The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 20

• Blue Collar Prepping - Knives
• Foreign Policy for Grownups - The Russian Ruble craters
• AlArma - IDPA Mindset: Self defense training or Trophy hunting?
• Tech Tips with The Barron - Biometrics
• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Images of the Antis: More Discussion

Blue Collar Prepping - Knives

• Ka-Bar TDI: http://tinyurl.com/ng5arky

• TDI Training Video - http://youtu.be/6ZivRcSnPyw

• Mora Clipper:

• Stainless: http://tinyurl.com/lavzxk2

• Carbon Steel: http://tinyurl.com/pxafz7r

• “Acceptably Sharp”: http://youtu.be/TAsEhmbKsYo?t=2m27s

• More info about the tang: http://youtu.be/earM3Q16MQ0

• Cold Steel Kukri Machete: http://tinyurl.com/o25g977

• Video of cutting ability (note the flex test performed at the 1:40 mark): http://youtu.be/kbLEv1DuEKQ

Felons Behaving Badly

• Man admits to deadly shooting in Grier Heights - http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/crime/2014/12/29/1-fatally-shot-in-grier-heights/21000247/

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0794478&searchLastName=McGriff&searchFirstName=Aaron&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1392320&searchLastName=Williams&searchFirstName=Adrian&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - The Russian Ruble craters

• iPhone 6 price jumps 35% in Russia as ruble plummets- http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-iphone-6-price-jumps-35-in-russia-as-ruble-plummets/

• Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/26/us-russia-crisis-market-rouble-idUSKBN0K40BF20141226

• Tens Of Thousands Of Russians Have Loans That Are Now Contracts Of 'Financial Slavery' - http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-dollar-mortgage-holders-urge-russia-to-end-financial-slavery-2014-12

• Ruble collapses, shakes Russian economy, consumers - http://www.bradenton.com/2014/12/16/5534003/ruble-rallies-on-central-bank.html

• Who gets hurt with Russia’s falling Ruble? - http://www.newsweek.com/2015/01/02/who-gets-hurt-russias-falling-ruble-294387.html

• Exchange rate history - http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/USDRUB:CUR

Strange laws

• California repeals the “Both Feet Flat on the Floorboards” law for off road vehicles - http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1266

AlArma - IDPA Mindset: Self defense training or Trophy hunting?

• Competition Shooting: It is what you make of it - http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2014/12/29/competition-shooting-it-is-what-you-make-of-it/

Fun With Headlines

• U.S. Police Officer Shooting Deaths Up 56 Percent in 2014 - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/u-s-police-officer-shooting-deaths-56-percent-2014-report-n276811

• Number Of Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty Drops To 50-Year Low While Number Of Citizens Killed By Cops Remains Unchanged -https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131230/15411225716/number-officers-killed-line-duty-drops-to-50-year-low-while-number-citizens-killed-cops-remains-unchanged.shtml

• ODMP Data Dump: http://gunscarstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ODMP.csv

Tech Tips with The Barron - Biometrics

• Hacker Clones German Defense Minister's Fingerprint Using Just her Photos - http://thehackernews.com/2014/12/hacker-clone-fingerprint-scanner.html

• iPhone Fingerprint Authentication - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/iphone_fingerpr.html

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Images of the Antis: More Discussion

• Images of the Antis: More “Discussion” - http://www.weerdworld.com/2014/images-of-the-antis-more-discussion/

• CDC Looks Ahead: 13 Public Health Issues in 2013 - http://blogs.cdc.gov/cdcworksforyou24-7/2013/01/cdc-looks-ahead-13-public-health-issues-in-2013/

• Shhhh. Secret Group of State Legislators Meets in Washington This Week to Plan Anti-Gun Agenda. Mum’s the Word - http://www.nssfblog.com/shhhh-secret-group-of-state-legislators-meets-in-washington-this-week-to-plan-anti-gun-agenda-mums-the-word/

• Finish the Job - http://www.bradycampaign.org/our-impact/campaigns/finish-the-job

• 92 Percent Back Background Checks For All Gun Buys - http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2057

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Adam - Corvette Driver Takes 2 Parking Spots, Gets Taught A Lesson In New Jersey - http://youtu.be/4c5C0-5cvFk

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 19

• Blue Collar Prepping - Fitness Preparation

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Cuba

• AlArma - The Perfect Christmas Movie

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Updating is not enough

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Common Sense Gun Safety Reforms”

