The only Constant is Change

Many people fail to fully appreciate that the History of Man did not begin on the day of his or her birth. Billions of people have lived and died before you ever got here, trends come and go, Empires rise and fall, people love, hate, invent, forget, regret and inspire.

In Aiki training one of the most common attacks trained is the simple wrist-grab. Your partner reaches and grasps your wrist. One of the things newer students have a hard time grasping as they struggle to master the mechanics of the many defensive counters is that the mechanics are never the same twice, because the attack is never the same twice.

No matter how many times one reaches and grasps your wrist, each is unique. Faster or slower. Stronger or weaker. Higher on the arm or lower. Force directed downward, to the side, or any other direction. The size, weight, intent, speed and many other factors of every different training partner all combine to an infinite number of variables that make each wrist grab similar, though unique.

So, while your defensive reactions may be similar each time, you must be fluid and sensitive enough to recognize and then react accordingly to the nuance of this attack, with insight from previous similar attacks, yet without prejudice. When you defend yourself this time, you must be responding to this attack.

If you assume your attacker is going to grasp and then push down and right, and you react for that attack, yet he pushes down and left, you are fooked, and handcuffed...or worse.

This is where Jefferson and Franklin remind us of simple reality regarding the larger picture:

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. ~ Jefferson

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty. ~ Jefferson

...a republic, if you can keep it. ~ Franklin

All in Nature is rhythmic and cyclical.

Ebb and flow. Expand and contract. These cycles are in all things.

Liberty as articulated by Jefferson, Rightful Liberty, was perhaps at a cyclical expansive point in the moments in and around the defeat of the British at Yorktown. Formalized Liberty peaked probably in the years during which the Constitution was ratified. Contraction of Rightful Liberty again began with Marbury v. Madison as men who mean to be Masters began to use the Judiciary to accrue power and impose their will.

Liberty continues to contract right now, at an accelerated pace.

It is in times of quick pace where the biggest changes can take place. Two cars impacting front bumpers at 5 miles per hour combined speed, no big deal, Life will probably go on for all involved with little change. The same cars hitting at 200 miles per hour combined speed, however...big changes.

I have said many times our Founders have already done this once, and drew a blueprint for us. Obviously there are differences today versus what was faced during RevWarI, but the overall nature of the challenge is the same, and many of the mechanics can be the same.

Many of us have decided to take responsibility for our own Liberty. That is as it must be, of course. Some of us have chosen to band together and build an Arms Company that will be an asset regardless of the details coming our way. Some of us have decided to build a physical community in a piece of America that will be physically well-removed from much of the pain we expect to visit the major Metro areas of the country.

I've called it a Citadel. Others have called it a redoubt. If you want to avoid a few stereotypes when discussing the issue with friends and family, call it a "Gated Community". But the point is, we know our history, and we understand the Nature of Man, and we have taken active, real steps forward to build in the face of those who would enslave and destroy.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. ~ Daniel Webster

You and I have decided how we intend to deal with Men who mean to be Masters.

Hard work lies before us all, if we intend to be free men at Liberty.

Evil Men will exist in every Age of Man. Once in a while when Liberty contracts, we will need to fall back, form ranks, and channel our resources to keep Liberty alive.

Here is a reality as true as any offered by our Founders quoted above: If we do nothing, Evil will win and Liberty will die on our watch.

Kerodin
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From Kenny: III to III

Read it here.

We take care of our own.

III to III...

Kerodin
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III Arms: God's Pistol

John Moses Browning changed our world in ways that few men have ever achieved.

I chose the 1911 for reasons that are obvious to both gunners and Patriots - not only is the pistol worthy of the task of keeping you alive when in harm's way, it is a tool that at 101 years has few peers, and the 1911 evokes in many Americans a physical and emotional response. The pistol is History. The pistol is bold and powerful and strong, and in benevolent hands has the power to save lives and make Bad People dead.

And, I dare say, the 1911 is very American. It is a pistol that has earned the reverence of Patriots. It can evoke pride and patriotism.

Very few are the gunners in the world who do not give the 1911 respect, even if they are "Glock Guys" or "Ruger Guys".

In my research for supporting data I found a site that has many good articles about the 1911 - AnarchAngel. I've also added them to the blogroll below. According to the writer at AnarchAngel in this piece last year, about 150,000 1911's are produced every year in America - at age 101.

