Current State:
4 Sept 21 From a good friend and major distributor: “1) Compact rifles from Marcolmar (particularly the CETME-LC), Arsenal, Zastava, Troy, IWI, Century Arms, Kel-Tec, North American Arms, Robinson Armament, et al go out the door as fast as we can get them in! 2) Accessories from High Speed Gear, Comp-Tac, Blue […]
Dishonorable men who have scant regard for principled behavior.
3 Sept 21 “We live in a time of shallow values held by dishonorable men who have scant regard for principled behavior.” Botha Despicable cowards, at the highest levels of government, have presented our nation with yet another contemptible, disgusting, and preventable trouncing! The Taliban’s renascent victory in Afghanistan, where many innocent […]
LAPD Saga!
1 Sept 21 This is a note from my good friend, and esteemed colleague, Larry Mudgett, in response to my Quip on NYPD’s recent upgrade to five-pound Glock triggers. Larry is a legend within our Art. I’ve learned much from him. When Larry talks, I listen! “As a young officer in […]
Livestock!
30 Aug 21 “Communism, not a political form of governance, but a corroding social disease that becomes epidemic” James Drout “Leftists are like the HIV virus. Seedy parasites that shut-down a civilization’s natural defenses, so that they can infect, multiply and consume the nation’s resources, feeding their ever-useless, non-productive selves, until […]
A New Epiphany!
25 Aug 21 The nation’s largest police department, NYPD, has had yet another epiphany! Since using G19s (for the most part) since the 1990s, all equipped with department-mandated “NY Triggers,” which boosted trigger pull-weight to a nominal twelve pounds, the department has now decided to reduce trigger pull-weight back to five/six pounds, which […]
News is not good!
23 Aug 21 “See skulking Truth, to her old cavern fled,Mountains of casuistry heaped o’er her head!Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,Shrinks to her ‘second cause,’ and is no more.Physic of Metaphysic begs defense,And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense!See Mystery to Mathematics fly!In-vain they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die!Religion, blushing, veils her […]
Language as Fraud
19 Aug 21 Leftists aren’t “involved with fraud” Leftists ARE fraud!” Farnam Language of cowardice: Of the unfolding Afghanistan disaster, our Secretary of Defense said yesterday: “We don’t have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people.” He carefully avoids use of the arrant verb, “rescue.” […]
Cowardice!
17 Aug 21 “Cowardice, rightly understood, begins with selfishness, ends with shame.” José Rizal Taliban insurgents, immediately upon their nearly effortless take-over of the entirety of Afghanistan, began: 1) Forcibly confiscating all privately-owned weapons. They want no serious opposition. This is exactly what Democrats want to do here! 2) Going […]
That Clever Covid!
11 Aug 21 “… and it won’t make one bit of difference if I answer right or wrong. When you’re rich, they think you really know!” Reb Tevye (played by Chaim Topol) in “If I Were a Rich Man,” from the 1971 feature film, “Fiddler on the Roof” “Deplorables,” the favorite […]
Unreported!
10 Aug 21 An unreported commercial flying incident, from a friend and student: “In the middle of a commercial flight (domestic) last week, flight attendants suddenly asked if there was a physician on-board. I discretely raised my and, and they came and escorted me to the front of the aircraft. They […]
“Extemists” to the Rescue!
4 Aug 21 “A casual stroll through a lunatic asylum will convince you that ‘faith’ proves nothing.” Friedrich Nietzsche “Extremists” to the rescue! In promoting the concept of hot ranges, I often put it this way: “Range Safety” is correctly defined as, “Those reasonable precautions we take to reduce risk, […]
Slaves Indeed!
2 Apr 21 “My faith in God is strong, but my faith in our ‘leadership’ is weak” Abraham Lewis In a cynical gesture to his Marxist base, JRB has announced that the current pestilence of “gun violence” infesting virtually all our metro areas, particularly those with Democrat mayors, is all caused by […]
“Reform?”
28 July 21 Police “Reform?” Last Saturday, Sheriff’s deputies in WA attempted to pull-over a school bus that had been reported stolen. The driver refused to pull over, despite multiple police vehicles in pursuit, all with lights and sirens engaged. Yet, the pursuit had to be called-off. As the bus […]
The Monsters are Out!
26 July 21 On a Roll! In the 1970s, many in then-President Nixon’s Cabinet (Kissinger in particular) pushed for “normalization of relations” with Communist China. They were all foolishly confident that Communist China would morph into a wide-open, Western-style, pluralistic consumer-society that would soon embrace individual economic freedom (capitalism), and ultimately individual […]
Weapons History!
23 July 21 “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ‘Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches […]
Present Tense!
21 July 21 “Fighting is always in the present tense!” Frank Sharpe An NYPD officer was robbed, beaten, and had his personal vehicle hijacked in Manhattan last week. The officer, off-watch at the time, spotted a suspect breaking into a parked car. The officer approached and confronted the suspect, only to […]
Labels!
20 July 21 “I’ve never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a ‘fat cat,’while a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a ‘public-spirited philanthropist’.” Ronald Reagan Labels! The leftist media, famous for labeling American gun-manufacturers, retailers, and publishers. “Merchants of Death,” have invented a new […]
A Good Loser!
14 July 21 “Show me a ‘good loser,’ and I’ll show you a loser!” Las Vegas Axiom Who recklessly adopt and practice “victimhood” as a personal and group MO, do so at their own peril! The end for “professional victims” is always tragedy, for both them and the civilizations where they […]
Armed Citizens Keep our Community Safe!
13 July 21 “Lawfully Armed Citizens Keep our Community Safe” Mantra of “Safecitizen,” a SA gun-owners association From a friend in South Africa, close to the rioting: “Widespread, destructive, and murderous rioting, looting, and arson has erupted in the wake of the arrest and jailing of 79-year-old former ANC president, Jacob […]
MG34
5 July 21 “When you’re ahead of your time, it is inevitable you will anger some people for leaving them behind.” Matshona Dhliwayo The “ahead-of-its-time” MG34 Toward the end of WWII, several hundred-thousand Nazi troops were stationed in Norway, and after the D-Day invasion (6 June 1944) they were immediately scheduled […]
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.
