GUNS: FMG9: Prototype 9mm Folding Submachine Gun

Sunday, March 2, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99NHb6B03s

FMG9: Prototype 9mm Folding Submachine Gun

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“Things get nasty; get down to business.

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I love it. Perfect for a BOB!

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WRITING: “survival fiction”

Sunday, March 2, 2008

As a boy, I first experienced “survival fiction” in the form of Swiss Family Robinson. Not much later, it was Robinson Crusoe. Eventually, I became a fan of Heinlein and got my first introduction to “libertarianism” in Starship Troopers. That’s probably why I listened in class to the American Revolution, the death of that revolution in the War of Northern Aggression, and Austrian Economics. As you can guess, I was a thorn to every teacher because I was a “true believer” in the Sovereign Individual. (Not too good in a Catholic school.) Maybe that’s why I have an affinity for what is currently called “patriot fiction”, or the TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) genre.

It amazes me that there is so much of it. Mostly free and “unpublished”. And it all pretty much follows the formula — setup, preparing, disaster, and the results of it. Interesting is that it all seems to recognize that humans desperately need each other to survive. The first thing that needs to happen is that a tribe has to form or the individual survivors will be overwhelmed by this or that. Tribes may form clans as well.

Bottom line: No matter what the disaster, the individual needs to be prepared. Long term survival relies on cooperation. It truly is a jungle out there. Like today, there are varmints — two legged and four legged — that need to be dealt with. And, no amount of wishing, or “laws”, will make it not so.

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