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Our RESOURCES section is merely a partial list of pro-gun, educational, personal security, legal articles, criminal justice research and related websites to reference. Being a firearms owner means you must become educated about firearms, the issues surrounding them, be politically active and engaged, or you will lose this liberty.
These are your rights, so get educated, get active, and get involved! ! !
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." - - Wendell Phillips
"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." - - Benjamin Franklin
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - - Plato
For your reference - Subject matter categories on this RESOURCES page appear in the same order as they are listed here:
Current postings – NYS
County Pistol Licensing Info
(Un)Safe Act Information – NYS
Protection of Civilian Arms Rights - International Level
Second Amendment Organizations – National Level
Second Amendment Organizations and Blog Sites - (NY) State Level
Exclusively for Female Firearm Owners- National, State Level and Individual Websites and Blogs
More Second Amendment Website and Blogs
Making the Point
Industry Stats and Info
Gun Control Facts and The Second Amendment
Legal Info, Articles Regarding Firearms Laws, Ownership
America's Founding Documents
Federal Government- Criminal Justice Statistics, Research Information, Regulations
Shooting Organizations
Training Sites by Distinguished Instructors/Trainers
Advanced Information
Articles, Research, Reports
Combating Terrorism
The RESOURCES page will continue to grow as more information becomes available.
Note: While checking some of the websites, I have found they are either defunct or moved (have tried to update) and some of this may be typical after a few years, while some may be de-platformed in our current political/censorship situation in this country.
Current Postings - NYS - - - Take Action!
NYS Gun Legislation passed and signed into law without consent of taxpayers as of 6/6/2022
Preliminary overview:
Red Flag law in New York will be expanded to allow more people, including health-care professionals, to file risk orders that could lead to weapons confiscations from potentially dangerous people. It requires law enforcement to seek an order if credible information is provided.
Raised the age to buy a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 yrs of age
Licensing/Permit will be required to own a semi-automatic rifle
Ban the sale of body armor to people outside law enforcement or other state-designated professions
Microstamping
Attorney General Latisha James commented as New York awaits a U.S. Supreme Court case in the coming weeks that is expected to overturn its concealed carry ban. If the judges overturn the law, state lawmakers have already pledged to come back to the state Capitol to pass a new law that would limit those who have concealed carry permits.
Gun owners beware: 'Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny' - article by Tom King, President NYSRPA, Bullet Magazine, Vol. 60 No. 5, p.4-5. NYS voting November 2021 on Propositions No. 1, No.3, No.4, why these must be defeated.
bad_laws_tyranny_-bullet_magz_nysrpa_v60no5____10-2021.pdf
Red Flag Orders - current take on the new red flag law in NYS - article by Tom King. NYSRPA, Vol 59, October 2019
nysrpa_v59_n5-10-2019_red_flag.pdf
Given the recent passage of Red Flag and other anti-gun legislation rammed through by the NYS Legislature (and there will be more to come) without consent of state residents. Provided below are two articles by Alan Korwin on "Due Process" and "Red Flag Laws", to give you some idea of how your civil rights will be impacted. The complete series of articles are posted below in the ARTICLES, RESEARCH, REPORTS section.
korwin3_bp_3-2019.pdf
korwin4_bp_04-2019.pdf
Civil Rights Restoration Act
Gun Owners of America New York State (GOANYS) is trying to build support for the Civil Rights Restoration Act. NYS firearm owners had their Second Amendment rights violated by the unprocedural and hasty passage of the (Un)Safe Act.
Download a copy of GOA NY Newsletter Issue 1, 2017
pdf (GOA NL 1 2017)
goa_ny_nl_1_2017.pdf
More Than 85,000 Secret Reports Made by Doctors to NYS Police Since 2013 Without Notice To The Patients
download a copy of pdf (Secret Reports to NYSP) or visit: www.goanys.com/
secret_reports_to_nysp.pdf
Download a copy of the Civil Rights Restoration Act and share with other firearm owners and concerned citizens.
pdf (GOA NY CRRA)
goa_ny_crra.pdf
The Second Amendment: In Legal Brief
download pdf (2a in Legal Brief)
2a_in_legal_brief.pdf
>>> During the course of the COVID pandemic, it is highly advised that you contact your local Pistol Licensing Office to find out their hours of operation and visitor policies before visiting in person. <<<
NOTE: Don't forget to complete and submit the "NYS Firearms License Request for Public Records Exemption" (Opt Out) form when submitting your completed Pistol License Application Packet. This form should already be included with your Pistol Permit Package, if not, you may download a copy here.
foil_exemption_form.pdf
Sherrif's Office
Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: Courthouse 315-867-1167
Tamika S. Evans, Pistol Permit Clerk: (315) 867-1265
Pistol Permit Office
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00 AM -4:30 PM * closed 1:00-2:00 PM for lunch *
* Closed Mondays and Fridays *
herkimercounty.org/content/departments/View/27
Madison County Office of the Sheriff
Wampsville, New York 13163
Pistol Permit Office Hours:
Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM & 1:00 to 4:00 PM (Closed 12:00 - 1:00 PM)
Thurs: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM & 1:30 to 5:00 PM (Closed 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm)
Please call to confirm availability (315) 366-2406
www.madisoncountysheriff.us/pistol_permits
Office of Pistol Permit Licensing
Dan Patrick Sullivan
Assistant Pistol Licensing Officer
Oneida County Office of Pistol Licensing
Oneida County Office Building
APPLICATIONS MUST BE PICKED UP IN PERSON
Pistol Licensing - Public Office Hours:
UTICA: Oneida County Office Building, 800 Park Ave., Utica, NY 13501
Office hours Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM to 12:00 AM and 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
ROME: Griffiss Business and Technology Park
706 Hangar Road - Corner of Brooks Road (Building 45), Rome, NY 13440
THURSDAYS ONLY: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM Phone: (315) 337-4675
www.ocgov.net/pistolpermits
(Un)Safe Act Information - NYS
safeact.ny.gov/ - (Un)SAFE Act
www.troopers.ny.gov/FAQs/Firearms/ - NYS Police website FAQ regarding firearms - - -
handgun license recertification in compliance with (Un)Safe Act
Learn about the struggle against firearms regulations/restrictions/bans your counterparts across the globe are fighting, to preserve their rights to own arms. Learn what's going on in other countries around the world, you may be surprised to find you are not alone in the same struggle. You may find that we in the U.S. are only a little better off than our foreign counterparts. Find out about the tightening of the screws with EU gun regulations and how the UN tries to set restrictive arms policies and make them into global standards. When you learn about what others don't have, and the encroaching restrictions being pushed by political entities, it should make you realize and appreciate what you still do have in this country, and embolden you to defend it!
iapcar.org/ - International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights - Events over the past decade have emphasized the need to protect the individual's rights to defend oneself and one's family against grave threats, including crime, civil unrest and terrorism. IAPCAR is dedicated to preserving these human rights, but needs your help in the fight. We are excited to begin welcoming affiliate organizations. There are no dues requirements; however, any donations would certainly be welcomed and dedicated to furthering the goals of IAPCAR. As we all know, international anti-gun rights groups such as the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) are well funded in their campaign to infringe on firearms rights. IAPCAR was formed to counter those groups by rebutting the misinformation and myths about firearms that are often internationally published by these groups. Current members include 31 groups from 21 countries on 6 continents representing tens of millions of firearm owners concerned about civilian arms rights.
https://firearms-united.com/ - Firearms United - Brings together more than 100 million law-abiding gun owners in Europe. These include reservists, hunters, sport shooters, collectors, firearm dealers, manufacturers, security professionals, range operators and ordinary citizens who own not restricted weapons. Mission: is to stop the European Union from implementing new regulations making the EU citizen's access to firearms more difficult. Our goal is to unite all gun owners, hunters, sport shooters, gun collectors as well as other gun-friendly passionates, but also to provide you with the knowledge, tools and assistance needed to make changes. Not only do we have the strength and support within the organization, there is a fast-growing network of partners, including individual citizens and institutions which provide us with help in direct dialogue and action. In October 2013 we started as a European confederation, but now we have partners on every continent: Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. Lots of regulations are made on UN level, so Europe was too small for our union.
www.protell.ch/de - PROTELL - (Switzerland)- Society for a Liberal Weapon Law - Together we are strong. PROTELL preserves the interests of all arms-owning and weapon-bearing citizens in a non-partisan way. PROTELL defends itself against restrictions placed on the arms possession of responsible citizens.
wfsa.net/ - The World Forum on Shooting Activities - Mission: The world is changing, and the traditions of hunting and target sport shooting are not immune to the shifting tides of the global political environment. The WFSA is an association of hunting, shooting, and industry organizations. Founded in 1996, the WFSA has over 44 existing associations and organizations from as far apart as Switzerland and New Zealand, Sweden and South Africa. It represents over one hundred million sport shooters around the world. The WFSA and its member associations for over fifteen years have attended every major UN conference affecting hunting or sport shooting. The WFSA is an official United Nations Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) recognized by the Economic and Social Council of the UN General Assembly. It is one of the few NGOs in the world to have been invited to speak before one of the five committees of the UN General Assembly.
paratus.info/ - PARATUS - The Truth Is Our Weapon - is a platform where you can read about the latest developments at the sharp- edge of the South African gun ownership debate. We believe that all people have the right to defend themselves and their loved ones, and that the most effective way to do so is through the responsible use of firearms. Firearm ownership is seen as a privilege by some, and as an inalienable right by many others. We fall into the latter category.
Checkout the "Articles" section, particularly "Practical Advice" and the "General Discussion" sections, the information shared in these articles is well written and applies to all firearm owners.
