Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters.
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Reader Mary L. sent this: Virginia ‘Assault Firearm’ Sponsors Say Governor Wants Amendments to New Law [1]. JWR’s Comments: Governor Spanberger [2] is a Big Government Democrat stalwart who is strongly anti-Second Amendment. This draconian law is scheduled to take effect on July 1st. I hope that Virginians have already heavily stocked up on battle rifles and full capacity magazines. (The limit for newly-acquired magazines in Virginia will be 15 rounds.) The Tidewater Gun Show in Virginia Beach last weekend must have been a frenzied scene, for magazine vendors. We should remember that Virginia was the home of George Washington, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson. How far it has fallen since its formative years! Pictured above is the south side of the Virginia Capitol. (A public domain photo by Taber Andrew Bain [3].)
An Important Update! Virginia gun law on hold after judge issues injunction [4].
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Neighbors dig through Venezuela rubble to search for loved ones as death toll climbs [5].
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Reader C.B. mentioned this good news: Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii gun restriction [6].
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You’ll Now Lose Your U.S. Passport If You Owe More Than $2,500 [7].
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ATF Moves to Protect Gun Owners From Arrest During Interstate Travel Stops [8].
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D.S.V. suggested this Wyoming television news segment: Flash Flood Safety Tips [9].
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The Economist reports: The big business of survival bunkers — Another sign that prepping has gone mainstrea [10]m. The brief article begins:
“The term “prepper” once carried a hint of derision, describing paranoid types who stockpiled supplies—and perhaps guns—in anticipation of society’s collapse. But in recent years—with climate change, covid-19 and political strife fuelling doomsday thinking—prepping has gone mainstream. Some 20m Americans, up from 10m in 2017, now fall into that category, reckons Chris Ellis, who researches disaster resilience. Videos on survival skills attract millions of views online. Americans are thought to spend billions of dollars a year preparing for emergencies. At the extreme end of the market sits the bunker business.”
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New blood test detects 90% of aggressive prostate cancer cases, beating current screenings [11].
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Jameson Lopp: A Call to Action: Stop the FCC’s KYC Regime [12]. JWR’s Comments: Statists hate communications privacy. The very concept of an anonymous burner cellphone is anathema to the bureaucratic control freaks.
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Mideast Fighting Widens With Attacks on Bahrain, Hormuz Tanker [13].
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Clay recommended this AAA web page: Tips to Avoid Animal-Vehicle Collisions [14].
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R.J. liked this: How red or blue is your state? [15]
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At Mick Ryan’s substack: A Strategic Learning Deficit: Western Military Institutions Ignored Ukraine War Lessons [16].
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