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Just another example of "Don’t fuck with an old fart who has nothing to lose!"

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Post date September 21, 2018
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Stuff like this, is what happens. When otherwise unoffensive Folks are pushed too hard by an over bearing Government & their Servants.
Who by their ill considered actions, are threatening this man’s home & way of life.
Now I am NOT condoning this man’s actions. But I can understand why this deadly event came about. As shown here, is what happens when you tread on somebodies Sacred Soil. Grumpy
(By the way. My Dear Old Dad always told me to never mess with an Old Guy. As they will not fight you, But instead they will just try to kill you!)

Homeowner who shot dead a council official on live TV over heated planning row dies aged 77, just months after being released from 25-year jail term

Albert Dryden shot dead a council officer in front of media cameras in June 1991
Council had come to demolish his bungalow which had no planning permission
A BBC reporter and police officer were also wounded by Dryden’s WWI revolver
He was released from prison last year and put in a home after having a stroke
A friend of the pensioner said he had showed remorse in his final few days alive

By GEORGE MARTIN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 17:08 EDT, 17 September 2018 | UPDATED: 01:44 EDT, 19 September 2018

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A homeowner who shot dead a council officer on live television has died after being released from prison last October.

Albert Dryden gunned down Harry Collinson in front of journalists when his illegally-built bungalow was due to be demolished in Butsfield, County Durham in 1991.

Dryden served a life sentence until last year but was released and admitted to a care home after suffering a stroke behind bars.

The killer died at his care home aged 77 in County Durham on Saturday having finally shown remorse for the shooting – according to lifelong friend Alex Watson.

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Albert Dryden takes aim with his pistol before shooting dead planning officer Harry Collinson on the day his bungalow was set to be demolished in Butsfield, County Durham

Harry Collinson was enforcing the demolition of Dryden’s illegally-built bungalow when Dryden drew a First World War gun and shot him dead

Watson, who was leader of the now defunct Derwentside District Council told the Chronicle: ‘I saw Albert a few weeks ago. he couldn’t talk. The man was dying, he had no life.

‘He could nod his head and shake his head. He was frustrated, and very remorseful.

‘Despite what people have said he was remorseful. It is just tragic all round. He never got a chance to say he was sorry, but you could see the remorse in his eyes.’

A former steelworker, Dryden had previously been refused parole, because he had shown had no remorse.

Harry Collinson was enforcing the demolition of Dryden’s illegally-built bungalow when Dryden drew a First World War gun and shot him dead in front of local media on June 20, 1991.

As well as shooting 46-year-old Mr Collinson, he also wounded police officer Stephen Campbell in the buttock and reporter Tony Belmont in the arm.

The showdown with planning officials of the former Derwentside District Council followed a dispute that had gone on for several years.

Dryden built his bungalow in a hollow, because he wrongly thought he would not need planning permission, which the council refused to grant.

Mr Collinson (right) just before he was shot. His last words were to the TV crew: ‘Can you get a shot of this gun?’

People fleeing the scene in terror after Dryden opened fire with his First World War pistol

Albert Dryden ploughed his redundancy money into the one-acre plot of land, which he called Maryland Close, a few miles from the town of Consett.

He put up two greenhouses, a shed, parked a caravan on the land, and built an archway at the gated entrance.

He also hired a digger and scooped out more than 2,000 tonnes of earth from near the fence with the road and built a partly-sunken bungalow in the resulting hole, forming a screening mound around it.

But Dryden, who wanted to spend his time tinkering with American cars, growing vegetables and keeping livestock, did not have planning permission.

Derwentside District Council – abolished in County Durham’s local government shake-up two years ago – refused to approve the development in a rural area made up of conventional farms.

The council, which was keen to create an environment conducive to tourism, was also worried the bungalow represented a precedent that would unlock the door to other housing on land where it would not normally be permitted.

Albert Dryden with his pistol after the 1991 killing. 27 years on, he died after being released on prison last October

Dryden lost his planning appeal to keep the bungalow, although the Government inspector who chaired the hearing said some of the other buildings could stay because of the time they had been there.

The wrangle dragged on for several months with the council attempting to reach a compromise that would avoid the need to bulldoze the bungalow.

‘If he dies slowly that’s good’: Harry Collinson’s brother on Dryden’s release from prison

Shortly after Dryden was released from prison in October last year, Harry Collinson’s older brother spoke of his disgust over the decision.

