Closed For Labor Day Weekend

It’s more or less the unofficial end of summer. I won’t be doing any work this weekend. I will be squirrel hunting, watching movies and grilling with friends, family and the dog. Posts will return to normal on Tuesday. Have a fun 3 day weekend.

Thinking About Safety

From our deceased friend Kevin O’Brien ( Hognose ). Larry Vickers is thinking about safety: Hat tip Miguel at Gun Free Zone, who wonders if one of the mishaps Larry’s writing about is this one. You can click the link if you like (and it’s a good tale of real-world first aid), but for mostContinue reading “Thinking About Safety”

How Insurgencies are Broken

This is another re-post from our ongoing tribute to our friend Kevin OBrien , AKA “Hognose”.  Who was the owner and primary of weaponsman.com  who passed away  much too early in the spring of 2017. “Is it safe?” Torture makes for great entertainment, but it’s seldom needed to roll up an insurgent network. We bumped into anContinue reading “How Insurgencies are Broken”

Quinn: Countdown To Crisis, Catastrophe, & Collapse

Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force.” – George Orwell “The future’s becoming muddled. The lines of vision are narrowing. But now they’re desperate. All paths lead into darkness.” – Frank Herbert – Dune Trying to decipher theContinue reading “Quinn: Countdown To Crisis, Catastrophe, & Collapse”