Blue Collar Prepping - Fitness Preparation

• The Couch-to-5K ® Running Plan - http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/

• Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.guyhoffman.c25k

• iDevice - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/couch-to-5k/id448474423

Felons Behaving Badly

• 'He's got a gun:' Army vet surprises robbers with shotgun - http://www.hpe.com/news/x1736888916/Vet-surprises-robbers-with-shotgun

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0898532&searchLastName=Lackey&searchFirstName=Patrick&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Cuba

• Russia to reopen spy base in Cuba as relations with US continue to sourhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/russia-reopening-spy-base-cuba-us-relations-sour

• History of embargo against Cuba - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba

• Fact Check: Is Cuba a Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/19/fact-check-ted-cruz-cuba-terrorism/20638993/

Strange laws

• California Speed Trap Law - http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=40001-41000&file=40800-40808

AlArma - The Perfect Christmas Movie

• Why is “Die Hard” the perfect Christmas movie - http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2014/12/25/why-is-die-hard-the-perfect-christmas-movie/

• Die Hard - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/

• 3 Godfathers - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040064/

Fun With Headlines

• Mother says baby who could hardly breathe was turned away from urgent care clinic - http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Mother-says-baby-who-could-hardly-breathe-was-turned-away-from-urgent-care-clinic-286437441.html#ixzz3MotvuEr2

Tech Tips with The Barron - Updating is not enough

• 12 million home and business routers vulnerable to critical hijacking hack - http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/12/12-million-home-and-business-routers-vulnerable-to-critical-hijacking-hack/

• Blaster (computer worm) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_%28computer_worm%29

• HTTPS Everywhere - https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

• Is the Internet on Fire? - https://istheinternetonfire.com/

Christmas for Adam and Sean

• My silencer dealer - http://ncsilencer.com/

• Surefire Combatlight - http://amzn.to/13Avmmt

• Sheepskin Trooper hats - http://www.sickafus.com/sheepskin/sheepskin-headwear-gloves-mittens/TRBL.html

• Striplula http://goo.gl/Oagrkp

• Maglula Benchloader - http://youtu.be/JylIzCWRnz0

• Bluetooth Shower Speaker http://goo.gl/eqqe4h

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Common Sense Gun Safety Reforms”

• Common sense gun safety reforms needed after Sandy Hook - http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/12/15/common-sense-gun-safety-reforms-needed-after-sandy-hook/

• So much for the claim that “Nine out of 10 Americans support [expanded] background checks” - http://crimepreventionresearchcenter.org/2014/11/so-much-for-the-claim-that-nine-out-of-10-americans-support-expanded-background-checks/

• Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality - http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/02/17/bloomberg-latest-stats-on-school-gun-violence-ignore-reality/

• Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware - http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/

Stuff that grinds my gears

• So why all the Ferguson hoopla? - http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/198882/

GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 18

• Blue Collar Prepping - Priorities

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Torture

• AlArma - Read the Primary Sources!

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Stingrays and how you can build one

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death” Epilogue: Accidental Death and Defensive Gun Use

Blue Collar Prepping - Priorities

• The Slippery Slope of Prepping: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-slippery-slope-of-prepping.html

• Why Prepping Makes Sense - Financially: http://3bxsofbs.infamousanime.net/?p=8257

Felons Behaving Badly

• Man starved dog to death on purpose, Wake deputies charge - http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/17/4330416_man-starved-dog-to-death-on-purpose.html?rh=1

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0392862&searchLastName=Streeter&searchFirstName=Cecil&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Torture

• What is torture? - http://www.irct.org/what-is-torture/defining-torture.aspx

• Torture Memos - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Memos

• Sen. Bob Kerrey: Partisan torture report fails America - http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/12/09/torture-cia-senate-intelligence-report-911-column/20088647/

Strange laws

• 2010 Arkansas Code - Title 5 - Criminal Offenses - Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Or Welfare - Chapter 73 - Weapons - Subchapter 3 - Concealed Handguns - § 5-73-306 - Prohibited places - http://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2010/title-5/subtitle-6/chapter-73/subchapter-3/5-73-306

AlArma - Read the Primary Sources!

