agents ever carry non-lethal beanbags? And why in Heaven’s name was a BORTAC team ordered to use beanbags when confronting bandits known to be heavily armed and dangerous?”
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=271029#ixzz1Fmb6PFym
Carrying extra ammo using stripper clips
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 4/Mar/2011 18:06
Simple idea, not ideal for every situation, but it beats having a pocket full of loose rounds or lugging a box around with you.
Gunman Targets U.S. Soldiers At Frankfurt Airport
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 3/Mar/2011 17:09
From Stratfor
Red Alert: Gunman Targets U.S. Soldiers At Frankfurt Airport
March 2, 2011
Two people were killed and two were injured, at least one critically, in a shooting attack on U.S. military personnel at 3:20 p.m. local time March 3 at Germany’s Frankfurt International Airport. According to breaking news reports, an armed attacker boarded a U.S. military bus idling in front of Terminal 2 and began shooting. The two killed were a U.S. soldier and the driver of the bus, whose nationality is unclear. The perpetrator is alleged to be from Kosovo, of Albanian ethnicity and 21 years old, according to German media sources. According to news reports, the U.S. forces involved in the attack were on their way to Afghanistan.
There have been plots against U.S. military targets in Germany in recent years. The attack fits in the category of “armed jihadist assault” similar to what American-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki called for in mid-2010 in jihadist Internet chat rooms. Al-Awlaki had been tied to U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan, who was charged with the November 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
Obama, Mexican president reach trucking agreement
Posted by Gary in Law, News, Opinion, Threat Watch on 3/Mar/2011 15:36
This is fraught with so many possible unintended consistences that it boggles the mind as to how people sworn to protect this nation could think there is a possible upside. But then again maybe the “upside” they are looking at only applies to scenarios we (liberty loving free men) would not consider positive. I’m not trying to be obtuse I’m trying to temper my consternation. Maybe that is a lost cause.
Excerpts from The Courier Press and AP contain obvious double-speak/right-think phrases implying that it is the Mexican government that is concerned about guns from our country causing the violence in Mexico and how a more open border might make that worse. Hmm, maybe we should rethink the whole second amendment thing while we are at it?
President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday will announce a plan to open up U.S. highways to Mexican trucks, removing a longstanding roadblock to improved relations between the North American allies.
…The meeting comes three weeks after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was shot to death in northern Mexico with a gun smuggled in from the U.S.
more
Texas Independence Day
From: Joe Straus
Friends:
One hundred and seventy five years ago today, on March 2, 1836, Texas earned its hard-fought freedom from Mexico, becoming an independent nation. With a small band of patriots at his side, Colonel William Barret Travis fought off the Mexican army at the Alamo, buying enough time for General Sam Houston and his men to be victorious at San Jacinto, paving the way for independence. Travis and all of his men died at the Alamo, but not before he sent off one final letter detailing his predicament, and espousing the virtues of Texas’ independent spirit.
Last week in the Texas House of Representatives, we were honored to display the original letter from Travis. It was lent to us by the Texas State Library & Archives Commission. The Commission helps to tell the story of our unique state by protecting the treasures of Texas while making them accessible to researchers, students and everyday Texans.
Our Speaker Pro Tem, Representative Beverly Woolley (R-Houston) read the inspiring text of the Travis letter on the House floor, and I wanted to share an excerpt with you:
“The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken—I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls—I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch … If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country— Victory or Death.â€
Col. Travis made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. As Texans, we pause each March 2 to honor Travis and those brave heroes who fought alongside him. The rallying cry of “Remember the Alamo†today, still calls to mind their bravery and independent spirit.
You can read the full text of the letter, and learn more about this important piece of Texas history online, and I encourage you to visit the Archives, as well. Texans are blessed with a unique and rich heritage, and I hope you will join me in learning more about our history and working to preserve it for future generations. With less than 90 days remaining in the 82nd Legislature, we will keep in mind that independent spirit and bravery that Col. Travis and his men embodied. We will never forget what is due to our state and our country.
Sincerely,
Speaker Joe Straus
LA police chief supports ban on big ammo magazines
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News on 2/Mar/2011 14:57
L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck
LOS ANGELES — “The city’s police chief on Wednesday endorsed a proposed federal ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines that have been used in mass shootings.
If passed, the ban would prohibit the sale or transfer of any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds, though possession of magazines legally purchased before the ban’s start date would be allowed.
“There is no reason that a peaceful society based on rule of law needs its citizenry armed with 30-round magazines,” Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference, adding that the clips transform a gun “into a weapon of mass death rather than a home-protection-type device.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/02/6171816-la-police-chief-supports-ban-on-big-ammo-magazines
James Yeager: “The purpose of training is to teach you what and how to practice.”
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 2/Mar/2011 01:18
“The purpose of TRAINING is to teach you WHAT and HOW to PRACTICE.
You go to train under the watchful eye of an instructor and then you do “homework” practicing those skills until they become ingrained. If a class has too much depth you are paying for practice time at a training rate. Also you may not like everything you are taught and could spend many repetitions ingraining a skill you will have to “unlearn”. All that plus I have A.D.D. and so my class outlines keep moving!”
James Yeager
Video review of Tactical Response training:
Marines Deployed Near Libyan Waters
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch on 1/Mar/2011 23:20
Sec Def Gates is positioning the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Med. What is it about the U.S. Marines and Tripoli?
From: Yahoo
USS Kearsargers
TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi’s forces battled poorly armed rebels Tuesday for control of towns near the capital trying to create a buffer zone around his seat of power. The increasingly violent clashes threatened to transform the 15-day popular rebellion in Libya into a drawn-out civil war.
Amid the intensified fighting, the international community stepped up moves to isolate the longtime Libyan leader.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he ordered two ships into the Mediterranean, including the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, and he is sending 400 Marines to the vessel to replace some troops that left recently for Afghanistan.
Illinois Turning Into A Police State?
From the Chicago Tribune:
The Illinois attorney general says state police must release the name of everyone in the state who is authorized to own a gun
One of the first things the National Socialists did in Germany was confiscate weapons. An unarmed people are at the mercy of government.
Last living U.S. World War I veteran dies
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 28/Feb/2011 15:29
Washington (CNN) — “Frank Buckles, the last living U.S. World War I veteran, has died, a spokesman for his family said Sunday. He was 110.
Lawmakers Monday began to move ahead with proposed resolutions that would allow his casket to be displayed at the Capitol Rotunda, and plans were already in the works for his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Buckles “died peacefully in his home of natural causes” early Sunday morning, the family said in a statement sent to CNN late Sunday by spokesman David DeJonge.”
The Army’s New Sniper Rifle
Remington has been awarded the contract to produce the XM2010, the army’s new sniper rifle.
Deadly Panjwai in Kandahar Province
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch on 28/Feb/2011 01:47
From: Michael Yon
27 February 2011
Filed from Tarin Kot, Urozgan Province
Panjwai has been one of the most dangerous areas of Afghanistan. Much Canadian, American, and Afghan blood has soaked into this ground.
Podcast: Michael Yon with Military.com
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch on 28/Feb/2011 01:28
Rolling Stone: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 24/Feb/2011 22:21
“My job in psy-ops is to play with people’s heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave,” says Lt. Colonel Michael Holmes, the leader of the IO unit, who received an official reprimand after bucking orders. “I’m prohibited from doing that to our own people. When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressman, you’re crossing a line.”