Odds ‘n Sods:

Court lets stand law banning some semi-automatic assault weapons. This is not good news folks. This is what we can expect when they pass a national “assault weapons” ban, and hi-cap mag ban; the Supreme Court will let it stand if challenged! – Pat Cascio

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Because “You never know.”

US Army Technical Manual 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook – dated 1969. There are lots of “Poor Man’s James Bond” and “Anarchist’s Cookbook” type reads around. But this one differs significantly in that the US Army evaluated and tested the items in this manual and considered them feasible, effective, and reliable enough for publication.

Versions may be had in plain text, Kindle, and EPUB formats and are free to download. I suggest keeping a backup copy in plain text. Because again, “You never know!”

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From the religion of pieces– Muslims Behead Four Year Old Girl – Force Her Mother To Soak Her Hands In Her Daughter’s Blood – While the story has not been confirmed, it matches other reports where IS has mistreated, tortured, and killed young children. – Sent in by M.R.

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A bill to melt 100,000 1911 45s has passed the senate. Call your representative to get this stopped in the House. The pertinent verbiage is at section 331. – T.H.

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Venezuela is now so bad that the main stream media is finally picking up the story: Venezuelans Ransack Stores as Hunger Stalks Crumbling Nation – MtH