Good News/Bad News: I got off the text and images for the update to my book Defensive Use of Firearms to Paladin Press last night. This morning I received a reply from my editor that the update is now scheduled for their fall catalog although the book should actually be printed and be available from their website and from mine (http://www.spw-duf.info/book.html) sometime in July. I still have copies of the original edition available for those who may not wish to wait that long. --- Trials and Tribulations of the Second Amendment March: Late on the evening of Day Two of the SHOT show, I was met by several members of the gun industry and asked to have a private and serious discussion on the Second Amendment March. They shared with me concerns that the march would fail, and that, in the process, I would weaken the gun rights movement. I listened with gritted teeth as they told me that the time was not right for a march of this type, and that the gun owners of our country would not follow it. They reasoned that I had less than 100 days to earn all the money needed and that I would never make it. Inside, I was furious. Outside, I remained calm and listened to everything they had to say. You see, I've been listening to these same arguments for almost a year now. One usually expects discouragement from the enemy, but not from one's own team members. In retrospect, I don't blame them nor harbor any ill will. They're just acting the way they always have - with fear and timidness. They've been on defense so long that they no longer remember how to lead the charge... (I can't speak for others but I had to wait late enough in life to carry firearms legally that I am not inclined to go to DC, where I wouldn't be able to do so. I wonder if the March can make provisions for its participants to store their firearms, perhaps in Virginia.) http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=35421 --- Lessons from Cuba: Cuba has given its few remaining armed citizens an ultimatum. From the Associated Press: "Cuba has declared a two-month amnesty for citizens to register unlicensed guns, and says those passing aptitude and psychological tests will be allowed to keep their weapons. The move is unusual in a state where almost no one except some active military personnel and plain-clothed state security agents are allowed to possess weapons." Even most police, we are told, are required to keep their service weapons at their station when on leave (something those with "Only Ones" attitudes here should take note of). We're also told that guns Cubans retained after the "revolution" were, in large part, confiscated. How? "[A]uthorities used a list of those who had sought licenses to go door-to-door and encourage them to turn over their firearms..." Ah, yes. Good ol' AP. I'm sure they were "encouraged." ... http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d2-Cubas-forced-amnesty-demonstrates-tyrannical-intent-of-gun-control --- Tax Collectors Seek More Weapons: ... The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division. The Remington parkerized shotguns, with fourteen inch barrel, modified choke, Wilson Combat Ghost Ring rear sight and XS4 Contour Bead front sight, Knoxx Reduced Recoil Adjustable Stock, and Speedfeed ribbed black forend, are designated as the only shotguns authorized for IRS duty based on compatibility with IRS existing shotgun inventory, certified armorer and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts... https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8d3b076bd4de14bbda5aba699e80621d&tab=core&_cview=1&cck=1&au=&ck= --- Modern Racism: It's Black History Month. Jim Crow laws and slavery are long gone. Only one former leader of the Ku Klux Klan remains in the United States Senate. Yet racism thrives. It just appears a bit different. Today's typical racist remarks are cloaked as compliments from people in power, often expressing surprise that minorities are talented, smart, attractive, and even "clean... In August, MSNBC commentators pandered to racists, under a guise of opposing racism, with their own racist reporting. A black man had peacefully protested a pro-Obama health care rally in Phoenix. He was lawfully armed with two guns. The network awkwardly cropped video of the man so tightly it was impossible to see his skin. MSNBC's Contessa Brewer said: "The reason we're talking about this, a lot of talk here gentlemen, is because people feel like yes, there are Second Amendment rights, for sure. But also there are questions about whether this has racial overtones. I mean, here you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists, or to their legs." ... http://www.gazette.com/opinion/view-93475-racism-0px.html --- Later This Month...: Later this month, national park rules will change dramatically, and for the better according to gun rights activists, when it will become legal for park visitors to pack firearms for personal protection in accordance with state laws in which a specific park