Second Amendment Organizations - National Level
https://home.nra.org/ - National Rifle Association (NRA) home page
https://www.nranews.com/ - NRA news site -The most comprehensive coverage video coverage of Second Amendment issues, events and culture anywhere in the world.
www.nranews.com/series/cam-and-company - NRA radio - Cam & Co - hosted by Cam Edwards, Weekday talk show covering Second Amendment related issues.
www.nraila.org - NRA Institute for Legislative Action
www.nraila.org/sign-up/ - Educate Yourself
Learn the facts the media doesn't want you to know by signing up for our free weekly email alerts.
act.nraila.org/ - Communicate with Your Elected Officials
When you talk, they listen. So call, visit their offices, write letters and send emails. Sign NRA-ILA petitions and complete our gun owner surveys and polls. Make your voice heard and make your elected representatives earn your vote.
www.nraila.org/grassroots/volunteer/ - Become a Volunteer
Pro-gun candidates at all levels of government rely on passionate and informed grassroots activists to help defend our gun rights. Join NRA-ILA's Frontlines volunteer program and become a part or our army.
www.nrapvf.org/ - Know Your Candidates
In addition to keeping up with the latest news and legislative proposals, arm yourself with the truth about the candidates running for office in your area and where they stand on the Second Amendment.
triggerthevote.org/register/ - Register and Vote
Keep track of primary and general election dates, voter registration deadlines, and make sure you vote! Urge your family and friends to vote too! Remember: Your voice is even more powerful in local elections where just a handful of votes can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
www.nraila.org/grassroots/write-the-media/ - Fight Media Bias
Combat media bias with the TRUTH. Write letters to the editor and op-eds for placement in your local newspaper. Comment on online news articles. When you see biased or misleading reporting by the media, call them on it and make your voice heard!
https://www.gunowners.org/ - Gun Owners of America
https://www.nationalgunrights.org/ - National Association for Gun Rights
http://www.ccrkba.org/ - Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
https://www.saf.org/ - Second Amendment Foundation
https://www.firearmspolicy.org/ - Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) - Project of the CCKRBA, CAL-FFL, SAF, CGF, NJ2AS, WVCDL
http://jpfo.org/ - Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/ - United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) home page - The USCCA is a membership organization that provides education, training and the insurance-backed Self- Defense SHIELD to responsibly armed Americans like you. Since its inception in 2003, and together with its flagship publication Concealed Carry Magazine, the USCCA has proudly supported a community of hundreds of thousands of patriots from all around the country. It's our mission to arm our loyal members with the tools they need to safely and confidently protect themselves and their loved ones with the utmost peace of mind. Mission statement: By 2022 we will educate 10,000,000 gun owners, protect and insure 1,000,000 USCCA members, stop 20,000 crimes, save a 1,000 lives.
armedamericanradio.org/ - Armed American Radio powered by USCCA
drgo.us/ - Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (DRGO) - is a nationwide network of physicians, allied health professionals, scientists, and others who support the safe and lawful use of firearms. DRGO's members include experts in public health, firearm technology, gun safety education, and tactical medicine.
www.pinkpistols.org/ - Pink Pistols - Basic core principle: that all people have the right to defend themselves from harm, and that everyone has the individual right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment. Dedicated to the legal, safe, and responsible use of firearms for self-defense of the sexual-minority community, but not exclusively OF it. Anybody is welcome to join.
http://concealedcampus.org/ - Students for Concealed Carry on Campus - is a national, non-partisan, grassroots organization composed of thousands of college students, professors, college employees, parents of colleg students, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of state-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else. SCCC has members at post-secondary institutions across the country. Both the membership and the leadership of SCCC are made up of individuals with very diverse political backgrounds. The members of SCCC look beyond partisanship, toward the common goal of achieving state laws and school policies based on factual evidence rather than emotional rhetoric. College campuses, though typically safe, do play host to every type of violent crime found in the rest of society, from assault to rape to murder. Recent high-profile shootings and armed abductions on college campuses clearly demonstrate that "gun free zones" serve to disarm only those law-abiding citizens who might otherwise be able to protect themselves. SCCC has two main functions. The first function is to dispel the common myths and misconceptions about concealed carry on college campuses, by making the public aware of the facts. The second function is to push state legislators and school administrators to grant concealed handgun license holders the same rights on college campuses that those licensees currently enjoy in most other unsecured locations.
http://www.leaa.org/ - The Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Inc. - (SHIELD magazine) -
www.oathkeepers.org - Oath Keepers - is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, peace officers, and firefighters who will fulfill the oath we swore to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God. This oath is to the constitution, not politicians.
https://hellerfoundation.org/ - Heller Foundation - Heller vs. DC case recognized the individual right to firearm ownership. No compromise on firearm freedoms and self-defense rights.
https://americansuppressorassociation.com/ - American Suppressor Association (ASA) - is the unified voice of the suppressor industry. Our mission is to unite and advocate for the common interests of suppressor manufacturers, distributors, dealers and consumers. To accomplish our mission, our principal initiatives focus on state lobbying, federal lobbying, and public education. We are the country's leading subject matter experts on suppressors and suppressor related advocacy. We have helped draft state and federal legislation, including the Hearing Protection Act, hosted countless suppressor demonstrations for legislators, spearheading efforts to legalize commercial suppressor exportation through non-legislative means, and have actively lobbied in 28 states, as well as in Washington, D.C.
arbalestquarrel.com/ - Arbalest Quarrel - "As a matter of honor, one man owes it to the other to manifest truth." - Arbalest Group is a limited liability company. Arbalest Group is the publisher of 'The Arbalest Quarrel' website. The Company's business offices are in Bronx, New York. Arbalest Group created 'The Arbalest Quarrel' website for a special purpose. That purpose is to educate the American public about recent Federal and State firearms control legislation. No other website, to our knowledge, provides as deep an analysis or as thorough an analysis. Arbalest Group offers this information free. The founders of Arbalest Group, LLC have a deep respect and love for the United States Constitution and, in particular, for the "Bill of Rights." Without the "Bill of Rights," this Republic is dead. The "Bill of Rights" is sacred and inviolate. Visit their blog as well.
givemeliberty.org/ - Give Me Liberty - in 2011, founder Bob Schulz decided to focus the development of WTP's PLAN (to institutionalize citizen vigilance and government accountability) in his home state of New York, allowing WTP's leaders in other states to use New York as a template for the development of the PLAN in their States; and Third, Bob's epic struggle against the Government to restore the People's 1st Amendment Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances has consumed nearly 100% of Bob's time, mostly in Court. Bob's struggle is now in its 17th year and Bob believes it is coming to a head. There is a great deal at stake for both sides, the People and the Government. With the restoration of the Right will come a tremendous shift in the ultimate power in our society from the Government to the People where it was meant to reside in the first place. CONSTITUTION WATCH USA - Holding government accountable to the rule of law, restoring our first amendment right to petition redress of grievances.
Watch the video to learn the plan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBQuq8jkM48#!
wethepeoplefoundation.org/ - We The People Foundation - Learn about the National Constitution Lobby initiative
Second Amendment Organizations and Blog Sites - (NY) State Level
https://www.nysrpa.org/ - NYS Rifle and Pistol Association (NRA affiliate at state level)
http://www.scopeny.org/ - SCOPE - Shooters Committee on Political Education (based in western NYS)
www.goanys.com/ - Gun Owners of America New York State
http://www.ny2agrassroots.com/ - NY 2A Grassroots Coalition to Defeat the NY Safe Act
http://www.ncf2a.com/ - North Country Friends of the Second Amendment
http://nyfirearms.com/blog/ - NY Firearms - Blog dedicated to the ownership, laws, and politics of firearms and weapons in New York State.
oathkeepersny.wordpress.com/ - Oath Keepers New York- is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, veterans, peace officers, and firefighters who will fulfill the oath we swore to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God. This oath is to the constitution, not politicians.
www.thelibertyden.com/ - The Liberty Den - is a grass roots organization with the purpose of waking up Americans to the reality of our civil liberties. We are committed to informing Americans of the deceit deteriorating our freedoms. With this knowledge, Americans become active Patriots in restoring the original intent of the Constitution thus ensuring our civil liberties and freedoms.
Exclusively for Female Firearm Owners -
National, State Level and Individual Websites and Blogs
thewellarmedwoman.com/ - The Well Armed Woman - Carrie Lightfoot - Where the Feminine and Firearms Meet - is the complete resource designed to educate, equip, and empower women as gun owners, and to help them make well informed decisions about the role of firearms in their life. Provides women with access to complete information, resources and quality tested products tailored specifically to their needs.
www.corneredcat.com/ - The Cornered Cat: A Woman's Guide to Concealed Carry - topics ranging from basic firearm safety to legal issues surrounding self-defense to raising children around guns to the moral implications of deadly force and much, much more. Goal is to educate and inspire people to take personal responsibility for their own lives and their own safety.
girlsguidetoguns.com/ - Girl's Guide to Guns - by Natalie Foster - Finding the Fabulous in Firearms - Girls guide to firearms, safety, equipment, training, articles, videos and more.
www.womenshooters.com/ - Women & Guns - The world's First firearms Publication for Women - Written and edited by women, for women, the emphasis is on self-defense and personal protection, including real life encounters, with a large dose of recreational shooting, too. Also includes role-model women gunowner profiles, personal protection tips, product reviews, and a useful legal column!
armedwomen.org/ - Armed Women of America - is a non-profit organization with chapters across the country where women gather regularly to learn and grow in their abilities to handle firearms safely, responsibly, and competently. AWA exists to enable women to be their own self-protectors, creating freedom, peace of mind, and confidence in themselves. Our vision is that women have the skills, mindset, and training to defend themselves and those in their care.
