Gun Free Zone

The porcine kind. 17 pounds to be precise.

Seasoned with my secret recipe of rub spices which you have read about plenty times before and can be bought commercially. The mustard acts as binder to keep the rub in place and allegedly adds no flavor and truly I have not noticed.

These are the butts after 5 hours of smoking with hickory and about to be wrapped. My “wrap is to place them in a disposable aluminum pan and cover with foil so I don’t lose the juices and the butt remains very moist. MY apologies, but I forgot to take a picture of that step. They went back in for another 4 hours and 40 minutes of very moderate heat (220 F to 250 F)

The butts are done. One is already shredded and the other one intact for comparison purposes.

Final weight of pulled pork was 10.5 lbs. A bit over a pound of fat was trimmed prior seasoning and the bones were almost a pound, so we rendered almost 5 pounds in the process.

I calculate that this particular batch came just some cents over $4 a pound. I had mentioned a lower amount in another post, but pork prices went up about 40 cents since the last time I made pulled pork. Still beats the hell out of my local BBQ pit who went on from $11 to almost $14 a pound.

And before you ask, here is the recipe I follow as base. I may have added my particular touches, but you cannot go wrong here.

Yesterday, a racist nut-job killed three people then himself in a Dollar General in Florida.  The media have swarmed all over that like flies on fresh shit, because it hits every button for them: white guy, black victims, racism, AR-15s, happening in Florida so they can blame it on DeSantis, etc.

On Wednesday, three people were killed in a mass shooting that you didn’t hear about.

Why?

3 killed in Southern California bar shooting by former cop who attacked his estranged wife

At least three people were killed and six more wounded after a former police officer opened fire in a shooting that appeared to target his estranged wife at an iconic biker bar in Southern California’s Orange County Wednesday evening, authorities said. The gunman is also dead.

The suspect was killed by “multiple” deputies who confronted him minutes after they arrived, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Undersheriff Jeff Hallock told reporters at a late night briefing.

Snowling was a former sergeant with the Ventura Police Department who retired in 2014, Barnes said, noting that the gunman lived in Ohio but also had a home in Southern California.

“We believe he traveled from Ohio with an ongoing dispute regarding the separation and pending divorce with his wife,” Barnes said.

Barnes said Snowling entered the bar with two firearms and went “directly” to his wife. There was no argument or exchange before Snowling opened fire, shooting his wife once, Barnes said.

Snowling then began firing “randomly” at other people both inside and outside the bar, Barnes said. After leaving the inside of Cook’s Corner, Snowling went to his truck and got a third handgun and a shotgun. Someone confronted Snowling at that point, but he was shot and killed, Barnes said.

That’s why.  This story contains all the buttons the media has to avoid:

Only police and retired police can be trusted with guns.

California has great gun control laws so mass shootings don’t happen there.

If it didn’t happen with an AR-15, it didn’t happen.

A cop went in a mass shooting rampage with handguns in California?  Unpossible, and you’re not going to hear about it.

But this story gets worse.

California Governor Gavin Newsom never misses an opportunity to be a piece of shit.

His official statement was just a sales pitch for Red Flag Laws.

In Wake of Cook’s Corner Mass Shooting, Governor Newsom Issues Statement and Urges Californians to Use Life-Saving Red Flag Laws

In the wake of last night’s mass shooting in Trabuco Canyon that left at least three victims dead and six individuals wounded, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a statement regarding the incident and urged all Californians to use the state’s “red flag” laws. Red flag laws allow victims of domestic violence, family members, coworkers, and others to seek protective orders to prohibit potentially dangerous individuals and abusers from possessing guns.

“Once again, a siege of bullets has shaken a community and torn families apart,” said Governor Newsom. “California mourns for the victims of last night’s horrific shooting at Cook’s Corner.

“As we continue to learn more details about this act of violence, there are early reports that this horror was related to a domestic dispute.

“This type of trauma is unfortunately not isolated. Two-thirds of mass shooters in America have a history of domestic violence. Victims and survivors in California should know they are never alone — we have tools and resources to support and protect you. Our state’s red flag laws allow victims, family members, coworkers, and others to work with local law enforcement and the courts to safely remove guns from those who may be a potential threat.

“We must continue to strengthen, defend, and use these laws. If you see red flags, say something — and in doing so, save lives.”

