“Lethal-Means Reduction?”
24 May 23 “Finding ‘common ground’ with the thinking of evil men is a fool’s errand” Herschel Smith As we witness our Armed Forces recruitment efforts repeatedly falling drastically short of even minimum maintenance goals, DOD in its infinite wisdom, now cynically manufactures yet another significant reason for young Americans not to […]
The Big Picture
23 May 23 Between 1951 and 1964, the US Army produced a series of programs, mostly for television, called “The Big Picture” These programs were, of course, promotional, but they provided a link of understanding and empathy between the American public and our armed forces. As a teenager, I remember enthusiastically watching them […]
Your Best Interest!
18 May 23 “(1) Stay out of saloons and brothels (the two functions were generally combined within the same building), and (2) don’t join posses” Old West maxim for long life A fight avoided is better (by far) than a fight “won!” LEOs get paid to confront dangerous people. Non-LEOs don’t, […]
A government that (unlike ours) values the lives of its citizens!
15 May 23 “Beware the fury of a patient man.” John Dryden Three innocent members of the Dee family (a fifteen-year-old girl and her twenty-year-old sister) were precipitously attacked and murdered (via gunfire) while in their car along with their mother, by Islamic terrorists in Israel during April’s Passover celebration. There […]
“Free Press?”
9 May 23 “The death of an independent press can lead to tyranny and render a population helpless to protect itself against a government that disdains law and conscience.” Lesley Blume Murders:’ Our hyper-ventilating, always-hysterical, heavily-slanted (in the Marxist direction) mainstream media “coverage” of homicides never focuses on our deteriorating societal […]
Peril!
4 May 23 “An ‘army’ that has been beaten in every confrontation, even when pitted against little more than lightly-armed gangs! An ‘army’ in which soldiers are frequently forced to return to their barracks disarmed, and without boots (lest they mutiny or desert) An ‘army’ that publicly panics during insignificant contact, panics […]
On Hunting
1 May 23 “Most modern humans (at least in Western Civilization) sublimely float on an artificial, mostly-imaginary ‘life-raft,’ naively unaware that life is impossible without death, and that we humans share all the needs, frailties, and ultimate mortality of every other living creature” Grossman “Hilarious are the weak who think they are […]
The leftist “religion!”
28 Apr 23 Security Disaster: This traitorous airman was able to leak top-secret information to social media for six months, apparently without detection. This is a scandal of epic proportions! Incompetents need to be fired without delay, starting with our Secretary of Defense, then our Secretary of the Air Force, then […]
AGAG
27 Apr 23 “A Girl and a Gun” Vicki and I are at the 2023 AGAG Convention in Grand Junction, CO. Both of us are presenting classes here over the next three days, along with fifty-seven other Instructors. It is a huge event, and amazingly well-organized. Six-hundred women in attendance. AGAG is […]
Sudan
25 Apr 23 Fighting in Sudan. This from friends in a position to know: UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warns that Sudan is “… on the edge of the abyss,” and murderous violence will likely expand to engulf the entire region! Fighting has left 500 dead since 15 April, at least […]
“4 Rs”
21 Apr 23 The “4 Rs” “Rich liberals go to Rehab. Regular people go to Rikers.” Suddenly, and with no explanation, Hollywood darling, Alec Baldwin’s, felony charges simply vanish, as if by magic! I neglected to mention in my last Quip (“The New Rules”) that these rules only apply to “regular […]
The New Rules!
19 Apr 23 Prosecutors and Agendas: There are two lessons I’ve lately found it necessary to particularly emphasize in my instruction with regard to expectations from our “legal system” The following is based on my personal experience in recent lethal-force cases, and that of others among my close colleagues. 1) There […]
The New Rules!
19 Apr 23 Prosecutors and Agendas: There are two lessons I’ve lately found it necessary to particularly emphasize in my instruction with regard to expectations from our “legal system” The following is based on my personal experience in recent lethal-force cases, and that of others among my close colleagues. 1) There […]
NRA Show Update
18 Apr 23 Update/Correction: In my review of interesting products at this year’s NRA Show in Indianapolis, IN (just concluded), I mentioned a wonderful pistol target system that ingeniously combined a Texas Star with a bobbing/weaving paper target. Some got back with me, because they couldn’t find it on the Web. […]
2023 NRA Show, Second Day
16 Apr 23 2023 NRA Show, Second Day. We departed Indianapolis this morning, so this report is a day late! A company called Dead Foot Arms is manufacturing the “FoldAR” It’s an M4 with a folding (sideways) stock, and folding (sideways) forend and barrel! When folded, the whole thing is only […]
2023 NRA Conference
14 Apr 23 2023 NRA Conference and Show, Indianapolis, IN Today was the first day of this year’s NRA Show and Annual Meeting. DJT is here, as is Pence. I understand Pence received a less-than-warm welcome! Not being involved in NRA politics, I will not hear about major changes (if any) […]
Serious weapons and training!
10 Apr 23 “In a real fight, I would no sooner kick someone in the head than I would punch him in the foot!” Bruce Lee Real vs Superficial There are two general types of Japanese swords. “Old Swords,” purpose-built strictly for battlefield use, most being made prior to 1600AD. […]
“Mostly Peaceful”
9 Apr 23 “I realize how much those in former colonies of the USSR hunger for individual freedom, while simultaneously naive citizens of Western Civilization are carelessly surrendering theirs. When you have been brutally enslaved for sixty years by Communist tyrants, the word ‘Freedom’ has special meaning!” From a friend in Europe […]
The First Five Seconds!
6 Apr 23 “The world is crying out for the very thing that it is shutting out!” Craig Lounsbrough Vainly Begging for Help In today’s America, especially in our rapidly-deteriorating metro areas, bystanders to chronic urban havoc are progressively less likely to help anyone in genuine distress. Military/police veterans, trained […]
Gun industry legends Dave Spaulding, Massad Ayoob, Mike Boyle, and John Farnam join Fernando Coelho to dive deep into the history of the gun industry, shedding light on how firearms and firearms training have transformed over the decades. They discuss the dramatic shift from traditional print reviews to the digital age of internet forums, social media influencers, and YouTube personalities of the industry.
