An Important Note: Please repeatedly contact your state’s two U.S. Senators by phone and e-mail and demand that they over-ride the unelected Senate Parliamentarian’s recent bogus ruling that the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act did not qualify as “tax measures” under the Byrd Rule. Clearly, the National Firearms Act of 1934 IS INDEED part of the Federal tax code, and any modification to NFA-’34 is indeed “tax-related.” Tell your Senators: Vote NO on the entire bill, unless the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act are fully restored! If they can overrule the Senate Parliamentarian on Senator Dan Chenshaw’s bill, then they can do the same for ours. And for that matter, the Senate Parliamentarian can and should be immediately fired and replaced! – JWR
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On June 30, 1893, the Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 metric carats) — then the world’s largest — was discovered in Jagersfontein Mine, South Africa.
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June 30, 1908: A giant fireball, most likely caused by the airburst of a large meteoroid or comet flattened 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in the largest such impact event in recorded history. Some more details are available here: The Tunguska explosion rocked Siberia 117 years ago. (Our thanks to reader “BOG”, for the link.)
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June 30th is the anniversary of the tragic death of 19 hotshots in the Yarnell Hill Fire. (In 2013.)
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The last day! We have been running a one-week sale on all of our pre-1899 sporter rifles at Elk Creek Company. There are some very deep discounts. Order yours, ASAP! They can be mailed directly to your doorstep or your P.O. box, in most states. This sale ends at midnight Eastern Time, tonight (Monday, June 30th, 2025.)
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Today’s feature article is a “how-to” piece written by our own Tom Christianson.
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We are seeking entries for Round 119 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 119 ends on July 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.
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