is located... There are limitations, of course. Armed citizens may not carry guns inside buildings (i.e. ranger stations, visitor centers) and under no circumstances does this mean that all of the national parks will now open up to hunting and recreational shooting. Yes, it is true that opponents of this change attempted to portray the regulatory shift as throwing the doors open to irresponsible shooting and poaching. But these are the same people who oppose concealed carry laws with predictions of gunfights at traffic stops... On the national scale, park visitors must remember that carrying firearms will depend on what the applicable state statutes say. http://www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d1-Clock-ticking-down-toward-national-parks-carry --- Ohio Democrats Dump Pro-RKBA Candidate: Ohio democrats have removed backing for secretary of state candidate Jennifer Garrison, driving her out of the race. Her support of gun rights was cited as one reason why according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Garrison, a lawmaker from Marietta, was urged by Gov. Ted Strickland last year to seek the office. But since then Garrison's conservative stance on issues such as opposing abortion rights and supporting gun rights, has riled some within the Democratic base, especially labor groups. That forced party leadership to push her out of the race." Garrison's political views have been labeled as too conservative by some Democrats. Her opposition to gay marriage was cited as another reason. Garrison was also attacked on FaceBook when a group page was formed charging that "Garrison's record is anti-GLBT, anti-equality, anti-choice, anti-labor, anti-worker, and pro-gun. She is totally unacceptable" and one source railed that she "supported unfettered gun rights to the point she received an 'A' rating from the NRA." ... (In a state where the GOP has generally opposed the RKBA, this seems like a particularly stupid move by the Democrats.) http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7096 http://www.examiner.com/x-2206-Cleveland-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d2-Ohio-Democrat-secretary-of-state-candidate-forced-out-of-race-support-for-gun-rights-one-reason --- South Carolina Passes States Rights Resolution: South Carolina legislators have passed a measure lambasting Congress as overstepping its constitutional bounds. The South Carolina House on Tuesday voted 86-27 to affirm its support of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments that limit the scope of federal power, and gun rights under the Second Amendment. The vote ended a week of debate. Democrats complained the resolution was a pointless, political move to cull favor from conservative voters. They argued sending messages to Washington does nothing to improve the lives of South Carolinians. Republicans countered that Democrats were the ones wasting time delaying and arguing against the measure. The House initially approved it last year. The Senate approved an expanded version last month. http://www2.scnow.com/scp/news/politics/south_carolina/article/legislators_approve_states_rights_resolution/101818/ --- Firearms Freedom Act Passed by Utah Senate: Guns made and kept in Utah would be exempt from federal regulations under a measure the Utah Senate gave its initial approval to Tuesday, despite concerns it could lead to a costly legal fight in a lean budget year. Senate Bill 11 mirrors one signed into law in Montana last year that's intended to trigger a federal court battle. Both are intended to allow guns made in their respective states to be exempt from rules on federal gun registration, background checks and dealer-licensing. The goal is to circumvent federal authority over interstate commerce, which is the legal basis for most gun regulation in the United States. In the process, it could lead to small arms dealers in the state operating with little to no oversight. Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, said her bill is part of a broader effort to send a message to Congress that the federal government is overstepping its bounds... (Recall that Utah was the home of John Moses Browning, perhaps the most prolific firearms inventor in history.) http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/utah-senate-gives-initial-approval-to-exempting-state-made-guns-from-federal-regulations-83385222.html --- Delaware Legislature May Overturn Gun Ban: In response to a Caesar Rodney Institute investigation, state lawmakers appear willing to overturn the ban of gun ownership by residents who live in public housing units plagued with crime. The institute's report, published Monday, Feb. 1, said all four of the state's public housing authorities ban their residents from owning firearms despite clear protections in the Delaware Constitution, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court decisions and recent rulings by lower courts that have found similar bans to be unconstitutional. The report