#1
Sure:
1) Bayonets are more effective than bullets.
2) Always carry two pistols.
3) A short knife is better than none, but a long, wide wound channel is better. Stab up not down.
4) Be prepared to eat your transport.
5) Be killed not captured.
New Mexico is about the join the eight states that require a background check of private firearms sales and casual transfers. The latest example of this type of law was in Nevada, which passed a plebiscite requiring universal background check for all firearms transfers. The federal government said that the new law uses their resources in way they cannot allow, so they will not be pushing through background checks through with the new law. Basically, the new gun law in Nevada makes it a crime to casually transfer a firearm, but there is not mechanism for a background check for firearms transfers.
In New Mexico, the new law is insidious. It allows casual firearms transfers between family members, but only one way. Giving the firearm back triggers a background check requirement. As far as I can tell from the article the new law is expected to be passed as legislation.
Just as well. Give the people enough pot, and they will vote to remove their own giblets.
Connecticut is a firearms basket case as it is and it is an example of why the courts have been consistently wrong about local firearms laws. The new, draconian fees will likely pass court scrutiny because the courts all the way to the top have said, without equivocation, that fees and taxes are untouchable regardless of the underlying purpose.
Funnily enough, the state expects to raise money by imposing higher taxes, except that it never works out that way.
In Rantburg's O-Club we have been having a discussion about how to deal with feral hawgs. They are a growing problem in southern states so much so the season in some states for hunting wild hogs is year round with unlimited harvesting. The issue has been what kind of night scope should a shooter use to hunting wild hogs at night.
A lot of good advice has been offered, including the idea that the hunter should use night vision goggles and shoot over open sights. My own advice was that thermal cameras were cheap and becoming cheaper.
Just trying to help
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol ammunition were steady across the board. Prices for rifle ammunition were mixed.
Prices for used pistols were mixed. Prices for used rifles were mixed.
New Lows:
Pennsylvania: 9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic): Taurus PT 709: $195
Virginia: .308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic): DPMS Oracle LR-308: $795
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: FedArm, Own Brand, TMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .23 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammo Mart, Legendary, Brass Casing, Reloads, .20 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2016)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .15 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: FedArm, Own Brand, TPMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .14 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (4 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel casing, .24 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.38 Special, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Own brand, LRN, Aluminum Casing, .26 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 500 rounds: Rush Creek Ammo, Own Brand, TMJ, Brass casing, Reloads, .24 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each After Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tula, FMJ, Steel Casing, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Wolf WPA, FMJ, Steel Casing, .20 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Alamo Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .31 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .32 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
7.62x39mm AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammo King, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .20 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.30-06 Springfield 145 Grain. From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .65 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammo Liquidator, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .56 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.300 Winchester Magnum 150 Grain, From Last Week: +.07 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Prvi Partizan, Brass Case, SP, 1.00 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammo Liquidator, Hornady Whitetail, Brass Case, SP, 1.04 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.338 Lapua Magnum 250 Grain, From Last Week: -.08 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Federal, Brass Case, JSP, 2.30 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 200 rounds: Target Sports USA, Prvi Partizan, Brass Case, FMJ, 2.40 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds (10 Box Limit): Ammomen, Aguila, RNL, .06 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Defender Outdoors, Federal Champion, RNL, .06 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks))
#1
They are a growing problem in southern states so much so the season in some states for hunting wild hogs is year round with unlimited harvesting.
Trap live hogs. Secretly send them to secret campus republican farms in Caliponia. At the next right wing speeker invite, let em loose against feral rioters. Feral meets Feral. Post video on youtube.
#3
the new law is insidious. It allows casual firearms transfers between family members, but only one way. Giving the firearm back triggers a background check requirement.
It strikes me the law in unenforceable. It also increases crime because it makes criminals out of law-abiding citizens. It seems like a back-door attempt to register all firearms.
#4
Skidmark, Tracking Point. Very neat set up with the Linux-hunting rifle. Makes everyone a "One-shot one kill sniper." Now, if there were a "smart bullet" that tracked the target and made adjustments as necessary...(I dunno, know maybe there is).
Get the biggest caliber you and find and the largest grain bullet you can buy and never shoot between the eyes...side shots, aim between ear and eye...a heart or lung shot just means a mad pig for several minutes...
#7
We use thermals at wrecks to quickly, effectively search the roadside to see if someone was thrown, or if delirious and walked into the field we can see the heat signature of the foot prints.
Unless someone told me otherwise, I'd go goggles and open sight so I can look around. I would also then have a set of goggles for other nighttime activities. Looks like gen 1 is fairly affordable, gen 2 is a few bucks, and gen 3 gets up there.
Thermals are still a few bucks for a decent set but I think the technology will improve the quality and price over the next couple years. Our new service camera cost less then our last one, and can broadcast the image to a remote viewing.
...As I’ve said before, economics is a science. Trying to legislate it makes as much sense as legislating the law of gravity or the rate of rain fall. It might make you feel good, but it doesn’t work that way.
The way it works is by seeking other channels, which include being paid "under the table", forcing other employees to work unpaid hours (trust me, it can be done, particularly in a bad economy) and firing the dead weight, and ... hiring illegal labor.
The US doesn’t have an illegal immigration problem. The US has a minimum wage problem.
#1
Just as employers who knowingly hire illegals to work should be hammered by the law, so should employers who force employees to work off the books for unpaid hours. A man's labor is his one source to barter and sell for his livelihood and existence. To steal that time is all but slavery.
