Why I don’t look down on Hi-Point owners
There are two constant arguments in gunnie circles that just leave me cold–the incessant caliber wars and the elitist turd burglars who just love to…
Year: 2016
That pesky Fifth Amendement
It isn’t’ only the Second Amendment that gets in the government’s way–the Fifth is an essential bar when it comes to railroading a citizen in…
Hide Fido
Because it’s now legal for the cops to shoot your dogs when serving a warrant in any state covered by the Sixth US Circuit Court…
Here I was, felling terribly guilty…
It’s been nearly two weeks and I’ve not written a thing here. Yeah, holidays, the inevitable holiday family illness, so on and so forth. Santa…
A fake solution to fake news
In the wake of Donald Trump’s thumping of Hillary Clinton and the need to find someone or something to pin it on (because it couldn’t…
Something to consider
For some, this is a time of year when stress seems overwhelming. For others, the recent election has upset their calm. Still others look at…
We must note the passing
(Via Frugal Squirrels) The F-4 Phantom will be making its final flight on December 21, 2016 after 58 years of defending our country. With some…
Today I make an exception
As a rule, I make a single post on December 7. I’m making an exception today.
Once again we remember Pearl Harbor
The number of Pearl Harbor survivors is dwindling fast. But their sacrifices, and the sacrifice of those who did not survive the attack, are and…
Watch this video
Watch the video at the top of this story. WATCH IT. This man and his family are on the run for their lives. Obviously they…
Bro, do you even Gab?
There’s a new social media platform out there that is unlike anything so far. Not so much technologically, although that is also true to some…
Happy Thanksgiving
We here at The Freehold wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope that when you count your blessings that they outnumber your setbacks…
The “Get Home Bag”
One of the frequent topics in prepping is the “bug out bag”. The bug out bag was originally conceived as the bag you had at…
Musing on my father
I’m not sure you ever get over the deaths of your parents. I’m not even sure you ever get fully past them. At odd times,…
The unintended consequences of gun laws, part n
We gunnies know that anti-gun laws have all sorts of unintended consequences. Here’s a new one–laws that restrict temporary gun transfers may increase suicide rates.…
Product Review: Datrex Emergency Rations
Time to get off the election thing and back to the real world. Just because we have Hillary bottled up somewhere doesn’t mean the rainbow…
Why, yes. Yes I am.
Yes, I’m enjoying Donald Trump’s victory. I deliberately decided to (mostly) stay away from politics this cycle, but I’ve been a Trump supporter for a…
Heh. Maybe even double Heh.
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) While the Extra Loopy Liberal side of the street is having a screeching meltdown because the adults took away the…
So…How was everyone’s day?
I promised myself that on Election Day, I wouldn’t watch the news until late evening. There was no possible way they had any useful facts…
Go vote
(This post should have magically posted itself at midnight but didn’t. Another Blogger herp.) Today is Election day (in the United States). If you’re an…
Economic mobility and why it’s desperately important
(Yes, I said almost two weeks ago “in a day or two”. I plead excellent fall weather. There’s nothing like making hay while the sun…
Here’s a little something to keep you up nights
America descending into a Marxist state. Yeah, that’s like an all meat pizza at 12:30 AM, minus the heartburn. You still going to stay up,…
My Google-fu is weak today
I’m looking for a copy of the original Saturday Night Live opening theme by the Saturday Night Live Band, the one from the 70s or…
I am happy to announce
That the entire blogroll and all the pieces thereof has been restored, reorganized, dead wood pruned and all that. Thanks for the patience.
Still at it
I’ve been working on things around the house lately, a part of the “new normal” for my no-so-old retired self. Some of it has been…
Guns, the Second Amendment and what you should hear from Clinton and Trump
What John Lott has to say on the subject.
What to do as a concealed carrier if you’re stopped by the police
Given yesterday’s events in Palm Springs, CA, I can’t help but expect that most police officers will be a little more on edge. You can’t…
And the rebuilding fun goes on. And on. And on.
Still trying to get all the links back in. If Blogger would cooperate, they would have been finished by now, but the last two attempts…