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JWR’s Introductory Note:  At just over 20,000 words, this is perhaps the longest single-topic contributed article ever serialized in SurvivalBlog. I consider it an important piece to ponder.  Please read all seven parts before sending your comments. I will post most of them in the Snippets column on October 29th. — I want to start with a brief but sincere thank you to all the article writers I have learned from here at SurvivalBlog.com. Your efforts have made a difference for me and many others. I hope my contribution can have a similar benefit to others. Thank you. Let me…

On October 20, 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara established the Tokugawa clan as Japan’s rulers (Shoguns.) — October 20, 1634: King of England Charles I levied the “Ship Money” tax on all English and Welsh counties. — October 20, 1906: Dr Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube. (Soon commonly called a radio tube.) — Today is the birthday of the late Tom Petty. (Born October 20, 1950, died October 2, 2017). He was a great singer-songwriter and a passable actor. — Today is also the birthday of shootist Ed McGivern (born 1874, died December 12, 1957.) He was born…

Precipitation and humidity can render a standard paper target unusable in only seconds, which is what makes Rite In The Rain’s line of weatherproof targets such a godsend for outdoor shooters. Not only does the company’s patented moisture-shield coating hold up to rainy and muggy conditions and allow the targets to be written on when wet, but the paper has been designed to leave clean, easy-to-distinguish impacts when hit. Coming 100 to a pack, the double-sided 8½”x11″ 25 Meter M16A2/M4 Zeroing Targets were developed by the U.S. military to help riflemen zero their 5.56 NATO-chambered carbines and rifles at either…

Most Google searches now return with a series of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated snippets that allegedly summarize information provided by linked websites. How it determines which details to display and whether pro-Second Amendment websites get equal consideration in results is a closely guarded, Silicone Valley secret. The summaries, which began appearing in May 2024, are negatively impacting nearly every firearm-related website today and the pace is accelerating. Year-over-year firearm sales figures are on a similar tangent. Dangerous InformationMost people readily recognize how false-information snippets can appear in search results. Others are not as experienced. Hunters heading afield this fall, for example,…