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Get an AR15. If you can't afford the $400 to $500 get a good basic AR or they are banned in your state, then we can talk about other long arms, but if neither of those is a problem there is no reason to get any other type of rifle. Getting a pistol would be good too, but I don't consider myself qualified to recommend pistols, so I'll leave that subject to others.

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As for manuals, I'd recommend staying away from the classic leftist books on guerilla warfare, such as those my Mao and Che. Their interesting historical pieces but don't hold up in many ways. If you want a more theoretical overview of how asymmetric warfare works, I'd recommend David Kilcullen's book Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla. As for a more hands on approach, I found many of these videos helpful. The US Army manual and the Smartbooks manual on small unit tactics seem good from what I can tell, but I'm not an expert.

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Cybersecurity is very important, but something I'm not super knowledgeable in. At the very least I'd recommend using TOR, Signal, and Protonmail. Be careful of what kind of history you leave of yourself on social media accounts.

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Basic survival skills are a good thing to learn as well. How to start a fire, how to purify water, etc. Also, become familiar with concepts such as every day carry (EDC) kits, and being the Greyman. Learning how to pick locks probably wouldn't hurt either. Tactical driving is good to know as well. Learn basic first aid/emergency medicine. Skinnymedic on Youtube had good videos.

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Train train train with whatever weapon you have. Having more training is far more important than having a super nice/fancy gun.

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Make connections with your neighbors, community, comrades, etc. Having community to fall back on and to back you up is so important. Seriously, our success depends on community support the same way fish depend on water.

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Anyway, that's just a quick list of things off the top of my head.

>Transport

Basic zipper case is fine. You can get decent ones online for like $40. It doesn't have to be fancy, just something to cover it and provide a modicum of cushioning.

>Storage

Yes it's generally not good to keep a rifle stores in a transport cases as the design of most transport cases means they hold moisture and can cause/accelerate rust. They're also not air tight and as such allow moisture from the air into the bag.

Storage depends on what your ambitions are. If you think this is going to be it for firearms for you (hint: it won't) then a quick access "under the bed" style safe should be fine as long as it's bolted to something heavy and hard to move.

Other than that, aim for more storage space than you'll need. Gun cabinets are basically metal lockers for guns and they can do when you don't have the budget for an all-out safe. They do have some extra considerations with regards to securing them because they're not hard to get into for a determined person. They're more to keep kids and nosey roommates away from things they shouldn't be messing with.

>Safety

If the gun itself is secured, there's no need for a trigger lock. An aforementioned safe or gun locker is your best bet for keeping unauthorized people away from the rifle when not in use.

>Maintenance

I've gotten away with CLP for most everything I own and it works great some kind of foaming cleaner would also be a good idea. You'll need patches to actually do the cleaning. A stiff bristle toothbrush for scrubbing would also come in handy.

Go on Amazon and pick up one of those generic cleaning kits. That's the one I have and its worked great thus far.

As for parts, an accurizing wedge is a good cheap addition. You can get them on AliExpress for super cheap.

I'd also have a list of whatever parts you have in the rifle in case any need to be replaced.

>Anything else that I missed out of ignorance?

Some spare magazines are always nice. The MagPul ones are pretty inexpensive and work well.

If you pick up a can of 5.56 ammunition and you see a metal chingus in it that looks like this, hang onto it. They can be used to load (most) AR-15 magazines quickly if the ammo is on a stripper clip (as shown in the third picture)

You will not find anything more efficient than an AR 15. This is repeated constantly here.

It is a semi automatic rifle that has the capacity of 30 rounds typically(state pending) at once. It's ergonomics are incredible in how you can adjust every aspect of the rifle to suit you individually. You can (with the correct stamp) turn a 500 dollar S&W MP sport 2 with a 16 inch barrel to a short barrel rifle with a 10 inch barrel (or 7.5 inch) with as much ease as using lincoln logs. It shoots a medium cartridge that has more energy behind it than a pistol cartridge, however, due to it's .223 bullet, with a softpoint/hollowpoint, has less penetration power than a 9mm, while still having twice the velocity, meaning you can defend yourself at further distances, while also not running into the issue of over penetration within the home. The recoil is much more negligible to where a person of a small stature can use the firearm sufficiently with practice. You can put a myriad of optics all over the firearm, as well lights, foregrips, and slings. There is also an array of ammunition to choose from. You simply can not beat the AR 15, as it can transition from a fun plinking rifle to a great home defense rifle.

source on penetration:https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Scorpion-Polymer-Magazine-Paddle/dp/B07MXNSPDR/ref=sr_1_10?crid=5HDGCIKLSIQ5&dchild=1&keywords=223+magazine+holder&qid=1573819842&sprefix=223+magazine%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-10

There is some more too it as well but the information that is out there is mostly books or wiki pages and interviews. This book on the OKC bombing has a lot of parts but its narrative isnt at all well written, it flows like a stream of consciousness. I still recommend it. This is the wiki for elohime city and this is the wiki for a related organization name the covenant sword and arm of the lord.
Here is an interview with the guy who wrote the book I mentioned. A lot of the rest is in books or papers and you will have to dig a bit but its all out there in bits and pieces. The wiki pages are definitely the best places to start

Hey folks - I've lurked on Reddit for a long time, and finally decided to post.

This is my Ruger GP100 and my Sunday morning reading material - Hammer and Hoe by Robin D.G. Kelley

I've got my CCW and act as "backup security" at a church that hosts immigration workshops in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Chicago. The church is also the base of a long-running, Latina-led community organization dedicated to immigration justice.

