Odds ‘n Sods:

An old friend sent me a link to a series of videos of the March, 2011 earthquake (magnitude 9.0) in Japan.

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65.4 Million Gun Purchases Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush’s First-Term Total. JWR’s Comment: Oh, by the way, some of those background checks were for multiple gun purchases, so the real figure is probably somewhere closer to 70 million.)

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Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large) mentioned a fascinating STRATFOR piece on embassy security

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Gun Owners of America (GOA) is urging folks to contact their elected representatives.

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These Maps Show Why Implementing Gun Control Legislation Will Be So Hard. (Thanks to reader Jim W. for the link.)