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2024-10-19
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10-19-2024
Have Ukrainian citizens liberated 270,000 guns?
Regardless of who wins the war, there are hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians unlikely to give up their guns.
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2024-10-08
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Biden-Harris Regime Quietly Amends Directive Against Assassination of Americans
The Defense Department appears to have removed language asserting that "under no circumstances shall any" component or employee of the federal body "engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination."
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2024-07-26
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The Gunpowder Shortage And The Rising Price Of Ammo
Disrupted supply chains are dogging American consumers, especially consumers of ammunition.
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2024-02-04
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How to de-Google your phone
The modern state of mass surveillance and data gathering is concerning, and the more you learn, the more overwhelming it becomes... but we need to take more control over our devices, and more responsibility over our data.
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2023-04-13
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04-13-2023
The "Smart Gun" has finally arrived.
Designed to meet the NJ law that forced all guns sold in the state to be "smart guns", now government will be tempted to decree the technology be retrofitted to all guns. (That NJ law has been rescinded but expect it to return and in other states.)
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2021-08-15
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Ivermectin is effective against Covid, but where do I get it? So glad you asked,....
Here is a national AND international directory of care providers who will prescribe you Ivermectin, some over the internet.
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2021-08-06
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The COVID "vaccine" violates the Nuremberg Code against human experimentation
Mengele would be proud.
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2020-12-24
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12-24-2020
The 2020/2021 Ammo Shortage -
What's Behind It?
Are Industry Leaders Telling The Truth?
How long will this go on? Why is it happening?
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2019-12-26
Opinions
12-26-2019
60 Years Of The AR-15 - Understanding America's Rifle
...the AR15 was actually merely a later evolution from its original big brother, the AR10, which had first appeared in 1956! Elvis is new, Eisenhower still in his 1st term, the civil rights movement is just getting rolling.
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2018-08-22
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08-22-2018
FIREARM SILENCERS
(Are they for you?)
How do gun mufflers work? How do I get one? Are they legal?
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2019-01-15
Feature Article
FIREARM PANIC BUYING - THEN & NOW
(a brief history and prediction for 2019)
Here comes the storm
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2018-10-16
Opinions
10-16-2018
3D Printers Have "fingerprints", And To Trace Guns They Make Will Require Registering Them
"For this to be useful to law enforcement who would be tracing guns, you'd have to have a record of the unique signature of every 3D printer being sold,"
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2018-08-30
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08-30-2018
Vegas shooter's girlfriend FBI employee?!
Feds Scramble after Las Vegas Shooter's Girlfriend Lists FBI as Place of Employment on Loan Application; 'She Might have Been an Asset'
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2018-08-14
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08-14-2018
NIC CRUZ DID ALL HIS MAYHEM WITH POLITICALLY CORRECT TINY CAPACITY MAGAZINES
So reduced-capacity ammunition magazines will save lives, eh? Yeah, mkay.
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2018-08-11
Feature Article
Buy Guns While You Still Can
PART 5: Handguns (the modern gladius)
So you're thinking about getting a handgun, eh?
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2018-08-02
Feature Article
Buy Guns While You Still Can PART 4:
Assault Pistols & Pistol Caliber Carbines
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2011-10-17
Feature Article
AK47 Rifle Report
So you have decided that you need an assault rifle to survive the apocalypse, and have settled on getting the famous AK47. Here’s the essential stuff you need to know. (Believe it or not, this is the SHORT version. Entire books have been written
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2014-06-20
Feature Article
CONVERSION BARRELS FOR GLOCK PISTOLS
Not only can you have a 9mm conversion barrel for your .40 caliber Glock, but there is another caliber based on the .40 that easily can be converted for as well,…the .357SIG (not to be confused with the .357magnum).
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2009-02-05
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2-4-2009
Buy Guns While You Still Can - PART 3: Assault Rifles (the endangered species)
What are assault weapons? How did they get here? What are they capable of? Should you get one? What are your options?