• Heien v. North Carolina - http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-604_ec8f.pdf

• Lazy, Incompetent Bureaucrats Will Celebrate the Heien Decision for Years - http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/12/lazy_incompetent_bureaucrats_will_celebrate_the_emheienem_decision_for_years.html

• The Supreme Court Ignores the Lessons of Ferguson - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/12/heien_v_north_carolina_as_the_rest_of_the_country_worries_about_police_overreach.single.html

• NOW I'm legal in Florida - http://www.reddit.com/r/guns/comments/2ph7v4/now_im_legal_in_florida_comments_in_thread/cmwm98o

• Picture http://i.imgur.com/F418L5H.jpg

Fun With Headlines

• Driver who stopped for ducks gets jail, 10-year driving ban - http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/world/2014/12/17/canada-ducklings-highway-fatal-court/20513845/

Tech Tips with The Barron - Stingrays and how you can build one

• Defcon 18 - Practical Cellphone Spying - Chris Paget - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8hg4FTm0g&feature=youtu.be

• Network Signal Info (Android App) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en

• Use Field Test Mode to See True iPhone Signal Strength as Numbers Instead of Bars - http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/20/field-test-mode-iphone-signal-strength-numbers/

MISC

• Hundred Dollar Suppressors - http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1693688_The__100__308_Suppressor__That_is_as_good_as_an__800_one_____New_Video_12_10_in_OP.html

• NC Silencer - www.NCSilencer.com

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death” Epilogue: Accidental Death and Defensive Gun Use

• NSSF: An Analysis of Firearm-Related Accidents in the United States - http://www.responsivemanagement.com/download/reports/Firearmaccidentsreport.pdf

• Gun Facts: Guns and Crime Prevention - http://www.gunfacts.info/gun-control-myths/guns-and-crime-prevention/

• NIJ: Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms - https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf

GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 17

• Blue Collar Prepping: Prepping with Pets

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Aid to Israel

• Special Guest: Ben Berry of The Triangle Tactical Podcast - Why you should shoot competitions

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Better Credit Card Solutions

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death”: Suicide

Blue Collar Prepping: Prepping with Pets

• Prepping makes sense for pet owners (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUbSF_S20bE

• Human food you shouldn’t give your pets - https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/people-foods-avoid-feeding-your-pets

• Collapsible food & water bowl - http://tinyurl.com/lol54ed

• Foldable cat litterbox - http://tinyurl.com/ompjm7f

• Doggie saddlebags - http://tinyurl.com/pjxmley

• Find hotels that allow pets - http://www.petswelcome.com/ and http://www.pets-allowed-hotels.com/

• EMT Gel - http://tinyurl.com/lspona3

• Microchip your pets - http://public.homeagain.com/

Felons Behaving Badly

• Pembroke man arrested, charged in triple-murder - http://www.robesonian.com/news/breaking_news-news/50820693/Pembroke-man-arrested-charged-in-triple-murder

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1341445&searchLastName=Locklear&searchFirstName=Casey&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim 1 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0136563&searchLastName=Freeman&searchFirstName=John&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim 2 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0938147&searchLastName=Mayno&searchFirstName=Ted&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim 3 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0892023&searchLastName=Oxendine&searchFirstName=Mitch&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Aid to Israel

• Congressional Research Service: Foreign Aid to Israel - http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf

Strange laws

• Malum Prohibitum - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malum_prohibitum

• Malum in se - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malum_in_se

Special Guest: Ben Berry of The Triangle Tactical Podcast - Why you should shoot competitions

• Triangle Tactical Podcast website - http://www.triangletactical.net/

Fun With Headlines

• Former State Trooper Dies During Incident In DeKalb County

• http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/Former-State-Trooper-Dies-During-Incident-In-DeKalb-County-283679071.html

Tech Tips with The Barron - Better Credit Card Solutions

• CVS and Rite Aid Apple Pay blockade official as iOS and Android users unite in rare showing to fight NFC ban - http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/27/cvs-and-rite-aid-apple-pay-blockade-official-as-ios-and-android-users-unite-in-rare-showing-to-fight-nfc-ban/

• Flaw in New ‘Secure’ Credit Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card - http://www.wired.com/2014/11/chip-n-pin-foreign-currency-vulnerability/

• Police: Couple Using Foil To Steal From Gas Stations - http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/Police-Couple-Using-Foil-To-Steal-From-Gas-Stations-279979332.html

• Judge rules that banks can sue Target for 2013 credit card hack - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/judge-rules-that-banks-can-sue-target-for-2013-credit-card-hack/

