In the wake of the roundup of the usual suspects in the Bundy Ranch and the Malheur Wildlife Refuge stand offs, I just saw a group photo of a class of one of the more popular tactical trainers. Wearing balaclavas. A prudent choice given the state of rights for gun owners these days.
From Texas comes news that another 48 bikers present at the Waco massacre last spring have been indicted on conspiracy charges for engaging in organized criminal activity. A total of 154 are to be changed for their role, which at this point appears to be their mere presence in the cops' decision to gun down bikers. I wonder when the state will dispense with the pretense that prosecutors at the behest of their federal betters are using laws to simply attack people they don't like. The linked article says that lawyers are challenging the indictments.
The law has been weaponized.
Things have been awfully quiet from the fascists seeking to take your firearms. I won't get into the presidential candidates' proclivities for state action against its own citizens. There are too many unknowns in that discussion.
The advocates for industrial policy couldn't sell their ideas for something we know won't work, so it is hard to understand why they think their arguments would sell for tightening gun control.
Prices for pistol ammunition were mostly unchanged, while prices for rifle ammunition were mixed.
Prices for used pistols and for used rifles were mixed.
Comparing prices with 4Q, 2015, ammunition prices were generally lower, especially the .223 Remington and the .308 NATO rounds.
New Lows:
None
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: +.04 Each (From Q4, 2015: .25 per round, -.01 Each)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Today's Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .24 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks) (From Q4, 2015: .22 per round, Unchanged)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Freedom Ammunition, Mixed Bullets, Store brand, Brass, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q, 2016))
9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks) (From Q4, 2015: .18 per round, -.01 Each)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammo Texas, Store brand, FMJ, Reloads, .17 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: J&G Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .16 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 weeks) (From Q4, 2015: .26 per round, -.01 Each)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: SG Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .25 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2015))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 each After Unchanged (3 Weeks) (From Q4, 2015: .25 per round, -.04 Each)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, steel casing, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: -.03 Each (From Q4, 2015: .37 per round, -.03 Each)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .34 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, steel casing, FMJ, .34 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks) (From Q4, 2015: .23 per round, Unchanged)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Wolf Polyformance, steel case, FMJ, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, steel case, FMJ, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 weeks))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each After Unchanged (4 Weeks) (From Q4, 2015: .08 per round, Unchanged)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammomen, Aguila, RNL .08 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds (2 Cases Max): Ammo Fast, Aguila, RNL, .07 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))
Guns for Private Sale
Rifles
.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $500 Last Week Avg: $585 (-) ($616 (49 Weeks), $476 (25 Weeks))
California (207, 186): DPMS: $500 ($650 (1Q,2015), $400 (29 Weeks))
Texas (249, 248): Mixed Build: $500 ($700 (1Q, 2015), $350 (50 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (114, 110): Smith & Wesson M&P15 Sport II : $450 ($700 (49 Weeks), $300 (37 Weeks))
Virginia (148, 138): Smith & Wesson M&P Sport: $550 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $480 (15 Weeks))
Florida (300, 299): Colt AR-15: $400 ($650 (39 Weeks), $380 (51 Weeks))
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I went to the Harvard Business Review article linked by badanov's link. Six comments last night -- only the first of which I could access, possibly because I lack the skillz -- but that first one was devastating. Ideology is no substitute for logic, guys.
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An act to amend and render more effectual, in His Majesty's Dominions in America, an Act passed in this present Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.
-Georgii III. Regis
"Oh that is a 3rd Amendment quote."
For arguments sake, the Quartering Acts were initiated by Thomas Gage after the French Indian War, 1765. As unrest grew parallel to Gage's colonial responsibilities, Gage decided the best way to maintain control over the British Colonials was to relocate troops from the frontiers to major ports and to confiscate/destroy war making materials such as gunpowder. Gage declares firearms illegal in Boston, and conducts a series of raids on surrounding armories, resulting in the fighting at Lexington and Concord. The reaffirmation of the Quartering Act in 1774, even though it officially declared the property owner did not have to pay for a soldier's provisions, resulting in skirmishing in New York.
Did you know: Paul Revere was involved in the production of copper sheeting for the USS Constitution?
And as a reminder to West Virginia - not needing a license to carry does not automatically make you Lewis Wetzel - practice practice.
High sarcasm and taqqiya from Al Arabiya. Click in your seatbelt, dear Reader, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Mr Donald Trump, your knee-jerk reaction to the murdering scum, who slaughtered innocent people in Gay Paree and Brussels, while understandable, has little basis in fact, while your proposals risk eliciting the opposite effect to its intended purpose.
