Day: March 28, 2013

Note from JWR:

Today we present another entry for Round 45 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course. (A $1,195 value.) B.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, and C.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources. (A $350 value.) D.) a $300 …


Survival, Beyond The Gun, by Jack H.

I have read a lot of articles on preparedness and agree full heartedly that any thinking man or woman should be fully prepared for the worst. However in most of the blogs I read I have not seen to much about reality self defense. I feel that all preppers should enlist a hand to hand self defense program into their lives. I am not promoting any certain form. Nor am I saying that people should blow a bunch of money on things that do not work. In my honest opinion, WWII combative styles and other quick to learn and employ …


Letter Re: The Right to Open Carry Guns: Use It or Lose It

James, I hope your readers don’t lump all police officers into the ignorant category. I’m retired now, but I clearly remember an instance about 15 years ago… I was on grave shift and received a call of a man with a gun in a Shari’s restaurant at about 2 a.m.. When I asked the dispatcher what the man was doing, she told me he was eating.   I walked in and spotted him fairly quickly. He had a Ruger Blackhawk in a leather western style holster. I sat down in the booth with him and asked him why he was …


Letter Re: Dealing With Mentally Unbalanced Trespassers

James, Regarding the recent post “Dealing With Mentally Unbalanced Trespasser, I’d like to begin with a relevant Bible passage, Matthew 25:31-45, King James Version (KJV): When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his …


Economics and Investing:

Toby Connor: The Dollar and the Real Inflation Story Stanford University Kills Popular Course on Free Market. (Thanks to F.G. for the link.) Dr. Gary North: Housing: Addicted to Fiat Money Banks criticized for moving into payday loans Items from The Economatrix: Quick Update on Cyprus Cyprus Shows Your Savings Will Be Stolen!  UK Theft Will Be By Means of High Inflation Sinclair:  Cyprus, Gold, Russia and a New Monetary System Spain Brings Pain to the Investors Words Oof Warning:  Get Your Money Out f European Banks


Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader Ryan B. sent: Here’s 52 issues of a 19th-century British craft magazine, courtesy of a Brooklyn tool company.    o o o LPC Survival has announced that they’ve dropped all Wise Food Storage products from their catalog. They instead now offer the complete line of Mountain House long term storage foods, packed in #10 cans and in stacking plastic buckets.    o o o Keith B. spotted this: Ms. Cheap: Franklin family takes a break from modern conveniences    o o os F.G. mentioned that at a recent armorer’s course, Glock USA representatives in Smyrna, Georgia told him that …