MISC

• Good Samaritan Killed By Someone Asking To Use His Phone - http://www.crimeincharlotte.com/good-samaritan-killed-by-someone-asking-to-use-his-phone/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death”: Suicide

• Guns At Home Pose A Risk For Suicidal Teens - http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/02/180603515/guns-at-home-pose-a-risk-for-suicidal-teens

• List of countries by suicide rate - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Facts and Figures - http://www.afsp.org/understanding-suicide/facts-and-figures

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Your Sexy Stay at Home Knife - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-26/looking-sharp-meet-your-sexy-stay-at-home-knife.html

• Spyderco Delica Wave - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00165X4K6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2T8JIK0MHBJP&coliid=I237UIHGT1L9MF

• Spyderco Endura Wave - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00190VMFM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2T8JIK0MHBJP&coliid=I5OKAB57H98C5

• Kershaw Emerson - http://goo.gl/A9HQXs

GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 16

• Blue Collar Prepping - Prepping for babies & young children

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - CAIR and the American Muslim Association designated as

• Terrorist Organizations

• AlArma - Lessons from Ferguson

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Phishing

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death” Domestic Violence

Blue Collar Prepping - Prepping for babies & young children

• Affordable cloth diapers: http://mynaughtybaby.com/ ($7.95 each, cheaper if you buy in bulk)

• Breastfeeding burns calories: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/breastfeeding-burns-calories

• Pedialyte: http://tinyurl.com/nuxb4gz

• Lightestportable crib (least expensive version): http://tinyurl.com/nhume3p

• Lightweight crib & playpen (more expensive but better-rated): http://tinyurl.com/p8hvtuq

• Stroller organizers: http://tinyurl.com/py536m8

Felons Behaving Badly

• Man charged in theft of AR-15 from Asheville Walmart - http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/crime/2014/12/01/man-charged-theft-ar-asheville-walmart/19736737/

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1124472&searchLastName=Skelton&searchFirstName=Donald&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - CAIR and the American Muslim Association designated as Terrorist Organizations

• Why the U.A.E. is calling two American groups terrorists? - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/11/17/why-the-u-a-e-is-calling-2-american-groups-terrorists/

• FAQs on Treasury sanctions - http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Sanctions/Pages/ques_index.aspx#gen_ques

Strange laws

• § 14-43.1. Unlawful arrest by officers from other states. - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-43.1.html

• § 15A-403. Arrest by officers from other states. - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/statutes/statutelookup.pl?statute=15a-403

AlArma - Lessons from Ferguson

• Black Ferguson Residents Arm Themselves and Descend Upon White-Owned Business - http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/11/28/black-ferguson-residents-arm-themselves-and-descend-upon-white-owned-business-the-reason-why-is-front-page-worthy/

• Natalie's Cakes & More: Thank you to the guys and gals like this wonderful man, protecting me and my bakery - https://www.facebook.com/274915157402/photos/a.10152021813882403.1073741838.274915157402/10152846243627403/?type=1

• Oath Keepers Station Themselves on Ferguson's Rooftops; Police Order Them to Stop - http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/01/oath-keepers-station-themselves-on-fergu

• Craigslist Ad: Korean Sharpshooters to Deal With #Ferguson Looters - http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/08/craigslist-ad-korean-sharpshooters-to-deal-with-ferguson-looters/

Fun With Headlines

• Gun Shop Refuses Sale to African-American Woman Because Darren Wilson Won’t Be Indicted - http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/11/22/gun-shop-refuses-sale-to-african-american-woman-because-darren-wilson-wont-be-indicted-video/

Tech Tips with The Barron - Phishing

• Phishing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

• FBI warns of increased spear phishing attacks - http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240187487/FBI-warns-of-increased-spear-phishing-attacks

• Tewksbury Residents Target of IRS Phone Scam - http://patch.com/massachusetts/tewksbury/tewksbury-residents-target-irs-phone-scam-0

• “I am calling you from Windows”: A tech support scammer dials Ars Technica - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/i-am-calling-you-from-windows-a-tech-support-scammer-dials-ars-technica/

• “Can you fix my Windows 95 computer?”: How to troll a tech support scammer - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/can-you-fix-my-windows-95-computer-how-to-troll-a-tech-support-scammer/

• Morgan Freeman Narrates 50 Shades Of Grey NSFW - http://youtu.be/CvX6LkbiS-U

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death” Domestic Violence

• Bureau of Justice Statistics: Family Violence Statistics - http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvs02.pdf

