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