limatunesrangediary.blogspot.com/ - Limatunes Range Diary - Instructor Melody Lauer's blog: The opinions, trainings and experiences of a wife, mother and woman with a gun. The site transitions to Melody Lauer's new website:
melodylauer.com/ - Melody Lauer - Continuation of Melody Lauer's opines, articles and information.
wrongwoman.wordpress.com/firearms/ - Wrong Woman - Instructor Kelly Muir's website contains articles, information and self-defense/ firearms training program developed for women, by women, which teaches women of all skill and fitness levels to take ownership of their safety through knowledge, empowerment and skill. So when someone is looking for their next victim, make sure YOU are the Wrong Woman™!
www.juliegolob.com/ - Julie Golob's website - Champion, Veteran, Author, Hunter & Ambassador
dtiwomen.com/ - Defensive Training International (DTI) for Women - by Instructor Vicki Farnum - is an online resource helping women discover effective forms of defensive firearms training and mindset. We'll keep you updated with news, tips, quips, photos, books, training opportunities, and more.
www.howtogungirl.com/ - The How-To Gun Girl - by Emily Houston Monroe, NRA Rifle Coach, competitive smallbore and air rifle shooter - website is dedicated to exploring and explaining all things firearms. Here you'll find the info you need on the shooting sports and how to get started.
www.wagc.com/ - Women Against Gun Control - Ladies of High Caliber - "When there aren't any warm, strong shoulders of a man to lean on for protection, there's nothing that feels better than the cold, steel barrel of a gun. "Not all women support gun control, not all women want to be victims. Free to join. Men are also welcome to join too. (Unlike most women' rights organizations, we don't hate men, we like men!)
waltherarms.com/2022/03/16/walther-women/ - Women of Walther - We would like you to meet three incredible individuals that we are proud to call friends and who have been instrumental in helping Walther gain a better understanding of the female shooting community as a whole. Gabby Franco and Michelle Waldran, are both members of the Walther Performance Division (Previously the Walther Shooting Team) and Tatiana Whitlock of the Walther Defense Division.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HcJsmYClFM - Walther PDP F-Series Roundtable Discussion - Dust off your attention span! This is a great discussion about the development of the new Walther PDP F-Series featuring Michelle Waldran, Tatiana Whitlock, and Gabby Franco!
www.agirlandagun.org/ - A Girl & A Gun Women's Shooting League - is a ladies-only organization established by women shooters for women pistol, rifle, and shotgun shooters! The league is designed to take beginners to whatever skill level they wish to achieve and provide experienced shooters with more opportunities. The objective of some is to improve their skill levels for self-defense and competitive shooting. Others also are interested in learning how to choose the right guns, gear, and accessories for long-term participation in the community.
divawow.org/ - DIVA Women Outdoors Worldwide - Mission is to help, teach and support women worldwide in a women friendly, non-threatening, supportive environment by introducing them to shooting sports and a variety of outdoor activities.
www.shootlikeagirl.com/ - Shoot Like A Girl - SLG2, INC. - was established in 2008, with a mission to grow the number of women who participate in shooting sports by empowering them with confidence. Shoot Like A Girl is the industry leader in growing the number of women in shooting sports by giving women across the country the opportunity to shoot a pistol, rifle, and bow in a safe controlled women friendly environment, that empowers them with the confidence they can shoot! Since 2008, their impact on the shooting sports industry has totaled over 72 million dollars and continues increase.
www.dcproject.info/ - DC Project - Women for Gun Rights - The DC Project raises awareness that firearms safety and violence prevention are achieved through education, not legislation; encourages the preservation of America's gun culture; and highlights the diversity and rising demographic of female gun owners through ongoing advocacy because gun rights are women's rights.
More Second Amendment Websites and Blogs
blackmanwithagun.com/ - The Black Man With A Gun Show, formerly known as the Urban Shooter Podcast - was created to fulfill a need to stay in contact with the gun community, which Kenn Blanchard has met as a rights activist along his journey since 1991. You'll hear defensive gun use, firearms training tips for the new shooter and reminders for the advanced. We are protecting the rights of gun owners, and providing little known or forgotten facts about American history.
www.gunmovement.org/ - Gun Movement - Created by Rev. Kenn Blanchard to to build unity within the gun community, and the United States of America. Gun owners are maligned and misrepresented. We are all the colors of rainbow. The truth is, we are the best in America. We care and protect the freedoms that others dis. Mission is to foster relationships in the firearms community providing education, training, and experience to ensure future generations the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness as defined by our right to defend ourselves, family and our neighbors.
frontsightpress.com/ - Front Sight Press - Blog site created by Tiffany Johnson: lawyer, university teacher, freelance legal writer and researcher, and certified Handgun Safety Instructor. The purpose of this blog is to offer modest insight on a topic that affects us all: the Second Amendment in the 21st Century, and trying to break the stereotypes of how most people perceive Second Amendment supporters. Welcome to the mind of a young, black female who happens to believe strongly in the Second Amendment. If you're tired of the same old talking points from the same old faces, here's a simple blog from a simple chick who just tries to keep an open mind.
gunwatch.blogspot.com/ - Gun Watch - Monitoring people's right to effective self-defense.
www.undergroundnotes.com/freedom.htm - Underground Notes - Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.
www.gunssavelife.com/ - Guns Save Life (GSL) - We are a gun rights advocacy group, founded in roughly twenty years ago. We've grown rather dramatically since that first meeting of about a half-dozen people in a fast food restaurant. While we are affiliated with the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Rifle Association, we are our own non- profit, dedicated to defending your right to defend yourself. In fact, that's our mission statement: We defend your right to defend yourself. It's on the masthead of our monthly journal, GunNews Magazine, which has a circulation of roughly 20,000 each month, primarily in throughout Illinois, but copies inevitably reach the eyes of movers and shakers and other influential people throughout the nation.
www.thetruthaboutguns.com/ - The Truth About Guns - A group of Second Amendment supporters that has established a website with articles and news articles, gun reviews, gear reviews, hunting and facts about guns.
www.ammoland.com/ - Ammoland - The web's leading Shooting Sports News Service for the Second Amendment, Firearms, Shooting, Hunting and Conservation communities. AmmoLand is a FREE Shooting Sports News Service that is seen by 10,000's of Ammunition, Shooting and Pro Firearms enthusiast each and every day.
krisannehall.com/ - Krisanne Hall - KrisAnne Hall was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and began her career as a biochemist, Russian linguist for the US Army, and a prosecutor for the State of Florida. KrisAnne also practiced First Amendment Law for a prominent national non-profit Law firm. KrisAnne received her undergraduate degree in Bio-Chemistry from Blackburn College and her J.D. from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. KrisAnne is now the president of Liberty First University and travels the country teaching the foundational principles of Liberty and our Constitutional Republic. KrisAnne is the author of 6 books on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, she also has a nationally syndicated radio show and a cable television show. KrisAnne will connect the dots for you like no one else can! Host of The KrisAnne Hall Show, she pulls no punches, puts Liberty First and gives no quarter to those who hide behind party labels. Like no other host, KrisAnne will tell you what the founders had to say on today's relevant issues. KrisAnne is a disabled Army veteran, a mother, a pastor's wife, and a patriot. KrisAnne lives in North Florida with her husband JC, an evangelist, missionary to Haiti, and former Russian instructor for the US Navy, and their adopted son Colton. KrisAnne's whole website is an excellent resource on constitutional information, American History and Government, as well as the Second Amendment. Check out her whole website, including the "Resources to Protect the Right to Keep and Bear Arms".
www.a-human-right.com/ - A Human Right - Oleg Volk does an excellent job with this educational website to drive home the point that SELF DEFENSE IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. Also visit his forum: Gun Rights Media, which is also accessible through his website.
Watch "Josie The Outlaw" on Youtube, some of her video links below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=20RoAfflGCM - Why Good People Should Be Armed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1t9xBe0wPw - When Resistance Becomes Duty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsN-P5abVg - Message To Police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7nqdV7wV2k - The True Duty of A Jury (If you found this video interesting, visit the Fully Informed Jury Association website further below in the LEGAL INFO, ARTICLES REGARDING FIREARMS LAWS, OWNERSHIP section)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZC98kOtec - On Being an Outlaw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCEurARQhoo - Josie The Outlaw speaks on the Second Amendment
www.nssf.org/ - National Shooting Sports Foundation - Various subject matter information, reference the site navigation bar: "Safety", "Shooting", "Hunting", "Research" and "Government" sections.
www.saami.org/ - Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, Inc. (SAAMI) - is an association of the nation's leading manufacturers of firearms, and ammunition components. SAAMI is tasked with: creating and publishing industry standards for safety, interchangeability, reliability and quality, coordinating technical data, promoting safe and responsible firearms use. SAAMI's mission is to create and promulgate technical, performance, and safety standards for commerce in firearms, ammunition, and components.
www.gunfacts.info/ - Gun Facts - Free download for gun facts, debunks the myths of gun control with real information.
www.gunbanfacts.com/ - Gun Ban Facts - Factual information proving that gun bans don't work.
www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp - Just Facts - Gun Control - Comprehensive and meticulously documented facts about gun control. Learn about ownership rates, crime, background checks, accidents, politics, and more.
www.guncite.com/ - Gun Cite - Comprehensive presentation of gun control and Second Amendment issues; analysis of firearms statistics, research, and gun control policies.
gwg.incnf.org/ - Information about the global war on guns, UN Global Arms Treaty (global gun ban)
johnrlott.blogspot.com/ - John R. Lott's Website - American economist, political commentator, and gun rights advocate. The author of numerous research documents, articles and several books. Founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center.
crimeresearch.org/ - Crime Prevention Research Center - CPRC is a research and education organization dedicated to conducting academic quality research on the relationship between laws regulating the ownership or use of guns, crime, and public safety; educating the public on the results of such research; and supporting other organizations, projects, and initiatives that are organized and operated for similar purposes.