• GunCite: Gun Murder - http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvmurd.html

• Graphics Matter - http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2012/06/graphics-matter-year-the-fourth.html

• The Myth Of The "Virgin Killer": Law-Abiding Persons Who Kill In A Fit Of Rage - http://www.hoffmang.com/firearms/kates/Myth_of_the_Virgin_Killer-Kates-Polsby.pdf

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Sean - Images of the Antis: Blood Dancing - http://www.weerdworld.com/2014/images-of-the-antis-blood-dancing-2/

• Adam - Amber Alerts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert

GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 15

• Blue Collar Prepping - Cold weather survival outside the home

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Terrorism

• AlArma - The Entertainment Industries Council thinks you are too stupid and cowardly to use guns

• Tech Tips with The Barron - The importance of offline backups

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death”: Violent Crime

Blue Collar Prepping - Cold weather survival outside the home

• Stuck on New York Interstate for 24 hours: http://mashable.com/2014/11/19/stranded-cars-new-york-snow-interstate/

• Layering: http://youtu.be/v-7vD1_DrHA

• Wirecutter's Pick - Intocircuit Heavy Duty External Battery Pack Charger for USB charged phones: http://tinyurl.com/Intocircuit

• Levin Sol-Wing 13W Solar Charger: http://tinyurl.com/Sol-Wing

• Cold Weather Considerations: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/11/cold-weather-considerations.html

• Winter Survival: http://mausersandmuffins.blogspot.com/2014/11/winter-survival.html

Felons Behaving Badly

• Duplin County deputies arrest suspect in execution-style murder - http://www.wcti12.com/news/duplin-county-deputies-arrest-suspect-in-executionstyle-murder/29822292

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0471550&searchLastName=Porter&searchFirstName=Nashid&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0811081&searchLastName=Hester&searchFirstName=Obediah&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Terrorism

• After 13 years, 2 wars and trillions in military spending, terrorist attacks are rising sharply - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/18/after-13-years-2-wars-and-trillions-in-military-spending-terrorist-attacks-are-rising-sharply/

• The Looming Tower - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Looming_Tower

• Why Muslims have only few Nobel Prizes - http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/why-muslims-have-only-few-nobel-prizes.aspx?pageID=449&nID=52473&NewsCatID=411

Strange laws

• Semi-auto rifles and handguns prohibited for hunting in Pennsylvania - http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=34&div=0&chpt=23&sctn=8&subsctn=0

AlArma - The Entertainment Industries Council thinks you are too stupid and cowardly to use guns

• Guns for Protection: Empowering or Imperiling? - http://www.eiconline.org/resources/publications/z_gvdb/gvb1-5.pdf

Fun With Headlines

• Man arrested for shooting 2 dogs, killing 1 in north Nashville - http://www.wkrn.com/story/27464750/man-arrested-for-shooting-2-dogs-killing-1-in-north-nashville

Tech Tips with The Barron - The importance of offline backups

• Sheriff's Office Forced To Pay Ransom For Their Own Case Files - http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/Sheriffs-Office-Forced-To-Pay-Ransom-For-Their-Own-Case-Files-282493831.html?lc=Smart

• Chain of Custody - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_custody

MISC

• Triangle Tactical Podcast’s Episode 107 - USPSA Grand Master Steve Anderson – 107 - http://www.triangletactical.net/2014/11/10/uspsa-grand-master-steve-anderson-107/

• Handgun Flashlight techniques - http://youtu.be/mb1QMqk_wmU

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - “Gun Death”: Violent Crime

• Crime Statistics for 2013 Released - http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2014/november/crime-statistics-for-2013-released/crime-statistics-for-2013-released

• Knife Killings in City Increased 50 Percent in 2008- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/nyregion/28knives.html?_r=0

• Manufacturing Low Crime Rates at the NYPD - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eli-b-silverman/low-crime-rates-nypd-eli-b-silverman-john-a-eterno_b_1772489.html

• Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware - http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/

Stuff that grinds my gears

• UVA Bans Fraternities Until January In Wake Of Campus Rape Article - http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/22/365970415/uva-bans-fraternities-until-january-in-wake-of-campus-rape-article

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 14

• Blue Collar Prepping - Cold Weather Survival in the Home

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Russia

• AlArma - (Formerly Great) Britain Cooks the (Crime Statistics) Books

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Weer’d talks with Barron about Washingon’s I-594 private transfer ban

