Why You Should Live in a State that allows Concealed Carry - Baltimore Beatdowns

The states like Maryland have an extraordinary number of group beatings of individuals is no surprise when you realize that those same groups have little to worry about when it comes to risk of an armed victim.  The state has seen to that.  Getting a carry permit in Maryland is mostly reserved for the well connected or for security personnel.  It is very onerous and time consuming to get the permit and to keep it.  Therefore most criminals know that your average citizen is unarmed while the criminals of course don't worry about such little things as violations of the law.

Visit Baltimore for the Beating of your life.

Here is the type of thing you can expect when you come to Maryland and by chance pick the wrong place to have a dinner or a drink.  It might even be a nice place but if the crowd in attendance that night contains a gang of thugs you may get your head dashed in out in the parking lot.

St. Patrick's Day Beating  

Here is the video and photo record of the group beating on St. Patrick's day.

More video of this beating.


Restaurant Beating by Teenagers in Baltimore   14 year old charged.

Tatoo Artist on Lunch Break Beaten on Streets of Baltimore

Racial attacks in Baltimore

Baltimore Hair Stylist Attacked on Street - Claims hate crime.

This long list that does not include many of the daily beatings that occur in the city of Baltimore is one reason to stay out of that city and also to consider not living in any state that would leave you disarmed and subject so such brutality.

Global Cooling - Just another version of climate change

The Inconvenient Truth about Climate Change

It is comical to watch the global warming crowd pivot into the general usage of climate change as their reason to justify taxes and ever more control over private activity.  It does become an inconvenient truth when we can observe that whatever they are trying to sell us on is not what is happening.  Right now we have the second coldest Spring in the USA and I can tell you that it has seemed to drag out winter here.

The Coming Ice Age

So now the Russian scientists are bringing us back to the predictions of a long term cooling trend that may usher in a mini ice age.  That was the big fear back in the 1970's long before global warming became the mantra of the far left environmentalists.   

So what does this have to do with your survival.  Mostly I suggest it means to look with a skeptic's eye at news reports that try to convince you of any major change in our climate.  Yes, it can happen.  But usually this happens over decades and centuries rather than an overnight shift.   There are examples such as the dust bowl back in the 1930's that were a combination of drought and poor farming practices that caused disasters that can be attributable to human activity. 

Preparing for Crop Failures - Food Shortages

If there is one preparation that can help you get through a drought or crop failure it is putting away some extra food supplies and water.  Shelter you can create as you need it and I expect you already have that handled.   Just a reminder.  Have guns to help you hold onto your food, water, and shelter.

Mass Extinctions by Impact Events

Many more though just are simple changes in conditions brought about by volcano eruptions, sun spots, and objects  that strike the planet.    Examples include impact events involving large asteroids or meteorites that can change the climate overnight with the resultant dust cloud of the strike blocking the heat from the sun for a many years.  Such an event could spell the end of humanity as well and would put us into the catalog of mass extinctions brought about by an external object striking our planet.

Planning for an Impact Event

Can you plan for these.  I think so.  My planning includes having an extra slice of pie for dessert and maybe even having that slice before the meal since you never know when that meal might end.  Boom. 

"Life is uncertain.  Eat dessert first."  Ernestine Ulmer

Ammo Shortage Update - DHS Denies It is Causing Civilian Shortages

Of course they are denying it since what else could they do when caught red handed.  DHS says they are using this ammo and not storing it.  This makes little sense since they have purchased huge amounts of hollow point ammunition which is not range ammo.  They have around 1k more rounds per employee than the Army based on calculations. 

With this much ammo on order and some arriving daily it is apparent that there is some intention in this project.  They claim it is not intended for civilians.

Forgive me for doubting the word of politicians and leaders of organizations that cater to politicians.  This shortage looks manufactured to me.  Get what you can while you can get it.

Here is another article about ammo shortages as it describes Sierra and if you notice the tone of the article is amazement that employees and others associated with this company aren't feeling guilty somehow.  This is bias in reporting. 

The Republicans are now introducing legislation to limit ammunition purchases by government agencies to stop the clear strategy of government induced ammo shortages.  

GAO investigating DHS on Ammo Purchases

The new gun control strategy is to target explosive devices including ammo for background checks.  This is part of the end around for gun control by other means.