New York State Law - Consolidated Laws of New York's Penal Code
Penal Law: ypdcrime.com/penal.law/
Penal Law - Article 35 - Defense of Justification: ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article35.htm
fija.org/ - Fully Informed Jury Association - FIJA is a non-profit organization aiming to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors. Learn about the importance of Jury Nullification.
lawofselfdefense.com/ - Our mission: To make you hard to convict. - Attorney Andrew F. Branca, Esq. is in his fourth decade of practicing law, specializing in self-defense law of the United States, where he is an internationally recognized expert. Through his legal practice, Law of Self Defense LLC, Andrew helps law-abiding armed citizens make better informed, more confident, more decisive decisions in defense of themselves, their families, and their property. Andrew is an occasional Guest Instructor and subject matter expert (SME) on self-defense law at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy at Quantico and the Sig Sauer Academy, has been the legal expert co-host on the Outdoor Channel's enormously popular TV show The Best Defense. Andrew also teaches other lawyers how to argue self-defense cases as a certified instructor with the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) system in the majority of states around the country. In addition to his legal work, Andrew is also an NRA Life Member and Certified Instructor, an IDPA Charter/Life member (IDPA #13), and a Master-class competitor in multiple IDPA divisions. "You carry a gun so you're hard to kill. Know the law so you're hard to convict."
www.useofforce.us/ - Use of Force -U.S. - Provides basic info with regard to U.S. law and use of force.
www.handgunlaw.us/ - Handgun Law -U.S. - Database for carry maps, w/gun laws and reciprocity.
www.usacarry.com/ - USA Carry - Concealed carry maps and permit information.
www.gunlaws.com/ - Gunlaws/ Bloomfield Press - Bloomfield Press and gunlaws.com are owned and operated by Alan Korwin. This is the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in America, nationally recognized as an expert resource in this narrowly focused niche. For more excellent information visit the "Resources" and "Issues" pages, "POSITION PAPERS", and especially Alan's Page Nine Blog: pagenine.typepad.com/
armedcitizensnetwork.org/ - Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network,Inc. - Mission: The preparation, education and legal defense of Network members who defend themselves and their families, then face unmeritorious prosecution by the criminal justice system.
www.firearmsandliberty.com/ - Firearms and Liberty - Excellent articles/ legal articles re: firearms ownership, constitutional rights, gun control, esp: Legislature & Gun Laws. Check out the "Research Library".
www.keepandbeararms.com/ - Keep and Bear Arms - Helping lawful people maintain their abilities to protect themselves and loved ones, effectively from anyone who would do them harm - through legal, private ownership and use of guns. Also stands for the repealing of all gun laws which infringe on the civil rights of peaceable women and men to defend their own lives and property.
www.uslawshield.com/ - U.S. Law Shield - Firearms Legal Defense Program - members: If you "use" a firearm or any legal weapon in
your membership state under the U.S. Law Shield Firearms Legal Defense Program, our program attorneys will represent you in any legal proceeding (criminal or civil), for zero attorneys' fees. This includes all criminal charges arising from a "use" of a gun or any legal weapon.
Site also has a Blog site and "Stay Legal" Gun Law video library.
"10 Things Gun Owners Get Wrong About Their Self Defense Rights" article by Attorney Michele Byington, who specialized for 6 years with a national firearms legal-defense program.
gt_nov2017__10_miscon_sd_rights.pdf
"Silence is Golden" article by Attorney T. Edwin Walker - Why do you invoke the right to remain silent? Why invoke your right not to be questioned without your lawyer present?
silence_is_golden_06182013_walker.pdf
"Legshot Syndrome" article by Instructor Dave Nash
legshotsyndr.pdf
www.archives.gov/ - National Archives - Visit the National Archives website and read America's Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Learn about the Framers of the Constitution (biographies) and how the Constitution was created.
Federal Government:
Criminal Justice Statistics, Research Information, Regulations and Programs
www.atf.gov/ - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Reference information in the "Firearms", "Regulations" and "Resource Center" sections.
www.ncjrs.gov/ - National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS services and resources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.
Reference the "About NCJRS" tab, page for access to other Dept. of Justice and research sites. Links below:
ojp.gov/ - Office of Justice Programs
ojp.gov/about/offices/oaag.htm - (OOAG) Office of the Assistant Attorney General
www.bjs.gov/ - Bureau of Justice Statistics - Includes UCR, Corrections, Probation and Parole statistics.
www.nij.gov/Pages/welcome.aspx - National Institute of Justice - Includes the Justice Technology Information Center.
www.justnet.org/ - Justice Technology Information Center
schoolsafetyinfo.org/ - School Safety Information
www.ovc.gov/ - Office for Victims of Crime
www.ojjdp.gov/ - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
www.smart.gov/ - Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking
appleseedinfo.org/ - Project Appleseed is an activity of The Revolutionary War Veterans Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to teaching every American our shared heritage and history as well as traditional rifle marksmanship skills.
www.usashooting.org/ - USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. The organization implements and manages development programs and sanctions events at the local, state, regional, and national levels; developing shooting athletes from grassroots to Olympic medals. Mission: Prepare American athletes to win Olympic and Paralympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S., and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country.
www.ipsc.org/ - International Practical Shooting Confederation
www.idpa.com/ - International Defensive Pistol Association
www.uspsa.org/ - United States Practical Shooting Association
3gunnation.com/ - 3 Gun Nation - Three Gun Competition Shooting
steelchallenge.com/ - Steel Challenge Shooting Association
www.ussteelshoot.com/ - US Steel Shoot Championship - USPSA and US Steel Shoot have signed a continuing agreement for US Steel Shoot to be the sanctioned provider of the US Nationals and Regional Steel Challenge Events.
www.icore.org/ - International Confederation of Revolver Enthusiasts
www.sassnet.com/ - The Single Action Shooting Society - is an international organization created to preserve and promote the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting.
www.cowboyactionshooting.com/ -
www.fastdraw.org/wfda/ - World Fast Draw Association
thecmp.org/ - Civilian Marksmanship Program
www.issf-sports.org/ - International Shooting Sport Federation - is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events.
www.paralympic.org/shooting - International Paralympic Committee/ Shooting - Shooting is the ultimate test of accuracy and control and in shooting Para sport events, athletes with physical impairments compete in both rifle and pistol events.
nmlra.org/ - National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
www.ihea-usa.org/ - International Hunter Education Association - USA - is the professional hunter education association affiliated with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the 50 state fish and hunter education programs. The programs employ 55,000 instructors, many of whom are volunteers, that teach hunting and shooting safety and responsibilities throughout the United States.
Notice: Use the resource information in these training sites to enhance your knowledge. Attempting training without experience or without the direct guidance of a skilled firearms instructor could prove hazardous to yourself or others. When doing so, you assume those consequences at your own risk.
www.personaldefensenetwork.com/ - Personal Defense Network (PDN) - brings together the insight and training expertise of the best instructors in the industry, and has become the go-to resource for conscientious civilians, law enforcement personnel and military operators interested in defending every aspect of their lives. PDN contributors are a hand-picked group, representing all facets of personal defense, so you will have the best the web has to offer, all in one destination. Executive Director Rob Pincus.
www.handguncombatives.com/ - Handgun Combatives - Dave Spaulding's website - instruction in the combative use of the handgun.
defense-training.com/ - Defensive Training International, Inc - Instructors John and Vicki Farnum - Teach the latest concepts in defensive marksmanship and tactics for a variety of defensive weapons, including tactical treatment of gunshot wounds.
pistol-training.com/ - Instructor Todd Louis Green's website for pistol training.
massadayoobgroup.com/ - Massad Ayoob Group - Instructor Massad Ayoob - Teaches Threat Management for Responsible Armed Citizens.
waltherarms.com/category/campus/shooting-techniques/ - Walther Arms - Shooting Techniques/ informational videos
www.killology.com/ - Killology Research Group - Research focuses on the reactions of healthy people in killing circumstances (such as police and military in combat), and the factors that enable and restrain killing in these situations. This field of study was researched by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (Director of Killology Research Group), who authored several books from his research, covering topics: defensive warrior mindset preparation, preventing school violence, and more.
gavindebecker.com/ - Gavin DeBecker & Associates - Private firm that provides protective security, logistical support and advice to public figures, prominenet families, government officials, government agencies, police departments, universities, large corporations, and at-risk individuals. DeBecker authored "The Gift of Fear" (highly recommended reading), in which he discusses factors to recognize threats, and has developed mosaics to assess situational threat levels. Reference site "Resources" section: Articles, Books, Child Safety, Resources List, and MOSAIC.
www.rbta.net/ - Reality Based Training Association - Initially formed in an effort to address issues specifically related to Reality Based Training safety. As the mission of LE, Military and various segments of the Emergency Services has evolved, training for these missions in many ways has not. Upon a more thorough examination of various tragedies, dangerous training trends and paradigms were discovered. The RBTA was founded as a means to an ongoing investigation into how such systems CAN be changed so that personnel can be trained in the safest, most cost effective manner possible.
Reference site "Information" and then "Recent Articles".
blauerspear.com/ - Blauer SPEAR - Blauer Tactical Systems - Tony Blauer - Teaches a Self defense process by integrating a DNA level survival response with modern human principles of physiology, physics, and psychology.
www.buildingshooters.com/ - Building Shooters - Dustin and Richard Salomon - Specialize in developing creative solutions to address today's unique operational and training challenges.
