Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
Divemedic has a great post about this that should be read as continuation of what J.Kb wrote a couple of days ago.
But I also want to point this out: If at home and your WiFi goes down and your cell reception is gone, this is what the experts call a possible clue shit is starting to impact the air-pushing device.
And as in the movie, it may not be the real thing, but I rather be wrong than dead.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A legal battle is brewing over a popular East Nashville meat and barbecue market.
A neighbor is suing claiming it interferes with the enjoyment of her home. One question now before the court is whether the smell of the grilling and smoked meats qualifies as a nuisance.
The lunch rush is busy at Roy’s Meat Service there on 19th Street in East Nashville.
For the past nine years, Jeff Roy has been serving up takeout meals from his market.
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But not everyone is happy. A woman moved into the home backing up to Roy’s two years ago. She alleges — among other things — that part of the store encroaches on her property, and smoke from his constant grilling is a nuisance.
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The plaintiff Natalie Castillo and her attorney declined to comment on this story and said their lawsuit speaks for itself.
Legal battle ensues over East Nashville Neighborhood Food Market (newschannel5.com)
I checked the location via Google maps and I have a slight suspicion this might be the “offended” house:
Not saying it explains a lot, but sure as heck it pushes you in one direction.
I might be wrong.
Welcome to New York City.
The customer complied.
He gave up his money, he didn’t resist, he still got shot in the face.
The people who say, “just give the criminal your wallet, don’t fight back,” do not understand that such compliance isn’t a guarantee the guy willing to shoot you for your wallet won’t shoot you after you handed over your wallet.
I don’t know what I would have done in this situation, but I do know that expecting mercy from a guy pointing a gun at you during a robbery is a bad bet.
Seen over Clayton Cramer.: I Hope You Prepared (claytonecramer.blogspot.com)
Vista Outdoor, a parent company to many firearms businesses, told Newsweek that it will substantially increase its ammunition prices due to “an anticipated global shortage of gunpowder.”
The Minnesota-based company confirmed the authenticity of a December 1 letter sent to customers that it would go ahead with an across-the-board increase of its ammunition and gunpowder prices on January 1.
“Due to world events our suppliers have notified us of unprecedented demand for and an anticipated global shortage of gunpowder, and thus has increased our prices substantially,” Vice President of Sales, Sporting Products Brett Nelson said in the letter. “We must therefore raise our pricing to help offset those increases.”
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Shotshell: 1-7 percent
Rifle: 1-7 percent
Handgun: 1-5 percent
22LR/Shorts: 1-5 percent
WMR/HMR: 1-7 percent
Primers: 5 percent
Alliant Powder: 10 percent (limited availability).
Ammo Prices Set to Rise ‘Substantially’ (newsweek.com)
I did ask for 9mm both practice and practice bulk for Christmas. I guess adding more reloading powder and rifle primers should be included.
And dies for 5.56 and .458 SOCOM for the BiL’s reloads. I have to keep him supplied.
B.L.U.F.
An introduction to how to mess up big time when reloading. Remember, don’t trust me. Read the instructions in your reloading guides, your press and die instructions. Follow their instructions.
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The wonderful thing about reloading is the amount of control you can get over the process of creating the “perfect” load for your firearm. The negative thing about reloading is that a mistake can send you to the hospital, or worse, the morgue.
Every “regular” cartridge has a SAAMI specification for it. The SAAMI specification includes the dimensions of the chamber and the pressures for each cartridge. The SAAMI specifications also include how to perform tests.
In general, we do not have the equipment to perform the tests that would give us objective insight into what our loads are doing. Everything we have to work with is measured after the bullet leaves the barrel. This includes velocity, grouping, and other objective measurements of the results of our load.
Unfortunately, there are many aspects of the reloading process that can change velocity or groupings.
What we cannot measure is the pressure inside the chamber. This is the critical measurement.