The Bullet Bubble and when will it end.

Threat Update - Bird Flu, Terror Attacks, EMP, Economic Collapse

 Knowing the threats you face is the first step to survival.

Pandemic Watch

 China Bird Flu Risk Increasing.
The pandemic risk is now increasing with the advent and detection of a new bird flu strain that transmits more easily to humans.  More dangerous is the risk of human to human transmission.  Once that jump occurs where you can easily pick it up from others we have the danger of a global pandemic with a flu virus that is highly lethal.
 The most lethal to date.

Taiwan confirms first h7n9 case outside of China.

NIH is concerned about human to human transmission. 

Sex Superbug worse than AIDS


Terror Watch

Boston bombing suspects were on welfare.  So the state helps to educate and finance attacks on the population.


EMP - Grid Down Watch

North Korea represents a critical risk to U.S. infrastructure in an EMP attack.


Economic Collapse Watch

Stockman wars of Economic Collapse risk.

Gun Show Strategies for Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights

Guns shows are an essential part of maintaining the 2A.

Gun shows are an original American experience.
I  go to a lot of gun shows and in fact I used to be a  vendor at them and may be again some day.  It is a great hobby and part time business as you'll notice especially in light of the huge surge in demand for gun related products such as ammo, lights, holsters, and myriad assorted and associated products.

Support your local gun shops and traveling vendors by attending gun shows.
While gun shops struggle against the restrictions of governments many of them use gun show set-ups as a way to keep their business alive.  When you go to shows and buy from many of the FFL vendors you help maintain the vitality of the supply chain for firearms and the related products.


Experience freedom and history unlike any other place of commerce.
Get a feel for what is must have been like in a free country as you peruse the one realm of commerce that drives the Big Government types crazy.  Make no mistake that they would like to do away with gun shows because it is where open talk of freedom lives and where the tools that allow such talk are sold and traded.

Information is one of the least expensive products available at gun shows. 
Every weekend somewhere you have a show that comprises a breadth and depth of gun related knowledge not found anywhere else.  Free advice and expert opinion is available at most tables for the asking especially as it relates to their specialty which is described by what they have on the table.  If you have an AR-15 part or add-on question just find someone that sells such items and often in the hopes of selling you their wares they will share specific information that can solve your problems.


Stay up on what shows are coming to towns near you.
Find your local show.  Gun show directory. 

Life in the USA without the Rule of Law - WROL

 Life is hell without the rule of law and we are headed in that direction.

Uncertainty breeds anxiety.  A breakdown in the rule of law is the ultimate uncertainty.  Right now Americans are under great stress and are snapping.

Here is a list of examples showing that the rule of law is breaking down.  

In most cases it is a conscious decision by government officials to ignore their oaths and the law.
When you have a Federal Government that chooses to ignore the laws protecting us against foreign invasion by large scale illegal immigration you will have many of the offenders scoffing at the law.
 Illegals mock border agents that they will be set free by the President.

When police make their own laws we are in danger.
When the police decide that they can do anything they want as now they are above the law you will find them overbearing. Texas soldier charged with rudely displaying a weapon.  Police are making thing up now when it comes to the law.

When the police run or ignore please for help we are in danger if not armed.
When riots hit and the police in LA effectively went on strike all those slogans about protect and serve tend to lose their sheen.  Add to that all the feel good slogans about stopping gun violence by taking guns away from citizens when the gun may be the only thing that saves you, your home, and your business.
No police during the LA riots to protect you.  Here is a video of a Representative from Utah as he reads letters from constituents about the right to protect yourself with firearms. 

When a person steals it is criminal but when a group is allowed to by the government it is policy.
When the government takes private property and gives it to others while ignoring the law you then have financial tyranny best compared to what a king or an oligarch might do.   GM shareholders are left holding the bag while the unions are handed the company. 

A government that uses the threat of military force to subdue the populace has lost legitimacy.
When the government feels that it can arbitrarily demonstrate its power over us by instituting martial law whenever some minor event comes about it is simply an exercise in conditioning the populace to submit.  Boston is under martial law over one missing bomber and unarmed citizens of Boston are told to hide in their homes.  Do as you are told.