Reference site "Articles".
www.brassfetcher.com/ - Brass Fetcher - Ballistics testing
The www.firearmstactical.com website is no more, but most, if not all of their wound ballistics research and tactical briefs information has been archived and is still available at: http://www.firearmstactical.com/tactical.htm
www.activeresponsetraining.net/ - Active Response Training - Reference the many categories for: Articles, Book Reviews, Firearm Reviews, Gear Reviews, News and Tactical Advice, Reader Questions, Shooting Drills, Tactical Training Scenarios, Teaching Tips, Uncategorized, Weekend Knowledge Dump.
"Gun Laws We Need" article series written by national columnist Alan Korwin (of Bloomfield Press; largest publisher and printer of gun-laws books in the U.S.), which are currently featured in the Dillon Blue Press catalogs. Posted below are articles #1 -#7. You can visit: www.gunlaws.com/ for more information and visit the "Resources" and "Issues" pages, "POSITION PAPERS" as well as Alan's Page Nine Blog: pagenine.typepad.com/
BIDS vs NICS
If we must have gun-buyer background checks to stop criminals, at least do it without compiling massive records on the innocent. A simple system called BIDS (Blind Identification Databse System) can do this, and at far less cost than NICS (National Instant Criminal Background Check System).
Read the article BIDS vs NICS:
www.gunlaws.com/BIDSvNICS.htm
Puckett and Howard conceived of BIDS, scoped out its basics, and published their results back in 2001.
Read the original Puckett and Howard paper on BIDS
bids-bypuckettandhoward.pdf
The Truth About NICS - article by Stephen P. Halbrook, an attorney who has argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, is a senior fellow with the Independent Institute and author of The Founders' Second Amendment, Gun Control in the Third Reich, and Gun Control in
Nazi-Occupied France. America's 1st Freedom, December 2020.
truth_about__nics_a1f_12-2020.pdf
Microstamping - Another attempt to reduce and restrict firearm ownership in the name of "public safety." - article by Dave Emary, Guns & Ammo, March 2022.
microstamping_g_a2022.pdf
The Truth About Campus Carry - Why Should Adults on College Campuses Be Left Defenseless? - article by David Burnett, an ICU nurse based in Detroit, Michigan. He holds bachelor's degrees in business and nursing from the University of Kentucky and a law degree from the University of Akron and is a frequent contributor to America's 1st Freedom. America's 1st Freedom, January 2021.
truth_-_campus_carry_a1f_1-2021.pdf
Is Our Freedom For Sale - We follow the money to find out who is financing prominent gun-control groups. - article by Dennis Santiago, a global risk and financial analyst with 40 years of national policy experience. America's 1st Freedom, November 2020.
freedom_for_sale_a1f_11-2020.pdf
California's Ban On Large-Capacity Magazines Goes "Too Far" - Ninth Circuit Strikes Ban As Unconstitutional - Latest Legislative News From Inside the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. American Rifleman, October 2020.
ninth_circ_ar_10-2020.pdf
What Makes A Gun A Gun? - article by Stephen P. Halbrook, an attorney who has argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, is a senior fellow with the Independent Institute and author of The Founders' Second Amendment, Gun Control in the Third Reich, and Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France. America's 1st Freedom, April 2020.
what_makes_a_gun_a1f_4-2020.pdf
We Must Remember Our History of Freedom - article by Stephen P. Halbrook, an attorney who has argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, is a senior fellow with the Independent Institute and author of The Founders' Second Amendment, Gun Control in the Third Reich, and Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France. America's 1st Freedom, March 2020.
remem_hist_of_freedom_a1f-3-2020.pdf
How The Left Re-Defines "GUN FREE ZONE" To Fit Their Agenda - "When the Gun-Grabbers can't win the debate, they change the rules." - article by Dan Wos, Author, Good Gun Bad Guy. Blue Press, December 2019.
redefine_gfz_bp_12-2019.pdf
Is Gun Control Really About People Control - Editorial by James I. Ausman, Miguel A. Faria, Surgical Neurology International, pub. 10/04/2019.
Excerpt from Abstract: The Second Amendment of the USA Constitution states: "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Today around the USA and the world some people are advocating the removal of guns from the citizens, called "Gun Control," as the solution to violent crime that they associate with guns in the hands of the public, contrary to what the Second Amendment states.
This review provides a factual background to the debate about the issues surrounding the arguments for and against "Gun Control." The paper documents many factors that lead to violent crimes committed by people. The means used to cause violent crimes cover the history of human civilization. They include weapons of all types, bombs, toxic substances, vehicles of many kinds, and planes, all to cause the death of others.
. . . There is the overwhelming evidence that disarming the public from using firearms will not reduce violent crimes and will render people defenseless. Other facts indicate that allowing citizens to carry arms will prevent or reduce violent crimes. The debate over Gun Control has become politicized and emotionally based, because the real goal is not stated. In respected scientific journals and in the Media, factual information about the causes and prevention of violent deaths has been misrepresented or is blatantly false. Using censorship, the medical press and the mass media have refused to publish articles or print opposing opinions such as those supporting the rights of citizens to bear arms.
. . . logically, from all the evidence presented in this review, citizens should be encouraged to carry arms for self, family, and fellow citizen protection, and as a check on government, a right guaranteed by the constitution and endowed by our God-given natural right. The challenges facing us are multifaceted. Is Gun Control really about People Control?
sni-10-195.pdf
Gun Control Is Not The Answer - The solution to preventing acts of terror and violence by bad or deranged people is not to weaken the ability of the good and rational people to defend themselves - article by Jason Quimet, Interim Executive Director, NRA-ILA. National Rifleman, October 2019
10-2019_gun_cntrl_not_answer.pdf
Black And Armed In America - "Guns have done more to keep blacks safe in this country than being unarmed has ever done." Colion Noir takes claim that the Second Amendment is racist personally - article by Colion Noir, Gun rights activist, lawyer, member of National Rifle Association, and host of web series "CN Live" and "NOIR" on NRA's live streaming network, NRATV.com. After Opinion article by Clay Turner, Creative Director. America's 1st Freedom, February 2019.
2-2019_black_and_armed_in_america.pdf
The Socialist Wave Is Powerful Enough to Threaten More Than Just Our Politics - Rising Threat - article by Mark Chesnut, Editor. America's 1st Freedom, April 2018.
4-2018_rising_socialist_threat.pdf
The Coming Socialist Wave That Will Drown Your Guns - article by Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President. America's 1st Freedom, March 2018.
3-2018_socialist_wave.pdf
Open Carry - Open Carry Laws Don't Invent A New Right. They Restore An Ancient One. - article by Charles C.W. Cooke, Editor of The National Review Online. America's 1st Freedom, March 2018.
3-2018_swords_in_texas.pdf
Holding The Line - Restricting Lawful Gun Ownership Won't Stop Mass Murders - article by Dave Kopel, research director at Independence Institute and contributor to America's 1st Freedom. America's 1st Freedom, May 2018.
5-2018_hold_the_line.pdf
Why Gun Haters Blame Gun Owners For Mass Murder - article by Charles C.W. Cooke, Editor of The National Review Online and frequent America's 1st Freedom contributor. America's 1st Freedom, May 2018.
5-2018_blame_gun_owners.pdf
"The 2016 Journalist's Guide to Gun Violence Coverage" - Part 1
Written by Dr. Michael S. Brown, and posted July 25, 2018 on the Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (drgo.us) website. This is the first article of a two part series covering the journalistic principles followed by so many in the mainstream media on how gun violence is reported.
drgo.us/the-2016-journalists-guide-to-gun-violence-coverage-part-1/
Written by Dr. Michael S. Brown, and posted July 26, 2018 on the Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (drgo.us) website. This is the second article of a two part series covering the journalistic principles followed by so many in the mainstream media on how gun violence is reported.
drgo.us/2016-journalists-guide-to-gun-violence-coverage-part-2/
"Why Adopt a Constitutional Carry Law" - article by Erich Pratt
gunowners.org/why-adopt-constitutional-carry-law.htm
Why the NYS System for Obtaining a License to Carry a Concealed Weapon is Unconstitutional
(Fordham Urban Law Journal article)
novak.pdf
Security: After every massacre, politicians and media complain that "nothing is ever done". There is; it's just not the sweeping gun control they want. The hard work to keep Americans safe is happening everywhere. Just not Washington, D.C. - article by Charles C. W. Cooke, Editor of National Review Online. America's 1st Freedom, December 2017
security_-nothing_is_ever_done.pdf
James Madison Did Not Write A Second Class Amendment: Courts are telling gun owners that they must choose between their Second Amendment-protected rights and their other constitutional rights. - article by Charles C. W. Cooke, Editor of National Review Online. Published in America's 1st Freedom, November 2017
jm_didnt_write_a_2_class_amend.pdf
Gun-Free Zones Are Targets - A discussion with researcher John Lott sheds light on the danger of gun-free zones. America's 1st Freedom, April 2017
gun-free_zones_are_targets.pdf
Finding America's Murder Problem: Research shows that 51% of U.S. murders occur in 2% of Counties - article by John R. Lott Jr. America's 1st Freedom, July 2017
finding_americas_murder_problem.pdf
ANTIFA: When You Believe Violence Is An Acceptable Form of Political Advocacy - article by Stacey Washington, a decorated Air Force, Emmy-nominated TV personality and host of nationally syndicated radio program "Stacey On The Right". America's 1st Freedom, November 2017
antifa.pdf
Protecting The Second Amendment - Why All Americans Should Be Concerned - Article signed by 1100 Green
berets. Blue Press, May 2013.
