Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — June 30, 2020
June 30th is the anniversary of the tragic death of 19 hotshots in the Yarnell Hill Fire, in 2013.
Day: June 30, 2020
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The Illogical “In Common Use” Legal Standard
The Supreme Court’s District of Columbia v. Heller decision in 2008 was a landmark case. While it did confirm our right to keep and bear arms, it stopped short of overturning the plethora of bad laws that it should have. In this essay, I will demonstrate that the logic that the court applied in Heller was significantly flawed. In Heller, while addressing the 1939 Miller v. United States decision, the Supreme Court applied the standard of “the sorts of weapons protected were those ‘in common use at the time.’” Some background: Jack Miller and Frank Layton were small-time crooks that had been …
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SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt
This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, we focus on Smithsonian’s Aerial America television series, parts of which recently became available on YouTube. (See the Idaho and Montana sections.) Idaho Aerial America: Idaho (Full Episode) o o o 10 Cheapest Idaho Town to Buy a Home. JWR’s Comment: Apparently this video was …
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The Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.” – Mark Twain
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