You have reiterated your call to bar Muslims from entering the US and say you want to place American Muslims under surveillance. You also accuse the authorities in Brussels for failing to extract intelligence from recently detained terror suspect Salah Abdeslam using torture methods, and you have laid blame on British Muslims for not doing enough to report snuffies to the authorities.
Before I challenge your misconceptions, I would stress that people in my part of the world are just as shocked and upset at the attacks on European capitals as Americans. My heartfelt sympathies are with the injured and the families of those victims who did not survive. Watching videos of a crouching woman at the stricken airport hugging her infant and hearing the cries of children escaping from the smoke-filled metro horror engulfed me with sadness and, yes, anger.
But, in reality, Mr Trump, the perpetrators of these heinous crimes lost their claims to be Muslims the moment they strapped on suicide belts and loaded their weapons. The Koran clearly states that the killing of one innocent person is akin to the killing of all humanity. Indeed, our Holy Book mentions "peace" far more than any other. Their religion is the will to power; their gratification is the spilling of innocent blood. Not only are they not Muslims, they are sub-humans.
Are members of the Ku Klux Klan true Christians? Were the actions of Spanish Inquisition, who tortured Jews and Muslims to convert at pain of death, Christian? Can the Puritans who branded girls, little more than children, and women to death in Salem be described as Christians? Can the Burmese monks who have killed tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims be called followers of Buddha who cautioned against killing insects?
Let us remember too that the majority are second or third-generation Belgian nationals; known losers and petty criminals actively recruited by ISIS that began life when disgruntled former officers in Saddam Hussein’s army were detained in a US detention facility in Iraq, Camp Bucca. Over 100 top ISIS commanders are remnants of the former Iraqi Army. Most are secularists who have cynically cloaked themselves in Islam as propaganda to lure ignorant recruits.
The rent boys
Think about it! The majority of those European-born lowlifes and no-hopers claiming to be Muslims are known thieves, drug-smugglers/pushers and pimps. At least two were owners of a bar that was shut down as a drugden. Salah Abdeslam was "a rent boy" who regularly smoked hash and consumed alcohol, according to the New York Post. His brother Ibrahim frequented sleazy clubs and as reported by people who knew him well, never set foot in a mosque. How on earth can they be classified as Muslims?
In truth, ISIS has murdered, beheaded, tortured and drowned many more Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt than non-Muslims. We are all in the same boat; we share the same enemy. Pitting the West against Muslims would be a grave error when we need to work together to destroy this scourge on our planet.
Moreover, experts on terrorism have acknowledged that Europe is more vulnerable to these kinds of attacks todaythan the US for the simple reason that American Muslims have assimilated and are proud to call themselves American. There have been sporadic terrorist attacks in the US in recent years but they have not been carried out by organized cells but rather mentally unhinged lone wolves.
That is not the case in Gay Paree and Brussels where Muslims have been ghettoized, marginalized and discriminated against in terms of job opportunities. This is not to make excuses for them. But the societies in which they live have fomented a ‘them against us’ mentality. Deprived areas, such as the inner city Brussels neighborhood, Molenbeek and the neglected suburbs of Gay Paree are terrorist incubators.
If you succeed in your bid for the White House and your proposals to monitor and shutout Muslims were implemented, I am afraid that you will create the same divisions that exist in Europe in your own country where currently there are none. As soon as America’s Muslim populations are placed under blanket suspicion and treated as a potential threat, the likelihood is that there will be a backlash among the youth. That would also be a major blow to America’s much-touted values, freedoms and respect for human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... As for your love affair with torture as a tool for intelligence gathering, not only does that fly in the face of international law, in practice, it is not effective because people experiencing unbearable pain or fearing for their lives, will admit to anything. A 2013 Senate report confirms this. The chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee Diane Feinstein said, "There is no evidence that terror attacks were stopped, Lions of Islam captured or lives saved through use of EITs (Enhanced interrogation techniques/torture)." Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who was subjected to waterboarding 183 times made all kinds of confessions which all turned out to be false.
A wiser plan
A wiser plan would be for Europe and the United States of America to place would-be immigrants colonists under close scrutiny with regards to their personal histories, associations and skill sets, regardless of their religious beliefs. Western countries should welcome people with an understanding of their respective languages and culture; those able to contribute to society and economic growth. High-risk applicants and scroungers wanting to live their lives on welfare courtesy of the taxpayer should be barred irrespective of their nationality.
