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The Salisbury Police Department has arrested two individuals in connection with an armed robbery involving a BB gun resembling an assault rifle. Cash Almond, 31, and Shannon Cronin, 37, were apprehended driving a GMC Envoy following reports of the robbery on November 19. Police initially responded to Winterborn Lane just before 10:15 p.m. amidst concerns over an apparent armed threat. Upon their arrest, the officers discovered that the weapon used in the incident was a BB gun, not a firearm. Both suspects have been charged with armed robbery, first-degree assault, and second-degree assault, and are currently held at the Wicomico…

Armed Citizen® Today An armed mother in Mississippi used her firearm to shoot an allegedly diseased monkey that had escaped from an overturned truck, according to police. The mother of five armed herself after her 16-year-old son reported that he thought he had seen a monkey running around outside of the family’s Heidelberg, Miss., home. After getting out of bed and arming herself, she stepped outside and saw the monkey approximately 60 feet away. She and other residents had been warned that the monkey was allegedly carrying diseases, so she fired. “I did what any other mother would do to…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to This Country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot lining and just in general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the store More Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stores to share, a first buck in Pennsylvania and my new office. I talk a lot about dads…

JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — The majority of SurvivalBlog readers that I talk with tell me that they live in cities or suburbs, but they would like to live full-time at a retreat in a rural area. Their complaint is almost always the same: “…but I’m not self-employed. I can’t afford to live…

November 21, 164 BC: During the Maccabean Revolt, Judas Maccabeus recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the Second Temple. This victory has been commemorated ever since as the festival Hanukkah, aka The Festival of Lights. — On November 21, 1916, Britannic, the sister ship to the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. In the wake of the Titanic disaster, the White Star line had made significant modifications to the design of the ship, but on its way to pick up wounded soldiers near the Gulf of Athens, it was rocked by an explosion causing even more damage than that…

More than 200,000 targets were donated by White Flyer—part of the Winchester Ammunition family of firms—to South Dakota’s new shooting sports complex, which officially opened to the public on November 8. The 400-acre Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex, which is operated by South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP), is located in Piedmont, S.D. “The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks have created an incredible new shooting sports facility that will play a critical role in introducing new generations to the sport through education and outreach,” said Jason Gilbertson, senior director of marketing for Winchester Ammunition. “The Winchester…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host, Mark Kenyon, Welcome to the. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I’m joined by my longtime collaborators and co hosts of the Wired Hunt podcast at one time or another, Dan Johnson and Tony Peterson, and we are breaking down their twenty twenty five rut hunts, having a little bit of a…

JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in November, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — Many letters and e-mails I’ve received over the years have mentioned motor oil and chainsaw fuel mixing oil.  That reminded me about a subject that I’ve meant to address on the blog: the key considerations of oil and lubricant storage.  It is important to think through all of your…