Day: August 27, 2016

Justifying Citizen Possession of Firearms, by S.G. in Florida

Most persons recognize the value of the firearm as a hunting and food gathering tool for the rural American. Often, gun control advocates will latch onto this justification for the Second Amendment when proposing various gun restrictions. The firearm tool can find utilitarian employment by an individual in many situations, and this article seeks to list the possible contemplated individual uses for firearms. Note that I am in no way suggesting that these situations exist now, nor am I advocating the employment of firearms in any of these ways. However, thinking ahead and outside of the box will allow us …


Letter Re: I’m Not In The Position To Right Now

Hi Hugh, My wife and I were discussing the most excellent post by D.D. She asked me did I write this. I told her, “No.” The reason she asked is that we have sat during “rest breaks” and discussed these very same items and scenarios in great detail. We have dropped many hints, some very “blunt”, to the people who may come to “our farm”. We raise cows, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, and have reserved a small herd of goats that we need to pick up. We grow sweet corn, field corn, field peas, butter beans, squash, potatoes, et cetera. …


Economics and Investing:

Marc Faber: S&P is Set to Crash 50%, Giving Back 5 Years of Gains – H.L. o o o “Things Are Worse” – Dollar Stores’ Startling Admission: Half Of US Consumers Are In Dire Straits – G.M. o o o Gold Prices And Miners Are Dropping, As Expected o o o The Woodbury Banking Company Closed by Regulators – G.G. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.


Odds ‘n Sods:

Turkey’s Exhausting Zigzagging between East and West o o o Imposing Liberty – Excerpt: “Charity is rightfully the Christian way and should remain there. It should be important to us as believers, it should be our driving force, but it should never be put in the hands of bureaucrats.” – B.B. o o o Improving Global Food Security with a Device That Sweats – G.G. o o o Australian man caught up in Italy earthquake describes lucky escape – A.S. o o o Proportional Response: Understanding Self-Defense Statutes. How many of our concealed-carry compatriots have force alternatives besides their sidearm? …