Roy Collinson slammed Dryden for refusing to show remorse for his actions.

‘Personally, I couldn’t bloody care less what happens to Albert Dryden,’ he said, ‘If he dies slowly that’s good. I’ll be very happy about that.’

Mr Collinson said he was shocked after two decades, Dryden was still trying to justify his reasons.

‘He never showed one bit of remorse in all the 26 years he has been in prison.

‘He still tried to justify his actions for some God-unknown reason.’

He added: ‘If the police had done their job properly, my brother wouldn’t have been killed and Albert Dryden wouldn’t have spent all this time in prison.’

The last suggestion was that Dryden modify the building and use it for keeping livestock, but he rejected this.

Finally, councillors decided there was no option but demolition, and the date was set for Thursday June 20 1991.

On the day media gathered with Dryden on the land with his friends and supporters.

Dryden had a letter from the Planning Inspectorate, which he had fixed to his gate, indicating no action could be taken until an appeal had been heard.

The letter had given Dryden the belief the council was breaking the law, even though there were no grounds for an appeal.

Harry Collinson came to the gate, looked at the letter and told him it contained nothing to prevent the demolition.

Dryden replied that ‘you might not be around to see the outcome of this disaster’.

Mr Collinson told Dryden he could have time to move things out of the building and he moved to a point in the fence where the bulldozer was to come through.

Dryden went to his caravan and picked up a First World War revolver, strode back to the fence and drew the weapon on Mr Collinson, whose last words were to the TV crew: ‘Can you get a shot of this gun?’

After initially shooting Collinson, Dryden then leapt the fence and shot him again before turning the weapon on the fleeing group.

He shot down the road at police and journalists hastily fleeing and caused the injuries of several others.

An armed police officer and a bomb disposal officer at the home of Dryden in the aftermath of the 1991 incident

Albert Dryden leaves Consett Magistrates Court the day after he shot dead Derwentside District Council planning officer Harry Collinson

Although he had been hoping to hit the council’s solicitor, Mike Dunstan, Dryden instead injured TV reporter Tony Belmont in the arm and PC Stephen Campbell in the backside.

He then returned to where Collinson was lying in a ditch by the perimeter fence and shot him again in the chest and face.

A subsequent search of the property uncovered a large arsenal of weapons including ten handguns, fifteen rifles, three shotguns, and two homemade mortars.

An investigation shortly after the murder revealed Collinson and Dryden had previously enjoyed a friendly relationship, with Collinson regularly visiting him to offer advice.

But Dryden’s increasingly threatening behaviour towards council employees was said to have brought the men into conflict.

Dryden had denied murder but was convicted after a trial and jailed for life at Newcastle Crown Court in 1992.

He was denied parole in 2001 after it was felt he showed little evidence of remorse.

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The American (some, but not all) Civil Liberties Union and Guns Ammoland

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Post date September 21, 2018
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Fayetteville, AR –-(Ammoland.com)- Since 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been a key defender of basic rights in America, fighting cases in the courts, and often winning, to protect the ability of people in the unpopular minority to express themselves in speech and belief, to control their own bodies, and to insist that the judiciary affords them due process.

The organization’s one consistent blind spot has been their views on gun rights.

This is not hard to understand. The emphasis on civil liberties—the protections afforded by law, instead of rights that are inherent in human beings—shapes the group’s thinking, and the case law on the Second Amendment was mixed prior to the Heller decision.
Still, the ACLU isn’t actively a part of the anti-gun lobby, and in the same way that attacks on the NRA because they don’t work on some activist’s pet obsession are misdirected, criticizing the ACLU for their views on guns is mostly a waste of effort.

That’s especially the case since on some important points of contention, the ACLU has discovered the concept of consistency.

When, for example, the Social Security Administration was contemplating a change in the rules regarding the exercise of gun rights by persons whom the agency determined to be incapable of managing their own affairs, the ACLU objected, saying that an administrative finding cannot be a substitute for due process, even when members of the organization might approve of the result.
This is a good test of anyone’s intellectual honesty. As stated above, the ACLU has spent decades defending due process, and it would have been hypocritical to sacrifice the same in pursuit of the objective of making legal gun ownership more difficult—though again, that’s not a primary goal of the organization.

