Mexico urges U.S. to review gun laws after Colorado shooting- Got To Be Kidding Me
That nation is engaged in a defacto civil war against massive drug cartels which are regularly fielding platoon sized elements which are engaging government forces with heavy weapons. These aren’t some rinky dink gangbangers who have to steal an AR-15 from some citizen’s house. They can just get guns from Mexican Army deserters or buy them on the world market.
Something about glass houses and stones comes to mind here.
Book Review- The Western Front Part 1
Part 1 of this book is pretty realistic and entertaining. I was pleasantly suprised that the frequent tangent rants which can happen in this sort of book were not present. At 60 pages it was a quick read. The scene was set and things got going just enough to hook me. I can’t wait for part two.
Since this novel is being released in parts I am going to hold off on the traditional review format until the end. In any case I enjoyed The Western Front Part 1 and recommend it to readers.
Two Cops Accused of Robbing Undercover Officer: Got To Love The City Of Brotherly Love
I don’t put too much thought or effort into the shenanigans of bad cops but this is just ridiculous.
This Is Awesome
Medical marijuana growers join Teamsters Union.
There are so many hilarious ways this can go. Cheech and Chong meet Tony Soprano is the scenario I’m starting with.
Disappearing For A Bit: A Guest Post By The VP of Awesomeness
Always try to be the “Grey Man”. Avoid the lifestyle bumper stickers at all costs. The ones that were successful at hiding, all drove average vehicles, wore nothing that would stand out and did nothing to draw attention to themselves.
Cash is king, while I do have some gold & silver put back, on the run or short term bugging out, use only cash. Split it up in your gear, don’t keep it all on your person. Now the only exception to this that I’ve seen, that actually worked, was a Money Card. The woman was running from a violent relationship, her sister was putting money on a Walmart prepaid card, which works like a Visa for the most part, but you really have to trust the person applying the funds as they may have access to the card history.
IF you decide to travel with a firearm, I would keep it limited to something compact and easily hidden. While I would MUCH rather have an M4 and a chest rack full of mags, I keep it to a quality handgun & mags VERY well hidden.
Prepaid cell phone. If you find yourself in need of communicating, this is the ONLY way to go. Even then, use it enough and “they” can track it. Keep it short and sweet.
It really helps to have some sort of GPS in your vehicle, getting lost can lead to all kinds of problems. Follow the traffic laws, more people are found by your average traffic cop doing his job than by Hi speed warrant teams.
Unless you a have very deep pockets, you’re going to need a source of income, and having a job on the books will not cut it, if you plan on staying free for any amount of time. So it’s more often than not, it’s going to be something in the building trades. Now, with the Job Market being what it is, unless you have usable skills, you may have some trouble finding something.
Find out where the Day Labor’s hang out, you will be with a bunch of Hispanics, but if you are Legal & speak English, you should have a better chance at finding something. Something else that has worked, find a construction site and offer to do clean up afterwords. Salvaging cans and scrap metal is an option too. Just keep in mind you’re trying to stay alive and free, not trying to compete with Donald Trump.
Keeping your expenses low. Living in your vehicle can be done and is being done a lot more than most people realize. Staying in a hotel will eat up funds and assist in getting you found. The successful one’s I’ve spoke with, most were Van Dwellers, shopped as places like Aldi’s and live cheap. I’ve added a link to a guy who lived successfully in his little Toyota Pickup for quite awhile to give you some idea’s..
I can not help but reiterate that having a functional vehicle with up to date tabs (registration) is essential. Nothing flashy but the turn signals/ lights/ etc need to work. Also it is worth noting that having a valid license and insurance card is essential. Unless there is a warrant for your arrest if you have the right basic paperwork all but the worst traffic violation (driving 100 in a school zone or hitting someone) is handled with a simple ticket. Don’t have that stuff and your likely going to face arrest and have your vehicle impounded and things will likely go downhill from there.
When it comes to guns a good pistol with some mags is probably the way to go. Keep in mind that you are worried about basic self protection, not fighting off zombies. In a case extreme enough that your disappearance is going to be lengthy having a cache with some firepower would be wise. In many areas of the US even if a cop asks if you have a gun saying “Yeah I have a Glock/ 1911in my backpack/ trunk (depending on the region)” will not raise suspicion. However having 2 semi automatic rifles, a shotgun, a sniper rifle and a carbine sitting on the back seat might cause problems.
When it comes to communicating with friends and family it really depends so much on who is looking for you. If anything short of a widespread law enforcement search or heaven forbid men who have split their adult lives between the back woods of FT Bragg and the 3rd world then a quick pre paid call to tell Momma that you will be away for awhile but are safe would be fine.
I like the van/ truck idea.
Edited to include: Three more things jumped out at me while pondering this through the day.
First is about essential prescription medications. I am not highly informed on this topic but between meth maggots/ the abuse of prescription drugs in general, insurance and computers I do not think it is not so easy to discretely purchase meds these days. This is yet another reason to have some extra lying around, at least a 30 day (and ideally 90-180 days) supply.
The last two are really just a bit more explanation of my thoughts on the “Grey Man” concept. I am sorry but aside from loitering around alleys and other obvious non typical behavior the biggest thing cops seem to profile is appearance. While certainly not always the case often scum bags dress like scum bags. Having a normal average appearance with decent clean clothes helps a lot. If you want to avoid police scrutiny instead of looking like a member of Pantera or somebody on the Discovery Channels gang special look like a normal clean cut guy. The sort of boring guy you won’t look twice at or remember seeing.
Going along with the “Grey Man” theme DO NOT BREAK ANY LAWS YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T HAVE TO! Think about it. You have gone to great lengths to disappear for awhile. This is not the time to enjoy a nice cold roadbeer or punch the loudmouth jerk at the next table or try and get some weed. in a strange town or whatever. The “Grey Man” follows the rules, all of them, all the time, or at least it seems like he does. This is part of why he is so boring and nobody is interested in him.
Hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did. Please give the VP some kudos for being nice enough to share his knowledge with us.
quote of the day
“It’s not a crack pipe.”
-A guy on this cop reality tv show. This was his brilliant response to the cops question of “why do you have a crack pipe?” I do not have professional training or amateur experience in these matters but it sure looks like a crack pipe to me.
50 States Ranked By Personal Freedom
We have all seen lists here and there which rank the 50 states in terms of this freedom or that freedom or somebodies opinion of what freedom is. Today I found myself going through Solo Survivalist’s blog. It was pretty interesting and definitely a place I will have to try and get back to. In any case I saw the link to the State Policy Index. Looking at their conclusions was interesting. It seems very scientific, dispassionate and quantifiable which I like a lot. That alone is worth looking at but really doesn’t show us anything too new.
However I saw a link on the bottom left that allows you to weight the data differently. This is huge. While we can probably come together on some general themes of freedom being able to change the weighting to suit your concerns is awesome. Maybe you are really into raw milk or riding a bicycle without a helmet or concerned about gun laws or whatever. For instance I don’t care about marijuana laws at all but I hate eminent domain and gun regulation.
This is worth playing with just because it is interesting. If you are considering moving from an un free state to a free state I would really spend some time here.
Monkeys on Drugs
“The monkeys chose to be alone with Cocaine.”
-Hooked (talking about a study somebody did)
Total Survivalist Blog 
