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A look at Bastinelli Knives’ FBag for Cross-Body Carry of a Handgun and a Knife. Story and Photos by P Pawela We first wrote about Bastien Coves and his company Bastinelli Knives back in January 2021. Since then, his popularity as a custom knifemaker has skyrocketed. Coves’s knives have been featured in half a dozen popular action movies, and while that is an intriguing reason to purchase one of his products, I’m more concerned about who uses these knives for real-world purposes. That said, I have confirmation that Bastinelli knives are being used in the intelligence and special operations...

Opencarry.org  has some decent discussion on the new concealed carry law in Illinois. Here is a link to a PDF file of the new law.  168  double spaced typed  pages Full text of the Illinois Firearms Concealed Carry Act (HB183) Here are some well thought out remarks from kurt555gs on the Illinois forum on opencarry.org: HB183 is now law! The legislature has over ridden the ( irrelevant ) governor's veto. The Concealed carry portion of the law is horrid. Written by the Chicago anti civil rights bunch and full of delays and traps and criminal penalties to Illinois License to...

The other day I started a thread asking what everybody's Linus-blanket type obsession is. Mine is that I feel completely insecure outside unless I am wearing my fanny pack. Okay a few folks admitted what their neurotic security blankets were BUT I caught a lot of flak for even wearing a fanny pack. Even on my DUmmie FUnnies thread I was the target of mockery for wearing a fanny pack. The fact is that fanny packs are INCREDIBLY practical. It is the PERFECT place to stow away your money, sunglasses, cell phones, pens, dental floss, knives, radios, etc. when you...