Guns for me, but not for thee!
31 May 22 New “Facts” About Guns: According to JRB yesterday, “A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body.” Really! Funny, but I’ve never seen, nor heard of, such a phenomenon, associated with any pistol bullet! He continues: “There’s simply no rational basis for it (9mm pistol) […]
2022 NRA Show, Second Day
28 May 22 2022 NRA Show, Second day (and last day for me!) Much-reduced protestor presence today. There were even a few pro-gun protestors, but I only observed them through a window. Again, HPD was right on top of it all! 1911 Pistols: Users of 1911s represent an ever-dwindling minority […]
NRA 2022
27 May 22 2022 NRA National Conference and Show, Houston, TX I arrived in Houston yesterday, and Vendors’ Show started today at the Convention Center in downtown Houston. DJT was here and delivered a speech. I did not attend. Watched it on TV later in the day! Friends familiar with NRA […]
DSM
25 May 22 DSM Banners DSM, famous for their pull-over police banners, now has a bright red non-police version that reads, “Armed Citizen” Copies are available at: armedcitizenid.com Farnam discount code is: farnam10 This product is designed to keep you from being shot by police, or other armed […]
Wealth is Vapor!
23 May 22 Ammunition in Europe, from a friend there: “With the war still raging in Ukraine, with no let-up in sight, 90% of European small-arms ammunition production is currently going to NATO military stockpiles. Some ammunition is being imported from the USA, but the vast majority is staying (and being consumed) there! […]
More on the Hellion!
22 May 22 More on the Hellion Rifle: Many has asked if my copy of the Hellion Rifle was provided to me at no cost by SA. The answer is no! I purchased my copy from SA, just like any other consumer. I have no financial relationship with SA, nor with […]
Hellion
21 May 22 Springfield Armory’s Hellion Rifle, Initial Run I took my copy of SA’s Hellion Rifle to the Range yesterday for the first time. As expected, it runs just fine! “Hellion” (after a Marvel Comics character) in the name given to SA’s import-version of the Croatian-built bullpup VHS Rifle (for […]
On our own!
19 May 22 “On our own!” The Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, NY where last Saturday’s multiple murder took place is now indefinitely closed. Residents of the local community now must shop elsewhere. The 911 Operator who precipitously hung-up on the panicked Tops Store manager who tried to call-in the incident has […]
5.56×45
18 May 22 Ammunition manufacturers are still telling me that primers are in short supply, particularly pistol primers. However, Defiant Ammunition now has 5.56×45 55gr TCX (all copper) ammunition in good supply, but it won’t last! Contact Pete Pi directly. Be sure to use the DTI Student Discount Code (below) Peter […]
Repent!
17 May 22 “And you throw-off every conceptual cloak of self-defense. You give-up fleshly resistance of your ego. ‘Repentance’ has nothing to do with self-serving ‘sorrow’ for transgressions and resultant poor outcomes. Repentance is an ecstatic self-emptying, a precipitous change of mind about your mode of thinking and being.” Christos […]
NJ
10 May 22 “Jesus reserved his harshest criticism for hypocrites” Philip Yancey Life in NJ! I just completed a Defensive Handgun Course in NJ last weekend. I maintain a cadre of enthusiastic students and instructors there! In NJ, as in a few other states, state-issued CCW permits are unobtainable by mere […]
A Tale of Two Clips!
4 May 22 “‘Failure’” is just success in progress!” Albert Einstein Metallic cartridge and feeding. Detachable, box magazines were invented by British/Canadian (later American) inventor, James Paris Lee, in the 1870s. Lee went on to design the 303 British Lee-Metford Rifle (that incorporated his detachable box magazine), adopted by the British […]