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Renewed calls for gun control laws spur sales

By innovate | September 5, 2015 by innovate

WASHINGTON — Renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws, following a succession of fatal shootings in the United States, immediately appear to be generating a boost for the gun industry. Newly released August records show that the FBI posted 1.7 million background checks required of gun purchasers at federally licensed dealers, the highest number recorded in any August since gun checks began in 1998. The numbers follow new monthly highs for June (1.5 million) and…

Feds charge 3 men accused of prepping for martial law.

By innovate | August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 by innovate

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three North Carolina men fearing a government takeover and martial law stockpiled weapons, ammunition and tactical gear while attempting to rig home-made explosives, according to charges announced by the Justice Department on Monday. The men from Gaston County, near Charlotte, were arrested by federal authorities on Saturday after more than a month’s investigation. Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 41, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, are accused of stockpiling guns…

Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for “Radicalized” Americans

By innovate | July 20, 2015 by innovate

Retired general and former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark on Friday called for World War II-style internment camps to be revived for “disloyal Americans.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts in the wake of the mass shooting in Chatanooga, Tennessee, Clark said that during World War II, “if someone supported Nazi Germany at the expense of the United States, we didn’t say that was freedom of speech, we put him in a camp, they were…

Get Off My Lawn: Americans Prefer Living Among Armed Neighbors | PJ Tatler

By innovate | June 18, 2015 by innovate

Rasmussen has a new poll out about American voters’ attitudes toward their gun-owning neighbors. First, some interesting numbers. An impressive 68% say they would feel safer in a neighborhood where guns are allowed and only 22% say they would prefer to live in area where no one was allowed to have a gun. One in four voters think it would be a good if only the government, police and military were allowed to own guns.…

Preppers should know how to recognize dangerous people – Baltimore prepper | Examiner.com

By innovate | May 15, 2015 by innovate

There are sociopaths who have decided to feed off of others’ productive efforts. They feel that they do not need to prepare for future disasters because, with their guns, they will just take what they need to survive. This article discusses how to quickly recognize and avoid such dangerous people who may have a strong potential for violence and crime. This article will give some specific clues to consider, but one of the best ways…

Support for gun rights at highest point in two decades

By innovate | December 11, 2014 by innovate

Support for gun rights is higher than it’s been in decades, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center that signals a stunning turnaround in how Americans feel about the issue just two years after the Newtown school shooting. Pew found that 52 percent of Americans say Second Amendment rights are more important than gun control — up 7 percentage points from just after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that…

Rich Survivalists are Buying Fancy Condos in Old Nuclear Silos – Doomsday Prepper Porn

By innovate | November 10, 2014 by innovate

Kudos to developer Larry Hall for finding an inventive way to sell $3M luxury condos he built in a stretch of desert near Concordia, Kansas. His trick? Siting them in decommissioned missile silos strong enough to survive a nuclear attack. As the Wall Street Journalreports, Hall has not only done enough prep work for doomsday-minded Americans with money to burn—outfitting the facility with a hydroponic vegetable garden, “sophisticated water and air-treatment facilities, state-of-the-art computer network…

Ebola gives U.S. ‘preppers’ another reason to prepare for worst

By innovate | October 28, 2014 by innovate

With the closest known U.S. cases of Ebola diagnosed about 160 miles away in Dallas, Cary Griffin is taking no chances. If, as the former correctional officer fears, the virus spreads to hundreds of people, Griffin is headed to the woods. “I’ll do what the English royalty did to survive the bubonic plague,” Griffin said, referring to King Charles II’s flight to the countryside during the Great Plague of London in 1665-66. “I’m going…

REPORT: Missouri Authorities Planning for Riots if Ferguson Officer Not Indicted

By innovate | October 8, 2014 by innovate

FERGUSON, Mo. (CBS St. Louis/AP) — Missouri officials are reportedly planning for possible riots if a Ferguson police officer is not indicted in the death of an 18-year-old African-American. Reuters reports that state authorities are meeting two to three times a week to draw up contingency plans in case of riots if Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson is not charged in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown. A grand jury is expected to…

Second Dallas Patient Exhibiting Ebola Symptoms

By innovate | October 8, 2014 by innovate

Following the sad death of Thomas Duncan this morning, CBS is now reporting that a possible second case of Ebola has been discovered in a suburb of Dallas: *DALLAS AREA PATIENT SHOWS EBOLA SYMPTOMS: CBS The patient claims to have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, referred to as Dallas ‘patient zero.’ NEW: CareNow says patient checked “YES” to question on screening form about travel to West Africa. — Ryan Wood (@RyanWoodDFW) October 8, 2014…