Of concern to readers in the U.S.: ATF to Require Multiple Sales Reports for Long Guns [1]. Perhaps the Feds ought to police their own ranks, first. They seem to have some bad apples [2], some of whom have gone into “We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges” (WDNNSB [3]) mode. For example, take John Thomas Shipley, a rogue FBI agent in El Paso, Texas. Here is a quote: “A federal judge in August hit him with a two-year prison term for selling guns illegally. ATF [4] agents had traced back to him a .50-caliber rifle that was used in a drug cartel shootout in Chihuahua, Mexico. Court records show that between 2005 and 2008, he posted at least 280 firearms for sale on just one web site alone” [GunBroker.com].
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Scott H. sent this: A Dangerous Gap in Our Defenses? An EMP attack is a terrible threat, but countering it is affordable [5].
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Yishai and RevWojo both sent this: The Harrowing Tale of an Amtrak Train Stuck on the Rails for 10 Hours [6]
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Almost a dozen readers mentioned this news story and subsequent commentary: Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S. [7]
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F.G. flagged this: Dog attacks jogger, 7-year-old son; jogger kills dog with bare hands [8]. Of course it would have been quicker and more certain to dispatch the dog with a pistol. It is too bad that Florida is not an open carry state [9], and that the city of Port Lucie’s Democrat mayor would likely oppose allowing it, anyway. (Since she was duped into joining a civilian disarmament group [10] that gives lip service to “defending the Second Amendment”.)
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Tim R. mentioned some dramatic moments preserved in pixels: Petrol Bomb Riots In Greece [11]