Special thanks to Remy and Reason magazine for permission to use the song “Don’t Tell ‘Em (Obamacare Version)” - http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/11/17/remy-dont-tell-em-obamacare-transparency

Tactical Dog and Fitness Report

• Dog Antlers - http://gunscarstech.com/DogAntlers

Blue Collar Prepping - Cold Weather Survival in the Home

• Snow in Buffalo: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-terrifying-pictures-of-the-snow-in-buffalo

• Bath tub water bladders: http://tinyurl.com/Bath-Tub-Bladder

• Stuck on New York Interstate for 24 hours: http://mashable.com/2014/11/19/stranded-cars-new-york-snow-interstate/

• Layering: http://youtu.be/v-7vD1_DrHA

• Cold Weather Considerations: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/11/cold-weather-considerations.html

• Winter Survival: http://mausersandmuffins.blogspot.com/2014/11/winter-survival.html

Felons Behaving Badly

• Lewisville teen killed after bullet passes through hotel wall - http://www.wral.com/slain-lewisville-teen-was-in-triangle-for-soccer-tournament/14182723/

• Man accused in fatal Raleigh hotel shooting makes first court appearance - http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/17/4330829_man-accused-in-fatal-raleigh-hotel.html?rh=1

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0417202&searchLastName=Vater&searchFirstName=Randall&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• After teen's death in Raleigh, gun control advocates renew calls for reform - http://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2014/11/18/after-teens-death-in-raleigh-gun-control-advocates-renew-calls-for-reform

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Russia

• Council on Foreign Relations - The Russian Military - http://www.cfr.org/russian-federation/russian-military/p33758

• Russia censors media by blocking websites and popular blog - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/14/russia-bans-alexei-navalny-blog-opposition-news-websites

Strange laws

• Defense of another: Alter ego vs. Reasonable Perception - http://www.ammoland.com/2014/04/what-are-the-rules-of-engagement-in-defense-of-another-during-a-stick-up/#axzz3JflcKPit

• Man In Holland Brutally Stabs His Girlfriend Repeatedly - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f5f_1364989862

AlArma - (Formerly Great) Britain Cooks the (Crime Statistics) Books

• A million crimes reported by public left out of police figures - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11236805/A-million-crimes-reported-by-public-left-out-of-police-figures.html

Fun With Headlines

• Crews continue to pull zombies out of Lake Michigan - http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/now-trending/Crews-continue-to-pull-zombies-out-of-Lake-Michigan-282038061.html

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Weer’d talks with Barron about Washingon’s I-594 private transfer ban

• I-594 Firearm Transfer Flow Chart - http://blog.joehuffman.org/content/binary/I594FlowChart.png

MISC

• I-594 And The Aftermath - Why Washington State And Who Might Be Next (Pt. 1) - http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2014/11/i-594-and-aftermath-why-washington.html

• If 97% of people support universal background checks, then why did Bloomberg spend Ten Million Dollars to only get 58.8% of the vote?http://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Universal_Background_Checks_for_Gun_Purchases,_Initiative_594_%282014%29

• See Also - http://www.gallup.com/poll/179045/less-half-americans-support-stricter-gun-laws.aspx

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 13

• Blue Collar Prepping - Unusual Prepping Items

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Should we expand NATO?

• AlArma - Entertainment Industries Council’s Gun Violence Depiction Book

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Internet Voting

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Criminals misusing our Rights

Blue Collar Prepping - Unusual Prepping Items

• Uses of tobacco - http://readynutrition.com/resources/it-aint-just-for-smoking-known-but-beneficial-uses-for-tobacco_27082010/

• Sillcock Key - http://tinyurl.com/Blue-Collar-Sillcock-Key

• The Necessity Defense - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Necessity+defense

Felons Behaving Badly

• Fuquay-Varina Man Charged With Murder In Girlfriend's Shooting - http://abc11.com/news/fuquay-varina-man-charged-with-murder-in-girlfriends-shooting/384457/

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1439007&searchLastName=McLean&searchFirstName=Logan&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1363906&searchLastName=Puryear&searchFirstName=Britny&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Should we expand NATO?