Gun control advocates all too often demonstrate their willingness to discard any other right that stands in the way of their desires.

Now the American Civil Liberties Union is speaking out against the efforts of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to silence the NRA by cutting off the latter’s access to financial services. A statement from the ACLU put it this way:

“Political advocacy organizations like the NRA (or the ACLU or Planned Parenthood) need basic business services, like insurance and banking, to operate.
The NRA says that the state, using its regulatory powers over those industries, is threatening financial companies that do business with the NRA.”

This, of course, is a declaration of the obvious, but it has to be said to people who obviously are more desirous of the rule of whim over the rule of law.
Why would the ACLU take this position? That is explained further down:

“Substitute Planned Parenthood or the Communist Party for the NRA, and the point is clear.
If Cuomo can do this to the NRA, then conservative governors could have their financial regulators threaten banks and financial institutions that do business with any other group whose political views the governor opposes.
The First Amendment bars state officials from using their regulatory power to penalize groups merely because they promote disapproved ideas.”

In other words, the American Civil Liberties Union understands, to borrow a line from Martin Niemöller, that if the government comes after one type of political advocacy and we say nothing, the government will come after us soon enough and there will be no one left to speak on our behalf.
The American Civil Liberties Union is fighting for the principle summed up by Voltaire’s biographer, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, that “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
This is in keeping with American values, and we should be pleased to welcome the ACLU to this much of the cause.

About Greg Camp
Greg Camp has taught English composition and literature since 1998 and is the author of six books, including a western, The Willing Spirit, and Each One, Teach One, with Ranjit Singh on gun politics in America. His books can be found on Amazon. He tweets @gregcampnc.
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I also should mention that I have slipped this outfit a few buck now & then. As since they might not be perfect. But they do try to do the right thing most of the time. – Grumpy

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What not to do while selling a firearm! Especially a Phased plasma rifle in 40 watt range

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Post date September 21, 2018
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3D-printed gun maker Cody Wilson charged with sexually assaulting underage girl

Post author By Grumpy
Post date September 20, 2018
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Wilson, last seen in Thailand, is now considered a fugitive by US authorities

By Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy Sep 19, 2018, 12:09pm EDT

Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson — known for his fight with the US government over 3D-printed guns — has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor, according toThe Austin American-Statesman.

The Statesman reports that police filed an arrest warrant for Wilson today in Travis County, Texas, alleging that a girl under 17 years old (the state’s age of consent) said Wilson paid her for sex after meeting on a site called SugarDaddyMeet.com.
The Statesman reports that jail records show Wilson had not been booked as of Wednesday morning, but police had corroborated the story with hotel records and surveillance footage. Wilson did not immediately respond to a phone call requesting comment.

According to the Statesman, Wilson began corresponding with the girl (whose identity has not been revealed) in August under the name “Sanjuro.”

He then revealed his name and described himself as a “big deal,” and the pair allegedly exchanged nude photos before meeting at an Austin coffee shop on August 15th, then returning to a hotel room.
The girl later told a counselor that she had been paid $500 for sex with a 30-year-old man, and the counselor reported the incident to police, who interviewed the girl in late August and identified Wilson from his account profile pictures.
The affidavit for the arrest warrant states that Wilson is charged with second-degree felony sexual assault.

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, the Austin Police Department stated that Wilson’s last known whereabouts were in Taiwan, where he had skipped a flight back to the United States. “We don’t know why he went to Taiwan, but we do know that he was informed that he was being investigated,” said Commander Troy Officer, according to Ars Technica.

Officer also said that the victim was 16 years old, and that detectives who had interviewed the girl found it unlikely that Wilson would have mistaken her for someone over the age of consent. “If someone mistakes their age, it’d be because she’s younger not older,” he said.
Austin police are now cooperating with US Marshals and international partners to arrest Wilson.

Later on Wednesday evening, the US Marshals Service released a “wanted” posted for Wilson, detailing the charge against him and encouraging people to contact the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force with information about his whereabouts, according to reporter Tony Plohetski for the Austin American-Statesman:

Wilson, who describes himself as a crypto-anarchist, has fought a years-long battle to distribute blueprints for 3D-printed firearms in an attempt to make American gun regulations unenforceable.