Just as we expect judges to stay to the written law in their actions, employers need to be held to the written law whether they like it or not.
[Zero Hedge] Have you ever wondered why the elite hate Donald Trump so much? There have certainly been many politicians throughout the years that have been disliked, but with Trump there is a hatred that is so intense that it almost seems tangible at times. During the campaign, they went to extraordinary lengths to destroy him, but it didn’t work. And now that he is president, the attacks against him have been absolutely relentless. So why is there so much animosity toward Trump? Is it just because he is not a member of their club?
The truth, of course, is that it runs much deeper than that. Ultimately, the elite hate Trump because he is opposed to their demonic one world agenda. Many among the elite are referred to as "globalists" because their eventual goal is to unite the whole world under a single planetary system. These globalists truly believe that they know better than all the rest of us, and they want to impose their way of doing things on every man, woman and child on the entire planet.
[The Hill] White House press secretary Sean Spicer's briefings have proved to be ratings gold for the cable news networks, even beating soap operas like "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "General Hospital" on broadcast networks CBS and ABC.
Spicer’s briefings, carried live by Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, are delivering an average of 4.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen data. Statistics show that across Fox, CNN and MSNBC, audiences jump by an average of 10 percentage points when Spicer appears on screen for the briefings.
What some outlets like The New York Times have called "the soap opera at the White House" is actually beating the fictional long-running soaps, which usually air in the same hour of the early afternoon.
#4
More the case to make people notice that the MSM is filled with idiots and propagandists. When no one watched, their ability to hide who they really were was rather easy. Turn the light on, watch cockroaches run. Except these ones have been bred by their environment for so long, they're slow.
... The last two administrations have not brought victory over Islamic extremism any closer. To avoid defeat from attrition Trump will need a new approach. While none has been officially announced the outlines of a new strategy may be emerging from the actions it has so far taken. Trump may be:
1. Attempting to shrink the radical petrodollar support through increased domestic energy production, something Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would understand;
2. close the West to Wahabism and its emigres via the immigration policy that is proving so controversial;
3. trying to diplomatically neutralize Turkey and Iran and play off India against Pakistan.
Such a concept would attack the money and ideology provided by the Saudis, lessen the influence of the Islamic brain trust (the Persians and Turks) and bottle up a potential sources of nuclear weapons (Pakistan). It would also prevent the buildup of a rear area inside the West itself by border control. It's a WW2 or Cold War Era "center of gravity" approach to a problem so far dominated by the "root causes" method.
It has the advantage of clarity. Afghanistan, Sudan, Kenya -- even Malmo -- are no longer important if the wellsprings of conspiracy that feed and fund it are stopped up. A center of gravity strategy offers at least theoretically, the prospect of victory, something which "root causes" never proffered.
...The conflict between the old Obama approach and the emerging Trumpian of strategic simplicity is nowhere more marked than in immigration and refugee policy. To liberals open borders are simply "givens" -- the consequence of their world view. To Deplorables open borders represent an instinctive threat which they have not been able to explain within a comprehensive framework in the same way progressives have.
But that may soon change. While the Trump administration may not be able to carry out a new successor strategy to replace that of GWB and BHO, it seems well along at raising the essential questions whose answers must form its basis: what is the center of gravity of radical Islamism? Can you fight radical Islam without blowing up the East-West alliance? Is it possible to fight radical Islam without starting a fight to finish with the Left in the West? Trump may not have the answers, but to the discomfiture of all, he will pose all the questions.
#1
This is the third different administration in a row with a different strategy.
1) GWB was a proponent of "root causes" strateby which dovetailed with his noblesse oblige, globalist mindset.
2) the old Obama approach which had the hidden of agenda of victorious Islam no matter how radical. See MoBros in Egypt.
If Trump can pull this off and defang the snake while having it bite itself that would be a triumph of the first degree. Getting the questions asked in society in a serious way would be a damn good start.
#2
To Deplorables open borders represent an instinctive threat which they have not been able to explain within a comprehensive framework
"Open Borders" = national suicide. Further explanation of this is unneeded unless & until a commitment to national sovereignty happens.
TEL AVIV ‐ The New York Times in recent days has run numerous articles and opinion pieces advocating against designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization amid reports the Trump administration is debating doing just that.
The Muslim Brotherhood openly seeks to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate based on Sharia law. While many Brotherhood wings reject the use of violence as a strategic tactic, preferring instead a sophisticated gradualist strategy to achieve their aims, the Brotherhood has spawned terrorist organizations ‐ most notably Hamas ‐ that adhere to its philosophy of a world order based on Islam. The Brotherhood was also a central player in the so-called Arab Spring, revolutions punctuated by violence across the Arab world.
Designating the Brotherhood a terrorist organization would add the U.S. to the growing list of nations to do so, including Muslim countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The Times’ propagation of the Brotherhood culminated in an editorial board piece published Thursday titled, "All of Islam Isn’t the Enemy."
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Um, yes, yes it is. At its "best" Islam is the termites destroying your house from the inside; at its worst Islam is the F5 tornado bearing down on you.
#3
The Muslim Brotherhood openly seeks to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate based on Sharia law.
Maybe the MB wants this and the NYTs wants this but the rest of us do not. It is antithetical to the U.S. culture and laws. Personally, I think Sharia Law should be outlawed in the U.S.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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TEL AVIV ‐ The New York Times in recent days has run numerous articles and opinion pieces advocating against designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization amid reports the Trump administration is debating doing just that.