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2015-07-26
Feature Article
Things needed to convert to .300AAC/Blackout
So here is a short list of what you need to change your rifle over to .300Blackout, as well as a list of what further you need if you wish to build a whole other upper assembly to simply swap off and on between calibers.
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2015-07-20
Feature Article
.300 Blackout...The hottest new thing in AR15 stuff
First, in order to research this cartridge on your own if you choose to, you need to know it has more than one name. The reason for this is that while it was developed by one company, who intended to be the exclusive supplier of everything about it a
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2014-12-03
Opinions
12-03-2014
Citizenfour - The Snowden Documentary
Journalists Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald had the foresight to film all of their interaction with Snowden, documenting history for posterity. Now you can see it in real time, like you were there.
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2014-02-28
Feature Article
As CT. compiles list of gun-owners doors to kick in - activist publishes legislators' addresses
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2013-02-20
Feature Article
A nifty video visit to where all that missing .22LR ammo gets made
So as .22 ammo has dried up and been impossible to find, you might wonder how is it supply isn't keeping up with demand. We can't answer that. But here's a peek inside a factory.
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2013-01-03
Magazine Article • Stay or Go?
Buy Guns While You Still Can: PART 1
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Chip Saunders
A series of educational articles for people new to the gun scene. PART 1: A Beginner's Guide To The Gun Panic of 2008/2009
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2013-01-03
Magazine Article • Stay or Go?
Buy Guns While You Still Can: PART 3
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Chip Saunders
ASSAULT RIFLES & BATTLE RIFLES (The endangered species)
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2013-01-03
Magazine Article • Stay or Go?
Buy Guns While You Still Can: PART 2
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Chip Saunders
WHAT GUNS SHOULD I BUY?
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2009-02-05
Opinions
2-4-2009
Buy Guns While You Still Can - PART 2: Assessing Your Needs/Risks/Threats
To know WHAT to buy, know WHY to buy. What risk are you anticipating protecting against?
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2012-10-04
Magazine Article • Inventions
From Little Workbenches, Huge Benchmarks
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Chip Saunders
The history of The Industrial Age can be traced rather well by following the history of firearms development. For throughout Man's history, almost all new technological developments have been either related to or directly stemmed from war-fighting sc
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2012-08-28
Opinions
08-28-2012
If you're a patriot, you likely suffer from ODD and are a "Mentality III".
The thing that scares me is the fact that a disorder meant to apply to rebellious children is perverted to control adults and its definition describes most of if not all of us.
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2012-05-23
Opinions
05-23-2012
Killing drones for the rest of us - or How I Learned To Embrace Remote Control Death From Above
Yes,...off-the-shelf tech for armed drones really is available to you and everyone else.
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2012-05-20
Opinions
05-20-2012
Prepping: We have an app for that
There are car shows, gun shows, outdoor expos,...and now,...Prepper Shows.
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2012-04-21
Opinions
04-21-2012
B of A says it won't service gun companies, tells McMillan International to get lost
First it was PayPal refusing to process gun purchases, then Chase, and now BofA. This is a trend likely to get more pronounced and ugly.
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2011-10-28
Magazine Article • Gun Rights
So You Want To Buy an AK-47?
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Chip Saunders
AK47 Rifle Report
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2011-10-14
Opinions
10-14-2011
Hitler finds out CBS is reporting on Fast & Furious "gunwalker" scandal.
Laugh your ass off.
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2011-08-01
Magazine Article • Gun Rights
THE MONTH IN GUNS
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Chip Saunders
So this month, the unfolding saga of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATFE, but more commonly known as they have been for decades before 9/11 as simply ATF) Operation Fast & Furious continues to unfold,...slowly.
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2011-07-01
Magazine Article • Gun Rights
THE MONTH IN GUNS
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Chip Saunders
So while there are many things that happened this month (or continue on from previous months) which are gun-related, some you may already have heard about in the news, and others not so much.
