Our Justice System, Wounded!

16 Mar 24   “Wrath and anger are hateful things. Yet, the sinner hugs them tightly”   From the Book of Sirach, 27:30. Sirach, written by a Jewish scribe (Sira), probably in Alexandria, Egypt, dates from 175BC, but was/is not included in Jewish Canon. It is included among “apocryphal books” of the Catholic Bible   […]

“The Narrative”

14 Mar 23   Controlling the Narrative:   Back on 6 Feb 24, a man precipitously hurled two cans of burning liquid at a group of people waiting for a train on NYC’s Subway System in Manhattan. The attack was apparently random.   No serious injury was reported. The perpetrator ran away.   The entire […]

Vanishing Police!

12 Mar 24   Diminished Police Protection:   “Why doesn’t our government protect us? Why aren’t criminals following gun laws? Why do we have to protect ourselves?”   John Glassy   The City of Pittsburgh, PA used to have (just a few years ago) a Police Department with 1700 sworn officers- on patrol, answering calls, […]

Anarchy!

7 Mar 24   While The People are virtuous, they cannot be subdued   But, once they lose their virtue, then they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.   Samuel Adams   We’re there!   Entire segments of our population have been told (by sleazy, amoral Democrat […]

Serious Purposes!

5 Mar 24   Serious Ammunition!   I just got off the phone with Peter Pi Jr, CEO of Defiant Munitions in Sturgis, SD.   Two rounds I recommend for serious purposes: Defiant 9mm 115gr +p TCX (all-copper HP projectile)Defiant 223 Rem 55gr TCX (also all-copper projectile)   After numerous spotty shortages, are now in-stock […]

Envy, celebrated!

4 Mar 24   Inflationary Economy:   In many states, certainly blue states, shoplifting (along with most other forms of thievery) is de-facto legal!   It is now common for brazen thieves to enter a store like any other shopper, openly pick up what they want, and exit without paying. They don’t even need to […]

Carpe Diem

26 Feb 24   Deadly Campus:   American young adults, going off to college, are quickly submerged in modern higher-education leftist/woke political agenda.   Of course, with leftists there is never any “debate.” You’re required to unconditionally embrace their woke agenda, or be shown the door. They smugly promote “diversity,” in everything but opinion!   […]

Naive!

24 Feb 24   Naive Assumptions:   Thursday’s nationwide cell-phone disruption is by now “old news,” and lasted only a few hours, yet when service was restored, 911-centers were instantly flooded with calls (for hours afterward) from panicked citizens who were wondering if emergency services were still available!   Many Americans have merrily done-away with […]

Correction!

23 Feb 24   I keep getting BHO and JRB mixed together!   The 2021 “withdrawal” from Afghanistan was on JRB’s watch, not BHO’s   I apologize for the gaffe!   /John

Terror Exports!

23 Feb 24   Exportable Terror:   Yesterday, one innocent Israeli citizen was murdered (via gunfire), and eight others were wounded (also via gunfire) as they sat in stationary vehicles during a protracted traffic-jam near the A-Za’ayem checkpoint that separates the West Bank from Jerusalem.   Not surprisingly, this incident received scant notice in the […]

NYC

20 Feb 24   NYC   No city in the USA has more police, nor more laws/regulations/ordinances/restrictions, than does NYC!   So, when public order breaks-down in NYC (which it has), despite innumerable laws and ostensible “law-enforcers,” the rest of us might get the crazy idea that all those suffocating restrictions on personal freedom may […]

KC

16 Feb 26   “A nation can survive fools, even ambitious ones. But, it cannot survive treason from within.   An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banners openly.   But, the traitor moves freely among those within our gates. His sly whispers rustling through galleys, heard […]

Shocked?

15 Feb 24   Coming to a theater near you!   1 “Bail-reform,” 2 open borders, 3 “sanctuary cities,” 4 “restorative justice,” 5 woke/leftist prosecutors, mayors, governors   All represent “seeds of destruction”   One of the illegal aliens who battered NYPD Patrolmen last week was out on “cashless bail” (for another felony) and, as […]

Church Shooting!

13 Feb 24   Church shooting:   Two days ago, on “Superbowl Sunday,” a woman entered the enormous Lakewood Church in Houston, TX.   This is a regularly-televised “megachurch,” presided-over by smiling televangelist, Joel Osteen   The woman was wearing a long trenchcoat (which concealed an M4) and was escorted by her seven-year-old son.   […]

Unprepared!

6 Feb 24   “Knowledge defeats fear.   Preparation defeats failure.   Discipline defeats panic”   Michael Lang   Bad outcomes!   In a recent case in which I consulted, a householder answered his front doorbell one afternoon.   A person he knew (slightly) was at his door and wanted to come in.   The […]

Contact

1 Feb 24   Physical contact:   As orchestrated by leftist politicians, our civilization continues to experience:   1) Widespread, and increasing, violent lawlessness   2) Increasing illegal drug use, particularly fentanyl that is effortlessly imported by drug cartels   3) Squalorous homelessness on an enormous, and growing, scale   4) Massive uncontrolled, unvetted, unhampered, […]

Holster Issue

31 Jan 24   “Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.”   Stefan Molyneux   Flashlights Attached to Pistols:   Carrying pistols with flashlights permanently attached is today a common practice, for LEOs while in uniform, and for both LEOs and non-LEOs carrying concealed.   Holster-makers provide all kinds of holsters […]

2024 SHOT Show, Last Day

26 Jan 24   2024 SHOT Show, Last Day   Here are things I saw at the Show on this last day!   Kimber’s Maco is small-sized, 9mm thirteen-shooter. Nice size! The one you want is the R7 Maco FDE. It runs $675.00   PSA’s jointed-trigger (otherwise Glock-like) “Dagger” Pistol falls into the same category. […]

2024 SHOT Show, Third Day

25 Jan 24   2024 SHOT Show, Third Day   More on ammunition:   Today, I visited all manufacturers of serious ammunition. This is my recommendation in 9mm for personal defense:   Supervel: 9mm +p 115gr SCHP   Cor-Bon: 9mm +p 115gr DPX   Defiant: 9mm +p 115gr TCX   Underwood: 9mm +p 115gr Tac-XP […]

2024 SHOT Show, Second Day

24 Jan 24   2024 SHOT Show, Second Day   Of interest today:   Kimber’s K6xS light, snubby revolver is very nicely done. Hammer completely enclosed. Nice rubber grips. Designed for use w/speed-loaders. When you like snubbies, this one makes a good choice!   I can’t keep track of all the companies making M4s, but […]