TX Hunting!
29 Dec 22 Big-Game Hunting in TX I just spent the last two days hunting here in TX at a well-known exotic game ranch near San Antonio. I shot two nice animals, using my SA VHS2 (Hellion) Rifle (w/Osprey/Global 1×4 optic) and Defiant Munitions 5.56×45 (223) 55gr TCX rounds. Again, this […]
There is nothing quite so difficult to see as the obvious!
22 Dec 22 “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident, which everybody has decided not to see.” Ayn Rand Ignoring the obvious! In the wake of the as-yet-unsolved stabbing-murders of four college students in ID last November, we thus-far have no suspect(s) in custody. Instead, we have unending, dubious, […]
Personal Readiness!
20 Dec 22 “Willingness” is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!” David M Shoup, USMC Commandant, 1960-1963 These comments from a good friend and Department Armorer for a rural SO here in CO. “I’m currently doing year-end inspections of department pistols, rifles, less-lethal, and guns carried off-watch […]
Industry Update
16 Dec 22 Industry Update, from friends in the distribution business: “1) Kalashnikovs sell as fast as we can get them in! Best sellers are Arsenal (SAM and SAS series), Zastava (M70 series), Century (VSKA and BFT series), and KUSA (103 series), all of which run well We’re also selling lots […]
Some Jewish History
15 Dec 22 You have two options: 1) Deny the unpredictability of life and manufacture your own false sense of security 2) Accept the vagaries of life and learn to live with them” Steve Pavlina Some Jewish History: Jewish families, fleeing religious persecution (mostly in Europe and the Ottoman […]
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will follow!
13 Dec 22 “Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to intelligent behavior. Voluminous, complex ‘rules and regulations’ give rise to stupid behavior!” Dee Hoch From a fellow serviceman, who (like me) is long-since retired: “I was stationed in Alaska in the late 1970s. Eskimo Scouts attached to our infantry battalion […]
Defiant Munitions
8 Dec 22 From Pete Pi Jr, CEO of Defiant Munitions “DM TCX 223-55gr is now in-stock! I have been out of stock on that load for some time, but our vendors have enabled us to recently produce a batch. It’s available now!” Farnam note: 55gr TCX is one of my […]
Short Memories?
6 Dec 22 Willing slaves? “Who willingly, indeed eagerly, exchange their individual freedom, liberty, and Constitutional Rights for dubious ‘protection’ (along with welfare handouts), naively imagine they’ll never need guns. Of course, when they suddenly do, it will be too late, and the naif deceived will belatedly realize that they’ve been shamelessly […]
Predators!
4 Dec 22 Predators and Predation “‘Nature’ is what we are put on this earth to rise above” Rose Sayer (played by Katherine Hepburn) to Charlie Allnut (played by Humphrey Bogart) in the 1977 feature film “The African Queen” Predators are opportunists. When there’s an easy kill, they’ll go for it, […]
2023
30 Nov 22 DTI Training Schedule, 2023 Our 2023 DTI Training Schedule (locations and curriculum) is currently being posted. You can see all DTI Courses on our Web Page at: defense-training.com Check our Web Page often, as Courses are added constantly. You can register directly for any of these […]
Jugging
26 Nov 22 “It never troubles a wolf how many the sheep be!” Plato “Jugging” “Jugging” is the new term used to describe what have been otherwise called “follow-home-robberies” With crime currently breaking all records, complements of the JRB Administration, it is not surprising to hear about an exponentially worsening […]
Decay!
23 Nov 22 “Until we re-discover our national values that for centuries have allowed us to rise above our natures and act as civilized men and women, our country will continue to suffer steady deterioration, that disturbs us all.” Tom DeLay In reviewing comments on the Colorado Springs shooting incident of last […]
Heroes!
22 Nov 22 “…if by life or death I can save you, I will!” – J Tolkien Just before midnight last Saturday, at a well-known LGBTQ bar and night-club in Colorado Springs, a single VCA, without warning, entered the establishment and started shooting people who were there. Witnesses describe the shooting […]
SMLE
15 Nov 22 “Time obliterates naive fictions of opinion and confirms decisions of nature” Cicero Ambrose Burnside, designer of the short-lived Burnside Carbine, and Civil War General (of dubious fame), went on the become Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Senator from the State of Rhode Island, famous advocate for veterans, […]
Happy and Dead?
12 Nov 22 Going armed! Last week, a teenage girl in CA was precipitously attacked and badly mauled, while in her own backyard, by a pack of five large dogs (owned by a neighbor). Another neighbor (unarmed) heard the girl’s screams and tried to intervene, but the dogs soon turned-on him and […]
More on “Bruen”
9 Nov 22 “We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution.” Lincoln At the heart of “Bruen,” from friends close to the issue: It’s the heart of our Constitution’s Bill of Rights that […]
“Bruen”
8 Nov 22 “Live truth, instead of just professing it.” Elbert Hubbard More on the recent “Bruen” Decision by SCOTUS, from friends close to the issue: “‘Bruen’ represented an opportunity for SCOTUS to confirm that the only legitimate ‘Standard of Review’ for Constitutionality of laws and ordinances affecting our Second Amendment […]
“Bill of Privileges?”
3 Nov 22 Feudalism! “Who fancy themselves ‘The (permanent) Ruling Class’ don’t care about public safety. Having made it difficult for states and localities to police locally (de-funding police), having left citizens no choice but to protect ourselves as best we can, they now intend to forcibly take our guns away from […]
“Let them eat cake!”
31 Oct 22 “Four general maxims: 1) Your motives are not as altruistic as they seem to you. 2) Don’t over-estimate your own meritoriousness. 3) Don’t expect others to take as much interest in you as you do 4) Don’t arrogantly imagine that most people give enough thought to you […]
Experts!
26 Oct 22 Watch these experts! On Sunday last (24 Oct 22), a gun-carrying amateur in GA was in a local Walmart with a pistol (brand unknown) stuffed in his waistband (absent a holster), a practice sometimes called “Mexican Carry.” His pistol predictably slipped out of its precarious perch and fell down […]
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.