• NATO Member Countries - http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/nato_countries.htm

• NATO Leaders to Vow to Lift Military Spending - http://online.wsj.com/articles/nato-leaders-to-vow-to-lift-military-spending-1409832341

Strange laws

• TN 39-13-606. Electronic tracking of motor vehicles. - http://www.jrn.com/newschannel5/news/Some-Question-Legality-Of-GPS-Tracking-Devices-In-Cars-281987431.html

AlArma - Entertainment Industries Council’s Gun Violence Depiction Book

• Entertainment Industries Council: Gun Violence Depiction Book - http://www.eiconline.org/eic-resources/publications/national/gun-violence-depiction-book/

Fun With Headlines

• Harpeth High cracking down after sexual misconduct reported on campus - http://www.wsmv.com/story/27168799/harpeth-high-cracking-down-after-sexual-misconduct-reported-on-campus

Tech Tips with The Barron - Internet Voting

• Modifying an Off-the-Shelf Wireless Router for PDF Ballot Tampering - http://galois.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/technical-hack-a-pdf.pdf

• Hacking Internet Voting via Ballot Tampering - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtfiZyPca1w

MISC

• Drabblecast - http://www.drabblecast.org/

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Criminals misusing our Rights

• Images of the Antis: Limits to Rights -http://www.weerdworld.com/2014/images-of-the-antis-limits-to-rights/

• False Consciousness - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consciousness

Stuff that grinds my gears

• The Nation Needs President Scott Walker In 2016 - http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/the-nation-needs-president-scott-walker-in-2016/ Does Walker sizzle? Not exactly. Is he a particularly charismatic speaker? No, he isn’t. But does he sit upon a throne made of the skulls of his enemies? Yes, yes he does.

• State Level Gun Rights Organizations - http://gunscarstech.com/state-level-organizations/

• Adam - “There needs to be a law…” http://gunscarstech.com/2011/08/17/it-all-ends-with-puppy-killing-swat-teams/

GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 12

• Blue Collar Prepping - Water on the Go

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Should the US fund and support insurgents?

• AlArma - The wages of gun control

• Tech Tips with The Barron - IP Cameras and Default Passwords

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - The false argument “Fire in a Crowded Theater”

Tactical Dog and Fitness Report

• Dysis playing Two-Disc - http://youtu.be/g-inIEBnhkA

Blue Collar Prepping - Water on the Go

• Water requirements for survival - http://www.ready.gov/water

• Sawyer Mini Water filter - http://tinyurl.com/Sawyer-Mini-Water-Filter

• Sawyer Personal Water Bottle - http://tinyurl.com/Sawyer-Water-Bottle-Filter

Felons Behaving Badly

• Brothers charged in Nash courthouse shooting - http://www.wral.com/brothers-charged-in-nash-courthouse-shooting/14130155/

• Suspect 1 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0527036&searchLastName=Morris&searchFirstName=Demond&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Suspect 2 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1222408&searchLastName=Morris&searchFirstName=Brandon&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim 1 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0643137&searchLastName=Evans&searchFirstName=Donte&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim 2 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0700334&searchLastName=Ricks&searchFirstName=Lamar&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Should the US fund and support insurgents?

• Obama should take another look at some U.S. foreign policy ‘failures’ - http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-kagan-obama-should-take-another-look-at-some-us-foreign-policy-failures/2014/10/31/ebecd42c-611b-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html

• Frankenstein the CIA created - http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/17/yemen.islam

• Sleeping With the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11 - http://www.globalresearch.ca/sleeping-with-the-devil-how-u-s-and-saudi-backing-of-al-qaeda-led-to-911/5303313

• Al Qaeda Core: A Short History - http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/17/al_qaeda_core_a_short_history

• Two Arab countries fall apart - http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21604230-extreme-islamist-group-seeks-create-caliphate-and-spread-jihad-across

Strange gun laws

• Ohio hidden compartment law - http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2923.241

AlArma - The wages of gun control

• 3 village defenders reburied in Peru - http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/03/ap-photos-3-village-defenders-reburied-in-peru/

• Thailand distributes arms to villagers in the south to quell insurgency - http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/thailand-distributes-arms-villagers-the-south-quell-insurgency-20141

Fun With Headlines

• ThinkProgress uses the headline to mislead low information voters - http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/10/27/3584626/it-is-still-legal-to-breed-dogs-for-human-consumption-in-pennsylvania-thanks-to-the-nra/

Tech Tips with The Barron - IP Cameras and Default Passwords

• This Website Streams Camera Footage from Users Who Didn't Change Their Password - http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-website-streams-camera-footage-from-users-who-didnt-change-their-password

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - The false argument “Fire in a Crowded Theater”

• “Fire” in a crowded theater - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater

• Mass deaths by fire

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire - 100 dead 2003

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire - 492 dead 1942

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire - 603 dead 1903

• Falsely shouting fire leads to panicked crowds, stampede and tramplings - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster 73 dead 1913, Calumet, Michigan

• Prior restraint - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_restraint

Stuff that grinds my gears

• State Level Gun Rights Orgs - http://gunscarstech.com/state-level-organizations/

The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 11

• Blue Collar Prepping - Get Home Bag

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - Does the world need a leader, and is the United States that leader?