I have spec'd the prototypes we will have built. It will be a "semi-custom" pistol (I know, that phrase can be very misleading). I am going for a 1911 that is reliable enough to fire every time one pulls the trigger at that intersecting point where it is accurate enough to do headshots all day long at 50 yards. And finally, the damned thing must be handsome. I have it in my mind's eye, and I have it in an email ready to go to the first serious builder I will meet early next week. I'll send it to him in advance so he has a beginning reference point when we meet. He comes highly recommended by one of our own, and I hope that our goals will fit with this builder. We shall see, and I will report back. But I won't release the design specs just yet...



I do have a question, and I'd rather you answer here in comments than simply in a poll format: Do you like the finger-groove or not? If you've never shot with one, obviously your answer will be about aesthetics only. But if you have shot with a 1911 that has a finger-groove built in (or added by your grip selection) which is your preference?

Please explain either way.

Yours in Liberty,

Kerodin
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Exhausted

Hi folks - Holly & I just got home and we are whipped, and we have to be back on Capitol Hill tomorrow morning by 6:30, so please forgive me if I don't reply to everyone's email tonight, or post much until late tomorrow.

I can happily report this to you all: We are a little less than $5K short of our goal in pledges, and that is f'n outstanding, I thank you all.

I have a stack of mail on my desk that includes at least 6 pieces addressed to "III Arms Company" - so if there are any doubters out there, you lose ;)

Holly and I have been looking for a way to say "Thank You" to all of the Founding Members, and not simply by making the project a success. You have all taken a leap of faith, and in my world that sort of good faith must be returned. I'm not sure how yet, but we are working on something tangible that will, I hope, have the potential to change your lives, just for being a Founding Member of III Arms, which is the vehicle for getting us to The Citadel.

Thank You is not enough, it feels "small", but thank you all.

We are changing lives, together.

More later.

Yours in Liberty,

Kerodin
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Suitable for building III Arms

The first themed building to be built in the Citadel will be the III Arms Factory.

The picture above is just a picture - it has no bearing on our final design.

It doesn't need to be a massive structure, by any means. It has a singular function: To serve the needs of the gunsmiths and machinists who will build the primary product of the III Citadel - III Arms.

I do see the factory built along the lines of a genuine fortress, a place that fits the purpose. Sure, firearms can be built anywhere. Indeed, many folks build them in their basements, and many companies build them in non-descript warehouses or corrugated steel buildings.

I believe that what we are building, and why we are building them, deserves a building suited to the process.

I do not see the III Arms building as the centerpiece of the Citadel, placed in the center of the town. Instead, I see it placed high and perhaps along the rear wall, overlooking the town within the walls, perhaps as a Sentinel.

The III Arms Building will be built strong, defensible, and well suited for the task. Inside we will have men and women who are proud to go to work every day and build the firearms we will send out to the Patriots of the Country.

When tourists, Citizens and guests enter the front gate of the Citadel, far in the distance, high upon a hill, they will see III Arms Company, and they will know immediately that it is a building designed for building the weapons that come from within, and it is the original source of all the prosperity within the town they see before them.

Kerodin
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Can you build a III 1911 Properly?

Are you a 1911 mechanic?

Can you take a pile of 1911 parts, and at the end of the process have a reliable 1911 that hits where you want it to hit, every time one pulls the trigger? Do you know what to polish, how to hand-fit those pieces and parts that need just the right fit, to turn a pile of John Browning's pieces into one of his masterpieces? Maybe you are a guy who knows how to finish the product? Can you parkerize? Can you duracote a pattern?

We already have a small group of gunsmiths working with us in these early stages. We'll see if these folks want to stay part of the project.

Are you an FFL 01? An FFL 07?

Now I need to create a talent pool of men and women who want to build 1911's that fit in the "semi-custom" realm. We can talk about any concerns you may have in life right now, from building in your own shop where you live, to problems you may be having covering the rent, to moving to Idaho with us and having a crash pad on day one either with or without your family.

I need men and women who are going to reliably build pistols worthy of carrying the III Brand, every day. I'm talking about a career.

If it is you, email me. If it is someone you know, tell them to contact me.

Our email conversations will be confidential. You need to be honest about any challenges you may be facing, and I'll be just as honest in return.

Tell me what machines and skills you bring to the table, whether you are going to work from your shop or relocate.

For the right candidate who brings the right stuff to the table, I will have a shop in 15 days in Idaho.

I'm looking for a man who can run the shop, hire a team to build around him, and I am also looking for those folks who are not yet ready to run a shop, but may want a spot in the organization.