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2011-03-14
Feature Article
Protect yourself against radioactive fallout contamination
For those wondering what they can do if fallout from the melt-downs in Japan reaches U.S. shores.
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2011-03-13
Feature Article
Sarah Palin to run for senate in Arizona?!?!
The Palin clan has been establishing ties in Arizona for some time now. And if there is one state in the nation more friendly to Sarah than Alaska, its Arizona. Is it all part of a grander plan?
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2011-02-11
Opinions
02-11-2011
The lucky lying career of BATF Phoenix Division SAIC Bill Newell
Fact-forger builds own problem to which he claims to be the solution, then molds that opportunity into long-term Mexico working vacation and rescue of his mortgage.
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2011-01-28
Opinions
01-28-2011
ATF Approved Sales to Mexican Gun Runners
So it seems that at least some of these weapons recovered in Mexico got there with assistence from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Hmmmmmmmmm.
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2011-01-11
Opinions
01-11-2011
Loughner shot Giffords, but Sheriff Dupnik let him do it.
Jared Loughner had been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local bloggers. This tragedy leads right back to Sherriff Dupnik and all the spin in the world is n
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2011-01-07
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Banned in the US, gastric balloon procedures for weight loss getting cheaper in Mexico
Less intrusive, less costly, more easily reversible than any other weight loss surgery procedure,...the stomach balloon is what millions of obese people have been waiting for. Have you even heard of it?
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2011-01-07
Opinions
01-07-2011
Have machinegun fun, without the federal hassles of machinegun registration,...legally.
And do it now, before the gov't decides to shut this down!!!!
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2010-08-21
Feature Article
Effective weight loss for men
Yes, this works.
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2010-08-20
Feature Article
2010 Darwin Awards
I dare you to not laugh at these fools.
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2010-07-31
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Afghan War Documentary: RESTREPO - One year in a U.S. Army outpost
Journalist Sebastian Junger spends 15 months embedded with the 173rd Airborne in the Korengal Valley, shoots film and writes a book.
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2010-07-19
Opinions
07-19-2010
Az. Senator Jack Harper re-proposes his 2007 bill establishing an official state militia
With groups of concerned citizens already taking to the field to patrol the border and interupt border incursions, some say the state should bring them into the fold and provide some order and safety.
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2010-07-03
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07-03-2010
The Forgotten Presidents (The presidents before George Washington) Yes, you read that right.
Who was the first president of the United States? Ask any school child and they will readily tell you "George Washington." And of course, they would be wrong"at least technically.
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2010-07-02
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07-02-2010
NRA Now Leans Toward Endorsing Harry Reid?! Over Pro-Gun Republican?! WTF?!?!
The NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) has never been a bunch of choir boys. They'd stab their own momma in the back,...twice! And here's proof.
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2010-06-25
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06-25-2010
"Green" Army ammunition banned in the U.S. as too toxic is now going to Afghanistan?!
The Army got stuck with millions and millions of rounds of costly tungsten-based ammo that it has been ordered to not use in the U.S. for fear it poisons water sources. Solution? Expend it on the enemy.
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2010-06-24
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06-24-2010
WACO: Soon to be a major motion picture
Mark Ruffalo as David Koresh, Kurt Russell as FBI negotiator Byron Sage, Adrian Brody and Sharon Stone as Davidians Mr. & Mrs. Schneider. Screenplay by Phoenix New Times reporter James Hibberd, and consulting by James McNulty who produced Waco: Rules
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2010-06-16
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06-16-2010
NRA makes deal with the Devil: Agrees to back 1st Amend. restrictions for exclusive exceptions.
The DISCLOSE Act, which would limit free speech of organizations,...the NRA has now agreed to an exemption for their organization in exchange for support of the Democrats’ bill.
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2010-03-24
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Fearing its members can no longer contain themselves and the liability thereof, Minutemen disolve
Jaws are flapping and tongues are wagging as to what is REALLY going on here, but the official versions seems to be that violence is inevitable, so the time for public association is over.