Pictures of Boston under De Facto martial law

 Presidential Order 13063 - Seizing Control

Colorado, Maryland, and other States Are Creating Gun Sale Headaches

Some States are Carelessly or Intentionally Delaying Gun Purchases Up to 8 Weeks

Disrupting the Supply Chain for Guns

A number of states have substantial delays in approving purchases and are now causing hardships to gun shops and distributors.  I've called around to gun shops in various states with these background check problems and they tell me a trickle of applications come in daily but this also means they have hundreds of guns in safes awaiting delivery to purchasers.  Many small gun shops then have inventory problems since earlier in the panic they only asked for 25% -50% down they now have a huge amount of cash invested in inventory that normally would turn over in 8 days or so.  This cash flow problem effectively has trashed the supply chain since now many dealers are slow paying wholesalers which of course means no further inventory shipments.  Since the wholesalers are running into cash problems they may be facing delivery problems from the manufacturers.  Still, some well financed retail operations are getting regular shipments by purchasing on auction sites or through online gun sale dealers.

Colorado Has a Massive Backlog of Gun Sales.

According to the WSJ there is a backlog of thousands of gun purchasers that have to make it through the state background check system in Colorado.

Colorado 9-10 days for approval versus 15 minutes before the crunch. 


Oregon has problems with system "glitches" that stops the approval process

Glitch in background checks.



Maryland is the Champion of Delays
 60 Day Delay (8 Weeks)  in Maryland is now common for gun purchases as of April 2013.


First off when I mention the word approval you have to know that in Maryland they actually don't approve you they only stamp NOT DISAPPROVED in big stamped red letters on your application which means you are okay to pick up your purchase.  Obviously the wording is the State saying that we couldn't come up with a justification for stopping this purchase but we don't approve of it and surely don't want to be accused of approving it if you do something with the gun that could make us look bad.    It is fun to drop by Maryland gun shops and see the look of relief and joy some poor supplicant (applicant) gets on their face when they see their "Not Disapproved" approval from their State Police.

In Maryland initial problems in January began with a 3x longer wait for approval.  The normal time was 8 days or so.    Later in March it moved to 6 week delays. 
Now in April it is 8 weeks and will hopefully for those poor souls living there stay at that or go back down to 20 or 30 days.  The 8 day delay is probably a thing of the past there in Maryland.

As the rush to purchase firearms began to build the delays have now extended to 60 days or longer.  This means if you try to buy a regulated firearms in Maryland which includes pistols and what they deem assault rifles you will be sitting around in mid April waiting for your mid February gun purchase to get approval.   

The backlogs continue to grow and now up to 10,000 people are waiting for action from their State Police to receive their NOT DISAPPROVED permission to own what is a 2nd Amendment right.

No Delays in Surrounding States - so this appears either bureaucratic, intentional, and most likely both.
 
 Surrounding states like Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia are set up with the federal background check system that allows you to walk out of the gun shop with your purchase in hand in a much shorter time.  I have witnessed purchases in Delaware that took all of ten minutes between the desire to own a particular handgun and when the new owner is walking out the door with it or taking it to the range.

Intentional delays are purposeful denials of gun rights.

Since the states with the delays are generally ones that have new gun laws on the books restricting sales that will become effective in a few months the chance to delay and slow down the supply chain means they are actively denying the rights of potential gun owners. 

Ammo Scarcity Continues

 Find what you can and pay what you have to if you need it now.

The demand for ammunition is high especially in light of the recent terror attacks and also the seeming determination of the government to strangle supply by creating large order bottlenecks.

Examples abound here.

Wally World Ammunition Shelves are empty on the East Coast.  Unless you plan to pick up shotgun rounds just forget it for now.  I haven't seen any pistol ammo in well over a month there.

Pompano beach Florida is seeing a run on ammo.

Clovis Calif. sees shortages so many are searching at gun shows. 

Is the DHS purchase part of a design to limit availability?

So now the military is under pressure to find ammunition.  It turns out that despite some dedicated manufacturers like Lake City that a lot of ammo the military uses for training comes from the same sources as the U.S. military.  Critical ammo shortages causing problems for the U.S. military.

Meanwhile there are reports that the military is back in the habit of destroying brass rather than reselling it.

Is this supply and demand or something more? 

