The Nanny State run amok: The California state legislature is currently considering AB 1634 — the “California Healthy Pets Act” — which would make it illegal to possess an unfixed dog or cat unless you obtain an “intact permit” from the state. Failure to comply with the law within 75 days would be punished by a fine of $500 per pet per 75-day period, with the only exceptions permitted being guide/service dogs and police dogs. I find it humorous that this is in California, where the populace was emasculated intellectually and politically decades ago by the PC crowd’s vocal whining and control of the mass media, and later emasculated tactically by California’s many gun laws. They will soon have their dogs and tomcats emasculated literally. The justification? No doubt they will say that it is for “the greater good.” California’s surrender to the left vaguely reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s short stories “Harrison Bergeron” and “Welcome to the Monkey House.” I am so glad to be a former Californian. My pioneer great grandfathers (who came out to California by covered wagon in 1852 and 1857) are surely rolling in their graves.
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Reader RMM mentioned that SIG Arms (USA) is teaching survival classes at it’s New Hampshire school.
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For those of your that live in wet climates, I noticed that CMMG now offers AR-15 upper receiver assemblies with stainless steel barrels. Basically the same effect as the Springfield Armory “Loaded” Series M1As with stainless steel barrels–where all of the other parts are parkerized. In both cases the shiny stainless barrel can be toned down with a blast of spray paint in short order, for tactical use.