went on to say that many public housing residents feel trapped in their homes because of crime in their communities, since they are prohibited from owning firearms for self-defense against the drug dealers and thugs who infest their communities. Violating the gun ban can result in eviction. After the report was published following a five-month investigation, the Caesar Rodney Institute was told by members of all four legislative caucuses that they would support legislation to overturn the gun bans... http://www.sussexcountian.com/newsnow/x1090833390/State-lawmakers-appear-willing-to-overturn-firearms-ban-in-public-housing-if-authorities-ignore-NRA-demands --- Arizona Poised to Expand RKBA: Arizona has always held tightly to its legacy as part of the gun-toting Wild West and a protector of individual rights. This year, the state's Republican governor and a conservative Legislature may continue that tradition by giving Arizonans some of the least-restrictive weapons laws in the nation. This session, state lawmakers have proposed more than a dozen bills on expanding rights to carry and use guns and knives. The proposed laws would allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit, end requirements that guns manufactured and kept in Arizona be registered, and allow university professors to carry guns on school grounds. Although the number of bills on the subject is not unusual, weapons-rights supporters believe this year - with a conservative governor, a Legislature sympathetic to their cause and more freedom to address issues other than the budget - may be their year to lift many limits. It also is an election year, and gun rights have always been a popular campaign platform among conservatives... Only nine states have fewer gun restrictions than Arizona, according to a scorecard released last year by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun-restriction advocacy group. If some of the legislation is passed, Arizona will likely move lower on the list... (The Arizona Republic has not grasped that it is AzCDL, not the NRA that is the driving force behind restoring the RKBA in Arizona.) http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/02/03/20100203weaponbills0203.html --- More Oklahoma Women Arm Themselves: The Second Amendment never sounded so good. In lieu of police layoffs and having fewer officers on Tulsa streets, more people are applying for a concealed carry license. However, the look of students signing up is changing, because more women are enrolling. In the last decade, weapons instructor, Robert Welch says female enrollment has tripled. "they need it more than us guys do," said Welch." "This is about personal self defense." Welch said obtaining a concealed carry license is fairly simple. Students must attend an eight hour course, which covers how to use a gun. Upon completion, students must then apply for a license. Approval could take up to 90 days. Licenses are valid for five years. http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/More-Women-are-Packing-Heat/q-36PBOeLUiNHBDaL4usAQ.cspx --- Bringing a Bat to a Gunfight: Police are looking for four people who allegedly assaulted a man in Buckeye Tuesday, forcing him to pull out a gun and shoot one of the suspects. According to Buckeye Lt. Jared Griffith, the assault took place in the south parking lot of business near 195th Avenue and Indian School Road. During the assault, Griffith said the victim was beaten with a bat several times and sustained injuries to his head and arms. In the middle of the attack, the victim apparently pulled out a gun and shot one of the attackers in self-defense... (Details are lacking so it's hard to say why the victim delayed in drawing and using his handgun. A bat is a deadly weapon - its blows can cripple or kill.) http://www.abc15.com/content/news/westvalley/buckeye/story/Buckeye-PD-Man-shoots-attacker-as-4-people-beat/Qq79CB4pX0ai_hiIfCnfhQ.cspx http://www.examiner.com/x-18149-SelfDefense-Examiner~y2010m1d31-Concealed-carry-permit-holder-fends-off-4-attackers --- Oops, Wrong Delivery Driver: A delivery driver turned the tables on a couple of would-be robbers late Thursday night. Lexington Police say two juveniles jumped the worker for China King outside an apartment building on Laketower Drive, near Lakeshore Drive around 9:15 p.m. The delivery man then pulled out a handgun, shooting one of the kids in the abdomen. He went to the hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries, according to police. The other suspect was taken into custody. Police say the delivery driver hasn't been charged. (I assume that China King is a restaurant.) http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/83022802.html --- Oops, Wrong Parking Lot: ... The owner of a Kenner check-cashing store shot and killed an alleged robber Friday night outside of his establishment in the 3200 block of Williams Boulevard. Investigators say the man was approached in a parking lot by three men as he left his business just before 9pm. One member of the trio produced a gun and struck the man in the head and then grabbed a backpack the victim had in his possession. The intended victim retrieved the backpack, pulled a gun from it and shot two of the suspects. One of the would-be robbers was pronounced dead on the scene and the other was taken to a hospital for treatment. The third man fled before police arrived. Authorities say the two men who were shot carried identification cards from Honduras... (It's a miracle that the victim was able to regain control of his backpack. This is a good example of why I advise against off-body carry, such as in purses or similar containers. The best place to carry a handgun is in a holster.) http://www.wrno.