Perhaps you missed it from yesterday: the story that Russian backed rebels in Donetsk were engaging their targets out to 500 meters, an unheard of range even with the 5.45x39mm AK-74 rifle. Pretty amazing change in gunnery for the Rooshuns, if you ask me.
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The arguments that are most notably absent in talking about the right to keep and bear arms are the reasons. Federal law has built up rules and regulations over the years that restrict legal weapons to sport or self defense against criminals, but hardly anyone wants to talk about the original purpose for making a constitutional law that forbids the government from restricting the ownership and use of firearms: for use against foreign and domestic enemies, however they are defined.
One of the great ironies of our time, if this nation survives in the next eight years, is how laws passed at all levels of government over the years have sought to restrict and even eliminate firearms ownership, all with the stamped approval of black robed mandarins cheered on by that part of the political electorate so unhinged about firearms that they seek their countrymen's deaths. Laws which are regarded as a work in progress for even more laws, but are never commonly regarded as what they are: unconstitutional infringements on a right outlined in the constitution.
Growing up, I was raised in a relatively liberal household, so I never seriously considered the sentiments I occasionally saw emblazoned on vehicles about Liberty being only one generation from disappearing. I never had a firearm in my household, so I never really considered the implications of owning one, not just from the practical point of view, but as an emblem of American citizenship and respect for the US Constitution. After I changed politically, I spent many years feeling guilty about what I had done to further the agenda of the left, until I decided to absolve myself the only way it was going to be done, by pursuing as best I can a reversal of the growing, insipid insanity that constitutes modern governance.
From John Mosby: a three part series on developing a practice plan Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Read on Facebook: "There are no long range gun ranges in my states. What do I do?"
Answer: "Make your targets smaller."
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol ammunition were mostly lower, while prices for rifle ammunition were mostly steady.
Prices for used pistols and for used rifles were mixed.
New Lows:
None
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: J&G Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .25 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammomart, Store brand, FSFP, Reloads, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (10 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .17 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Rush Creek Ammo, Store brand, FMJ, Reloads, .16 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: J&G Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .25 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2015))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, steel casing, .22 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (4Q, 2015)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, steel casing, .36 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, steel casing, FMJ, .36 per round (From Last Week: -.04 Each)
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (9 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Top Gun Supply, Russian Military Issue, steel case, FMJ, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, steel case, FMJ, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 weeks))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammomen, Federal, RNL .07 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 325 rounds: Natchez Shooters Supply, Federal, RNL, .07 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
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The part they and even gun supporters miss about the issue is what is the militia. In 1792 that was every free white male 18 to 45, to be armed with the same type weapon that the small standing army was equipped with. That little nagging thing called the Constitution had in its contents, Article I, Section 8 that particular power in Congress -
The Congress shall have power...
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
Today that is found in Title X, USC -
10 U.S. Code § 311 - Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
That means, whether you want to or not, per the authority granted by the Constitution, Congress has enrolled said males into the federal militia. It's the basis of what commonly is referred to as the 'draft' which is more accurately the selective activation of that federal militia (ie Selective Service). Do away with the law governing the militia and technically the 14th Amendment comes into play prohibiting involuntary servitude. That's if you believe in law and the constitution sort of stuff. Non-applicable if you just believe in power.
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P2K - What you say is true, but when I go back and read the 2A this is what I see:
Because a well regulated Militia is necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people individually to also keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. [my edits]
In other words, because the government must have access to military force, the people must have access to it as well.
#3
Yep. The founders never trusted a standing army of any significance. They were just recently Englishmen who's experience include Oliver Cromwell. That's reflected in the document. Also, they didn't want the standing army to be much better armed than the militia for the same reason.
Strong op-ed piece from Josh Stanton on the new-found resolve in ROK leaders to stand up to the North. At some point people get plain tired of being bullied...
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[Ynet] The terror attack in Jaffa is likely an attempt to destroy the peaceful coexistence that exists in the city; we must not let him succeed.
More than anything else, the promenade from Jaffa to Tel Aviv is "the promenade of coexistence". On both ends, Arabs and Jews travel, have fun, and barbecue on a regular basis.
This does not mean that there is great love between the communities, but there is definitely coexistence. The number of incidents is almost zero. I'm there about twice a week. There's a fixed path there for running, walking, riding bicycles, as well as meeting friends and visiting the shops in Jaffa. It's almost my backyard. Tuesday's terrorist was killed 200 meters from my house, just a few meters away from the soccer field where my son plays every day.
It's not pleasant when it happens in other places. It is certainly not pleasant when it happens close to home. It's frustrating. Another minute or two and he would have arrived at the kids' playground, adjacent to the HaTachana compound, which is crowded in the afternoon. It's frightening. It's chilling. It's an intolerable reality.
There is no quick fix. There is no such thing. But there is also no option to proceed without a plan that gives us a chance for change. It is not clear that the Paleostinians are acting out of desperation. They're acting primarily because of incitement and hatred. But if things go on like this, despair will be the provenance of the Jews. So please wake up over there.
Jaffa's Arabs have nothing to do with what happened yesterday, and any attempt to link them is cheap demagoguery. Aside from a few days of protests, about decade and a half ago, they have shown maturity throughout the crises. It's not as though they have become Zionists. But they keep day-to-day relations normal, in a way that the enemies of Israel so despise. They do not support the state of Hezbollah, as do some of their politicians. They support the state of Tel Aviv.
Tuesday's attacker presumably wanted to harm this normalization -- just like bandidosbully boyz who came before him, on that same promenade.
In 2001, the Dolphinarium attack ocurred, in which 21 teen girls and boys were killed on a Friday night. Two years later, a terrorist from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade stabbed Amir Simhon to death. The attacker of 2003 followed a route almost identical to Tuesday’s attack.
The promenade between Jaffa and Tel Aviv has thus become the center of murderous activity. And maybe -- who knows? -- this is happening precisely because it is a location that despite everything, after all, is a point of sanity between Arabs and Jews. Hebrew and Arabic are often heard emanating from children's mouths on the promenade’s playgrounds. I often encountered tourists who were somewhat surprised by the bilingual spectacle.
This reality is what the attackers want to destroy. We must not let them succeed.
[DCGazette] Last week, Anjem Choudary, a truly extreme muslim imam/cleric/wackadoodle, started spouting off about what Islam will outlaw when they take over America. He was kind enough to post a cheat sheet on Twitter.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