• AlArma - Miami Vice: The influence on the Gun Culture and Guns in General

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Smart Guns

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Nobody Want to Take Your Guns!

Tactical Dog and Fitness Report

• ZogoFlex Flying Disc - http://www.amazon.com/West-Paw-Design-Zogoflex-Colors/dp/B000EYLO6G

• Jaws Hyperflex Flying Disc - http://www.amazon.com/Hyperflite-Jawz-Hyperflex-4-Inch-Purple/dp/B004J69IVS/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1414705328&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=jaws+hyperflex

Blue Collar Prepping - Get Home Bag

• My Get Home Bag: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/02/shtfriday-zones-of-assessment-get-home.html

• Linoge’s Get Home Bag: http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2014/10/my-get-home-bag.html

• Don’t buy a $10 Cookie: http://bluecollarprepping.blogspot.com/2014/10/dont-buy-10-cookie.html

• A brief Google search has turned up a "rule of thumb" that food ages roughly twice as fast for every 20 degrees above room temperature: http://www.mocon.com/pdf/webinars/PackageIntegrity/ShelfLifeStudies-BasicsConceptsPrinciples.pdf

Felons Behaving Badly

• Greensboro man charged in fatal stabbing hears voices, mother says - http://www.news-record.com/news/greensboro-man-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-hears-voices-mother-says/article_e2828bd8-4d8f-11e4-9303-001a4bcf6878.html

• Suspect - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1190734&searchLastName=Richardson&searchFirstName=Shiquann&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

• Victim - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0307910&searchLastName=Overman&searchFirstName=James&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - Does the world need a leader, and is the United States that leader?

• We may not like it, but Isis and Iraq remind us that we need America to be the world's policeman - (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100282799/we-may-not-like-it-but-we-need-america-to-be-the-worlds-policeman/#)

Strange gun laws - Cross Burning

• 14-12.12. Placing burning or flaming cross on property of another or on public street or highway or on any public place - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_14/gs_14-12.12.html .

AlArma - Miami Vice: The influence on the Gun Culture and Guns in General

• Internet Firearms Movie Data Base (Miami Vice TV Series) - http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Miami_Vice_(TV_Series)

• The Guns of Miami Vice - http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2014/09/29/the-guns-of-miami-vice/

Fun With Headlines

• AP train station - http://ace.mu.nu/archives/352653.php

Tech Tips with The Barron - Smart Guns

• Smart Guns–An Engineers Perspective - http://www.the-minuteman.org/2013/01/14/smart-gunsan-engineers-perspective/

• Silicon Valley startup unveils Internet-connected smart guns for cops - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/silicon-valley-startup-unveils-internet-connected-smart-guns-for-cops/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Nobody Want to Take Your Guns!

• Joan Confiscation fears are paranoia:

• http://www.commongunsense.com/2014/09/gun-laws-in-italy.html

• http://www.commongunsense.com/2012/11/whos-afraid-of-big-bad-wolf.html

• http://www.commongunsense.com/2013/09/why-we-need-to-expand-background-checks.html

• Joan Let’s Confiscate:

• http://www.commongunsense.com/2014/10/another-tragic-day-in-america.html

• http://www.commongunsense.com/2011/06/what-do-you-need-vs-what-do-you-want.html

• http://www.protectmn.org/issues

• Gun deaths and injuries in Minnesota: The Solutions

• http://www.commongunsense.com/2011/11/watching-me-like-hawk.html?showComment=1322507214400#c3193267263402564930

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Sean - People who post “Dumb Laws” stories based upon rumors and urban legends without providing a link to the actual law. Or worse, the misrepresent the law or just flat don’t understand it - http://kiss951.cbslocal.com/2013/06/17/top-10-most-bizarre-north-carolina-laws/