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the foam sheeting and the other parts. All I needed to buy was some contact cement.
     
    The hardest part of the job was cutting out the stiff plastic dividers molded into the sides of the case to hold the old saws-all in place. The muzzle sticks about 1/4 of an inch out the side of the case. It just missed being a clean, perfect fit by that much. If you like the idea, you need to play around with assorted cases and various weapons. Old tool cases are readily available at thrift stores and pawn shops for a nominal cost.
     
    You can’t tell from the picture and I wanted to spare you too much boring “how I made it” detail, but there is one sheet of one-inch foam below the gun parts, covered with a piece of denim scrap. Two sheets of foam on the top lid, with just that L shaped cutout in the nearer sheet of foam. That’s where the overlapped grip and the white light on the forward rail make a high point. Then I cover the weapon with another sheet of denim before closing up the case. Without even trying, it also holds 3 magazines - you can see 2 of them.
     
    I can toss this rig anywhere and it won’t get a second look. Ditto for carrying it between vehicle and wherever without attracting attention with an obvious “assault bag” complete with velcro-flapped magazine holders.
     
    Just a working man with his tools.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    #7
    August 2011
    Review of Joseph P. Martino’s “Resistance to Tyranny”
     
    Resistance to Tyranny begins with a chapter entitled “Why Armed Resistance?” Martino explains that international warfare was not the 20th Century’s greatest killer, but rather that official government tyranny holds that position of dishonor by a very wide margin. He then explores the link between gun control and state genocide, going through the historical cases of Turkey, the Soviet Union, Germany, China and other countries. Then, brick by brick, Martino builds the case for the morality of armed resistance to tyranny, postulating a “just insurgency doctrine” similar to the more familiar “just war” doctrine.
     
    In the first five chapters Martino studies past rebellions and insurgencies from the American Revolution to the present day, to draw out and explore their timeless lessons. He also examines the government reactions to these insurgencies, starting with the crushing of dissent via state propaganda and the creation of enemy classes, use of economic leverage, deliberately nurturing crime waves for the purpose of installing police-state controls, through the full spectrum of violent repression by a gangster state. Martino’s analysis is consistently well thought out, lucid and downright fascinating in this overview of the eternal struggle between the forces of repression and freedom.
     
    It would not be possible to examine the remaining contents of the book in any meaningful detail in a short review. In the interest of brevity, here is a partial listing of the remaining chapter titles, to give you an idea of the ground that is covered:
     
    - Overt and Covert Resistance,
    - Personal Weapons,
    - Personal Equipment,
    - Survival Skills,
    - Camouflage and Concealment,
    - Boobytraps,
    - Weapons Caching,
    - Logistics,
    - Training,
    - Secure Base Camps,
    - Safe Houses,
    - Communications,
    - Encryption and Codes,
    - Ambushes,
    - Sniping,
    - Sabotage,
    - Raids,
    - Strategic Intelligence,
    - Tactical Intelligence, and
    - Counterintelligence.
     
    The information is current; for example, taking into account the use of UAV for covert population surveillance, internet data-mining, and other evolving technological frontiers.
     
    This book is meant to be a primer, and not a collection of nuts-and-bolts tips to be employed in the field. For example, the chapter on boobytraps does not include details on how to build them, but rather lays out the general types of devices and the principles of their employment, as well as their pros and cons. For those who wish to study the