Who need empathy for the victims when there is gun control to push before the dead are even cold.

And, just as a side note, knowing law enforcement, is there a chance in hell that a Red Flag warning on a cop by an ex-wife would go anywhere?  Or would fellow officers just ignore that?

We’re going to spend the next few months with everyone using the Jacksonville shooting as a cudgel against DeSantis.

When a cop I’m California goes on a mass shooting, nobody says shit about it.

H/T: The Wife

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Suspense is a poor word applied to this film, especially if you have ever done true of-roading in crappy weather conditions. Just a reminder, there was no such thing as CGI in 1977.

If the scenes and locations look real, there might be a reason. From the IMDB page:

Besides internal on-set conflicts, William Friedkin said that approximately fifty people “had to leave the film for either injury or gangrene,” as well as food poisoning and malaria. In The Friedkin Connection he added that “almost half the crew went into the hospital or had to be sent home.” Friedkin himself lost fifty pounds (23 kg) and was stricken with malaria, which was diagnosed after the film’s premiere.

There is no such thing as a the pastoral notion of “Rain Forest,” there is only the Jungle and its always trying to kill you.

After I posted my truck mess, one of the commenters pointed out that it might be the case that you only have what is on your person in that instant.

They are correct. That is one of the reasons I have so many first-aid/stop the bleed kits.

For example, the LBV for my office area is a Condor Recon Chest Rig, in black. It comes with the AR mag pouches built in. It adjusts to “fat” and it is fast and comfortable to get into.

To that, I add one of my blow out kits. I need to add pistol mag pouches to it, which would require me to decide on a SHTF pistol. I like my 1911s. Likewise, I’m uncertain if that’s what I would be carrying in a situation where I’m wearing my LBV.

My normal EDC is actually pretty good. I mentioned much of what I have on my person. I forgot to mention two things:

Two days of my prescription meds and ear plugs.

Dxhycc 6pcs Waterproof Aluminum Pill Box Case Bottle Cache Drug Holder Keychain Container Color Random

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There are many of these available from all the usual places. They are lightweight, waterproof and can be attached to things to keep them from being lost.

I believe this is the size that I have, which holds a pair of the squishes into ear, earplugs. The number of times I’ve used them when not shooting is surprising.

Much of my EDC is like that. I didn’t know I wanted that capability with me until I had it.

My silly example is going around my office and pulling all the staples out of beams, columns, door and window frames, and doors. Those little stable nubs always bother me and I would scratch myself from time to time. When I started carrying my Leatherman and later my Gerber, I would just pull them when I found them.

Regardless, it is worthwhile, in my opinion, picking some of these up. The different sizes can be used for different fun things.

This story from Metro UK:

Woman fined for fighting back ‘too much’ during sex attack

Milica Živković walked into court as a victim, but the judge gave her a slap on the wrist for ‘exceeding the necessity of self-defence’.

The 24-year-old was walking home with a friend after a night out in the town of Kolašin, in northern Montenegro, when she noticed a man was following them.

Milica said: ‘He grabbed my chin… and then he grabbed me by my intimate part (bottom area).

‘Defending myself, I hit him with a closed and then open fist, which I learnt while training kickboxing for four years.’

She added: ‘In such moments you can only think of the worst. But I fought as hard as I could, and of course I knocked him out.’

In court, Milica was fined €82 for ‘exceeding the necessity of self-defence’ and for ‘violating public order and peace’, which made her feel ‘very uncomfortable’.

Meanwhile, her attacker had to pay only €370 before being released from prison.

This guy grabbed her by the face and ass and she exceeded the necessity of self-defence by knocking him out?

Fuck Europe.

If that was America, and if she gave that man a sucking chest wound with a JHP I’d have called it good.

European countries hate when citizens subjects defend themselves.

In most European countries, even non-lethal tools of self-defence, such as pepper spray, are illegal.

In England, women are only allowed to carry personal alarms. But those are limited to 140 dB, so they don’t hurt the poor rapists ears.

I’m an American. I want women to be able to defend themselves from sexual assault with whatever tools they feel are necessary.

Remember: It is physically impossible for a rapist to maintain an erection while suffering from hypovolemic shock.

Normally, I would spend time analyzing a filing. This particular filing is by the Appellants/Plaintiffs (good guys). It is a good history of DC gun infringements over the last decades.

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