greenberets_bp_5-2012.pdf
Congressional Research Service Research Paper: Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1993-2013
congressional_research_paper_mass_shootings.pdf
BATFE - White Paper
read-the-white-paper-on-firearms-regulations.pdf
Report of The National School Shield Task Force - 2013
nss_final_full.pdf
NASP Threat Assessment: Predicting and Preventing School Violence
nasp_doc.pdf
The Racist Roots of Gun Control - paper by Clayton E. Cramer, American historian, author, and software engineer
the_racist_roots_of_gun_control.pdf
The JPFO Genocide Chart, JPFO.org 2002
jpfo_genocide-chart.pdf
Preventing Genocide by Greg Stanton, Genocide Watch
preventing_genocide_by_greg_stanton_genocide_watch_1_.pdf
A Nation of Cowards
a_nation_of_cowards.pdf
Why Americans Need Assault Weapons
why_americans_need_assualt_weapons.pdf
The Gun is Civilization - article by Maj. L. Caudill USMC (Ret)
the_gun_is_civilization.docx
My Cake
my_cake_-gun_control.pdf
Translating Anti-gun Propaganda Into English
translating_antigun_propaganda_into_english.pdf
Larry Correia Refutes Gun Controllers Once and for All - article by Larry Correia, Firearms Instructor and writer
larry_correia_refutes_gun_control_final.pdf
Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense - article by Larry Correia, Firearms Instructor and writer
carbine_v_shotgun_v_pistol.pdf
My Gunfight - Thinking Outside Your Box - article by Larry Correia, Firearms Instructor and writer
my_gunfight_-_thinking_outside_your_box.pdf
How Often Are Firearms Used in Self-Defense? - article by Larry Correia, Firearms Instructor and writer
how_oft_firearms_used_sd.pdf
Mandatory Training for CCW - article by Larry Correia, Firearms Instructor and writer
mandatory_ccw_training.pdf
Sandy Hook Massacre: It's Time .... Isn't It?
sandyhook_mascre_its_time.pdf
The Facts about Mass Shootings: It's Time to address Mental Health and Gun Free Zones - article by John Fund, a national-affairs columnist for NRO
facts_about_mass_shootings.pdf
CCW Info - I'm Just A Soul Whose Intentions Are Good
ccwinfoimjustasoul.pdf
www.cttso.gov/ - Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
www.dhs.gov/national-terrorism-advisory-system - Department of Homeland Security
National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS)
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." - - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers


The Waupecan series consists of very deep, well drained soils on outwash plains and stream terraces. They formed in loess or other silty material and in the underlying loamy outwash and are deep to sandy and gravelly deposits. Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 914 mm (36 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 9 degrees C (48 degrees F).
Ap--0 to 20 cm (0 to 8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common very fine roots; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.
BA--33 to 48 cm (13 to 19 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; common distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic coatings on surfaces along pores; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt1--48 to 71 cm (19 to 28 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; common distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.
2Bt3--97 to 112 cm (38 to 44 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots; common distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent dolomitic pebbles; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.
2Bt4--112 to 124 cm (44 to 49 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; many distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent dolomitic pebbles; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
3C--140 to 178 cm (55 to 70 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 32 percent dolomitic pebbles and cobblestones; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Kane County, Illinois; about 1.2 km (3/4 mile) north and 0.4 km (1/4 mile) west of Hampshire; 69 m (225 feet) south and 443 m (1,455 feet) west of the northeast corner of sec. 21, T. 42 N., R. 6 E.; USGS Hampshire topographic quadrangle; lat. 42 degrees 06 minutes 34 seconds N., and long. 88 degrees 32 minutes 08 seconds W., NAD 27; UTM Zone 16, 373038 easting and 4663072 northing, NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The depth to the base of argillic horizon ranges from 102 to 183 cm (40 to 72 inches). The mollic epipedon is 25 to 51 cm (10 to 20 inches) in thickness. The depth to horizons with more than 15 percent sand is 61 to 122 cm (24 to 48 inches). The depth to horizons with more than 15 percent rock fragments and 75 percent sand ranges from 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 inches). The particle-size control section averages from 25 to 35 percent clay and less than 15 percent sand coarser than very fine.
The Ap or A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is slightly acid or neutral except pedons that have been limed include slightly alkaline.
Some pedons have an AB horizon or a BA horizon.
The Bt or BA horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 through 6. It typically is silty clay loam, but some subhorizons range to silt loam. Reaction is moderately acid to neutral.
The 2Bt or 2BC horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, or 5YR; value of 3 through 5; and chroma of 3 through 6. It is clay loam, loam, sandy clay loam, silt loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, or their gravelly analogs with some pedons being stratified. Most pedons have a subhorizon just above a coarser textured layer that contains an enrichment of clay or organic carbon. One or more subhorizons contain 5 percent or more gravel, but these soils contain less than 35 percent rock fragments within a depth of 102 cm (40 inches). Reaction is moderately acid to neutral.
The 3C horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, or 5YR; value of 3 through 6; and chroma of 3 through 6. It ranges from very gravelly sandy loam to sand and gravel with some pedons being stratified. Some pedons contain as much as 35 percent cobbles. Reaction is neutral to moderately alkaline and contains carbonates in some part within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches).
COMPETING SERIES: These are Ashdale, Broadwell, Dinsdale, Douglas, Elkhart, Elmont, Healing, Lycurgus, Malcolm, Meadowbank, Mendota, Mickle, Ogle, Osco, Parkway, Plano, Proctor, Richwood, Ripon, Sibley, Sidell, Tama, Tecumseh, Toddville, and Wakenda series. Ashdale and Ripon soils have a lithic contact within a depth of 152 cm (60 inches). Broadwell, Dinsdale, Douglas, Elmont, Healing, Lycurgus, Meadowbank, Mickle, Ogle, Parkway, Plano, Proctor, Richwood, Sidell, Tama, Tecumseh, Toddville, and Wakenda soils average less than 15 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the series control section. Malcolm and Mendota soils are less than 102 cm (40 inches) to the base of soil development. Elkhart, Osco, and Sibley soils average less than 15 percent sand throughout the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Waupecan soils are on nearly level to gently sloping glacial outwash plains and stream terraces. Slope gradients range from 0 to 5 percent. Waupecan soils formed in loess or other silty material 61 to 122 cm (24 to 48 inches) in thickness and in the underlying sandy and gravelly outwash sediments. Mean annual air temperature varies from 7 to 12 degrees C (45 to 54 degrees F), mean annual precipitation varies from 610 to 1020 mm (24 to 40 inches), frost free days range from 140 to 180 days, and the elevation ranges from 155 to 311 m (510 to 1020 feet) above sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Bowes and Plano soils and the Batavia, Drummer, Elburn, Longlois, Troxel, Warsaw, and Wea soils. The Bowes, Batavia, and Longlois soils are closer to drainageways on similar parts of the landscape. Batavia and Longlois soils, like Bowes, have a dark colored surface layer less than 25 cm (10 inches) in thickness. In addition, Batavia soils contain less than 15 percent gravel in the lower part or the series control section, and Longlois soils contain 15 percent or more fine sand or coarser sand in the particle-size control section. Plano and Wea soils are on similar parts of the landscape nearby. Wea soils average more than 15 percent fine sand or coarser in the particle-size control section. Troxel soils have a mollic epipedon more than 51 cm (20 inches) thick and are in shallow depressions and concave parts of the outwash plains and stream terraces. The poorly drained Drummer and somewhat poorly drained Elburn soils are on lower parts of the landform nearby. Warsaw soils have a strongly contrasting particle-size class and are on similar parts of the landform nearby.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. The potential for surface runoff is low or medium. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high (4.23 to 42.33 micrometers per second) in the solum and very high (greater than 141.11 micrometers per second) in the substratum. Permeability is moderate to moderately rapid in the solum and very rapid in the substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Commonly cropped. Corn, soybeans, small grain, and grass-legume mixtures are the common crops. Native vegetation is prairie grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Illinois and Indiana. Extent is moderate.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Kendall County, Illinois, 1973.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: mollic epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of about 33 cm (13 inches) (Ap and A horizons); argillic horizon - the zone from a depth of 48 to 140 cm (19 to 55 inches) (Bt1, Bt2, 2Bt3, 2Bt4, and 2Bt5 horizons); lithologic discontinuities from loess to outwash at a depth of 97 cm (38 inches) and from outwash to gravelly and sandy deposits at a depth of 140 cm (55 inches); udic moisture regime.


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Ropeway may refer to:

Cable transport
 Cableway, or cable transport, a broad class of transport modes that have cables
 Aerial lift, a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables
 Aerial tramway, a type of aerial lift which cabins shuttle back and forth on cables
 Ropeway conveyor, a subtype of aerial lift, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended

Other use
 Ropeway (sailing), a form of naval lifting device used to transport light stores and equipment across rivers or ravines; see Gyn

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Sewell: Mueller report shows Trump, campaign were dishonest, unethical, immoral and unpatriotic
Friday, U.S. Representative Terri A. Sewell, D-Selma, released a statement on the Department of Justice's release of a redacted version of the Special Counsel's report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
"Even in its incomplete form, the redacted Special Counsel report makes one thing very clear: irrespective of whether President Trump and his campaign's actions were criminal, they were dishonest, unethical, immoral and, ultimately, unpatriotic," Congresswoman Sewell said. "The American people deserve better from their public officials, especially those who serve at the highest levels of our government, and transparency demands that Congress is presented with the full report and underlying materials."
