EP062 GunBlog VarietyCast

• Blue Collar Prepping - Zombies

• Foreign Policy for Grownups - A New Cold War

• This One Time/Special Guest - Brandon Combs, President of Firearms Policy Coalition

• Tech Tips with The Barron - Crowdfunding, beware the sucker play

• This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer

• Our Sponsor - http://www.lawofselfdefense.com/variety

Blue Collar Prepping - Zombies

• Brazilian man bites passenger on Irish aircraft, collapses and dies - http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2015/10/19/brazilian-man-bites-passenger-on-irish-aircraft-collapses-and-dies-woman/
• Tennessee zombie hoax - http://www.snopes.com/several-injured-zombie-attack-tennessee-walmart/
• Miami cannibal attack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack
• CDC Zombie Preparedness Page - http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm
• Zombie Counterterrorism Training Program - http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/16/13899038-zombies-under-attack-in-counterterrorism-training-program
• Mathematical Modeling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection - https://loe.org/images/content/091023/Zombie%20Publication.pdf
• Zombie Squad - https://www.zombiehunters.org/

Felons Behaving Badly

• Clayton home’s power cut by armed robbers in trick to lure victim outside - http://wncn.com/2015/09/07/clayton-homes-power-cut-by-armed-robbers-in-trick-to-lure-man-outside/
• Suspect 1 - http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1361573&searchLastName=Holmes&searchFirstName=Gerald&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1

Foreign Policy for Grownups - A New Cold War

• Dumb video - http://thelibertyzone.com/2015/08/13/and-the-russians-will-probably-buy-it/
• Putin’s Ukraine Dream a Nightmare - http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/20/how-putins-ukrainian-dream-turned-into-a-nightmare/
• Lavrov says West trying to Usher in Regime Change - http://www.wsj.com/articles/lavrov-says-west-is-seeking-regime-change-in-russia-1416672419
• Russia’s energy exports important - http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=17231

Plug of the Week

• KeySmart - http://amzn.to/1R2Ay5X

Special Guest - Brandon Combs, President of Firearms Policy Coalition

• Stop Newsom - StopNewsom.com
• FPC Second Amendment Defense Committee PAC - fpcsadc.org
• Firearms Policy Coalition Slams California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Over Reported Gun Control Ballot Prop - https://www.firearmspolicy.org/news/fpc/firearms-policy-coalition-slams-california-lt-gov-gavin-newsom-over-reported-gun-control-ballot-prop/

Fun With Headlines

• Meerkat expert bashes monkey handler in face over llama-keeper in zoo love triangle - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/meerkat-expert-bashes-colleague-face-zoo-love-triangle-article-1.2397725
• Zookeeper assaults zookeeper over love triangle with fellow zookeeper - http://www.fox8live.com/story/30264638/zookeeper-assaults-zookeeper-over-love-triangle-with-fellow-zookeeper
• Zookeepers behave like animals during 'menagerie a trois' at London Zoo Christmas party - http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/10/15/19/40/zookeepers-behave-like-animals-during-menagerie-a-trois-at-london-zoo-christmas-party
• 'Menagerie a trois': Monkey handler 'suffers nightmares' over glassing as love rival zoologist spared jail - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11930816/Menagerie-a-trois-zoologist-faces-jail-for-glassing-monkey-keeping-love-rival.html

Tech Tips with The Barron - Crowdfunding, beware the sucker play

• Lumen - Eternal Flashlight That Doesn't Need Batteries -https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/940015402/lumen-eternal-flashlight-that-doesnt-need-batterie/

The J Block - Gas Mileage

• What is the MPG Illusion? - http://www.mpgillusion.com/p/what-is-mpg-illusion.html

This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer

• Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer On Gun Violence

• http://newtrajectory.blogspot.com/2015/10/oregon-representative-earl-blumenauer.html

• Oregon Dem hopes school shooting 'will inspire action' on gun control - http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/208835-oregon-dem-hopes-shooting-will-inspire-action
• 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.html
• Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe - http://crimeresearch.org/2015/06/comparing-death-rates-from-mass-public-shootings-in-the-us-and-europe/

Stuff that grinds my gears

• Sean - Gun owners who immediately toss their fellow gun owners under the bus
• Bystander Who Fired at a Fleeing Shoplifter’s Vehicle Is Charged in Michigan - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/us/woman-in-michigan-charged-after-shooting-at-fleeing-shoplifters.html

• Police report: Auburn Hills Home Depot shooter wanted to help, ‘somewhat certain’ only two shots fired - http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20151019/police-report-auburn-hills-home-depot-shooter-wanted-to-help-somewhat-certain-only-two-shots-fired