A new documentary created by Matrix Entertainment, in association with Oath Keepers, seeks to explain why a good guy with a gun is the best way to stop a bad guy with a gun. The filmmakers are interviewing some well known advocates of the Second Amendment. A recent email from Oath Keepers on the progress of the film states "The interviews of STEWART RHODES, PASTOR CHUCK BALDWIN, SHERIFF RICHARD MACK and LARRY PRATT are done and you can see them in the two trailers below." … [Read more...]
Price Controls: Bad Economics and Fuel for Instability
Basic economics dispels the idea that price controls are useful. Nevertheless governments (including America's) regularly try to control prices. Whether via direct price caps and floors, or quota systems, or through inflation or deflation of the money supply, government attempts to control prices are distortive to markets, and eventually lead to some kind of backlash. Sometimes the response is a black market, as is thriving in Venezuela today. Other times, hoarding takes place. Other times it's more violent. Sometimes, the hardest thing about price controls is removing them. People get used … [Read more...]
The DIY Theft-Protection You Need for Your Car
I warned readers back in April of last year about the threat of thieves using your own key fob to start your car and drive away with it. The threat is getting worse as thieves are taking notice of key fob technologies. USA Today supplies an interesting and convenient tip on how to keep your car safe, especially when traveling out of town. Phoebe Wall Howard reports: Given that the best way to store your car keys at night is by putting them in a coffee can, what's an ex-FBI agent's advice to protect cars from theft during the day? Wrap car fobs in aluminum foil. “Although it's not ideal, … [Read more...]
RAGE Gauge July: America the Satisfied?
Over the last month, Americans’ perception of risk hasn’t changed much. One factor of their perceived risk is at a very low level though, their dissatisfaction with their country. For over a decade now Gallup’s poll of American dissatisfaction with the country has been 61% or higher. Not since August of 2005 have only 60% of Americans been dissatisfied. That changed with this month’s survey results. For the first time in 13 years, dissatisfaction dropped down to 60%. Satisfaction is also the highest it has been since 2005, at 38%. Not since September of 2005 have Americans been so … [Read more...]
What Happens if Hackers Take Down the Grid?
With summer heat stressing the grid to the max, even an attack on a small part of the grid could have grave consequences. Read what I wrote about grid security back on December 8, 2017. Each day I try to get you to consider the broad spectrum of risk in your life, and to determine the appropriate response level to that risk. A risk that is becoming more prevalent today is that of a cyber attack on America's power grid. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been tracking hackers as they map America's power grid and probe it for vulnerabilities. Anyone who can remember the 2003 … [Read more...]
Your Retirement Life: How Do You Know Where to Live in Retirement?
If you are like many soon-to-be-retirees in America, you're looking forward to getting away from your cold, northern, probably-high-tax state and settling down in retirement in a southern locale with low taxes and warm winters. But, how can you know where you'll like it best in your Golden Years? (for information on choosing a low-tax state, see the Richardcyoung.com Liberty & Freedom Map here). Last month I encouraged you to do some A/B testing. Live short-term or spend a vacation in some of the places you'd potentially move to during retirement. Without actually staying there for a … [Read more...]
Staying Safe at Big Events
On Sunday, the FBI arrested Demetrius Pitts, whom they allege was planning to bomb Cleveland's Independence Day celebration in the name of Al Qaeda. Pitts had other ideas as well, according to the FBI. Kim Palmer and Makini Brice report for Reuters: Pitts also suggested giving the children of military personnel remote control cars packed with explosives during the event, in the hope they would unwittingly detonate the bombs, the FBI said. Pitts, most recently of the Cleveland suburb of Maple Heights, has criminal and traffic convictions in Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati, dating … [Read more...]
Heartbreaking Knife Attack Shows Why You Need to Get Your Gun and Your Training Now
In Boise, Idaho on Saturday, a man attacked a child's birthday party, stabbing six children. When three adults tried to intervene, he stabbed them as well. This was a career criminal who had spent time in prison. The man, Timothy Kinner, allegedly attacked the party where refugees from Iraq, Syria and Ethiopia were celebrating the third birthday of a little girl. She was injured in the attack. Courtney Han, Mark Osborne and Bill Hutchinson report: The rampage occurred at the Wylie Street Station apartments, a low-income complex where many refugees have been settled. Bones said Kinner is … [Read more...]
How do Millennials’ Finances Stack up Against Gen-X?
Researchers at the St. Louis Federal Reserve were tired of trying to decipher contradictory evidence on Millennial finances, so they decided to run their own study. The researchers compared Millennials' 2016 finances to (same age) Gen-Xer finances in 2001 to get an idea of their relative financial well-being. Here are the key takeaways from the study: Millennials and Generation X were the youngest working generations in 2016 and 2001, respectively. How do their balance sheets compare? Because of fewer assets and more debt, millennial households had an average net worth of about $90,000 … [Read more...]
Is the Army’s New Handgun Right for You?
It's never a bad time to consider which gun is the right fit for you. Read through my take on the Army's choice of the Sig Sauer P320 from June 8, 2017. “Mr. Survival Guy, any thoughts here?” read an email in my inbox referring to the Army's February contract award to Sig Sauer as the sole producer for its new handgun. The contract is estimated to be worth $580 million over several years. Glock protested the award, but was rejected on Monday by the GAO. The Sig Sauer handgun that won the award is the P320. It’s a modular handgun which can be adapted to fit the shooter. This means the … [Read more...]
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