His company Defense Distributed developed a working 3D-printed single-shot pistol called the Liberator in 2013, drawing the attention of the State Department, which ordered him to pull the blueprints offline.
Wilson later sued the government, and the case went to a settlement in mid-2018, granting him the right to distribute printable gun files, which he eventually started doing last month via flash drives.

Wilson has also worked on a cryptocurrency project called Dark Wallet and is the creator of Hatreon, a currently defunct crowdfunding platform that supported “alt-right” white nationalists who were kicked off more mainstream funding sites like Patreon.

Update 9/19 6:00PM ET: Updated with details from press conference.

Update 9/19 8:22PM ET: Updated with details about Wilson now considered a fugitive by the US Marshals Service

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Okay let me get this right. A Man makes something the Government really does not like. So it does its best to stop him. But the Man puts up one Hell of a fight over it. Right so far?
However the Man then does something really stupid. By letting his little head do his some of his thinking, With a 16 year old Hooker no less.
I am also willing to bet that if she was a 17+ “girl”. There would not be a problem here. I also hope that she gave him a hell of a good ride for his $500. But I kind of doubt it. However that is another story for another day.
So call me Cynical, But here is how I see it so far.
Because of this stupidity. The Feds then sees their chance to nail this Old Boy & make him a guest of the State.
But The man, who has been probably tipped off by somebody. Wisely flees the scene by going to Asia. Before they can introduce him to his cellmate called Bubba & tossing the salad.
(You really do not want to know what that means by the way!)
We also will soon find out how much cash the guy has & how quickly it disappears then the G Men are after you!
Bottom Line – This sounds and smells like a huge pile of brown sauce to this old fart.
Anyways, Your comments are welcome by the way! Grumpy

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What the Old timers did with their 1903 Springfields

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Post date September 18, 2018
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Supposedly these fine looking Sporterized 1903 Springfield’s were owned by the famed Shooting Writer – Col. Townsend Whelen.
(If you get a chance by the way, read some of his stuff as it is still Steel on Target!) Image result for old army shooting teams townsend whelen

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The Hard Men over in SF Land got some new toys!

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Post date September 17, 2018
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Weapons upgrade set to make US Special Operations even more deadly

By Allison Barrie | Fox News

Suppressor upgrade to make US Special Ops even more deadly

Defense Specialist Allison Barrie on how the United States’ elite Special Operations warriors are set to become even more deadly when upgraded cutting-edge suppressor become a new addition to their arsenal.

U.S. Special Operations are a remarkable, formidable fighting force who are admired and feared throughout the world. Now, the military’s elite warriors are set to become even more deadly with a new addition to their arsenal.

About $48 million-worth of new, cutting-edge suppressors will be in the hands of America’s top military personnel, enhancing their capabilities on the battlefield.

For several years, Special Operations Command has been hunting for the best suppressed upper receivers for their M4A1 carbines.

They’ve chosen the Sig Sauer MCX SURG System to upgrade these weapons. The new Sig suppressor will deliver accuracy, speed and reliability.
And of course, it will deliver outstanding sound reduction. The new suppressors are made of ultra-advanced materials.
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Sig Sauer has a distinctive looking, revolutionary approach to suppressors. They look nothing like the suppressors you see in movies and TV shows – these rifle suppressors are tubeless. They’ve eliminated the outer tube typically seen with suppressors.

File photo (U.S. Army)

In addition to reducing weight, this tubeless design increases volume, lowering pressure and temperature for greater durability and leading signature reduction.
One of the keys to this feat is the special “baffle” design.
The M4A1 Weapon
M4A1s tend to be used by military special operations. The M4 Carbine entered service in 1994 to replace the M16 for some roles. The M4 provided a shorter and lighter variant. The M4A1 is a fully automatic version of this weapon.
Made by FN, the M4A1 weighs about 6.36 pounds with a 14.5-inch long barrel. The overall length is anywhere between 29.75 inches to 33. Cartridges are the 5.56x45mm (.223) NATO cartridge that is magazine fed with a mag capacity of 30 rounds.
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The M4A1 trigger group settings are: safe, semi-automatic, or fully automatic. The trigger pull is 5.5 to 9.5 rounds and it has a 700-900 RPM rate of fire.

