XStat plugs gunshot and shrapnel wounds faster and more effectively than the standard battlefield first aid. Currently, medics treat hemorrhage by stuffing gauze as deep as five inches into an injury—a painful process that doesn’t always work. Of soldiers who died between October 2001 and June 2009 of wounds that weren’t immediately fatal, blood loss was the killer in an estimated 80 percent of cases.
The 2.5-ounce syringe slides deep into a injury, such a bullet track, and deposits pill-size sponges that soak up blood and rapidly expand to stem bleeding from an artery. Each sponge is coated with chitosan, a substance that clots blood and fights infection. The FDA says the sponges are safe to leave in the body for up to four hours, allowing enough time for a patient to get to an operating room. To ensure they don’t get left inside a wound, X-shaped markers make each sponge visible on an x-ray image.
Simple Invention For Sealing Gunshot Wounds Gets FDA Approval

Of course, depends on the price but I guess it might be a step up than shoving tampons down a wound.
Hat tip to ITMOTR

MEXICO CITY — Citizen “self-defense” groups that have emerged to fight off a ruthless drug cartel in the state of Michoacan should take steps to join the government security apparatus or disarm, Mexican officials said Thursday.

So basically is a case of  “Well yes, we couldn’t protect you. You had to face the Bad Guys, you won and now you need to get back to be obedient victims or else.”

Now, the interesting part is that this is about the third or fourth week in a row that the government has been calling for the self-defense group to disarm but it seems that the calls are not being respected.

One wonders what the future holds.

I enjoy a twisted plot, techno thrillers and gotcha books for entertainment. The Gray Man is not that.

But what I did find is a very enjoyable, kick-your-shoes-off, coffee-cup-next-to-you, back porch-relaxing reading book that I read almost straight from beginning to end in one sitting.

I started the book right after I finished re-reading Larry Correia’s & Mike Kupari’s Dead Six so I was afraid that it would color my perception of The Gray Man, but we are talking two different ideas: while one is tactical tri-dimensional chess with lasers and explosions, the other is a ornery frontier-like, Mesquite-smoked checkers where you know your opponent has you by the short ones before you moved the first piece and he is smiling about it.  I finished the book with a wicked smile and wondering where the story will go from here and when Jim is gonna finish the next book.

Disconnect your electronic devices, pour your favorite poison, get in your comfy chair and get to read it.  Available in Kindle and Dead Tree.

“Florida’s preemption law leaves our cities, counties and municipalities defenseless in protecting citizens from gun violence,” said Cheryl Anderson, the Florida chapter leader of moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “Gun laws that may be appropriate in rural areas, may not be appropriate in city neighborhoods.”
Local leaders take aim at preemption gun laws

It is always sad to see how quickly the Gun Control crowd goes to dismantle years of Civil Rights struggle and passion just because they are unable to deal with the real problems that may affect some areas.  Equal Protection Under The Law only works if it is equal for everybody and not selected according to the whims of some useless elected officials. To use the excuse that certain people in certain neighborhoods are not to be allowed their constitutional rights because, you know they are in a high crime area (wink, wink) is criminal and whomever supports this should be sent to the Everglades to pick wild berries at high noon.

Ms. Anderson managed to get only a few people to attend their press conference/protest in Tallahassee:

About 25 opponents of the legislation gathered outside the Capitol Wednesday and holding signs reading “Gun safety now” and “Demand action to end gun violence.”

Teachers have enough demands on their time and don’t want additional requirements that take time from instruction, said Chryl Anderson of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Gun bill passes House committee.

Irrelevancy… thy name is Moms Demand. OK, Brady too.

Hat Tip to Sebastian.

Todd Vandermyde gets a ticket for carrying a uncased crossbow on an ATV on private property in Illinois. He lobbies to have the law changed and a Lib State Senator gets her La Perla undies in a bunch… but footgear ingestion quickly ensues.

“If I got a ticket and changed the law because I got a ticket, people would be screaming bloody murder,” said state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, a gun-control advocate.

In fact, he said, what he did in pushing to change the hunting law because of his own experience is no different than what Cassidy, as a gay legislator, did in helping pass same-sex marriage last year.

via Gun-rights lobbyist breaks law, then tries to change it – Chicago Sun-Times.

I understand that the Left is a non-stopping parade of grievances, real or imaginary. But even our side gets a chance. They hate it because we tend to be a wee bit more effective.

Is it an effigy? Is it a “puppet”? Dude, when it’s a likeness of the governor being hoisted by a demonstrator in a minuteman uniform over a crowd of angry gun-toting protesters in the capital, the optics sort of overpower the semantics.

via Second Amendment Men Rally in New York Around Crazy Effigy of Cuomo.

And bricks are being “colonically ejected” because of this puppet depicting Governor Mario Cuomo as a marionette:

 A veteran brought a life-size Gov. Andrew Cuomo doll, portrayed as a puppet hanging from strings. The sign read, “I have $33 million in my war chest, you can’t touch me!” 
The Daily Gazette 

But according to Adam Weinstein,, it is not a puppet or a marionette but something much more somber: it is Cuomo hung in effigy! (Cue dramatic music.

See if you can tell the difference between this:

And this:

Take your time. I know the differences are subtle, but I am sure you can do it.

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If you have problems reading the screen cap, here is the text:

Martin Pitts … 
Sick of the NRA and Gun fools blabbing to media then read this: 
… 
Racist and sexist gamings of the system are the new lows for the NRA and gun fools. The 18th Century 2nd Amendment “Militias” of the US Constitution were vigilantes mainly for capturing and killing runaway slaves. Later in 1914 corporate hired “Militias” murdered protesters sleeping in tents at a mine in Ludlow, Colorado. One more thing: In May of 1970, a “Militia” of young men in Ohio National Guard Uniforms with shotguns and automatic pistols and M1 Rifles murdered four unarmed students and wounded nine others at Kent State University Ohio. Two of the murdered students were simply walking to class. 
Every time some doctrinaire gun fool quotes the 2nd Amendment remind them that they support killing runaway slaves and peaceful protesters and unarmed kids. 
… 
The NRA and gun fools have changed America into the Gaza Strip. 
Arm every nut case and fake patriot. 
Give them an assault rifle. Give them a glock. Give them a grenade. 
Next the NRA will defend a citizen’s right to make IEDs or land mines. 
All this because of the NRA and gun fool sociopaths! 
Guns are pieces of metal and plastic that kill people. Guns do not have rights. 
Outlaw all deadly firearms now, before others are murdered for no reason. 
… 
One Thing That May Help Stop the Murders: Put a chip in every gun sold so we can track where a gun is always. We do it for cell phones and dogs and cats and children and cars, why not guns? That may prevent some of the murders.