This system employs a copper crusher cylinder that is compressed by a piston fitted to a piston hole into the chamber of the test barrel. The pressure developed by the gases from the burning propellant acts through the piston hole, allowing the gases to force the piston upward, and thereby permanently compressing the copper crusher cylinder. The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute has adopted the pressure units designation of “Copper Units of Pressure” (abbreviated CUP) for this system. This designation applies only to values obtained using the particular crushers, tarage tables and methods outlined in this Standard.
—Z299.4 (SAAMI Dec. 2015)
Here are a few of the pressure measurements from the SAAMI specifications.
| Cartridge | Max. Avg. Pres. MAP |
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| 7.62×39 | 500 |
| 8Â mm Mauser | 370 |
| 223 Remington | 520 |
| 30 Carbine | 400 |
| 30-06 | 500 |
| 30-30 Win. | 380 |
When we purchase a “modern” firearm, we are told that the firearm can safely chamber and fire rounds that meet SAAMI specifications. In the US, that is done by manufacturers not wanting to be sued.
When the gun banners scream about “only gun manufactures are protected from being sued”, they are lying. If you purchase a modern firearm and use only reputable ammunition, and that firearm “explodes”, the manufacturer can be sued. And rightly so.
In other countries, they go a bit further.
We have another 2A case going to conference with the Supreme Court. It will be sent to conference on January 5th. This is a challenge out of Illinois regarding how the Illinois supreme court is a bought and paid for political entity of the governor.
We are waiting for word from the Supreme Court on the Bevis v. Naperville application for emergency relief. That might even be out by the end of the day.
I hope you have been enjoying my data dump regarding reloading. There have been some great comments. Thank you to all that have interacted.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — A popular grocery store, abandoned in 2021, is creating bigger problems in one neighborhood.
Dr. Janet Colson, who teaches nutrition at MTSU, said she worries the closed-down Kroger along Middle Tennessee Boulevard in Murfreesboro created a ‘food desert’.
“It’s the low income people that are being left out,” explained Dr. Colson. “There’s not a grocery store that has a variety of healthy foods for a mile.”
“I remember how convenient it was, it was close,” said Rickey Haymer, who lives in the area. “[I] have to drive further, pay a little bit more, it’s an inconvenience now.”
For those who don’t have a car or another way to get around, that’s a close to 40-minute walk.
“They walk down this hazardous road called Braydenville Pike…or if they want to take an Uber, can you imagine the cost of an Uber?” asked Dr. Colson.
Possible ‘food desert’ in Murfreesboro may hurt low-income families (newschannel5.com)
I know the area and use to go shopping with the missus at that particular store back when we were dating. We figured we (I) could cook better and cheaper meals than the offering of many local restaurants and neither of us was into the “going out” every weekend.
And yes, the area is not affluent, but even though there is an inescapable truth that somehow the good doctor has failed to grasp: Barring natural disaster, any store remains open as long as the community surrounding it does business with it. If this Kroger store closed its doors after decades of being in that location, it very likely means the community started to go shopping at other stores which provide a better deal.
“But Miguel! Them poor people without cars! What are they going to do?”
There is this thing called Public Transportation. And the funny thing is that if you were not inconvenienced to walk to that Kroger, going to Walmart should not be a problem.
That is route MR (Mercury) of the local public transportation system. The red arrow indicates where the Kroger store used to be and the purple arrow points the location of the Walmart Supercenter. Is it as convenient as driving yourself? No, but beats walking by a very long margin, especially in inclement weather. And it is not that expensive either: A buck a trip unless you qualify for discounts or “buy” trips in bulk.
Again, is it a perfectly convenient solution? No, but there are no assurances in life. If you are too proud to take public transportation, then it is your issue, not mine or Kroger’s or anybody else’s. Then again, I believe this article is just the official “we feel for the community and want to help” website stuffer which increase tenfold during the Holidays. Tales of woe to make you feel guilty for celebrating Christmas and assorted Socialist shit like that.