Senator Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said that it was "good news" that Mueller's team found insufficient evidence to charge Trump with conspiring with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
"The business of government can move on," Trump said. "Even so, I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President; I am also appalled that, among other things, fellow citizens working in a campaign for president welcomed help from Russia-including information that had been illegally obtained; that none of them acted to inform American law enforcement; and that the campaign chairman was actively promoting Russian interests in Ukraine."
"Reading the report is a sobering revelation of how far we have strayed from the aspirations and principles of the founders," Romney concluded.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) condemned Romney's comments.
Despite 18 months of investigations with 19 attorneys and 40 FBI agents, Robert Mueller failed to indict Donald Trump or any of his family.
Trump's Democratic opponents in Congress are now focusing their efforts on investigating the President's taxes.
Congresswoman Terri Sewell is a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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(thing) by pseen Thu Aug 24 2000 at 12:02:07
The letter æ (Æ in capital) is used in Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic and probably other Nordic languages. It is a vowel and is pronounced like the A in the English word "splash". It is the 27th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Example of its use in Norwegian:
Kan noen være så snill å lære meg norsk? (Can someone please teach me Norwegian).
(thing) by TallRoo Thu Aug 24 2000 at 12:20:39
The character æ is still used in the English language. The only example I can think of is Encyclopædia. See The Encyclopædia Britannica, at www.britannica.com if you don't believe me.
"æ" is often written "a e", by lazy lazy people.
The HTML character code for æ is 230. And of course, Everything deals with HTML character references.
(thing) by Anacreon Thu Aug 24 2000 at 12:46:07
This letter was created originally for medieval Latin to represent the diphthong that until then was represented by the two letters ae (In classic Latin this was pronounced as the word 'eye' and in medieval Latin as the vowel in 'hey').
The two combinations (ae/æ) were quite often interchanged.
(thing) by ithron Thu Aug 24 2000 at 13:24:41
This was also a letter in the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) language and was called the "æsch" (pron: /ash/).
The æsch in use (excerpts from the original Beowulf manuscript):
Hwæt we Gardena in geardagum ...
Gomban gyldan, ðæt wæs god, cyning!
(thing) by lazyr Mon Nov 20 2000 at 20:51:48
The first of the three extra letters in the Norwegian and Danish languages. Pronounced like the a in bash.
In Trønderlag, which is the middle part of Norway, æ is the nominative case of the pronoun of the first person, that is, the equivalent of the english word 'I'. In other parts of Norway, they say 'e', 'i', 'eg', 'ej', 'je' or 'jej' instead of 'æ'
The html codes for this letter is æ and Æ.
(thing) by Gritchka Tue Jan 23 2001 at 11:07:46
The letter æ is a ligature of a and e. In the Middle Ages ligatures and abbreviations were used for various combinations of letters, but only a few of them have survived to the present day, mainly æ and œ.
To write it in HTML as we are doing here, type æ for the lower-case or Æ for the capital.
It is widely seen in Latin, where the diphthongs ae and oe were common, and also in Greek words borrowed via Latin. It was also used in Old English and Old Norse, but in these languages it was a distinct letter, representing a sound that did not occur in Latin.
Old English and Old Norse
In Old English the word for ash tree was written æsc, but pronounced the same as the modern word. Old English also had the ordinary a and e sounds of Latin, so it needed a new letter for this intermediate vowel. In the runic alphabet there was a separate rune for it, and in the Roman alphabet it was represented with the ae-ligature.
It was also used in Old Norse with the same sound, as in Æsir, the gods, those who live in Asgard. In modern Danish and Norwegian, descendants of Old Norse, it is still pronounced roughly the same, or a little closer to e as in bet. (In Swedish it is now written ä.) But in modern Icelandic, which is grammatically almost identical to Old Norse, it has shifted to an "eye" sound.
Latin and Greek
Classical Latin had a diphthong ae, roughly like English "eye", which had developed from a pre-classical sound ai, which to English ears would also be roughly "eye" (as in "aisle"). It also had a diphthong oe. Greek had a diphthong αι, which was borrowed into Latin as ae.
In handwriting, and in italics, which are based on handwriting, the letter a loses its hood and becomes a simple curve: compare a and a. Unfortunately when fused with a following e, the handwritten/italic ae looks virtually identical to the combination oe. Compare:
cælum et pœna
(assuming your browsers renders italics correctly... actually, mine doesn't make them similar, oh well.. but if you see them properly printed in a book you'll know what I mean).
In classical Latin ae and oe were quite different diphthongs, but by the mediaeval period they were both pronounced as a long e, and both written and sometimes printed in nearly identical forms. This can lead to confusion about the original Latin vowel. The word for 'sky', caelum, is often mistakenly seen as coelum.
It is recommended that the ligature not be used in writing either Latin words with ae, or borrowings into English such as encyclopaedia, formulae, Caesar, mediaeval. That is a distinctly old-fashioned and un-classical habit. The ligatures were used in the Middle Ages, but not in ancient Rome.
Because of the Great Vowel Shift that changed many English sounds around 1400, Latin -ae- normally becomes an "ee" sound in English, as in Caesar and mediaeval. (This is from the mediaeval Latin long e mentioned above.) Most Greek words have come into English via a Latin intermediary, so this applies to them too: Latin encyclopaedia is derived from an original Greek enkuklopaidia.
It is sometimes simplified in spelling to -e-, as (optionally) in encyclopedia and medieval. The same two points apply to -oe-: Croesus "KREE-sus", Oedipus etc. The change of spelling to -e- is more common in the US: esthetic, esophagus for aesthetic, oesophagus.
Of course those last two words illustrate another fact about modern English, that unstressed vowels are often weakened, so we don't use a full "ee" in words like aesthetic. However, the pronunciation "ay" has no historical basis, i.e. was not traditionally used, yet these days you often hear people saying vertebrae as "VERT-e-bray". I recommend "VERT-e-bree". (In real Latin it was "WHERE-teb-rye".)
This letter, now usually called ash in English, is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the vowel sound in English "ash", the same sound it had in Old English and Old Norse. The spelling aesc is sometimes used.
Ænima distorted gender roles Addressing others by their user names e
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This book pays tribute to the greatest set designer of the modern era.
Viewing theater as a total artwork, L on Bakst (1866-1924) worked with artists such as Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Cocteau and Stravinsky, transforming modern ballet. Cover available in five different colors.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Nouveau Musée de Monaco, Monaco, October 23, 2016-January 15, 2017.
Texts in English and French.
205 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm.


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For some, "Happy Holidays" is an irritating greeting. They believe that only "Merry Christmas" will do, as it befits the Christian religion. However, it is worth noting that Christmas was co-opted from Scandinavian groups, Germanic tribes and Celts who celebrated the Winter Solstice (the longest night of the year) and called the holiday Yule, or Juul. Yule is still celebrated by many.
Then, there is the African holiday, Kwanzaa, the Jewish holiday, Chanukah or Hanukkah, the Swedish holiday, St. Lucia Day, Bohdi Day for the Buddists, Yom Kipper for Sunni Muslims and Jews, and many more. In my opinion, using the phrase "Happy Holidays" reflects respect for those living in our multi-cultural nation. The greeting is well intentioned and respectful of all faiths and cultures.
In this unfortunate time where chaos and conflict are emphasized, let us remember to be inclusive and kind. Wishing others "Happy Holidays" is a great way to include everyone in the holiday spirit.


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NASA Gets Crafty: The Glitter Mirror.
by David Klemke on June 17, 2015
Your garden variety telescope is usually what's called a refracting telescope, one that uses a series of lenses to enlarge far away objects for your viewing pleasure. For backyard astronomy they work quite well, often providing a great view of our nearby celestial objects, however for scientific observations they're usually not as desirable. Instead most large scientific telescopes use what's called a reflecting telescope which utilizes a large mirror which then reflects the image onto a sensor for capture. The larger the mirror the bigger and more detailed picture you can capture, however bigger mirrors come with their own challenges especially when you want to launch them into space. Thus researchers are always looking for novel ways to create a mirror and one potential avenue that NASA is pursuing is, put simply, a little fabulous.
One method that many large telescopes use to get around the problem of creating huge mirrors is to use numerous smaller ones. This does introduce some additional complexity, like needing to make sure all the mirrors align properly to produce a coherent image on the sensor, however that does come with some added benefits like being able to eliminate distortions created by the atmosphere. NASA's new idea takes this to an extreme, replacing the mirror with a cloud of glitter-like particles held in place with lasers. Each of those particles then acts like a tiny mirror, much like their larger counterparts . Then, on the sensor side, software is being developed to turn the resulting kaleidoscope of colours back into a coherent image.
Compared to traditional mirrors on telescopes, especially space based ones like the Hubble, this has the potential to both significantly reduce weight whilst at the same time dramatically increasing the size of the mirror we can use. The bigger the mirror the more light that can be captured and analysed and a mirror designed with this cloud of particles could be many times greater than its current counterparts. The current test apparatus (shown above) uses a traditional lens covered in glitter which was used to validate the concept by using 2 simulated "stars" that shone through it. Whilst the current incarnation used multiple exposures and a lot of image processing to create the final image it does show that the concept could work however it requires much more investigation before it can be used for observations.
A potential mission to verify the technology in space would use a small satellite with a prototype cloud, no bigger than a bottle cap in size. This would be primarily aimed at verifying that the cloud could be deployed and manipulated in space as designed and, if that proved successful then they could move on to capturing images. Whilst there doesn't appear to be a strict timeline for that yet this concept, called Orbiting Rainbows, is part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program and so research on the idea will likely continue for some time to come. Whether it will result in an actual telescope however is anyone's guess but such technology does show incredible promise.