I (and a few of my friends) have been working on getting a group of left-leaning shooters together as a "Left Wing Gun Club" - not as explicitly political as Redneck Revolt or a John Brown Gun Club, but also a bit more left than center-leftish "liberal gun owners." Some folks want to join just to shoot in a more politically sympathetic environment, others are interested in providing security for protests/community events.

Are there any Chicagoans that frequent this sub that'd be interested in meeting up and possibly collaborating?

Your state will have caliber restrictions on game. But most departments of fish and game have fantastic resources on what hoops you need to jump through to be able to legally hunt. Even If your state doesn't require hunter's ed to legally hunt, a hunter's ed course is always a good idea, because you can find mentors who can show you boots-on-the-ground how to be safe and ethical. However, you should be able to varmint hunt fine with a .22.

And if you're serious about getting into hunting, pick up a copy of this book

I just purchased 3 for 26 dollars each with free shipping. These complete hybrid nylon polymer lowers are lightweight, super durable, and come in a variety of colors. This is the perfect deal for a first time build, or if you're looking to pick up 7 or more for you know....whatever. Hop on this asap, this is about as cheap as they're going to get.

Use the code REDTAX20 to get the discount, and stay safe comrades!

Edit 2-2-17 Sale is still on. Throw a [rifle kit at it for 340$] (http://palmettostatearmory.com/review/product/list/id/21549/category/313/), slap on a rear sight,and you're good to go for less than $400 leaving plenty left over for mags and ammo.


edit 2-4-17: i feel like if i'm going to link PSA i should mention they are notorious for customers having their CC info compromised. Use a burner card if possible.

I'm a googles man too, I feel they're more protective than normal safety glasses. But I when I can't use them Something like these are my go to. I usually use re usable rubbery ear plugs when outside, I double up with my lawn mowing ear muffs for an indoor range.

I've got a reversible balaclava, bright orange on one side and grey on the other. Army surplus trigger mittens are the best.

Conservatives-are-uneducated-rubes is the oldest analysis in the book, and it’s led progressives to spend countless hours trying to grace them with information they don’t care about because it’s not relevant to their ideology.

Conservatism is about one thing only: preserving hierarchies of power. All the religion and economic waffling is a decoy that prevents their opponents discussing and interfering with the real issues that motivates the right.

Corey Robin is the only theorist of the last century who has actually grasped this, and it’s pretty much impossible to effectively combat conservatism without an understanding of his work.

If that’s heavy going, at least watch Ian Danskin’s rendering on conservatism and fascism.

Good post.

If you have any type of storage on your person, it should have a tourniquet and some dressings.

This goes hand in hand with ammunition. It is that important.

Also, if you have the $, a basic field kit never hurts to have ready, for many many many possible situations.

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$70, in a MOLLE pouch, with quickclot bandages and basic trauma tools.

I put this in my Sub-2000 and it works great for me. Used in on my Sig P320 and Sub2k with many rounds and no issues yet. Still works great and the laser has held zero. They also make one with a green laser. Not bad for only spending around $60.

Ade Advanced Optics Tactical Compact Rail Mounted RED Laser Sight with 200 Lumen LED Flashlight https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO8Y8F8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_w0VVzbXK199KP

Again though, when entire categories of crime are being created for expressly political reasons, and when daily life is so overcriminalized in general that practically anybody can be jailed at cops' and prosecutors' discretion, focusing on whether or not any specific person is being jailed "for political reasons" is already missing the forest for the trees. The broad scope of political repression in the US as enforced by agencies like the FBI is impossible to gauge in real time, except to the extent that information about programs like COINTELPRO has been leaked or declassified — after all, we only know the scale of Soviet repression because of similar leaks and declassifications by the USSR — but even on a more immediate level, despite my right to free speech I'd be genuinely terrified of what might happen to me if I were to put a "fuck the police" or "cops are gangsters" bumper sticker on my car, not just at the hands of cops themselves but also at the hands of cop-sympathizing civilians.

The genius of the US system as a matter of PR is that my formal "freedom" to express political views like that in theory can coexist perfectly well with my actual unfreedom to express them in practice, and plenty of US nationalist ideologues (maybe even the same ones who'd gladly smash my taillight for an anti-police bumper sticker) would still gladly argue that the formal freedom is what defines the US as a society, and the actual unfreedom is irrelevant.

For the Black Panthers:

There's Malcolm X's biography recorded and written by Alex Haley, writer of Roots.

Another book called Black Against Empire: History of the Black Panther Party, supposedly very good.

For the Irish Republican Army:

Here's an extensive list from Goodreads.

Hope that helps you get started, OP. Knowledge is power. :)

EDIT: and you can always posit specific questions to /r/AskHistorians. They'll take a while to formulate and you may not get a response, but when you do it's usually a good one.

Here's the comment I linked to.

"Do not deface private property!

It would be illegal to buy sticker paper online- that can be used in any household printer (kind of like this)- and make a hi-res version of this image (kind of like this one I made) and print out as many stickers as you have ink and put them up in public areas where people might actually see them! Don't do it!

And especially don't use a version (like this one) that is easier on your printer ink!"

Got them as a gift. My friend just searched Soviet posters on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Posters-Pull-Out-Maria-Lafont/dp/3791381105/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=Soviet+posters&qid=1565858608&s=gateway&sr=8-2

I was able to get a 5.11 three day pack for $60 on ebay. You just have to wait around to find good deals.


Here's a good one

also this

or this

Agreed, I have this mount, and it co-witnesses the TRS with the iron sights wonderfully. It hasn't moved since I installed it either.