Day: January 25, 2013

Bang For Your Buck: A Guide To Affordable & Reliable Firearms For Preppers, by I.K.

What We’re Shooting For This article is intended as a guide for preppers who want to buy their first or first few guns, but have very limited funds to do so.  It will give specific recommendations for affordable and reliable firearms in the .22 Long Rifle caliber category, shotgun category, handgun category, and rifle category.  It will also endeavor to keep Boredom Poisoning to a minimum. For whatever reason, I’m betting that you’ve been thinking about getting a gun for the first time or expanding your gun collection to make it more comprehensive.  Perhaps it’s because you’ve been watching C-SPAN.  …


An Accidental Prepper, by C.J.

Last year I read JWR’s novel “Survivors” and discovered, We Are Preppers!   I did not know there was a name for it or a whole culture surrounding it.  The discovery has triggered a lot of discussion with my now adult children, my elderly parents, and my siblings.  I’ve done a lot of reading on the subject and I’ve tried to understand how and why we could get to this point by accident.   Six years ago my husband and I bought a place, expecting to retire there in 6 to 9 years.  We looked at places in a vacation area that …


Letter Re: New York Gun Ban: TEOTWAWKI is Here

Sir; The end of the world as we knew it is upon us in New York State.    New York’s recent SAFE Act legislation (see the full text) immediately prohibited the sale of what misguided politicians call “assault weapons” and any magazine that holds more than seven cartridges effective January 14, 2013.  Sales within New York were immediately halted and are now forever forbidden unless there is an unlikely repeal or successful legal challenge.  This means that if you live in New York state and wanted to get a PTR91, AR15, WASR, Saiga, or a standard capacity magazine for any …


Economics and Investing:

Charitable Giving: These Are Most and Least Generous States. But Why? Hugh D. sent: Bank of America issues `bond crash’ alert on Fed tightening fears Items from The Economatrix: Prepare For 90% Correction?  Currency War Escalating But Inflationary Targets Will Fail–World Stuck In Deflationary Super-Cycle And There’s A “Financial Catastrophe On The Horizon” World War 3 Imminent?  China Quadrupling Rice Imports In 2012–FED Printing Money Every Month In 2013–Countries Recalling Their Gold Existing Home Sales Decline As US Supply Dwindles


Odds ‘n Sods:

What’s in Feinstein’s gun bill? Better question: What ISN’T in Feinstein’s gun bill? (Not much.) Needless to say, please contact all of your congresscritters again and tell them that ALL gun and magazine bans and assorted registration schemes are completely unacceptable and repugnant to the Constitution. OBTW, where do I find one of her mythical “rocket launcher” attachments? Those sound like they’d be a lot of fun.    o o o Australian Gun-grabbers Target Bolt-action Firearms    o o o NYS targets gun law confusion. JWR’s Comment: Many of the newly-enacted laws don’t take full effect until January 15, 2014. …