9mm shortage is a backdoor attempt at gun control by another name.   You would think a normal Federal agency would consider the effect they might have on the public when they make outsized purchases of ammo.  The continued increase in orders by DHS and other agencies only confirms that some planning or consideration might have limited the dislocations currently in the ammunition market, but the Administration seems to have no concern whatsoever about this.  Meanwhile the media never even asks the question "Why does DHS find it necessary to make such long term orders and don't give us that story about saving money. "  That is the last concern of any Government agency.

Colorado Gets a Boycott Over Gun Law

With the gleeful delight of anti-gun anti-2nd amendment types in Colorado the Governor signed a bill that has blackballed the state  among hunters and gun owners.  States like NY, MD, NJ, and Connecticut are expected to show such disregard for the constitution since they are so clearly in the Democrat domain.  It is only lately that it seems Colorado has become a dumping ground for far left trendies and it has now taken the rights of gun owners as a clear result.

Here are some of the results of this:

Hunters Pledge to Boycott Colorado

Hunters Boycott Colorado

Magpul to Leave Colorado

Hopefully other states that have large firearm related businesses will take note of the outcome in Colorado.  I will never send another dime to that state or plan further trips there.  Please join me and many others in this project.

Ammo Price Update

 Ammo Price update as of 4/16/2013

These are national averages of gun show info based on what I have seen, my friends, and acquaintances  whom I have spoken to around the country.  I also confirmed these prices by checking online auctions for gun supplies.  As you can see. .22 is crazy.  There too many buyers and not enough supply on the shelves.  Factor in shipping if you buy online.

.22 Brick (550 rounds)  --  $100+

.22 CCI Mini Mag (100 rounds)  -- $20+

.17 HMR  (50 rounds)  --- $15

.22 WMR (50 rounds)  --- $15-20 when available

.380 auto  FMJ(50 rounds) --- $30+

9x18  FMJ(50 rounds)  -------- $25+

9x19 FMJ (50 rounds)---------$20+

.40 S&W FMJ (50 rounds)----$30+

.45 ACP  FMJ  (100 rounds)  $50+

.556 FMJ  55gr brass  (20 rounds) $19-25
bulk prices are better  1000 rounds down to $.75 per round.

.556 Green Tip 62 gr  (400 rounds with ammo can)  $400

.308  FMJ  surplus $1 per round or less - this stuff hasn't spiked in price like .223/5.56

.22 LR Ammo Shortage - Update

 Price Update  - .22 LR - 550 Round Brick = $65-$120

Why the Shortage

Anyone looking at the usual places right now for .22 LR ammo must know it is gone and nowhere to be found.  I've visited Wally World for the past two plus months and haven't seen  any at any time.  Rumors abound that it goes right from the delivery truck into the hands of professional watchers that know the schedule of deliveries from employees.  Who knows.  I've been told by some employees when the trucks arrive but I can't plan my days around waiting for ammo to arrive, at least not yet.

What are the reasons for this shortage.  Well, we're in a nationwide ammo shortage so .22 is just another part of the picture, but because so many people shoot .22 it is even more acute.  Additionally, with prices up on everything else shooting a .22 is a great alternative for many people to take to the range.  I have noticed a huge number of AR15 style .22 rifles going out the door for the past few years and now the volume has increased dramatically.  It is clear that demand has just outstripped supply as people scramble to find this ammo for hoarding, profit, and use.

Current Pricing

I talked to a few acquaintances and friends regarding the .22 ammo prices.  Here is what I am getting from them in the Mid- Atlantic corridor of the US for pricing.  One just sold three boxes to friends at work for $65 each while another I met a a range in my travels sold 7 bricks for $75 each.  I'm now thinking they gave up the goods too cheaply for the moment.  The current market price is at least $100 per brick which is more than 5 times what it was selling for 4 months ago.

I spoke to an ammo dealer I know from Pennsylvania and he now sells a 550 round brick of .22LR for $100 each when he can get them.  I watched three go out the door at that price at a recent gun show while I talked to him at his tables.  Speaking to a heavy ammo user at that same show who has a massive collection of ammo for his weekly habit of 700 rounds downrange he said that he had offers for $110 per .22 brick and he finally relented and sold a number of them at that price.  An online auction/ brokerage site confirms these prices with current auctions showing even Blazer .22 bricks with buy-it-now prices around $120 and closing prices at around $110.

