By MamaLiberty
A few weeks ago I wrote a review of FMJ ammo that AmmoMan sent me to test. It was a very interesting experience, so I anticipated pretty much the same with the hollow points they sent. That proved to be the case.
Along with the caliber wars, the people of the gun also discuss things that affect suitability of different kinds of ammunition for self defense purposes. One of those factors is penetration. We know that a solid, round nose bullet will penetrate seriously, and the concern is that it will pass through the target and possibly harm others. It may also not produce the trauma needed to stop the attack. So, many of us use a hollow point round that promises to blossom out and not over penetrate. Continue reading
The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian Commentary on the News, 30 November 2015, #15-48A: This and That, Bid Farewell to November
by Nathan Barton
Politics 2015: Sadly, he will quickly learn that GOP is just as bad in its own way. He seems a likeable and dedicated young man, and has high hopes. The Blaze reports how, bucking years and years of tradition, a young Dineh (Navajo) Arizona State Senator, appointed to replace another and then elected in his own right as a Democrat (as are easily 95% of most AmerInd tribal politicians) has gotten disgusted with the Democratic Party and switched to the GOP. Political affiliations in many tribes, including the Dineh, are very much tied to tradition and past history. For example, both the Dineh and the Ahkota (Sioux) tribes have a deep hatred of the Republican Party thanks especially to one man (Abraham Lincoln) who oversaw many offenses against tribes (such as the execution of captured Dakota warriors after the failed Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota in 1862, and the Dineh’s “Great Fear” of 1863-64 which crushed Navajo resistance, as well as the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 in Colorado). And GOP presidents were in office during the last 30 years of the Indian Wars. Continue reading →