Who Dare…
14 May 18 “Who Dare, Win!” David Stirling, founder of the SAS. The motto has since been adopted by numerous high-speed military units. In a widely-circulated video (surveillance, apparently inadvertent) of a Mothers’ Day attempted armed robbery on a street somewhere in Brazil, occurring yesterday, we see a single, pistol-wielding, male suspect approach a group […]
Utopia?
9 May 18 Gun-free Utopia? From a friend in the UK: “Gunfire in London is no longer uncommon, even though guns are technically ‘illegal’ here! Knife attacks are also a plague, and ever associated with deadly gang warfare. Most gangs here are composed of immigrants, almost all illegal, and they’re constantly engaged in lethal territorial […]
Unintended Consequences
8 May 18 More “Unintended Consequences!” This from an attorney friend and colleague in WI: “I am in the process of reviewing title-work in order to insure the purchase of commercial property for one of our clients. I ran into this ‘exception clause.’ It is new! I’ve never seen it before: ‘Notice: Please be aware […]
More “Theater”
7 May 18 Security Theater: From a friend in MA: “I recently attended an indoor concert in Boston. Like you, I don’t like crowds, but I made an exception in this case. Music was canonical and conservative, and the admission price was hefty, so I calculated that attendees would be mostly middle-aged and well-behaved. Right […]
“Learned” Fools
6 May 18 “Unprepared, and apparently proud of it!” “When a coyote attacked a young girl recently on a childrens’ playground in snobby, affluent, gun-free Westchester County, located northwest of NYC, all adults present were of course, weaponless and otherwise unprepared, including an off-duty police officer who was NOT carrying concealed. The unarmed, off duty-officer […]
2018 NRA Show, Dallas, TX
5 May 18 2018 NRA Show, Dallas, TX, Second Day Today, I did see a single, scraggly protestor, carrying a sign depicting an poorly-drawn AR with a red line through. He was tottering back and forth. No one paid any attention to him! I saw a number of black men attending the Show and wearing […]
NRA Show 2018
4 May 18 NRA Show, Dallas, TX, 2018 Today was the first day of the 2018 NRA Show in Dallas, TX Show is well attended. A few attendees are openly armed. Many, like me, carry concealed! Contrary to predictions, I didn’t see protester one! If there were some, they may have been herded in the […]
“Crazy” People!
3 May 18 Implications of “mental-health purges,” from a friend in a position to know: “In the former Soviet Union, this was commonly known amongst the general population as ‘going crazy.’ Many a Russian thus suddenly ‘went crazy,’ was then visited by the KGB, and subsequently disappeared for prolonged periods. Most were never seen again! […]
Just One Life?
2 May 18 “… if it saves just one life” In Colorado, the recently-introduced “Extreme Risk Protection Act” is currently being debated in Denver. This legislation will empower any judge, on the flimsiest of pretexts, to order the indefinite forcible seizure of every one of an individual citizen’s guns, when the judge decides the citizen […]
The Plot Thickens!
30 Apr 18 Marijuana, the Plot Thickens! From a friend and lawyer: “An inconvenient detail that is seldom mentioned in public is that 18 USC 922(g) states that it is unlawful for (3) a user of marijuana to possess ‘in or affecting commerce’ (who knows what that mumbo-jumbo means, except that the Feds firmly believe […]
Marijuana!
29 Apr 18 Marijuana use, gun purchases, and BATF! US Attorneys are currently prosecuting five men in ME for falsely claiming on Federal Form 4473 that they were not users of marijuana. Form 4473 must be filled-out for every retail gun purchase. Marijuana use, medical or “recreational,” is a violation of federal law, even though […]
Sudden Death!
29 Apr 18 From a friend in TX, yesterday: “I attended a local car show yesterday. Without warning, a man drove his car into a group of pedestrians. Many dove out of the way! One hapless pedestrian was run-over and died at the scene. The perpetrator then went on to drive into several parked cars. […]
Predictable and Hardly New!
27 Apr 18 Predictable Argument of Socialists: Physicians of course, sincerely believe they’re “correct” when forming a diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan for a patient. Yet, as new signs, symptoms, and test-results emerge, competent and honest physicians sometimes see that they started on a line of diagnosis and treatment that was clearly wrong. When the […]
Legal?
25 Apr 18 “Is it ‘Legal?’” I’ve written about this subject before, but the question keeps coming up in classes. Inevitably someone asks: “When this or that is going on, and this or that circumstance is extant, can I shoot this guy? Is it ‘legal?’” Such questions are meaningless and mostly irrelevant! When you are […]
“Wall Mart Rule”
23 Apr 18 Available at Wall Mart? My recent Quip with regard to the current domestic mini-renaissance of the 10mm pistol cartridge generated much comment, and I sincerely appreciate all who took the time to remark. Many 10mm advocates insist that the 10mm is every bit as reliable as any other pistol cartridge. That has […]
School Security Update!
19 Apr 18 A Bright Spot in School Security From a friend and RSO in the Midwest: “As an RSO (School Resource Officer, armed police officer assigned to a public school), I work at a school and am charged with keeping school staff and students from harm, even when that necessitates the application of force, […]
Serious Carry Pistols
17 Apr 18 Carry Pistols: I just acquired a copy of the CZ P10C, which I plan on carrying (concealed) for the next few months, maybe longer. The P10C is CZ’s version of the G19 It’s a nice pistol! Right size for concealed carry (for people of appropriate stature and hand-size) and very well made. […]
10mm
16 Apr 18 10mm Auto Last weekend, during a DTI Defensive Pistol Course on the East Coast, a student brought a 1911 pistol in 10mm Auto caliber. 10mm Auto had a brief following when it was first introduced in 1983. But, it never gained significant popularity, and there has been scant demand for the ammunition […]
Defferent this Time?
12 Apr 18 Will it be different this time? Once again, federalized Army and Air Guard personnel are being deployed to our southern “border” to help detect and apprehend cross-border drug traffickers, illegal gun traffickers, and illegal immigrants. It is dangerous work and a dangerous place to be! Will we, once again, be treated to […]
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
11 Apr 18 “You can’t ‘manage’ men into battle. You have to lead them!” Rear Admiral Grace M Hopper The eldest son of President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Theodore Roosevelt Jr’s cousin was Franklin D Roosevelt, who became president, and was Commander in Chief when Theodore Jr, then a brigadier general, was […]
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.