Where to Find .22 Ammo 

Gunbot .22 ammo finder

Slickguns.com .22 ammo

Wholesalehunter.com .22 ammo

At this point if you can find a brick of .22 at a gun show you're still better off paying that $100 price than the higher price for the target .22 ammo.  If you get lucky enough to find a brick at the chain store you might even get it for less that $30.  Good luck on that for now.

Long Term Outlook

Even when the actual physical supply increases I expect shortages to remain for a long time as many people begin to hoard for any future shortages.  This will probably extend the time where supply appears minimal but in truth the demand will remain high  as people stock up based on recent experience.  Imagine if you were one of the people that paid $100 for a brick of .22 and then saw it in the store for $30 or $25 per brick.  You'd buy all they would allow you to buy probably.  I expect that I would in that circumstance.  Hopefully prices will come back down at the retail level closer to the $18-$20 range that we had prior to the beginning of the year.  It is possible though that we have a new pricing paradigm just like after the 2008 election.  Prior to that .22 bricks were $12 or less and after that election induced shortage subsided the new price was closer to $20.  I hope we don't see a new permanent price of $30 per brick or higher but it is possible.

What To Do

The only other advice that I can give you regarding this is that if and when the supply does come back around and prices drop back somewhat, begin a regular buying habit to build a supply that will last you for a while.  This can be called hoarding by some, but I just call it good common sense.  If everyone made it  a habit to pick up some regularly rather than go into panic mode the manufacturers would likely increase production if they saw a consistent long term increase in demand.

Until then, take out your BB, paintball, air-soft, or pellet guns for some low cost and currently available practice supplies.  Even dry firing with a laser trainer is a decent substitute.

My Prediction

BB and Co2 shortage looming.  Just kidding and I hope not.


What others Say

The shortage is not likely to last.

Pricing is based on demand and demand is high.

Hoarders are to blame.

Side Door and Down the Chimney Gun Registration

The sellout has begun.

Forget the back door.  These guys are coming in through the side door and roof.

I appears some weak kneed Rhino Republicans will give in to the Big Government types in the Democrat party that want gun registration.  They will accomplish this by getting universal background checks and using regulations to start a registry.  Holder can do this by regulation alone.

BATF is photocopying form 4472 records from gun shops.

Missouri gives list of concealed permit holders to federal government despite their own laws preventing such disclosure.

The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act.  (Newspeak effort at misdirection and deception.)

Senators Toomey and Manchin have found a way to assuage their consciences by calling their betrayal of gun owners something other than gun control.  Using the Orwellian or should I say Clintonian doublethink  and doublespeak they have convinced themselves and hope to convince second amendment advocates that they aren't selling them out to the gun control advocates.  Anatomy of a betrayal.

Euphemism on Parade - "Second Amendment Rights Protection Act."  Do they really think anyone paying attention believes this when the objective has been stated clearly by the ruling class to eliminate private ownership of guns.

This is the kind of fool we are dealing with when it comes to discussion of the Second Amendment. 

The Administration has more planned on the gun control front. 

Bishops get in on the act.

Government media complex gets thanks for their propaganda effort to support gun control. 

Can U.N. be used to ban U.S. guns by the left. 

So, will the sellout work or will if fail.  Here is the GOA take on this situation. 

Reid goes Freudian and mentions anti-gun bill.

Blowback on Gun Bans in Northeastern States
Perry Tweets Come on Down to Texas

"If Babies had Guns, they wouldn't be aborted." Rep. Stockman

Shock - Some gun groups sign onto the bill.

In Honor of Margaret Thatcher

She has been missed on the public stage for decades now.  The world has lost a lady of Iron who had deep commitment to liberty.  I never thought I could feel such sadness for a leader from another country, but clearly she was an example for all of us.

One of a Kind

How Many Gun Magazines Do you Need

This question has many owners wondering if they ever have enough and in the current high demand climate due to the possible risk of a magazine capacity limit the question must be qualified.

Pistol Magazine Requirements

Pistols are not expected to be sustained fire weapons though capable of such usage.  On that basis, if you are in a firefight and you have to expend more than one or two magazines from a pistol it really puts the question out there, shouldn't you be using a rifle or shotgun at this point.

The surveys have been done for this and most owners have no more than 5 magazines for their handguns though a small percentage own 6 or more and some even go for more than a dozen.  I have been guilty of that myself though with the skyrocketing prices I have been willing to pare down my total just to pay for my habit.  This has had the effect paying off my investment in my remaining magazines once I can get down to my magic number of six.

