Notes for Saturday – July 16, 2016

(Before It's News)

July 16th is the anniversary of the death of American volunteer Hugh John McCall, in Rhodesia, in 1979.

o o o

As pointed out in The Daily Caller opinion piece French Lessons, we should have learned by now that passing bans on firearms only disarms the law abiding citizen. The criminals are still criminals and will just ignore such laws. France is about as “Gun Free” as you can make a country, yet we have still seen significant terrorist activity there that use guns. Even if you could remove 100% of firearms from the country, how will you deal with homemade weapons, or 5 ton box trucks? I seriously doubt that France will outlaw trucks after the Nice attack.

o o o

Today, we present another entry for Round 65 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The nearly $12,000 worth of prizes for this round include:

First Prize:

1. A Tactical Self-Contained 2-Series Solar Power Generator system from Always Empowered. This compact starter power system is packaged in a wheeled O.D. green EMP-shielded Pelican hard case (a $1,700 value),
2. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate that is good for any one, two, or three day course (a $1,195 value),
3. A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses, excluding those restricted for military or government teams. Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795,
4. DRD Tactical is providing a 5.56 Nato QD Billet upper with a hammer forged, chrome-lined barrel and a hard case to go with your own AR lower. It will allow any standard AR-type rifle to have a quick change barrel, which can be assembled in less than one minute without the use of any tools and a compact carry capability in a hard case or 3-day pack (an $1,100 value),
5. Gun Mag Warehouse is providing 20 Magpul PMAG 30-rd Magazines (a value of $300) and a Gun Mag Warehouse T-Shirt; (an equivalent prize will be awarded for residents in states with magazine restrictions),
6. Two cases of Mountain House freeze-dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources (a $350 value),
7. The Ark Institute is donating a non-GMO, non-hybrid vegetable seed package (enough for two families of four) plus seed storage materials, a CD-ROM of Geri Guidetti’s book “Build Your Ark! How to Prepare for Self Reliance in Uncertain Times”, and two bottles of Potassium Iodate (a $325 retail value),
8. A $250 gift certificate good for any product from Sunflower Ammo,
9. KellyKettleUSA.com is donating an AquaBrick water filtration kit with a retail value of $250, and
10. Two cases of meals, Ready to Eat (MREs), courtesy of CampingSurvival.com (a $180 value).

Second Prize:

1. A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, which have a combined retail value of $589,
2. A transferable certificate for a two-day Ultimate Bug Out Course from Florida Firearms Training (a $400 value),
3. A Model 175 Series Solar Generator provided by Quantum Harvest LLC (a $439 value),
4. A Trekker IV™ Four-Person Emergency Kit from Emergency Essentials (a $250 value),
5. A $200 gift certificate good towards any books published by PrepperPress.com,
6. A pre-selected assortment of military surplus gear from CJL Enterprize (a $300 value),
7. RepackBox is providing a $300 gift certificate to their site, and
8. American Gunsmithing Institute (AGI) is providing a $300 certificate good towards any of their DVD training courses.
   
   Source: https://survivalblog.com/notes-for-saturday-july-16-2016/

• Escape from New York- Part 2, by Ragnar
• Letter Re: Monitor Your Preps!
• Start with These Basics for Your Wilderness Survival Gear
• Making and Canning Delicious Apricot Syrup
• Video: Carrying a Gun Around Cops
• The Clinton Email Coverup Is Unraveling
• New Jersey: Island Beach State Park Plover Update
• Four Osprey Chicks Now Sporting GPS Satellite Backpacks
• Should These Terror Attacks Surprise Us?
• 7 Reasons Goats Are Almost Always A Better Choice Than Cows