Day: July 7, 2007

Note from JWR:

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Letter Re: Advice on Pistol Caliber Carbines

Jim and Family: I just found out that I can get a 16″ rifle here in Hawaii. I was considering an Uzi but am uncertain about the differences between model A and B. Also, the stamped metal doesn’t excite me, but I think having such a gun fills an important role in my armory. For travel out of the stronghold, it takes the place between carrying a .223 or .308 rifle suitable for home defense and reaching out and touching someone and walking about with a handgun. For travel when the world is in quasi-collapse and I want more rounds …


Ethical Preparedness for WTSHTF, by SF in Hawaii

What (if anything) are you willing to kill for post-SHTF? To consider this question, first let’s start with a quote on justifiable homicide from Wikipedia: Under early Athenian law, it was considered justifiable homicide to kill an adulterer caught in the act or a burglar caught in the act at night… in eighteenth century English law , it was considered a justifiable homicide if a husband killed a man “ravishing” or raping his wife (Blackstone, Wm. at p. 391), but modern law treats this as only a circumstance that will mitigate murder to a conviction for manslaughter . In other …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Novelist Michael Z. Williamson sent us a link to a PDF on Combat Loads in Afghanistan. Mike’s comments: “It shows march, approach and combat loads of troops in Afghanistan, for reference for building bug out bags. Obviously, a civilian bag will be lighter on batteries and ammo, and heavier on food, water and shelter. But this is a handy reference for comparison.”   o o o A pointed history lesson from the Von Mises Institute: Inflation and the French Revolution–The Story of a Monetary Catastrophe    o o o From The Chicago Tribune: Layoff fears part of ‘new normal’ — …