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=135361&article=6723590 --- Oops, Wrong House, Arizona Version: ... Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said 26-year-old Rudolph Gomes was seen breaking into a coin operated car wash machine near Tatum Boulevard and Union Hills Drive around 12:30 p.m. A witness apparently followed Gomes and called police. At one point, Gomes reportedly struck a stop sign, damaging his vehicle. Thompson said he parked his Jeep Cherokee in the parking lot of Foothills Elementary School near Grovers Avenue and 44th Street and ran into the neighborhood, according to witnesses. Officers arrived on the scene and as they set up a perimeter and began searching the neighborhood they heard a 'pop.' Police then received a call that a homeowner had shot an armed intruder, Thompson said. According to Thompson, the 59-year-old homeowner told police Gomes tried to rob him at gunpoint and at some point he was able to get a shotgun and shoot the intruder. The injured Gomes was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries, Thompson said... (All's well that ends well but a handgun in a holster is a better bet than a shotgun that has to be retrieved.) http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/north/story/Police-ID-robbery-suspect-shot-killed-by-Phoenix/A2g1ATjeS0C2uJugf1ZZ_w.cspx --- Oops, Wrong House, Oklahoma Version: Three intruders fled from an Oklahoma City home this morning after being shot at by the home owner, police said. The owner told police that he heard a noise at his front door around 1:45 a.m. and opened the door. Three men armed with knives forced their way into the home in the 6400 block of South Phillips Avenue. The intruders forced the residents into a back bedroom when the homeowner shot one of the intruders. The intruders fled in a dark-colored SUV, police said. Police said the homeowner said he recognized one of the suspects. Subsequently police arrested 30-year-old Eric Kutz as well as a 14-year-old male. Police said Kutz was transported to an area hospital to receive treatment for his injuries. Upon release, Kutz will be interviewed by investigators. He is facing charges robbery and assault charges. The 14-year-old was transported to the Berry House and faces robbery charges as well... http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11918427 --- Oops, Wrong House, Washington Version: Three men tried to break into a home west of Yakima while the resident was home. The Yakima County sheriff's office says he was on the phone to a dispatcher Sunday when a brick came through the window. The homeowner armed himself with a shotgun as the would-be burglar entered the house. When he saw the gun, the intruder jumped into a getaway car. It sped off with the homeowner firing three shots at the car. The third suspect fled on foot. A sheriff's deputy and Union Gap police stopped and arrested two men in the car. A Washington State Patrol trooper arrested the third man. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_handy_shotgun.html --- Does Action Beat Reaction?: When physicist Niels Bohr watched westerns, he noticed that the cowboy who drew his gun first and so had an advantage, was often the one shot. The Nobel laureate's favoured solution to his "gunslinger's paradox" has now been confirmed in part: people move faster when reacting than when they initiate the same actions. Such reactive responses are about 21 milliseconds quicker than planned actions, according to research. It means that the gunslinger who draws last, draws faster. But it does not mean that you should wait for your opponent to move first. While drawing and shooting might take less time, any advantage is lost by the 200 milliseconds it takes the brain to notice that the enemy has gone for his gun... Responsive actions are also less accurate than planned ones, so you are more likely to miss the target. The results suggest that making swift but rough responses might have evolved as a defence against dangers such as predators or falling trees... (The one conclusion I am comfortable about drawing from this report is that it is foolish to stand in one place and try to beat someone at quick-draw. As John Farnam says it, "Get off the