Ending Government data distortions

 From the Crime Prevention Research Center (John Lott)

 Here is the link.

 https://crimeresearch.org/2025/02/at-the-federalist-trumps-fbi-reforms-need-to-include-ending-data-distortions/

 Here is an excerpt.

 The ability to manipulate and distort crime data allows those distorting the data to control the political debate.

Stopping active shooters: Civilians and Police

 From the Crime Prevention Research Center (John Lott)

 Here is the link.

 https://crimeresearch.org/2025/02/a-deep-dive-into-cases-where-civilians-stopped-active-shooters-did-they-accidentally-shoot-bystanders-get-in-the-way-of-police-get-their-gun-taken-away-or-more/

 Here is an excerpt.

 

A Deep Dive into Cases Where Civilians Stopped Active Shooters 2014 to 2023
	Number of the 180 cases  that had this result	Percent
Accidentally shot a bystander	1	0.56%
Got in the way of police	0	0.00%
had the gun taken away from them	1	0.56%
Civilian stopping the attack is shot and wounded	44	24.44%
Civilian stopping the attack is shot and killed	2	1.11%

 

A Deep Dive in Cases Where Police Stopped Active Shooters 2014 to 2023
	Number of the 350 cases  that had this result	Percent
Accidentally shot another police officer  or wrong civilian	4	1.14%
Got in way of Police	N/A	N/A
had the gun taken from them	0	0%
police are shot and wounded	100	28.57%
Police are shot and killed	27	7.71%

The X-37 Spaceplane

 From Aviation Week.

 Here is the link.

 https://aviationweek.com/space/budget-policy-regulation/how-x-37b-shaping-future-us-space-force?elq2=f671c34fbde340c5b7f89bcb483f9624&sp_eh=735021cff4c861024f94128455990f6b1cc07f078ecf304aec863602fd2eb988&elq2=f671c34fbde340c5b7f89bcb483f9624&sp_eh=735021cff4c861024f94128455990f6b1cc07f078ecf304aec863602fd2eb988&utm_campaign=51785&utm_emailname=AW_News_AerospaceDigest_NL_02212025&utm_medium=email&utm_rid=CPEN1000004535171

Self-Defense and the Law

 From athlonoutdoors.com and by Massad Ayoob.

 MA is a true expert. He knows guns and the law.

 Here is the link.

 https://athlonoutdoors.com/article/talk-with-the-prosecutor/

The Arrogance of Mark Zuckerberg

A Meta horror.

 Here is the link.

 https://www.justthefacts.media/p/the-arrogance-of-mark-zuckerberg?mc_cid=1a1f8ddabd&mc_eid=e096a62193

  

The Threat From Within

 From Jonathan Turley.

 JT is on target.

 Freedom has been in decline for a while. Is the problem the politicians or the electorate?

 Here is the link.

 https://jonathanturley.org/2025/02/17/the-threat-from-within-j-d-vance-delivers-a-historic-defense-of-free-speech/#more-228836

Sometimes, experts are very wrong

 From www.adamsmith.org.

 In 1903, The New York Times estimated that achieving human-powered flight would require the “combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians from one million to ten million years” (Theory Is All You Need: AI, Human Cognition, and Decision Making, p. 27). Remarkably, this article was published at the very time the Wright brothers were making their first successful attempts at flight. The scientific consensus was overwhelmingly against them; their efforts were deemed unscientific and irrational. Prominent scientists even published articles explaining why human flight was impossible (LeConte, 1888; Newcomb, 1901). Their reasoning was based on flawed inductive logic: small birds, such as pigeons, could fly, while larger birds, like ostriches, could not. From this, they concluded that there was a natural size limit for flying objects, making human flight unattainable.

 Yet today, if you live in London, you witness airplanes weighing thousands of pounds soaring through the sky every day. This embodies the essence of freedom: allowing the unexpected to happen and making the impossible possible. As Hayek wrote, "the value of freedom rests on the opportunities it provides for unforeseen and unpredictable actions" (Hayek, Principles or Expediency?).

Musk derangement syndrome

 From Jonathan Turley.

 Here is the link.

 https://jonathanturley.org/2025/02/10/the-making-of-elon-musk-how-the-left-makes-monsters-of-us-all/#more-228611

Another Darwin Award candidate

 From gunsmagazine.om.

 Here is the link.

 https://gunsmagazine.com/10-ring/mr-zippys-wild-ride/

Can a SOCOM 16 stop a bear attack?

 From thearmorylife.com

 Here is the link.

 https://www.thearmorylife.com/can-a-socom-16-stop-a-bear-attack/?utm_campaign=The%20Armory%20Life&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6JZoDG-QP4C_IpGr4gULieQzph_IV7jCIsiG0XfY1P0KIE-dpKvM9bxUj8D7WWDdUW2QBdWMb3wyBIQVJ0vwUJA7Org&_hsmi=346098684&utm_content=346098684&utm_source=hs_email