Do not be shy about your financial requirements. Do not blow smoke about how many units you can finish in a day.

Let's talk.

Kerodin@Kerodin.com

Kerodin
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Scalia: Guns May be Regulated

Patriots: Are you going to tell me you can not find $250, $500, or a few thousand bucks to help build our own gun & ammo factory, and Citadel of safe haven, so that when SCOTUS "rules" that We the People must Constitutionally lay down our arms and head for the cattle-cars, we have little choice but to comply?

Is your best plan really to meet the stack at your front door, or bug out with the family into the woods?

We need about $7 grand to hit our bare minimum, folks. More is better.

This is our fucking country. Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness. Rule of Law. All Men are Equal. Americans bend knee and grovel to NO FUCKING MAN ALIVE!'

The America they intend to impose is your Death Sentence, and your children will be in the same ditch.

The Enemies of Liberty have a Plan. Their Plan to kill you in your home, and it is better than your current Plan.

Help us make a few million firearms to make Mister Jefferson proud, and to keep Liberty and our families alive. Help us build a thriving and secure town with thousands of Patriots (and not one single Liberal) standing at your shoulder and your back with a battle rifle and a Molon Labe attitude.

Playtime is over. The Supreme Court is about to unleash hell, despite Heller and MacDonald.

Here's a better plan: Send the III Arms Company a contribution so we can tell them all to fuck off.

We'll say it politely, once.

The second time gets ugly. All men die. I'll die on my feet, protecting Liberty and the Patriots who choose to live among us.

Patriots, I beg you, get your check book and help us answer tyrants in the language they understand.

Here is Scalia's treason.

Make your check to: III Arms Company

Mail it to:

III Arms Company
105 Meem Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Send me an email at Kerodin@Kerodin.com and let me know please how much is coming and when. When we get all the legal stuff done, you'll get a nifty Member Package in the mail.

Kerodin
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Closing the books on Founding Members

UPDATE: Scratch what I wrote below about upping the minimum buy-in. It'll stay as it has been for the full 2 weeks. I was persuaded/ By the way, all of you Founding Members, whatever you have contributed (We still need about $7K) will be receiving somthing you'll appreciate from III Arms Company once we get up and running properly...but only Founding Members.

K

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You'll notice I changed a few things at IIIGear.com - prices, layout, et cetera. I'll adjust more prices soon, and I'll open Maxpedition and US Palm pages when I buy into those lines.

As you've probably deduced the 527 and III Arms are two completely different legal entities, never the twain shall meet. While they both have Liberty as a goal, there are rules and methods unique to each.

**IMPORTANT NOTE FOR III ARMS*** First, someone asked why not "Founding Members" versus "Original Members"? No problem, works for me.

Second: I really need to close the gap and get the last $8500 or so to hit our goal for the III Arms initial phase of operations. Many of you opted for the $250 minimum with more in the future option, and I get it and I am glad to have you as part of this project.

If you intend to contribute $250 to earn Founding Status please send me an email ASAP and let me know how much and when you intend to contribute.

Here's why: I have to close the gap, get this done, and start building our prototypes. I need those of you who can write bigger checks and who intend to contribute and become Founding Members to step up and get it done. So let me know through the weekend if you intend to go the $250 route or bigger - because Monday I am raising the bar to $1,000 to join as an Founding Member.

Kerodin@Kerodin.com - write me, tell me when and how much, and you are locked in.

Monday I am reaching out to a much broader audience, bigger minimums, and I will close the books (no longer accept) Founding members once I hit our goal.

If it is important to you. let's get it done, Patriots.

Kerodin
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Please forgive me folks...

...for not having taken the time to answer everyone in the comments threads.

I promise you I read every single one, and I fit it into my thinking. I've reached out to some of you because I think it is time for a few face to face meetings, I'll do my best.

Holly is aboard 100%, and as usual she sees things from a female perspective that I miss. She is 100% GO for the Citadel, and all that it can become.

In this project she sees what I see, more than just prepping for a suicidal defense. We can build something positive and constructive that promotes Liberty, teaches our young, and keeps the Liberals from infecting their minds.

Imagine living in a city of 300, or even 3000 III families with not a Liberal. in sight, Consider the political force such a group holds. Consider the firepower, if ever needed. We have the power to keep Liberty alive and to live it on private property. We have the power to keep Liberal paws off our children and send them into the future demanding Liberty.

It's on us. We can prep for a fight that may never come. They may pic us off one by one at our doors, or they may just wait until we all die.