X!") http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/scientists-discovers-why-the-cowboy-who-draws-first-also-dies/story-e6frg8y6-1225826244963 A Different Version with Different Details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8493000/8493203.stm --- Brandishing: ... False reports of brandishing result from disappointed criminals, the paranoid, the suspicious, the angry and the anti-gun. It is good to have witnesses to the facts, but sometimes that is not as helpful as it sounds. One defense witness refused to appear in court and promised that if subpoenaed she would lie; the witness was the defendant's sister. Witnesses may not want to get involved, or may want to get involved on the other side. A peculiar loyalty has people come out of the woodwork to declare that the citizen abused a local boy who was "just getting his life together," which appears to be code for a thug perfecting his craft. Actually, the more such persons come out of the woodwork the less likely their stories seem. It is critical to be the first person to relate events to the police. The first report sets the tone for the case. The stock advice is to remain silent. This is very good advice. However when the psychotic driver complains that he was threatened with a gun for "no reason at all," silence implies consent. It is essential that the citizen report every use of his gun, even if nothing more than displaying the gun for the benefit of threatening psychotics or thugs. This is where a cell phone beats a .45 as a self-defense tool. Nothing beats friendly witnesses, but this is not always possible... http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=35413 --- When Guns Are Outlawed...: A powerful handgun has been recovered at a further education college during a police drugs search. The Baikal 9mm pistol and ammunition were discovered when police, acting on detailed intelligence, searched an 18-year-old student at Kingston College in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey... The Baikal is a Russian-made handgun designed to fire CS gas pellets and marketed in Eastern Europe as a self-defence weapon. Lithuanian criminal gangs discovered that because of its all-steel construction the Baikal could be easily converted to fire live 9mm rounds. Hundreds of the guns have been converted and smuggled into Britain where they became the "weapon of choice" for gangs across the country. They were typically supplied with a silencer and several rounds of commercially manufactured ammunition and have been used in several murders, including that of James Andre Smartt-Ford, 16, who was shot dead at Streatham Ice Rink, South London, three years ago... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7013649.ece --- As Goes Britain, So Goes Canada?: Combating a proliferation of knife crimes would be easier if the province drafts legislation that edges Saskatchewan closer to a provincewide knife ban, says Saskatoon police Chief Clive Weighill. In meetings with provincial Justice Ministry officials about new legislation, Weighill argued for a provision that would allow police to seize a knife - or a sword or a machete - even if it hasn't been used in a crime or there's no discernible intention to commit an offence. "People can walk around Spadina (Crescent) carrying a machete and an officer can't do anything about it unless someone walks up and threatens someone," said Weighill. Police want the power to seize that weapon before a crime, such as a threat or an assault, is committed. Because some people use knives legitimately, police would decide when a knife is a threat... (I have read accounts of British police confiscating knives - for their personal use.) http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Police+chief+pushes+knife/2511825/story.html --- Tangentially Related: Al Qaeda can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress on Tuesday. The terrorist organization is deploying operatives to the U.S. to carry out new attacks from inside the country, including "clean" recruits with a negligible trail of terrorist contacts, CIA Director Leon Panetta said. Al Qaeda is also inspiring homegrown extremists to trigger violence on their own, Panetta added... Al Qaeda is increasingly relying on new recruits with minimal training and simple devices to carry out attacks, the CIA chief said as part of the annual assessment of national threats provided to Congress by the top five U.S. intelligence officials. Panetta also warned of the danger of extremists acting alone: "It's the lone-wolf strategy that I think we have to pay attention to as the main threat to this country," he said... http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/are_qaeda_dead_target_caught_until_zRGBBRD0UtG0ipRNNhJQiI 'God willing, our raids on you will continue," said Osama bin Laden - or someone purporting to be him - in a message broadcast on al-Jazeera over the weekend. The blunt message to "Obama from Osama" is intended to reaffirm that, despite Barack Obama's overtures