Panic room saved artist Kurt Westergaard from Islamist assassin. (Mentioned by numerous blog readers.) Every home and retreat should have a stout room that can be a place of temporary refuge against home invasions.
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Dale W. was the first of several readers to mention this: Court upholds police pointing gun at lawful carrier. [JWR Adds: This is a bad legal precedent, but the main underlying problem is prevailing attitudes. If you don’t live in a region where open carry is legal, and where concealed carry is considered normal, then you are living in the wrong state–or perhaps in an over-populated part of an otherwise good state. Vote with your feet!]
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JK recommended this piece over at Market Skeptics: 2010 Food Crisis for Dummies
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Rustlers ride wide open range of Great Basin. (Thanks to G.S. for the link.)