Or we can build a city based on Liberty that The Enemies of Liberty can't touch without killing us all.

It all hinges on being able to build a 1911 for starters and get it to market for business, then our next nodel, then our next, until we have a thriving firearms company that supports of goal of living without Liberals.

Please ask your mother, brother, father, hunter frinds, everyone who shoots, to invest in this noble cause.

Kerodin
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Patches & more...

Just a few qick notes - I have a dozen plates spinnin in the air right now, folks. If I owe you an email, I promise I'll get to it asap.

Our latest patches arrived today. I dig the new III shoulder patch, and you can see the custom patch some III Patriots had made for their Tribe in Indiana. I'll get those right out to you guys.

I'll be doing almost all 527 orders this weekend, still waiting on shifts/hoodies, but I think we have everything else.

More support this afternoon for the III Arms Company - we still need more. Preppers, Survivalists,everyone should be into this concept. Please keep pligging away at it, and please let me know when you decide to contribute by giving me a heads up in email about amount and when.

Citadel: I need everyone who is serious about living there or investing there to be giving serious thought about what you expect, how it should work, et cetera.

I won't call out individuals who have or have not contributed to the gun company or the Citadel, but I will share this with you: A Farmer in the midwest who has no intention of moving, no intention of living in the Citadel, sent $2,500 to support our efforts.

This project means something.

More later.

Kerodin
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About 36 hours in - just over 1/2 pledged!

Thank you, folks. We have about $14k pledged, and need about $9k more.

People are putting their talk of patriotism to work, and it is appreciated.

And I find it fascinating when I look at those who have contributed and discussed this project - and those who have not. Interesting.

If you are on the fence about this, I hope you'll decide today to help us hit our goal of $25k so we can get these prototypes built. This is your chance to be part of a solution for Liberty, not just talk and hope.

Holly & I will be heading out for much of the day, I hope to find everything we need pledged when we make it home.

Never before have we had the real power to grasp our own liberty as we have right now. We can turn it into reality.

Kerodin
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Talking Points

III Arms Company
- 3 1911 45 combat autoloaders
- 3 price points
-1 basic, entry level reliable service pistol ($500-$600 range)
-1 semi-custom fitted and finished combat service piece ($900-$1200 range)
-1 special hand-fitted custom combat piece (4k range)

One very special surprise piece known only to K.

Citadel:

A "planned community" of sorts, with strong fortifications and safety precautions to keep the hordes at bay. A special section for "upscale" folks looking for a retreat/safe zone. Housing from individual cabins to condos to single family homes both inside and outside the walls. A Town Center with retail, welcome for locals ans tourists, places for business for Patriots with jobs "in the world", and much more.

Since it will all be private property the premise of the town is Liberty.

Think of any planned community today, and you get the idea - just add morals.

It will be a wonderful place for a summer retreat and it will be a wonderful place to have a place to go if you ever need a bunch of neighbors which will have your back.

And there will be so much more...

Kerodin
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Just a hair under 1/2 pledged...

I am very proud to stand with you all, folks.

Just (7) 1 ounce Gold Eagles gets us there.

Just seven Patriots kicking in $1K each, gets us there.

Just 2 Patriots offering $3,500 each...

Where does it get us?

It gets us our prototypes. It gets us our business infrastructure. It gets us one tiny step away from production across the nation of 1911 III Pistols we can all be proud for bearing our name. It gets us featured in every national gun magazine on the shelf. It gets us mentioned on many, many gun blogs when we invite them to the range to run a few mags through a US 1911, made by US Patriots, on American soil, to defend Liberty.

It gets us one step closer to the ability for us all to live in a city that does not have one single Liberal, one single government puke, one single nosey neighbor.

It gets us one step closer to Liberty.

And we do it without hurting a single soul.

We do it by building something constructive and lasting.

There is nobility in what we are doing, and we need just a bit more help, Patriots.

Kerodin
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Try your hand at a few of these...

III Arms ~ Hold Liberty In Your Hands

III Arms ~ Because Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness aren't Empty Promises

III Arms - Because we mean it

The Citadel - Imagine a world with no Liberals...

The first two are from HisWiserAngel. Have fun, and you may just give us a winner!

Kerodin
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1/3 Pledged thus far...

Folks, welcome to the all III Arms Company & all III Citadel channel for the next two weeks.

