Countrytek mentioned: More mass fish kills, in the upper Midwestern states [1]. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia is blamed.
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KT sent us a link to video from Taurus, hyping their “Judge” .45 Colt/.410 shotshell revolver [2]. This revolver might sense for folks in bear country. And bear country is also often grouse or ptarmigan country. So this whompin’ big revolver might be practical in several ways. I certainly wouldn’t want to make it my primary self-defense handgun (versus two-legged predators), but it does offer some interesting possibilities. As for the Taurus marketeer’s suggestion of using The Judge as a counter-carjacking tool, I have some reservations. The Judge is a huge revolver, and therefore it isn’t concealable. So that would necessitate a CCW [3] permit holder packing a smaller gun on their belt, and “The Judge” in their vehicle. That opens up the liability and potential theft issues of leaving a loaded revolver unattended in a parked car. I’d much rather spend $800 on training and ammo, rather than on an additional gun–in an additional caliber–that would only be marginally more effective than a .45 auto. (The factory loadings for .45 Colt are mild, but it can be beefed up considerably if you handload.) That is just my opinion. Your mileage may vary. (YMMV.) I should also mention that gun writer Jeff Quinn of GunBlast.com field tested The Judge [4]. He suggested that it might be a good choice for folks that live in areas that are heavily infested with poisonous snakes, since you could presumably load the first one or two chambers of the cylinder with #7 bird shot .410 shells
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By way of reader RBS: Contingencies for nuclear terrorist attack: Government working up plan to prevent chaos in wake of bombing of major city [5]