Contact your U.S. House and Senate members about the HPA and the SHORT Act

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It is time to contact your U.S. House and Senate members again, to encourage them to get both the Hearing Protection Act (HPA — de-regulating suppressors) and the SHORT Act (de-regulating SBRs and SBSes) into the pending budget reconciliation bill, and pass them! Please phone their offices several times.

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#2 Son suggested this very practical piece: Do-It-Yourself Air Cleaners: Making Cleaner Air More Accessible.

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SurvivalBlog Editor-At-Large Mike Williamson posted some cogent observations on Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS), over at Facebook.

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Brad F. in Idaho wrote:

“I wanted to give you an update on how retail silver and gold are being delt with in coin stores. Last week I went to a coin store that

I have been doing business with since 1993. I am a retired retail jeweler and did lots of business with this store, buying 24k casting shot, selling scrap gold and silver. This store was sold to a reputable refiner some years ago, so they are acting at the will of the refiner.

So, I presented my gold and silver scrap to an employee who has been there since 1993 and I learned that silver scrap is considered toxic and gold scrap would be purchased at a 35% discount. Needless to say, we had this conversation and I did not make a transaction.

Since silver and gold price increase, silver has been sold and not being purchased at the retail level, so the refiners are stuck and also out of cash. They have a lot of gold and the cash flow and volatility has impacted their normal flow of business.

My contact believes that this situation will adjust, with time.”

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Reader H.L. wrote to recommend this essay: The Last Apprentices of Reality: Trade, Truth, and the Restoration of American Know-how.

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Thanking the Old Dominion University ROTC Cadets Who Stopped a Terrorist Attack.

JWR’s Comment: I can just imagine a future conversation, on active-duty:

“So, where did you earn that Purple Heart?

“In an ROTC classroom.”

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Hot Pot, Hot Mess: Service Robot Goes Berserk In San Jose Dining Room, Must Be Tackled By Staff.

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The Southeastern Primitive Rendezvous (SEPR) will be held April 10-17th at the Reavis Family Farm (297 Reavis Road Yadkinville, North Carolina 27055.)

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Video: Poor Man’s Radio Encryption (FCC HATES this Baofeng Secret). JWR’s Comment: Keep in mind that voice inversion methods are very easy to break!

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Blog reader C.B. suggested this video: How Smart Mechanics Are Bypassing The Dealership (The “Delete” Loophole).