Lastly, I would remind you that Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and other Gulf Cooperation Council member states are cracking down heavily on terrorists, their funders and supporters, both Sunni and Shiite. The Kingdom has formed an anti-terrorism coalition of 34 predominately Muslim countries to eradicate this disease. The Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has called for a global strategy to fight terrorism stressing "the world must come together" and he has also asked the West to help eradicate ISIL in Libya. "Extremists offend the image of God," he told Spiegel International.
If you are serious about keeping Lions of Islam away from America’s door, then the last thing you should do as Commander-in-Chief is to alienate domestic Muslim communities as well as the entire Muslim world. Do you honestly believe such an antagonistic approach will keep America safe or will it create yet more enemies and fuel greater anti-Americanism in the Middle East?
Mr Trump, do not make the mistake of tarring all Muslims with a terrorist brush. Your former Republican rival Ben Carson ... a neurosurgeon who is under the delusion that being brilliant qualifies him to be president.... says away from television cameras and big audiences, you are no more an entertainer but a thinker. All I would ask of you is to put on your thinking cap and digest my above points. You may not agree with all or even any, but it is my hope they will at the very least give you food for thought.
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"...words give you food for thought."
Like Cheetos.
Posted by: Black Charlie Bourbon1513 ||
03/26/2016 0:20 Comments ||
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The Koran clearly states that the killing of one innocent person is akin to the killing of all humanity.
And then excludes Jews, pagans, anyone who converts to a religion other than Islam, and generally anyone who annoys Muslims.
Posted by: Rob Crawford ||
03/26/2016 1:12 Comments ||
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Do you honestly believe such an antagonistic approach will keep America safe or will it create yet more enemies and fuel greater anti-Americanism in the Middle East?
Translation: "Surrender, or we'll get angrier."
Posted by: Rob Crawford ||
03/26/2016 1:13 Comments ||
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How on earth can they be classified as Muslims?
By their acts? Following the example of Mohammed (bees pee upon him) is a good sign.
Posted by: Rob Crawford ||
03/26/2016 1:14 Comments ||
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Yes everyone. Screw Shariah. Not even GOD has any use for it. No use for it at all.
The whole thing is spiritually dead with a horrible leader.... from hell
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Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor is the typical intellectual from the Middle East. He believes muslims are holy people who are without fault. He believes if you don't agree with a muslim you are wrong, he believes muslims who commit crimes are not muslims. He believes in open borders except for the UAE and SA. He believes it is the fault of the European countries that the immigrants are not catered to more, the welfare systems is not good enough for muslims.
Quite honestly I am sick of this crap. The American press eats this stuff up. I'm glad Trump rubs their noses in it.
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Okay, they're not Muslims. Their parents and grandparents were Muslims. Their teachers were Muslims. Their clergy were Muslims. They were raised according to Muslim law. Their friends were Muslims. So, okay, they quit being Muslim.... Yeah, but they're a product of Islam. No Islam....
Posted by: Richard Aubrey ||
03/26/2016 8:16 Comments ||
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There were Germans who wanted to surrender well before the Sovs reached Berlin. Allied bombs and shells could not discriminate between good Germans and bad Germans. Collateral damage? War is hell.
Posted by: Bobby ||
03/26/2016 8:24 Comments ||
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I think the body count in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, et al created by the hands of Mo's followers amply demonstrate it's not the kaffirs doing the butchery, but your own brethren.
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So, if an American commits what Arabiya calls a "war crime" (but what we would call "shooting back"), does that mean he's not an American? Sauce, goose, gander,
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03/26/2016 10:37 Comments ||
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They're certainly NOT westernised.
As it seems it's always leftists or muslims doing the mass violence (apart from one national socilaist Breivik) we should focus on those most likely to use violence, i.e. those most into marx and those most into the mohamed.
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Andrew McCarthy makes a strong argument in his book the "Grand Jihad" that links the jihadists and the left. The left has butchered millions of people over the decades. Moreover, Thomas Sowell, in a recent column, discusses the misconception that fascists are right wing--he states that fascists are a part of the left and that Mussolini and Hitler were both considered leftists before WWII.
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Ah, the "No True Scotsman" fallacy in it's Muslim version. As in "No True Muslim" would blow themselves up among a crowd of people in an airport or on a subway car.
So - they did, and demonstrated that they were no true Muslim.
Say, to they teach about logic and fallacies these days in Pak-land? Thought not...
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