to the Islamic world, he and his country remain infidels, every bit as evil as they were under George W. Bush. But ignore the bloodcurdling rhetoric. That bin Laden was reduced to claiming that the failed Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airliner was comparable to 9/11 is a sign of al-Qaeda's current parlous state. The new recording also revealed another weakness: al-Qaeda fears that it is losing the battle for hearts and minds... For those terrorists who remain at large, the operating environment has become tough, as the unprecedented numbers of arrests and convictions in the US and UK demonstrate. Politicians and security chiefs in most Muslim countries have greatly increased their co-operation with Western agencies. Today the US no-fly list for terror suspects stands at 4,000 names; before 9/11 it was just 16. But no security regime can ever be perfect, as the attempt to detonate a device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to Detroit shows. This was one of a series of strikes planned by al-Qaeda in the past 12 months. We saw the targeting of the New York subway system last autumn and the Fort Hood shooting. In Saudi Arabia al-Qaeda terrorists carried out an abortive suicide attack against Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, the Deputy Interior Minister. Its greatest recent strategic coup was a suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers at a US forward base in Khost, Afghanistan... (My take - the seeds have been planted and we are moving into an era of smaller, lower-scale attacks, including many by home-grown jihadis. The latter may be more likely to come to the attention of private citizens before they come to the attention of the authorities.) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7002256.ece --- From AzCDL: There are still 2 bills being heard in committees this week that need your emails. We've set up the messages for you in our Action Center. All you need to do is complete the "Sender Information" and click on the "Send" button. How easy is that? Links to the letters are provided below. HB 2347, the House version of SB 1102 (Constitutional Carry), will be heard in the House Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Go here to send your letter: http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14631116 . SB 1011, authorizing college and university faculty members, with CCW permits, to possess a concealed firearm on campus, will be heard in the Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Go here to send your letter: http://capwiz.com/azcdl/issues/alert/?alertid=14631096 . Letters from constituents are strong motivators for legislators. A handful is meaningless. Hundreds, or thousands, really get their attention. This year we have "the" chance to restore your constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, openly or concealed, without a government permission slip, via companion bills HB 2347 and SB 1102. There is a lot of money (your tax dollars) being spent to kill pro-rights bills, keep the status quo and feed legions of bureaucrats dependent on laws restricting your constitutionally protected rights. Your involvement will mean the difference between success and failure. You are the Arizona Citizens Defense League. It's time to TAKE ACTION! http://capwiz.com/azcdl/home/ . And, thanks to YOUR involvement, we have good news! SB 1098, the "Firearms Freedom Act," was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, February 1, 2009. It passed out of committee by a party line vote of 4-3. SB 1102, the Senate version of the AzCDL-requested "Constitutional Carry" bill, was also heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. It also passed out of committee by a party line vote of 4-3. AzCDL has been tirelessly working behind the scenes to address concerns about SB 1102. To that end, SB 1102 was amended in committee without harming the underlying Constitutional Carry language. Changes were made that: - Corrected the language regarding the sale (versus destruction) of confiscated weapons. - Require CCW permit holders to have their permit and present it to law enforcement upon request. - Prevent law enforcement from confiscating a weapon lawfully possessed by a permit holder. - Modify the CCW permit training requirements to allow for NRA training, military service, an existing permit, etc. - Made other technical corrections. You can find the text of the amendment here: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/adopted/s.1102jud.pdf . HB 2347 will be modified in a similar fashion. A hostile amendment proposed by Senator Ken Cheuvront (http://azcdl.capwiz.com/bio/id/1881) was also defeated during the committee hearing. This amendment would have required background checks on private firearm sales. The text of Senator Cheuvront's amendment is here: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/proposed/s.sb1102235kc.pdf . Stay tuned! 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