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The Curiously Limiting Twist for Google Glass Applications.
by David Klemke on May 1, 2013
There's little doubt that Google's Project Glass is going to be a disruptive technology, although whether that comes from revolutionizing the way we interface with technology or more because of the social implications will remain to be seen. Considering that the device has been limited to the technically elite and the few that got in on the #ifhadglass competition (disappointingly restricted to US citizens only) we still don't have much to go on as to how Glass will function as an everyday technology. Sure we've got lots of impressions about it but the device is still very much in the nascent stages of adoption and third party development on the platform is only just starting to occur.
We do have a much better idea of what is actually behind Google Glass though thanks to the device reaching more people outside the annals of the Googleplex. From what I've read it's comparable to a mid range smartphone in terms of features with 16GB of storage, a 5MP camera capable of taking 720p video and a big enough battery to get you through the day with typical usage. This was pretty much expected given Glass' size and recent development schedule but what's really interesting isn't so much the hardware that's powering everything, it's the terms with which Google is letting you interface with it.
Third party applications, which make use of the Mirror API, are forbidden from inserting ads into their applications. Not only that they are also forbidden from sending API data, which can be anything from feature usage to device information like location, to third party advertisers. This does not preclude Google from doing that, indeed the language hinges on the term 3rd party, however it does firmly put the kibosh on any application that attempts to recoup development costs through the use of ads or on-selling user data. Now whether or not you'll be able to recoup costs by using Google's AdSense platform remains to be seen but it does seem that Google wants to have total control of the platform and any revenue generated on it from day 1 which may or may not be a bad thing, depending on how you view Google.
What got me though was the strict limitation of Glass only talking to web applications. Whilst this still allows Glass to be extended in many ways that we're only really beginning to think of it still drastically limits the potential of the platform. For instance my idea of pairing it with a MYO to create a gesture interface (for us anti-social types who'd rather not speak at it constantly) is essentially impossible thanks to this limitation, even though the hardware is perfectly capable of syncing with BlueTooth devices. Theoretically it'd still be possible to accomplish some of that whilst still using a web app but it'd very cumbersome and not at all what I had envisioned when I first thought of pairing the two together.
Of course that's just a current limitation set by Google and with exploits already winding their way around the Internet it's not unreasonable to expect that such functionality could be unlocked should you want it. There's also the real possibility that this limitation is only temporary and once Glass hits general availability later this year it'll become a much more open platform. Honestly I hope Google does open up Glass to native applications as whilst Glass has enormous amounts of potential in its current form the limitations put a hard upper barrier on what can be accomplished, something which competitors could rapidly capitalize on.
Google aren't a company to ignore the demands of developers and consumers at large though so should native apps become the missing "killer app" for the platform I can't imagine they'd stave off enabling them for long. Still the current limitations are a little worrying and I hope that they're only an artefact of Glass being in its nascent form. Time will tell if this is the case however and the day of reckoning will come later this year when Glass finally becomes generally available.
I'll probably still pick one up regardless, however.
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You Thought Hubble Was Awesome? Check out the E-ELT!
There's no denying the fact that space based telescopes are by far the best instruments for us to observe the universe. They don't suffer from atmospheric interference, observe targets for incredibly long periods of time and aren't limited to observing a section of the sky. Of course they come with quite a lot of drawbacks as well often being incredibly expensive to build, launch and operate and unless you're the Hubble you can forget ever being serviced or repaired, you're more likely to be ditched in the pacific while your replacement is launched. Still it's not like ground telescopes are useless by comparison and in the not too distant future our most powerful telescope might just be one located here on terra firma.
That, my friends is a rendering of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) an upcoming ground telescope that has just received approval from the European Southern Observatory organisation to go ahead. The tiny car at the bottom of the picture gives you some clue into just how large this particular telescope will be, dwarfing nearly all those that have come before it. House inside that giant building is primary mirror array that is some 39.3 meters across, about half the length of a football field. To put this in perspective Hubble's main mirror is about 8 meters across or almost 5 times smaller than that of the E-ELT.
Ah, I hear you say, but what about the fact that this one isn't in space but Hubble is? Well traditionally that was quite a problem for telescopes as there wasn't a good way to compensate for the changes in the atmosphere leading to blurred or low resolution images. There's a couple ways to combat this and the usual method was to locate the telescope in a place that had favorable conditions for night time observations. This is usually in high up places so the amount of atmosphere is decreased but places like the Atacama desert, known as the driest place on earth, also provide excellent viewing opportunities almost all year round (320 out of 365 days are cloud free). There's also a much more advanced way of dealing with atmospheric disturbances and that's called adaptive optics.
Whilst I referred to the E-ELT as having a 39.3m mirror it is in fact more accurate to say it has a mirror array consisting of 800 individual elements that are all about 1m across. Each of these mirrors can be adjusted independently to compensate for any changes in the above atmosphere. They do this by using a laser to illuminate the sky above them providing a kind of artificial star with a controllable brightness that they can use to adjust the mirror array. Additionally the telescope has a secondary focusing mirror that has over 6000 actuators able to make adjustments 1000 times per second. Combining all of this together means that the E-ELT will have imaging capabilities far surpassing that of any telescope previously and will be the first telescope able to directly image rocky planets like our own orbiting other stars.
It's that simple fact which has got me so excited about this new telescope. We've been able to directly image some planets around other stars in the past but we haven't been able to get much detail out of them past a bright blob on a black background. The E-ELT will be able to resolve objects with astonishing levels of detail and I'm sure that our hunt for planets like our own will receive a massive boost at the hands of its giant mirror array. It's projects like this, real envelope pushers, that keep me so excited about the wide vastness of space and how much of it we still have to explore.
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Banská Bystrica (German: Neusohl, Hungarian: Besztercebánya, Latin: Villa Nova), is a large town in central Slovakia, on the Hron river.
It was first mentioned in 1255 as a royal free mining town. The town had rich ore deposits, mainly copper, and to a lesser extent silver, gold and iron. As the deposits were depleted, the town has reoriented to the industry. During the World War II, the Slovak National Uprising broke out in the town.
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I'm really not sure if this column will be worth the ten minutes work I'm going to put into it, but C'est le vie. Why am I telling yo this? Because I have the password for posting and you don't.
ET CETERA - You can't spell "InVasion" without "nWo". Kinda.
ET CETERA - More on the WWF in Japan. Educate yourself, fools.
I'm feeling a little down this week, so I'm gonna cut the obligatory preamble and get straight to the obligatory chase.
The past 30 days have been very remarkable, as my new career has taken me to Vancouver, Los Angeles, Utah, around Southern California, encompassing the screening of BC BODYSLAMS and 6 wrestling cards as well.
...Like a dingbat out of hell.
ET CETERA - Wanna know how the WWF's Japanese tour is gonna go?
It seems astonishing, but there is surprisingly little to actually talk about this week. Well, anything that doesn't revolve around Hall, Nash, Hogan, or the letters "n" "W" and "o".
Does your bum itch when you poo-poo?
Professional wrestling has the unique quality of touching lives. Recently 2 deaths of childhood heroes, one passing recent ans the other over 30 years ago, have crossed the path of my life.
ET CETERA - So, you wanted to see my girlfriend, huh?
DID YOU KNOW SMITHERS OFF THE SIMPSONS IS GAY?
ET CETERA - The only wrestling column with no added wrestling content.
Ho ho phuckk'n ho, Merry New Year, Good Will Hunting to all men and all that shiz.
Welcome one and welcome all, to the first 2002 instalment of your favourite (non-Scott Keith) column and mine, Et Cetera.


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | Tales From The Ipe!
I finally watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD last night. Although it has been almost 20 years since we saw Indy in action back in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, it was nice to see him in action again. Having said that, Indiana Jones looked old. No, not old. Old. How was he running around like that? Indy is Indy, but he's basically a little younger than my father. My father is not running around like that, leaping rocks, etc. Suspension of disbelief.


This is a classic v-neck cut shirt, it will become your closest friend. It is universally adaptable and can be worn dressed down, to work or added to a pair of skinny jeans and heels for a chic evening outfit.
Worn here with the matching Black Poppy Palazzo Pants.


Ali inspires people with his Keynotes worldwide by showing his audience what the essentials in life, business and our ever so fast changing world. Ali also often gets invited to talk about his personal life story – from being a refugee and school dropout to having moved on to an internationally acclaimed Start Up co founder and EU Youth Ambassador.
In his German and English speaking lectures he tackles topics that characterise the change of our time: innovation, change & disruption, storytelling & authenticity, guiding a new generation, focus & simplicity, education & the job market – always focusing on "the individual and its potential".
On top of this Ali consults companies on CxO-level when going through internal or external changes and innovation processes.
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Q: How to load data from SQL Server to SAP BW using SSIS I would like to load data from SQL server to SAP BW using SSIS. Could some one help me on it how can i do it. Currently i am using sql server 2005.

A: Why would you use SSIS for that?
I would recommend either load using SAP BW standard anyDB source system or using BO Data Services.
Both do it natively and well.
If you insist, look at:
https://theobald-software.com/en/xtract-is-productinfo.html
They have the following feature:
Xtract IS BW Loader

With the Xtract IS BW Loader data target, you can reroute data streams within your SSIS data flow directly in your SAP BW system.
The corresponding BW InfoPackage is automatically triggered and filled in.
Of course, the component is based exclusively on the required SAP standard (staging BAPIs for third-party vendors).
The following screenshot shows how the pipeline elements can be linked within the Integration Services with the transfer structure.

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