This article just came across my feed:

Police: ‘Transnational gangs’ targeting mansions in Bloomfields, Grosse Pointes, for thefts

The videos show men dressed all in black, in teams of three or four, using special equipment to quietly breach windows, enter mansions in Oakland County and escape quickly with currency, jewelry, costly purses and safes.

One man holds “a jammer” to disable wireless burglar alarms, enabling what authorities said were among more than 30 break-ins of high-end homes in Oakland County since September.

The gangs are “very well trained. The surveillance video we have makes them look all white. That’s because it’s filming at night. They’re all in black.

“They very often try to approach homes in a secluded manner – from woods, for example. They’re looking for jewelry, cash, safes, even a larger safe. They’ll take that with them and try to brute-force it open later,” he said.

“If you’ve got a high-end home, you may be a target,” Bouchard said. The gangs don’t appear to be violent, he said. “In one of the few times when they went into a house and the people were home, as soon as they found out, they ran,” he said.

Here are some points to consider:

Miguel and I are big fans of security systems. The wireless ones are cheaper and easy to install. They are also easier to disable.  If you have expensive stuff, you might want to invest in a wired system that is more resistant to being disabled.

Security should be in layers.  Having cameras facing your house is good, but if you have a large yard or you face the woods, cameras pointed towards the open spaces that can see long distance is an improvement.  If you have a long driveway, add cameras and monitors to see who is approaching your house from a distance.

Safes are great, but only if they are anchored down.  These guys carry off safes and break them open later.  I have several posts on anchoring safes into both concrete and OSB subfloor if you want advice on how to do it.

These guys are not violent now, but there is no guarantee they will stay that way.  Homeowners need to be prepared to face multiple home invaders with tools.  You need high capacity magazines.

Thieves are getting bolder and more aggressive.

We’re seeing it with shop lifting, it was a matter of time until it came to people’s homes.

Prepare accordingly.

December 7th, 1941. A day that will live in infamy.

B.L.U.F.
The state filed their reply in opposition to having the Seventh Circuit Court’s denial of an injunction on the Illinois gun and magazine ban overturned.

This was done on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket. Justice Barrett required a response from the state, by 1700 Wed. Which they did file.

The application and reply will be distributed to the Court, which will issue a response in the coming days. I actually expect something by Friday. The court will either grant an injunction or deny the injunction. There maybe an opinion issued with that order.

We live in interesting times.
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History

In September 2022, Robert Bevis and the National Association of Gun Rights filed suit in the Northern District of Illinois federal District court. This was a challenge of the Naperville Municipal Code “assault weapon” ban.

By December, the District court had stayed the implementation of the “assault weapon” ban.

In January 2023, the plaintiffs (good guys) and amended their original challenge to include the state law, PICA.

In February, District Judge Virginia Kendall stated that … although the plaintiffs have standing to bring this lawsuit, they are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claim because Naperville’s Ordinance and the Protect Illinois Communities Act are consistent with the Second Amendment’s text, history, and tradition.

Virginia profoundly erred when she ruled:

The plaintiffs appealed to the Seventh Circuit court.
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One of the issues I have had is that my brass continues to disappear at the range. I’ve had some luck getting range brass from friends, but not nearly as much as I want.

My last “big” score was 125 pieces of 8mmx57 Mauser for “only” $75.00. Of course, that was my frequent flyer discount along with the fact that it was part of “discount the brass, or I’m not going to buy this here $1000 rifle”.

I was pleased with my last reloading session and wanted to finish filling my ammo cans with 5.56×45. Somebody mentioned Diamond K Brass, so I went looking.

Their prices were so low that I was concerned they might be a scam. They most certainly are not.

When I buy brass from the standard places, if they tell me they are sending me 100 pieces of brass, I’m going to get 100 pieces of brass. Maybe I’ll get 101 pieces.

I took the plunge and ordered 1000+ of .223/5.56 from Diamond K. There was shipping, I was about to walk away when I did the math and decided it was acceptable at $22.00 for insured to me.

What arrived was a boat load of brass. The brass was cleaned but no deprimed. That was my first step.

There was a mix of head stamps. The mix seemed to be about 50/50 .223 and 5.56.

Of the 1000+ cases, I had 4 cases that were too damaged to use. I might have been able to rescue 2 of them, as it was just the case mouth. With a bit of time with the proper tool, I could have opened up the mouth enough for the sizing die to correct any remaining damage.

There was one .300 blackout case. There was one .22LR case. There were two cases that had no powder, but the bullet was still inside the case.

My biggest issue was that one of the head stamps has a primer flash hole that is too small. I can’t get my decapping pin to fit through to punch out the primer. I destroyed one decapping pin when I pushed too hard.

I have a tool on order to bring the flash holes to the correct nominal size. That will happen this weekend. At which time I will be able to finish decapping the cases.

Was the price right? YES. This is good-looking brass. I will be placing more orders with them shortly. Looking at 2000+ .45 ACP, 2000+ 9mm, more .223/5.56, and maybe some strange brass as well.

Apparently this is a thing gong around to prove how good your trigger control is.

https://twitter.com/unlimited_ls/status/1732483264277807231?s=19

Why?

At least his dumbass removed his dumbass genetics from the gene pool.

I just found out that my high school sweetheart passed away due to breast cancer.

This is for her.

There is a new anti-gun bill in the Senate, sponsored by Senators King and Heinrich.

The GOSAFE Act.

What does GOSAFE stand for?

THE GAS-OPERATED SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS EXCLUSION (GOSAFE) ACT

The laughable aspect of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was that it was so easy to get around the ban by removing certain features like adjustable buttstocks, flash hiders, and bayonet lugs.

You could buy any number of rifles that were functionally the same as a banned gun, except for some cosmetic and ergonomic features.

This bill cuts right to the heart of the issue by going after gas operated guns, regardless of features.

Senator Heinrich created this handy little diagram to show what will be regulated.

The actual text of the bill states that any gas, blowback, or recoil operated semi-automatic centerfire rifle is considered gas operated.

The bill also requires all high capacity magazines to be serialized like a firearm to prevent illegal transfer after the date the bill goes into effect.

It also prevents the transfer of all prohibited magazines, including to descendants.

Senator Heinrich, very graciously, has offered to buy back your guns and magazines before they have to be seized after you die because they can’t be inherited by your family.

The GOSAFE Act will prevent stockpiling of these lethal firearms and large capacity magazines, and also ensure no one loses the value of any firearms they currently have, by establishing a voluntary buy-back program, which would allow firearm owners to voluntarily turn over and receive compensation for non-transferrable firearms and magazines as defined by this legislation.

This bill is so blatantly unconstitutional it’s almost silly, but they did it anyway.

They finally got enough technical knowledge to write a bill that did exactly what they wanted and cut off avenues for compliant run-arounds.

After the George Floyd riots, 10/7, and the pro-Hamas pogroms, the idea of gun control should be absolutely dead for any reasonable citizens.

This tells me they want the mob to be able to terrorize you.