Canadian Soldiers Turn To Paintballs: Due to a shortage of proper protective equipment, Canadian soldiers participating in an urban warfare exercise had to give up the Simunition-fitted rifles and rent paintball guns locally. (I thought that both kinds of simulation required similar protection.) http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0703paintball03.html --- From JPFO: ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization July 2, 2005 JPFO Alert: Breaking News -- Zimbabwe Gun Confiscation Ordered! What more proof do you need? So-called sensible gun laws, such as national registration of firearms and licensing of owners, pave the way for gun confiscation. We've said it for over 15 years. We described the process in detail in the book _Death by "Gun Control"_ (http://www.jpfo.org/deathgc.htm) and our documentary video _Innocents Betrayed_ (http://www.jpfo.org/ib.htm). We provided copies of the key provisions of the laws that set up "gun control" that later enabled genocide. In our book we even provided copies of the provisions of the gun laws in Zimbabwe. (See pages 190-193). Breaking News -- July 2, 2005: The Zimbabwe government has ordered confiscation of civilian firearms. Read the news item: http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=12207 The news report begins: "Zimbabwe police have ordered all civilians to surrender firearms in what insiders said was a precautionary measure in a charged country after the government demolished thousands of homes and informal businesses in a controversial urban clean-up exercise. "Police at the weekend said they were revoking licences for all automatic rifles and some types of pistols and said civilians owning such weapons had until today to surrender them. "The law enforcement agency did not give reasons for the action but warned Zimbabweans that they could be prosecuted for failing to hand in their guns." This is no trivial matter. On June 7, 2005, the International Association of Genocide Scholars published a warning about the looming danger of mass murder by government in Zimbabwe. Read the scholars' declaration: http://www.genocidewatch.org/ZimbabweIAGSResolution7June200 5.htm Notice that the genocide scholars do see the danger -- but they fail to point out that "gun control" with follow-up gun confiscation are two key elements to making the Zimbabwe persecution and genocide possible. The scholars calmly call for various international agencies to "exert diplomatic pressure" on Zimbabwe. If the Rwanda genocide provides any example, then hoping for international help for persecuted Zimbabweans is beyond foolish, it's fatally stupid. People who want to protect their lives and their families and their communities must commit to taking care of the job themselves. Civilian disarmament laws work against people protecting themselves and their families. Those laws (when obeyed) leave the disarmed people subject to persecution and destruction. The genocide scholars don't get it. The civilian disarmament ("gun control") advocates and lobbyists don't get it. What will it take for American gun owners and pro-rights citizens to unify against "gun control" and proclaim the vicious injustice that "gun control" laws impose upon innocent people? Action items: read these articles (above) and forward this Alert to every gun owner you know. Stay tuned via our Alert system. (Sign up for Alerts at http://www.jpfo.org/email.htm ) The Liberty Crew ============================================================ --- From John Farnam: 28 June 05 This is from Friend and colleague, Dave Manning: Dave Manning's "Rules of 3" While fighting with a gun: Rule 1. Do not be in one spot for more than 3 seconds or 3 rounds! Even at only 1 round per second you can be hit 3 times, probably more by the offender. Rule 2. Move at least 3 feet off the line of force. If you move to over/concealment do not expose yourself for more than 3 seconds or 3 rounds. If possible come out somewhere else! Do not "dither" for more than 3 seconds behind cover. The offender can walk a distance of about 15 yards in 3 seconds and be right on top of you when you next expose yourself. Rule 3. Look around in the other 3 directions (left, right, rear) Rule 4. When using a flashlight limit your bursts of light to 3 seconds or less. Then revert back to rule 1. Rule 5. Have at least these 3 tools at all times: Pistol (w/extra mag), Knife, Flashlight Comment: Great stuff! Dave has earned his place as a major player in this business. He has surely influenced me. /John 28 June 05 Sometimes, in this business, we try to put into words the philosophy we all support, but often don't articulate adequately. Unfortunately, I am not "clever," as you can see. However, a good friend at DOD sent this to me. He puts it well: The Defender's Creed I accept and understand that human predators exist. Criminal or terrorist, they take advantage of our civilized society to prey upon the weak. They represent evil and must be confronted and defeated. I believe that self-defense is a moral imperative, and that illegitimate force and illegal violence must be met with righteous indignation and superior violence. I will not rely on others for the security of myself, my family and my community. I proudly proclaim that I run with a like-minded pack. I do not amble through life with the mind-numbed herd. I will train with my chosen weapons, maintain them and carry them in a condition of readiness at all times. I will be mentally prepared and physically equipped to effectively respond to an attack or emergency. I will constantly test myself against realistic standards to discover my strengths and weaknesses. I will turn weakness into strength. I will seek to learn new skills and techniques, and then teach what I have learned to other members of the pack. Be it with firearm or blade, empty hand or blunt object, I will hit my enemies hard, fast and true. I will live a quiet and unobtrusive life, but I will develop and retain the capacity for swift and decisive violence. I recognize that I am the modern equivalent of the traditional Minuteman, and that I may be called to service at any time against heavily armed enemies. I will respond effectively. I accept that I am a pariah among some of my countrymen, and a quaint anachronism to others. I will not hold their ignorance against them. I will win, or die trying. I swear this creed before God, my family and my fellow citizens. Comment: I would add: "... and I do so without apology." /John 30 June 05 >From an LEO friend in WI: Last weekend, a local resident and his date went to a hip-hop, dance club. While there, a fight developed between members of rival gangs. This guy and his date wisely decided to leave. Of course, they would have been even wiser to not go there to begin with. Private security officers tossed out participants in the fight, so all left the club at the same time. One faction decided (in error) that the guy and his date had an allegiance to the other group. They followed him to his car and threatened him. He popped the trunk, took out his diminutive Phoenix 25auto, held it by his leg, and asked the militants to leave quietly. They apparently decided he was serious, so they ran off. Our guy then got in the car and called the police. Dispatch garbled the details (who'd a thought?), so it took a while to sort it all out. The guy's story was eventually corroborated, and, after the customary confusion, we cut him loose. He was not charged. I did discover that with that particular model of Phoenix pistol requires a magazine to be inserted before the slide can be manipulated, so it cannot be unloaded the usual way, by first removing magazine and then removing the round from the chamber. Nobody could figure out how to get the gun unloaded, because the magazine had been (correctly) removed first. So, they got me, because I'm the 'Gun Guy.' I eventually figured it out, but I was stumped at first. Why would anyone design a gun like that?" Lesson: Going to stupid places carries with it considerable risk. Being around stupid people compounds the risk. This guy and his date did the right thing by leaving at the first sign of trouble, but it was a dumb place to go to begin with. It is amazing he was able to retrieve a gun from the trunk of a car as his attackers just stood there and gawked. Most gang members would have been more aggressive. These punks were obviously amateurs. Next time he may not be so lucky. Under most circumstances, guns in trunks of cars have scant chance of ever being put to use in an emergency. Comment: The Phoenix pistol in question is not one often seen, and we can see why! What kind of "design engineer" would contrive a pistol whose slide cannot be reciprocated with the magazine removed? The point is that cheap/trash guns like this one are the exclusive province of fools who haven't thought the issue through, and, in the last analysis, don't place much value on their own lives. /John -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .