Game of Thrones‘ final season doesn’t kick off until April, 2019. HBO keeps the torch of hype burning with this teaser showing the remaining Starks visiting the crypt of Winterfell. It’s as intriguing for who’s in it as it is for who’s not.
Gun Activists: Let’s Prepare for Current Anti-Gun Political Situation
United States of America – -(AmmoLand.com)- This month, the seating of a new anti-gun Congress, makes for a good chance to provide Second Amendment supporters who are new to actively working to protect our rights some pointers, as well as to give those who have been long-time activists a bit of a refresher (it never hurts). We all know our objective is to preserve the Second Amendment. But how do we get there from here?
That is a good question, but before you know how to get there from here, you first need to know where “here” is. So, the first step for a newly-politically active Second Amendment supporter isn’t to set up a protest of some anti-Second Amendment politician. It’s to hit the books and the internet search engines – because you have a lot to learn. Defending the Second Amendment involves more than spouting off in a comments section, where everyone already agrees. All too often, the Second Amendment supporter who goes off half-cocked ends up helping Bloomberg.
You need the facts on Second Amendment issues. NRA-ILA has a number of fact sheets that can give you a good handle on the federal issues we face. You don’t have to be a member to access them, either. But that is not all you need to learn in order to effectively defend the Second Amendment in the political arena.
You need to learn more about your local community – who represents it in your local state legislature and Congress, how they have generally viewed your Second Amendment rights. You even should learn what the current laws are at the state and federal level. This knowledge matters because an argument that would work well in rural Kansas or Wisconsin isn’t going to work in the suburbs of Philadelphia or Washington, D.C., and a message that works in the suburbs could be counter-productive in New York City, Seattle, or Boston.
The approach should also change based on your elected officials’ track record on the Second Amendment. If they are loyal friends, often a “thank you for your support” is all that is needed, as well as their sense of what the situation is on thre ground in your particular legistlature. If they are on the fence about some issues, politely discussing the facts – especially when you can show them that gun-control extremists are not being factually accurate – could win them over. As for determined opponents… well, you smile sweetly for the cameras, agree to disagree, and work to vote their anti-Second Amendment butts out the next time they are up for election.
NRA FrontLines
Why hit the books so much? Well, when people protest, the media will come to cover the protests at some point. It may only be your local newspaper or TV station, but don’t knock it. Many big-name reporters with national profiles got started at smaller outlets, so if their experience with Second Amendment supporters is a positive one, it will have benefits down the road. It also gives you a chance to reach your local community. But that only works if you are knowledgeable about the issues, and aware of the situation.
Find Support: NRA FrontLines
Another thing to do to help your learning process along is to see if you can find other Second Amendment supporters in your area. One good way to do this is to join a network like NRA-ILA’s FrontLines. This way, you will not only have the benefit of working with others who have experience in being politically active in defense of your Second Amendment rights, but you will also not feel alone or isolated. In an era where the Second Amendment faces social stigmatization, this is far more important than you can imagine.
If you are reading this, then you have the objective of protecting our Second Amendment rights and securing the legacy of freedom and an effective means of self-protection for future generations. But you cannot figure out how to achieve that objective unless you are aware of the current situation. Only then can you figure out how to get there from here.
Harold Hutchison
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
One of the skeletons—with its head between its feet—found at Great Whelnetham.Image: Archaeological Solutions
Archaeologists are trying to figure out why so many bodies at a 1,700-year-old site in Suffolk, England, were buried alongside their decapitated heads.
Excavations at Great Whelnetham are now complete, but for the archaeologists who participated on the project, the work is far from over.
The dig at Great Whelnetham, near Bury St. Edmunds in England, was in preparation for residential development, but it wasn’t supposed to yield very much. The geology of the area consists of very fine sand, which doesn’t lend well to the long-term preservation of bones, explained Andrew Peachey, the lead archaeologist behind the project, in a radio interview with the BBC. Soon after excavations began, however, the Archaeological Solutions team uncovered two poorly preserved Roman skeletons near the surface, prompting further investigation.
Then they found another skeleton. And then another, and another.
Archaeological Solutions team members at work at the Great Whelnetham site. Image: Archaeological Solutions
In total, the team uncovered 52 skeletons at the 4th century AD site, of which a surprising proportion—around 40 percent—were missing their heads, as the East Anglian Daily Times reports. In total, around 60 percent of the skeletons uncovered at Great Whelnetham were classified as “deviant,” that is, burials inconsistent with conventional Roman practices (such as laying the dead on their backs). Peachey told the BBC that the skeletons, though decapitated, were not without their associated skulls. Some of the skulls were tucked under legs, some placed between feet, or laid at the bottom of the grave, and yet other skulls were found alone without the rest of the body.
The cemetery contained skeletons belonging to mixed population, including one small child and two to three kids around the age of 10. Most had lived to middle age, both men and women, and some were quite old.
Some skulls were tucked under the legs. Image: Archaeological Solutions
In most Roman-era cemeteries in England, archaeologists expect to find some culturally unconventional burials, but as Peachey told the BBC, it’s quite rare to find such a high proportion of deviant burials at a single site, suggesting the presence of a specific population with a specific burial tradition. These so-called deviant burials were likely not deviant to those who participated in them.
Speaking to the BBC, Peachey said there’s “nothing particularly macabre” about the burials, and that they weren’t the result of executions. The heads were carefully removed after the individuals had died, and cut from the front just behind the jaw. Peachey said his team is still analyzing the skeletons to understand more, “but we can only speculate on why this ritual might have taken place,” he said.
During this period, the Romans tried to remove local traditions and supplant them with their own, but some communities resisted, holding on to their cherished beliefs and rituals. This might be an example; some indigenous English cultures venerated heads as part of the soul, leading Peachey to wonder if this could explain the strange burials seen at Great Whelnetham. Another possibility is that this population came from a different part of the world, bringing a unique burial practice along with them, he told the BBC. To test this possibility, Peachey’s team is planning to conduct an isotopic analysis of the bones to determine where this population may have originated.
Image: Archaeological Solutions
An intriguing possibility is that these people were slave laborers, Peachey told the BBC. Their relatively good health, as seen in the bones, is a possible indication of this, as slaves were a valuable part of the working population and an “expensive commodity,” he said. It’s possible these people originated from somewhere in Europe or elsewhere, and were brought to England by the Romans to work in the settlement.
Indeed, a striking feature of the skeletons is how healthy and well built these people were. They had “incredibly well developed muscular arms and upper body,” Peachey told the BBC, a potential sign of agricultural work. They had access to a plentiful diet including sugars and carbohydrates, which likely contributed to their poor dental hygiene, including dental lesions, abscesses, and tooth loss. But for the most part their teeth were very well healed. Some skeletons exhibited signs of tuberculosis, which was common among agricultural populations at the time, according to the East Anglian Daily Times.
Lab work on the remains should take another six months, followed by a formal scientific study. It’ll be interesting to see what the researchers uncover, regardless of the results.
Two new guns will be presented by Keltec at SHOT SHow 2019: KS7 shotgun and CP33 pistol.
KS7 is the lighter, slimmer evolution of KSG line, with a single 7-shot tube (extendable to 10, and also available with a longer barrel). It’s a pound lighter than KSG empty, about two pounds lighter loaded.
The main changes from KSG are the flared forend and the protected triangular fiber optic inside combination sight channel and carry handle. The handle and the sides of the pump are equipped with MLOK slots.
The resulting weapon is very light, handy and easy to control even with one hand. 18.5″ cylinder bore. The longer barrel will be threaded for chokes.
The gun is lighter and shorter than MP5A2 submachine gun!
CP33 (Competition Pistol, 33-shot) uses innovating quad stack magazines in which the cartridge separator is also the spring guide. The magazine feeds quickly enough to support 2000rps machine pistol, so it’s very reliable in a semi-auto. The long rail on top accommodates red dots or scopes, and the muzzle is threaded for a brake or a sound suppressor.
The stainless “pedal” from Tandemkross aids in rapid fire control, and a similarly shaped extended safety is also available. The magazines are dimensionally identical to MPR30 mags but the new design makes them much easier to load.
CP33 is very suppressor friendly, with no gas blowback. The barrel is 5.5″ long.
Neutral balance make it very easy to shoot accurately. The target shown below was at about 25 yards and was shot unsupported with iron (fiber optic) sights. It’s a very fun gun and easy to shoot well.
IMDb, which has proven over the years to know a thing or two about movies, is getting into the business of streaming them, along with TV shows, via a new service from the Amazon-owned company called Freedive.
The channel is available starting today in the United States on IMDb’s website and on Amazon Fire TV devices. Freedive is free, but its offering of full-length movies and TV shows does come with ads.
Films featured at the top of the home page on Thursday included “Memento,” “True Romance,” “Awakenings,” “The Last Samurai” and others. TV shows include “Fringe,” “Heroes,” The Bachelor” and more.
Freedive takes IMDb beyond its offering of short-form original series, trailers and celebrity interviews and puts it in the mix agaist streaming giants such as Netflix, Hulu and the parent company’s Amazon Prime Video.
Users will also be able to dive deeper on titles they are watching with the use of X-Ray, which provides information about cast, crew, trivia, soundtracks and more, according to a news release.
The company said the Freedive catalog will continue to evolve, with new titles added regularly. Col Needham, founder and CEO of IMDb, said in a statement that Freedive will eventually be made available more widely, including on IMDb’s mobile apps.
Man holding a video camera in the 1991 promotional video “A Day at Epcot Center”Screenshot: YouTube
The Disney nerd community recognized a sad anniversary yesterday. It’s been 20 years since the ride Horizons closed at the Epcot theme park in Walt Disney World. But there was one bright spot. People were able to share home videos of the beloved “extinct attraction” on YouTube.
Some of the videos that were being widely shared yesterday include this one from a user named Al C and this one from Kim A. Pedersen, both shot on videotape. If you ever got to ride this paleo-futuristic classic, these videos are quite a nostalgia trip. And if you never got to ride Horizons before it closed on January 9, 1999, then now is your chance to see what all the fuss was about. Of course, it’s not exactly like being on the actual ride, but we’ll take what we can get.
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As I’ve written before, Horizons was one of the best theme park attractions ever built, and it served as a major inspiration for me to start the Paleofuture blog.
Eagle-eyed viewers should pay attention at the 6:50 mark in Al C.’s video and the 3:30 mark in Kim Pedersen’s video where you can see the May 14, 1958 Disneyland TV episode “Magic Highway USA.” And while YouTube doesn’t have smell-o-vision yet, anyone who had the pleasure to ride Horizons before its closure will definitely instinctively smell oranges during the futuristic farm scene.
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But it’s not just Horizons. YouTube has all kinds of videos from rides that are no longer with us. Some are home videos for rides like the 1990s version of Journey into Imagination or Epcot’s Food Rocks, which closed in 2004. The “Norway ride,” as my family used to call it, is also featured in plenty of videos on YouTube. Sadly, the Maelstrom boat ride died just a few years ago to be replaced by a Frozen-themed attraction.
Others videos are well-edited episodes like the ones from Defunctland. The Patreon-supported Defunctland has some fascinating looks at the Back to the Future ride (RIP) at Universal Studios, Body Wars at Epcot, forgotten Disneyland attractions, and Captain EO. There’s also an episode about the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride that, while boring in my opinion, still manages to bring out some strange pangs of nostalgia for me. Funny how that works.
Yes, YouTube’s algorithm is broken and the video-sharing site is probably contributing to the radicalization of angry teenagers by the far right. But if you know what you’re looking for, YouTube still has some great content.
Enjoy it while it lasts, fellow Disney Parks nerds.
It seems, that this is a question that regularly shows up in forums or stackoverflow.
To start, let’s highlight that with MySQL 8.0 it’s not any more possible to create a user directly from the GRANT command (ERROR 1410 (42000): You are not allowed to create a user with GRANT).
This means that to grant some privileges, the user must be created first.
Let’s create a user ‘user1‘ with ‘ChangeMe‘ as password that the user will have to change:
mysql> create user 'user1' identified by 'ChangeMe' password expire; Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.35 sec)
Let’s try to connect to MySQL using that new created user:
$ mysql -u user1 -pChangeMe -h localhost mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure. Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 347 Server version: 8.0.13 Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql>
Nothing special, we are connected as expected… but didn’t I explecitely expired the password ?
Yes I did, let’s try any statement:
mysql> select now(); ERROR 1820 (HY000): You must reset your password using ALTER USER statement before executing this statement.
We must change the password as expected. Let’s change it to ‘MySQL8isGreat‘:
mysql> set password='MySQL8isGreat'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.34 sec)
And now we can use MySQL and do any statement we are allowed to do (that we have the privileges for).
mysql> select now(); +---------------------+ | now() | +---------------------+ | 2019-01-10 14:36:05 | +---------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | +--------------------+ 1 row in set (0.20 sec)
It seems I don’t have access to many databases…
The default privilege is very limited:
mysql> show grants; +-----------------------------------+ | Grants for user1@% | +-----------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON . TO user1@% | +-----------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
It’s now time to grant more privileges to our user… but what are privileges available ?
In 8.0.13, they are currently 46 privileges !
To list them all, just run:
mysql> show privileges; +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Privilege | Context | Comment | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Alter | Tables | To alter the table | | Alter routine | Functions,Procedures | To alter or drop stored functions/procedures | | Create | Databases,Tables,Indexes | To create new databases and tables | | Create routine | Databases | To use CREATE FUNCTION/PROCEDURE | | Create role | Server Admin | To create new roles | | Create temporary tables | Databases | To use CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE | | Create view | Tables | To create new views | | Create user | Server Admin | To create new users | | Delete | Tables | To delete existing rows | | Drop | Databases,Tables | To drop databases, tables, and views | | Drop role | Server Admin | To drop roles | | Event | Server Admin | To create, alter, drop and execute events | | Execute | Functions,Procedures | To execute stored routines | | File | File access on server | To read and write files on the server | | Grant option | Databases,Tables,Functions,Procedures | To give to other users those privileges you possess | | Index | Tables | To create or drop indexes | | Insert | Tables | To insert data into tables | | Lock tables | Databases | To use LOCK TABLES (together with SELECT privilege) | | Process | Server Admin | To view the plain text of currently executing queries | | Proxy | Server Admin | To make proxy user possible | | References | Databases,Tables | To have references on tables | | Reload | Server Admin | To reload or refresh tables, logs and privileges | | Replication client | Server Admin | To ask where the slave or master servers are | | Replication slave | Server Admin | To read binary log events from the master | | Select | Tables | To retrieve rows from table | | Show databases | Server Admin | To see all databases with SHOW DATABASES | | Show view | Tables | To see views with SHOW CREATE VIEW | | Shutdown | Server Admin | To shut down the server | | Super | Server Admin | To use KILL thread, SET GLOBAL, CHANGE MASTER, etc. | | Trigger | Tables | To use triggers | | Create tablespace | Server Admin | To create/alter/drop tablespaces | | Update | Tables | To update existing rows | | Usage | Server Admin | No privileges - allow connect only | | XA_RECOVER_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | SET_USER_ID | Server Admin | | | ROLE_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | RESOURCE_GROUP_USER | Server Admin | | | RESOURCE_GROUP_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | BINLOG_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | SYSTEM_VARIABLES_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | GROUP_REPLICATION_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | CONNECTION_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | REPLICATION_SLAVE_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | ENCRYPTION_KEY_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | BACKUP_ADMIN | Server Admin | | | PERSIST_RO_VARIABLES_ADMIN | Server Admin | | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 46 rows in set (0.00 sec)
You can see that a new user doesn’t have access to the test database anymore: mysql> use test; ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ‘user1’@’%’ to database ‘test’
Let’s allow or user to create tables in the database users1 that we created for him and also allow him to
Alter
Create
Delete
Drop
Index
Insert
Select
Update
Trigger
Alter routine
Create routine
Execute
Create temporary tables
mysql> grant alter,create,delete,drop,index,insert,select,update,trigger,alter routine, create routine, execute, create temporary tables on user1.* to 'user1'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.23 sec)
NO NEED TO RUN FLUSH PRIVILEGES !
And in the session we have still open for user1, we can check the granted privileges:
mysql> show grants\G ******************** 1. row ******************** Grants for user1@%: GRANT USAGE ON . TO user1@% ******************** 2. row ******************** Grants for user1@%: GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, TRIGGER ON user1.* TO user1@% 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Now let’s imagine we want to have multiple users that will have access to the same database (mydatabase), instead of specifying all the grants for each users, let’s use a common role for all of them. We will call it ‘developer_user‘:
mysql> grant alter,create,delete,drop,index,insert,select,update,trigger,alter routine,create routine, execute, create temporary tables on mydatabase.* to 'developer_user'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.12 sec)
Let’s grant the role to user1:
mysql> grant 'developer_user' to 'user1'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.16 sec)
Now back again in user1‘s session and let’s verify:
mysql> SELECT CURRENT_ROLE(); +----------------+ | CURRENT_ROLE() | +----------------+ | NONE | +----------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> set role 'developer_user'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT CURRENT_ROLE(); +----------------------+ | CURRENT_ROLE() | +----------------------+ | developer_user@% | +----------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> show grants\G ******************** 1. row ******************** Grants for user1@%: GRANT USAGE ON . TO user1@% ******************** 2. row ******************** Grants for user1@%: GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, TRIGGER ON mydatabase.* TO user1@% ******************** 3. row ******************** Grants for user1@%: GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, TRIGGER ON user1.* TO user1@% ******************** 4. row ******************** Grants for user1@%: GRANT developer_user@% TO user1@% 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Now we would like that every time user1 logs into MySQL, his new role will be set:
mysql> set default role 'developer_user' to 'user1'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.22 sec)
Let’s also create a user2 having the default role:
mysql> create user 'user2' identified by 'DontChangeMe' default role 'developer_user'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.18 sec)
And we can immediately test it:
$ mysql -u user2 -pDontChangeMe -h localhost mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure. Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 352 Server version: 8.0.13 MySQL Community Server - GPL Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> show grants\G ******************** 1. row ******************** Grants for user2@%: GRANT USAGE ON . TO user2@% ******************** 2. row ******************** Grants for user2@%: GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, EXECUTE, CREATE ROUTINE, ALTER ROUTINE, TRIGGER ON mydatabase.* TO user2@% ******************** 3. row ******************** Grants for user2@%: GRANT developer_user@% TO user2@% 3 rows in set (0.18 sec)
Summary
In summary, now in MySQL 8.0 you cannot create a user from GRANT, you don’t need to run FLUS PRIVILEGES command (this is effective for a long time already, please forget about it !), you can use ROLES and you have more password management options.
Who got a holster for Christmas this year? Who wanted a holster for Christmas? Even though I have a closet and gun safe overflowing with holsters for all of my firearms I constantly have this grass is greener mentality to holsters. Always searching and trying to find one that is a hair better than the last one. As we journey into colder winter months, we can all do a little more OWB (Outside-the-Waistband) carrying since we are presumably donning heavy coats. As a result, I found myself revisiting a company we have tried before with Bravo Concealment. In this TFB Review, we take a look at the NEW Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster, specifically for a Glock 19, to see how it measures up to the competition!
The NEW Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster might appear simple enough, but a lot of its finer points are in the subtle details. The complete specification listing for this holster, as presented by Bravo Concealment, can be read below:
NEW Solid Locking Adjustable Retention
NEW Minimalist Design for even more All Day Comfort
NEW Polymer Plastic provides Supreme Rigidity & Impact Strength assuring Protection of your Firearm
Designed for Outside-the-Waistband (OWB) Carry, but can easily be Converted to Inside-the-Waistband (IWB) by swapping out the Belt Loops w/ our IWB Belt Clips
10° Cant enhances Concealment under Loose Garments
Robust 1.50” or 1.75” Injection Molded Belt Loops prevent Breakage even under Rigorous Use
Belt Loops can be replaced w/ Belt Clips for Inside-the-Waistband (IWB) Carry
The BCA creates Adequate Room for a Positive Grip; thus, enabling a Smooth Draw w/ Solid Weapon Retention
All Edges on Holster are Rounded for Comfort
All Holsters are Curved to Fit the Contours of your Body
The nice thing about this holster is if you doctored up your pistol with a threaded barrel it will actually fit. That is pretty rare for most holsters. Typically they fit a perfect footprint of a stock firearm and nothing else. A short snapshot of this holster can also be watched below from Bravo Concealment‘s YouTube page.
If you are wondering what is different about this holster compared to previous ones, you are not the only person throwing out those questions. Bravo Concealment completely addresses what is new about the OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster in this public statement below.
The NEW BCA 3.0 Gun Holster still has the same features that made our BCA the BEST OWB gun holster in the industry. So how did we change something so iconic without taking away from it? Well, for starters, we made it personal. How? By adding a retention setting to it. Now you can take your desired retention and apply it to your gun holster. You can go from a medium light retention to a very heavy retention. Ideal for anyone who carries.
We have also taken away from its footprint by eliminating material from it’s bottom corners to make it smaller and lighter. This makes it a very comfortable OWB gun holster while still keeping it’s well known characteristic of staying close to your body.
Finally, we now use a diversified Polymer plastic that is known for its ideal balance between rigidity, impact strength and hardness to protect your firearm at all times. Whether you are re holstering consecutively at the range or just carrying while protecting yourself and those around you on a daily basis, know that your firearm is secure and safeguarded. All this makes the NEW BCA 3.0 Gun Holster just as good as it’s predecessor while inheriting a little flair to it.
Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster – Fit
With the Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster getting an appropriate fit is very straight-forward. You have a retention screw that is though the center of the holster that you can screw down or back out to match up with your preferred resistance when drawing your weapon. Being a form-fit, friction-fit design there are no buttons, paddles, or straps that need to be manipulated to draw your carry pistol. Simply choose your desired tension, carry, and draw if the need should arise.
As a right-handed person I found it easiest to simply draw and holster from my right hip. No big surprises there. It felt secure, my 5.11 pants have a belt loop on the point of the hip (so nestled in between the fixed belt loops on the holster), and while moving about my day it did not impede my ability to do anything.
Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster – carry time
I carried this holster with a Glock Gen4 19 for roughly a week. This was a full 7 days and I actively carried about 12-14 hours each day. One peculiar thing that happened twice to me is I popped my elbow on my gun in the holster right on my funny bone. Funny to talk about now, but it stung like heck each time it happened. The holster rides higher than others which I liked. I can easily dig in my pockets for change, my wallet, knife and/or pen, but the rear of the pistol is close to your elbow. I learned that twice.
While carrying, even though I had those 2 notable “run-ins” with the holster, it felt very secure on the hip. My narrower dress belt which is 1 1/4″ worked great and the holster never felt loose or wobbly. The holster, as unassuming as it looks, contours really well to the body. I never felt like it was weighing me down or annoyingly rubbing against my body like some other holsters can.
I attempted to draw my pistol (while unloaded in my family’s empty gun shop before store hours) repeatedly and from varying positions. I tried crouched down, bent over, sitting, kneeling, standing, and a few others. All of the positions I could think to draw from the pistol came out clean and fast. The draw was smooth every time which I truly appreciated. Hopefully I never need to utilize that positive attribute while the gun is loaded, but it is tremendous peace of mind having tested that.
For most of my time carrying with the Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster, I was open carrying while working in a gun shop (not a big deal). Other times I was running mundane errands like buying gas at a gas station, getting a short grocery list, or doing bank deposits (slightly bigger deal). I genuinely believe that most of the general public is pretty oblivious to people who open carry. Most people are tied up in their phones or wrapped up in their own worlds. I only once had someone ask me about my gun and holster. They complimented me on it and asked what brand it was. That started a dialogue about open carry and they remarked that it “looked clean and classy” which I would have to agree.
Throughout those periods in public nobody glared disapprovingly at me or freaked out. I think a lot of that can be attributed to a good, professional looking holster and the demeanor of the person carrying. I would not say I am Mister Rogers packing some heat, but I always try to smile, dress clean (no dirty, gross clothes), and represent all gun owners well when I open carry.
Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster – final thoughts
Overall, I was very happy with the Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holster for the week that I carried it. It was extremely easy to setup. It felt good on the hip. It was easy to draw from, and I actually caught a stranger peeping at it and they gave me a compliment. All in all, a terrific holster!
If I had to spin something negative about this holster because there is no such thing as a perfect (insert X, Y, Z product here), then I would have to say it might ride a little too high on the hip. I did have my 2 run-ins with the holster where my funny bone said hello. Other than that, it was a good and safe week of carrying.
For our readers out there, have you already tried one of the Bravo Concealment OWB BCA 3.0 Gun Holsters yourself? If so, what do you think? Have you tried a different product from Bravo Concealment? Let us know your thoughts in the Comments below! We always appreciate your feedback.
He built the knife in the middle using this stuff.
This guy decided to make a video showing that you don’t have to spend a pile of money and have a bunch of fancy tools to make a knife. And while we know that’s true — after all, the American Indians made plenty of sharp stuff without sanders and drills — it’s cool to see that mindset of using commonly-available tools and materials transformed to the reality of today’s environment of plentiful cheap tools.
To that end, he bought tools and materials from Harbor Freight Tools for $101 and change, to show that if you have a table or some other sort of work area, you too can make a knife.
The most questionable thing he does is chop a small dolly up to make the handle scales. This seems wasteful, but as he observes, you don’t have to throw away the rest of it.
For the blade, he uses a hunk he cuts from a circular-saw blade — also from Harbor Freight. Heat treatment is done in small fires built in his gravel driveway, along with a toaster oven.
He did have to hit the grocery store and drop $5 on other stuff… he had a hard time finding vegetable oil at Harbor Freight.
All in all, this shows how you can make a fairly decent knife without a bunch of fancy stuff… heck, most of us probably have everything we need out in the shed or garage. And it’s never a bad time to make something by hand… especially a useful tool that you can show off to your pals.
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Palmetto State Armory is having a sale on their popular PSA 5.56 Nitride magnetic particle inspected Full-Auto Bolt Carrier Group for just $49.99. I a world were BCGs average $100 this is a bargain and why we bought 5 units.