File photo (U.S. Marine Corps)

This weapon fires using a direct impingement gas operating system and has an effective range of about 500 to 600 meters (1,640 to 1,969 feet).
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What impact does a suppressor have?
Suppressors are often referred to as “silencers.” The goal is to make a weapon as silent as possible. But it is not just about sound, it is also about other “signatures” that could reveal your location to an enemy. Another key tell is visual – the flash. Adding a good suppressor to your weapon will also reduce, if not contain, this visual cue.
One of the reasons they are referred to as suppressors – and not silencers – by the military and law enforcement is because the vast majority on the public market don’t achieve anything near silence.
Reducing the noise is not just about exposing your location and actions to the enemy, it can also make it easier for special operations teams to communicate with each other on the battlefield. For these warriors, their ears are continuously exposed to gunfire year-round because they are either training or deployed. An excellent suppressor is key to better protection for their hearing.
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A common misconception is that suppressors reduce capability in lots of ways, such as reducing range and lethality.

Sig Sauer SBR with silencer (Sig Sauer)

These new Sig Sauer suppressors are an excellent DoD investment. They will most definitely increase the lethality of our elite forces and make them harder to kill.
Rigorous Testing
To achieve selection, all the suppressors under consideration were challenged to meet hard core requirements. The testing was rigorous, comprehensive and exhaustive.
The MCX SURG also had to meet the extremely high standards for sound reduction. It also went up against firing specifications – a suppressor must enhance effectiveness in combat and absolutely not incur any trade off on lethality. Accuracy, speed and reliability are vital.
There were also very demanding standards for temperature and vibration – standards that both enhance effectiveness and the safety of users.
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SURG
The Department of Defense revived the Suppressed Upper Receiver Groups (SURG) in 2017. This program aims to upgrade, and optimize military weapons for continuous, suppressed use on the battlefield.
‘FORCE FIELD’ TECHNOLOGY COULD MAKE US TANKS UNSTOPPABLE
After years searching for the best solution, it was decided that the Sig Sauer MCX suppressor outperformed the competition and the award was recently issued.

FN M4A1 rifle (FN)

What’s next?
This is the second M4 conversion Sig Sauer is helping U.S. Special Operations Forces with this year.
Earlier this year, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) bought some Sig Sauer MCX Rattlers. Rattlers are personal defense weapons available on the open market and chamber standard 5.56mm rounds and .300 Blackout. For operators, these could be very handy for CQB (close-quarter battle). These are built with the M4A1 lower receiver.
The new MCX SURG suppressors will be rolled out to Special Operations Forces over the next five years.

Allison Barrie is a defense specialist with experience in more than 70 countries who consults at the highest levels of defense and national security, a lawyer with four postgraduate degrees, and author of the definitive guide, Future Weapons: Access Granted, on sale in 30 countries. Barrie hosts the new hit podcast “Tactical Talk” where she gives listeners direct access to the most fascinating Special Operations warriors each week and to find out more about the FOX Firepower host and columnist you can click here or follow her on Twitter @allison_barrie and Instagram @allisonbarriehq.

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News from the Corp (A very gutsy move guys!)

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Post date September 15, 2018
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Trailblazing female who became infantry Marine is getting kicked out for fraternization

Remedios Cruz joined the Marine Corps in 2013 as a supply clerk. One year later, she completed infantry training, and in 2017, made history when she became one of three females to join 1st Battalion, 8th Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Now, Cruz is awaiting separation from the Marine Corps after pleading guilty to maintaining a romantic relationship with a subordinate.

Cruz, 26, eventually married the person, who was a lower-ranking Marine in her unit, according The New York Times.

“The biggest mistakes I’ve made in the infantry were from my personal relationships,” Cruz told the Times. “I really want to move on.”

Cruz was reduced in rank from sergeant to corporal and restricted to the base after pleading guilty to fraternization as part of a broader plea agreement. The commanding general of 2nd Marine Division will now decide if she will be forced out with an other-than-honorable discharge, according to the Times.

“Regardless of the outcome of this case, Corporal Cruz has been a courageous pioneer for women in the military and she has earned a place in Marine Corps history,” Cruz’s lawyer, Capt. Jacob R. Johnston, said in a statement to The New York Times.

Andrea Scott is editor of Marine Corps Times. On Twitter: @_andreascott.

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All I can say is Good for The USMC! As you just know that that a lot of Folks have bet the house. On this issue of bringing Females into the hard, unforgiving world of Ground Combat!
I myself just do not understand this urge to put our females into body bags! Grumpy