Now if you plan to compete with a gun I might own more but six gives you 3 range mags and  3 for defense purposes.  What I would do is store a good supply of replacement springs and if you can find them, followers.

Rifle Magazine Requirements

Rifles fit a different category depending on your purpose.  If you own a magazine fed auto-loading rifle  for the intention of sustained usage such as in self defense I would own twenty or more.  I consider six the minimum combat load and would prefer to have a full back-up supply of magazines.  In the case of the AR-15 I'd get as many as I could afford.  Right now at $30 each that may not be many but if the panic slows down and prices drop back you might be able to get them at $10- $15 each.

So here is my recommendation.

Handguns - keep a minimum of six magazines, 3 loaded for use.

Rifles - keep a minimum of twelve magazines, 6 loaded for use.

Nuclear War Threats

Two North Korea Subs are Missing

To me this means one of two things.  Either we, meaning the USA, sunk them or more likely they are working towards a sub launched attack.  I don't know if they are missile capable but this could be very dangerous for the U.S. bases in the region.

Test Missile launch

Gun Grabbers on Parade

These links should provide evidence that the forces of Big Government are in full aggression mode.  They are intent on disarming the population. 

Anti gun politicians are still working on banning standard cap magazines.

Here is a very uninformed congress-critter regarding gun magazines.  She apparently knows nothing about guns.   I think the proper description is ignorant in this realm.

Rep tells senior citizen you wouldn't make it anyway regarding ability to defend self.

Here is a story of an attempted coercive search based on a facebook post.

Connecticut Bans almost everything and then requires you to get a license to keep what you already have including magazines.   The right to purchase ammo will be regulated as well.   Connecticut continues the drive to make the citizens there nothing but little supplicants in need of protection by the police since they are not allowed to defend themselves.  While other states are using common sense and armed security to protect children, this bunch of city dwelling house cats will insure that crime will increase and victims will abound.  If you love freedom leave Connecticut.

Nationally the gun grabbers have an end around ploy planned to require liability insurance for gun owners.

Maryland House passes extreme gun control measure.

Connecticut Senate passes extreme gun control measure. 

Governor of Connecticut Comments on Gun Manufacturers Leaving the State.   "Oh Well."

Universal Background Checks are Totalitarian.

Nuke War with North Korea - EMP Risk

This is not a comforting time.   The risk of nuclear war appears higher now than any time since the 1960's and early 70's.  We have a leader newly in charge in North Korea that appears intent to prove himself.  Those of you that have never lived under the threat of annihilation from nuclear attack can now get a small taste of what many of us lived through throughout the 50's, 60's, and 70's.  We got used to it and back then we didn't even have to worry about half measure attacks that only destroyed our electrical grid.

Our military experts are worried about the EMP risk due to a space vehicle capability that North Korea has developed. 

If North Korea gets the ball rolling with some form of attack it is possible that either they, China, or Russia might decide it is time to put the USA into second tier status by pulling off an EMP attack designed to destroy the electrical grid throughout the US mainland.  Yes, we could retaliate with sub based attacks against military targets but it wouldn't change the outcome for the devastated US population.  This could destroy our way of life.

To prepare for this I'd get a non electric lifestyle into place that includes lamp oil, candles, cooking fuel, wood stoves, your bicycle, and a good pair of walking shoes.  Food storage for up to at least 6 months might make sense seeing as how there might be no food deliveries for that long or longer. 

You can always store batteries and electrical devices designed to run on them in a Faraday cage with hopes of still using your CD player or computer.   These would be my last concern.

Finally, if you voted for the people in power in the USA right now including a president that cancelled development and implementation of missile defense then you have yourself to blame for this predicament.  It is a blind religious belief on the part of the left that somehow defense is provocative and as a result we have school kids gunned down in gun free zones and a country without a completed anti ballistic missile defense system.  A missile defense is no different than a bullet resistant vest that the police and politicians wear.  It is there to improve your chances of surviving an attack.  As of now, we can only protect a few cities according to military experts.  We have no shield to protect the whole continental United States.

Wow, what a revelation.  This is something must of us already knew.

A U.S. General admits that North Korea has missile capable nukes.