Patriots have written checks and are sending gold and silver because they have committed to the III Arms Company that will lead to the III Citadel. That you have started sending your money means that my Obligation has begun, and I have no choice but to make this happen. For anyone who has studied traditional Japanese martial arts or understands the feudal Japanese concept of On (moral obligation), you know I am now committed to the death to this project.

Step One: Get our prototype 1911's built, refined, tested by our III Patriots.

Step Two: Launch our media Campaign

Step Three and Step Four run together: Diversify our fundamental firearms offerings and advance the Citadel.

I will not choose the site of the Citadel on my own, folks. I'm not sure how it will work, it may even involve sending bus tickets to people who have vested interests in the Arms Company and the Citadel and bring everyone to Idaho. We'll play it by ear.

Right now folks, please keep the III Arms Company contributions coming. We just need a few of you to cut checks for $5K. We need 10 of you to send one Golden Eagle (1 ounce) each. We simply need to hit $25K to get our pistols built and unleash the III upon the world. The III Brand will be intricately tied to the Arms Company and the Citadel, and the entire scope of these projects will be bound in American Exceptionalism and American Liberty.

Please help us build it.

We can make our statement. We can secure Liberty. You and me.

I won't be blogging about much more than the Arms Company and the Citadel until we hit our $25K goal.

Kerodin
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Status: Just above 25% pledged...

Folks, thank you to everyone who has already stepped up to be part of our future.

At this moment we are a bit above 25% of our goal. Two weeks from now is the 9th of August. I'd like to be in Idaho on Saturday the 13th putting rubber to the road on III Arms. So you have about 14 days, but please keep me in the loop with an email when you know how much and when you'll be contributing.

Thank you all again who have already stepped up, and thank you to those who I know will be adding to our total.

Just a thouht: Many of you have been buying gold & silver. If only 15 of you were to send an ounce of gold, we'd hit our goal.

More later.

Kerodin
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Good question...

I was just asked: How do we go from 5 prototypes to a boatload of orders to having a shop that can fill those orders?

We generate press about our prototypes with the major gun magazines, buy adspace in said magazines, and take orders online from consumers while we have III Patriots chatting the pistols up to their local gun shops. A few Armorers and a bunch of assemblers will get it done.

A stack of orders will get you a stack of cash from any banker so you can buy spiffy new CDC machines and hire guys to run them...

That's the no frills version.

Ah - and a tidbit about the Citadel: One square mile is just about 700 acres. The city of St. Maries Idaho is 1.1 miles and has a population of 2400 or so. I think a condo building of perhaps 50 high-end condos sold to the Koch's of the world would finance an awful lot of our wants as a community.

Just for reference.

Kerodin
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IIIGear: Patches

Just rec'd an email that the latest batch is shipping to my shop today. I should have them by Friday.

Remember: Buy any patch and you are entered in the running for Millierized's shotgun amd 2 slots in a future class offered by John Mosby.

IIIGear.com

Kerodin
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More on You didn't build that...

Here's the statement from Stephanie Miller on the topic:

“Mitt Romney recently launched a TV ad that blatantly twists President Obama’s words on small-business owners and entrepreneurs. Romney’s not telling the truth about what the president said and is taking the president’s words out of context," Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Miller said in a new web video released today.

"Apart from the flagrant hypocrisy, these attack ads make you wonder, does [Romney] even understand how our economy works?" Cutter asks in the video.

"With the public and private sectors working together to create a climate that helps us grow," she said. "President Obama knows that."

Just to put that lie in perspective for you - if you or I were to say those exact words to a Federal LEO, we'd be exposed to a 5 year Time-Out in Federal Prison.

We no longer live under Rule of Law. Please stop coloring within the lines until we rid our country of these liars, cheaters and tyrants. Here's the link.

Kerodin
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IIIGear: Order Update

**UPDATE** I just updated the IIIGear site, & added a few reviews.

We managed to get a large number of orders processed today between posts.

Still waiting for shirts/hoodies and our last batch of patches (including the custom design for you Hoosiers).

I'll be increasing prices at IIIGear over the next few days, folks. Especially on the ALC shirts - the additional printing on the sleeves runs my cost up big time.

I'm really proud of the feedback many of you have given me on the Condor gear. I've found it to be quite good with reasonable price points. I have deliberately abused a few of my pieces just to see what happens, and as yet I still don't even have a loose thread. But if you get a piece that doesn't hold up, let me know and I'll make it right.

Thanks to all of you for helping to support the 527. Every order helps to put a few bucks in the 527's bank account, to be used to help us build our numbers.

IIIGear.com if you need anything.

Kerodin
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