Cartels Use Car Bomb, Suicide Bomber to Attack Police in Western Mexico I have used the term “Criminal Insurgency” several times on this blog in the past few years and the reason for that is made perfectly clear in this article. Cartels and Cartel-Affiliated Gangs have been using the same insurgent tactics we witnessed…
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Ammo Comparison: .30-.30 & 7.62×39
30-30 vs 7.62×39 The American and Russian 30 Caliber Clash The 7.62×39 Russian and the 30-30 Winchester are two centerfire 30-caliber rifle cartridges that are extremely similar in terms of their external and terminal ballistics. Despite their similarities, these two rifle cartridges were designed for completely different purposes and rifles. The 30-30 ammo was designed specifically…
Hard Copy Travel Maps
Free State Maps & Travel Guides How did we survive before cell phones, GPS and Google Map Apps? Answer: A Compass and a Hard Copy Map! I can still remember my Old Man having a couple Hard Copy Road Atlases and those famous “tri-fold” travel maps that were actually 10,000 fold stuffed in the…
Blast at a Tennessee Explosives Plant leaves 18 missing and feared dead
If you value this story or any others, please consider sharing, or even becoming a paid subscriber. Your support is always gratefully received, and will never be forgotten. To buy me a coffee or two, please click this link. Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 18 missing and feared dead The plant that…
The Armed Citizen Corner: Criminal Mindset – Make Yourself Harder to Kill
Criminal Mindset – Make Yourself Harder to Kill It might be cheesy to open an article up with a quote from Sun Tzu’s Art of War, but it applies so well; if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Today we are going to talk about…
Stockpiling Ammunition: A Thorough Approach
Stockpiling Ammunition: A Thorough Approach I have long advocated the practice of stockpiling ammunition. Today I’m going to attempt (again) to encourage you to purchase ammunition at your leisure rather than in knee-jerk response to external stimuli. A Quick Word on Reloading The last time I wrote an article of this nature I was…
Government Gangsters: ATF agents discussed new Suppressors on site they thought was Private
ATF agents discussed new suppressors on site they thought was private Why do ATF agents need new suppressors for their ARs? No one was willing to answer this simple question, not the private company making the silencers and certainly not the ATF. However, ATF agents themselves were discussing the new silencers on a website…
The Flag Is Still There
The Flag Is Still There I’ve written in the past about the controversy over the huge Confederate battle flag that flies in a prominent place just off the exit from US460 to the east of the Virginia town of Farmville. The flag was erected on private property by a non-profit called Virginia Flaggers in an arrangement…
The Future Of Warfare Is Now, Old Man: Updates From The Drone Front
The Future Of Warfare Is Now, Old Man: Updates From The Drone Front In the summer of 2025, policy changes enacted by the Trump administration slowed the flood of migrants across the U.S./Mexico border to a steady stream. The cartels, in order to protect their income, stepped up their efforts to corrupt local law…
Prepping For Apartment Dwellers
Prepping For Apartment Dwellers Thanks to some of the sensationalistic “reality” shows aired in recent years, the word “prepper” often conjures up visions of eccentric isolationists stockpiling mountains of supplies in remote compounds or underground bunkers. While those folks do exist, intelligent people — like those who invested in this publication — know better…