SHOT Show 2022
15 Jan 22 2022 SHOT Show, Las Vegas, NV Vicki and I arrived here in Las Vegas, NV yesterday for the 2022 SHOT, Show. Range Day is Monday. The expo itself is at the Venetian (formally the Sands) Convention Center. The Show has expanded this year into the adjacent, and recently-completed, Caesar’s Forum. […]
The List!
9 Jan 22 “A year after the attack on the Capitol, data science is better than ever at predicting insurrections.” Thursday’s Washington Post In the wake of the one-year anniversary of the famous 6 Jan 21 protest in Washington DC, Marxicrats have indicated that they just can’t wait to employ “artificial intelligence” […]
No Safe Place!
7 Jan 22 “Weakness brings bullying and war. Strength and determination maintains peace.” Doc Gunn House-sitting used to be a fairly “safe” occupation, but not now and especially not in CA! Mansion-ransacking is replacing car-jacking as the favorite sport of CA criminals who, for good reason, don’t fear de-funded police and fear […]
UD!
5 Jan 22 “Funny things, accidents. You never have them, until you’re having them!” AA Milne From a police chief in TX: “Last week, a fellow and his wife were parked after dark at one of our local convenience stores. Before going into the store, the male (driver) retrieved a kydex IWB […]
“Holy” Politics
4 Jan 22 “When we remember that the German word for ‘holy’ (selig) is the root of our English word, ‘silly,’ we may be forced to make pertinent connections.” Mary Rose O’Reilley With regard to the Burlington Coat Factory Store shooting in a Los Angeles, CA shopping center on 23 Dec 21, […]
“Perfect” Outcomes!
30 Jan 21 “Appreciate what you have, while you still have it, or you’ll learn what it meant to you- after you lose it.” Frank Sonnenberg “Perfect Outcomes,” “Perfect Predictability,” and Unrealistic Expectations! Exactly one week ago, LAPD responded to multiple emergency calls, all emanating from a shopping mall in North […]
How do you do?
27 Dec 21 “True snobs never rest! There are always more and more people for them to look down upon” J Russell Lynes I wonder how they like it! Details of shots fired in anger last Thursday by the husband of the current Illinois House Speaker in Broadview, IL, as the […]
“Borders?”
19 Dec 21 UK has the same border issues as the USA, and for the same reasons! From a friend there: “France’s ‘Border Guard,’ presided over by a befuddled French President, is a joke, despite thick biceps, tight-fitting shirts, and trendy haircuts! Coupled with UK’s own inadequate and unenthusiastic Border/Channel Control, […]
Plight!
16 Dec 21 “You may as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot, when you can shoot yourself in the head?” William Shatner Plight of the French! When French war planners finally decided to adopt the NATO standard cartridge (7.62×51) in the early 1970s, conversion of the direct-gas-impingement/tilting-bolt MAS […]
Beverly Hills Blues!
11 Dec 21 “And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.” Oscar Wilde Beverly Hills Blues? Goodness gracious! Bona-fide VCAs are invading Beverly Hills and attacking the […]
Opportunity!
8 Dec 21 Opportunity! Back in July, I put-out a Quip about a critical need for security staff (bodyguards) for a local friend and client here in CO (Denver/Front Range area). There was much interest then, but this client is now in a “fast-growth phase” and enthusiastically expanding his Security Team. […]
Important History!
6 Dec 21 “Periods of peaceful stability, long life-spans, relentless technological progress, and plentiful consumer-goods that used to characterize Western Civilization (especially the United States) are extremely anomalous historically. The sage are thus preparing for an inevitable return to a less prosperous, and a much less peaceful state of affairs, a ‘return’ that […]
1936-1939
1 Dec 21 “People say poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good! The poorer people are, the more ‘revolutionary’ they become” Mao Zedong In China, during the 1950s and 1960s, Mao ordered his mobs to raid private businesses, also raiding and stripping the private homes of business-owners, often beating and […]
Mobs!
27 Nov 21 “Flash Mobs” Well-organized looting-attacks on retail stores, sometimes entire shopping districts, are now common in CA, OR, and WA, particularly in LA, SF, Portland, and Seattle, as these metro areas are controlled by pro-criminal/anti-business Democrat/Marxists. “Flash-mobs,” as they are called, operate freely in these leftist-controlled areas, as looters have […]
Winchester’s 1894 and the 30-30
23 Nov 21 Winchester 1984 and the 30-30 Cartridge: The rimmed 30 WCF (“Winchester Center Fire”), which a short time later became generally known as the “30-30″ (“30-caliber bullet in front of 30 grs of powder”), initially marketed by Winchester in 1895, was among the first sporting cartridges to use smokeless propellant, from […]
Verdict!
21 Nov 21 Verdict in WI, my view: Reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict by strutting leftist peacocks in the media reveals much about their true, and frightening, agenda! Lawful self-defense is intended to give us “ordinary” citizens the right and ability to effectively protect our lives and the lives of others. And, […]
What did you expect?
17 Nov 21 “When we abandon the past in the pursuit of the future, we’ve left all of the construction materials behind. So, we might show up at the site, but we’re not going to be building anything.” Craig D Lounsbrough Coming to a city near you? Don’t bother calling the […]
Design Errors!
15 Nov 21 “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” Elbert Hubbard What should go inside trigger guards, and what task(s) should be assigned to the trigger? My opinion: In order to prevent unintentional discharges, there should […]
Floodgates!
9 Nov 21 “We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is ‘okay’ so long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber!” Jeff Cooper “Open the floodgates?” NYC’s liberal elite have fought tirelessly for […]
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.