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2010-03-08
Feature Article
STAR WARS an instruction guide to understanding "false flag" conspiracies?
Was Obi Wan Kenobi a kooky wacko conspiracy theorist?
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2010-02-15
Feature Article
MODERN GOLD RUSH: 2010
Northeast Sudan
Large multiple-ounce nuggets are being dug up, and metal detectors are being ordered around the globe.
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2010-02-01
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The economy is so bad,....
How bad is it?
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2010-01-22
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Speed Camera Joke Of The Day
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2010-01-21
Feature Article
THE BOOK OF ELI: a review
This movie has many themes worth considering, and is as modern as the tale is old.
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2010-01-19
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PURE THUGGERY! BATF & Austin PD attempt to shut down gun shows by threats and false arrests.
Police, under the direction of ATF, told Boedeker he would be required to follow their “recommendations” or they would close down his event. Boedeker said he was told “you do what we say or we shut you down.”
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2009-12-17
Opinions
12-17-2009
Attention Gun Owners: So you think the folks at FOX are on your side?
The same FOX News lackey, Frank Luntz, who on FOX's behalf during the Republican Presidential primaries gathered shill audiences spiked with ringers trained to cheer for anyone other than Ron Paul, now helps Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns ma
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2009-12-13
Opinions
12-13-2009
EPA is arming up - buying Glock pistols for field agents
Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed the EPA theoretically unlimited power by ruling that it can govern anything that produces harmless CO2 " i.e., all human and even animal activity. With one hand, the EPA has been closing its fist around the pow
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2009-11-02
Opinions
11-02-2009
"The Private CIA" - who/what is KROLL, and why did NYC Mayor Bloomberg hire them to spy on
You may have thought the undercover spy video footage from gun shows in states other than NY that has recently been in the news (which had been conducted on orders from Bloomberg) was gathered by NYC cops, investigators or other officials of some kin
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2009-06-30
Opinions
06-30-2009
Getting Az. Gov't Permission Slip To Carry a Gun Taking Longer and Longer (an inside view at DPS
The Arizona Department of Public Safety office that processes permit applications for licenses to carry a concealed weapon has already cut its staff in half in an attempt to comply with directives to save money during the tax revenue downturn. Now, the potential shutdown of the state government threatens to shutter the office all together. Let's get an insider's point of view.
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2009-06-01
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Britain secretly locks up gun author again
Self defense rights activist Philip Luty, missing for weeks, is now admitted to be in hands of the King's men.
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2009-05-17
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Autonomous Gun-firing Bots & Software (Paintballs today - Bullets tomorrow)
It's all fun & games until someone starts using real bullets. Didn't these kids ever watch the TERMINATOR movies? Anyone want to take bets how long before the Israelis buy their research?
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2009-05-16
Opinions
05-16-2009
The NRA expo: an exercise in frustration, anger and getting clipped.
If you like standing in long lines for hours just for the privilege of getting gang pressed for you money, then you'll love the event down at the Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center.
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2009-05-09
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Bill would create a firearm "No Buy" list, in the name of fighting terorism.
You don't have to have done anything wrong, the Attorney General just have to think you might and you won't be buying any guns (through normal channels, anyway). No messy court proceedures necessary.
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2009-04-24
Feature Article
The New STAR TREK: everything old is new again
Not since Wrath of Khan has the TREK franchise been this good. Kirk is at his ass-kicking best. And Spock administers a couple smack-downs, too. Ooops. Did I say too much?
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2009-04-21
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Supply Chain Management 101: on the ammunition shortage
Walk into your local gun store and ask why there is an ammo shortage, and you'll hear inane speculation coupled with a conspiracy theory or two. In reality the supply chain for ammunition is relatively inelastic, and is easily overwhelmed by a su
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2009-04-17
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RIOT IN BOSTON, SCORES KILLED, SHOTS FIRED
Political extremists fire on government authorities.
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