The LAD!
16 Mar 18 Earlier this week, a CA school-teacher, who is also a local reserve police officer, and an outspoken anti-gun Democrat, brought his issue-G21 to a school classroom to serve as a “prop” during his now-famous “gun-safety lecture!” While sternly warning his charges of dangers inherent to guns, the teacher casually pointed his pistol […]
Competence!
14 Mar 18 Gun Competence: I’ve grown weary of recent editorials frantically warning us all that allowing school teachers and administrations to carry concealed pistols in school will lead to a “rash of gun-accidents,” because “… ‘those people’ just can’t be trained to use guns competently.” In that case, I suppose no one can be […]
Dtiquips Pale
That’s a great quip! Jay Sent from my iPad > On Mar 10, 2018, at 10:31 AM, John Farnam’s Quips mailing list wrote: > > 10 Mar 18 > > The Pale > > England’s on-again-off-again conquest of Ireland, starting in the 12th Century, entered an intense and bloody phase in the 16th, under the […]
Pale
10 Mar 18 The Pale England’s on-again-off-again conquest of Ireland, starting in the 12th Century, entered an intense and bloody phase in the 16th, under the Tudors. Henry VIII’s notorious split with the Roman Church, officially starting in 1534, injected an evangelistic religious element into Britain’s mostly unwelcome presence in staunchly Catholic Ireland. The next […]
Public Beggars!
9 Mar 18 “It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is, than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” Carl Sagan Beggars: People openly begging, in public places, is yet another telltale sign of the progressive deterioration of our civilization! When I was growing-up in the 1960s, public begging was […]
More on Pistol Caliber Selection!
8 Mar 18 Addendum to the 380Auto: In response to my Quip on the 380Auto cartridge, and various pistols chambered for it, I’ve received many comments! Some comments, negative and positive, about the 380Auto are based on personal experience, and I surely have to respect that. For most of us, personal experience always trumps “statistical […]
The Lowly 380Auto!
6 Mar 18 380Auto What is called the “380Auto” over here, is called “9mm Kurz,” “9mm Corto,” or “9×17” in Europe. “Kurz” and “Corto” both translate to “short” The cartridge has been around for over one-hundred years, nearly as long as the currently more-popular 9mm Parabellum (AKA: “9×19,” “9mm Luger”). The 380Auto’s enduring popularity is […]
Too Pure?
1 Mar 18 More hypocrisy, from guess who: I don’t fly Delta anyway, but it is even less likely I’ll fly with them now, after they precipitously canceled a discount arrangement with the NRA. As we all agree, the NRA is far from perfect, but we’re all members and need to be. And, most agree […]
Heroes!
27 Feb 18 Heroes! Owain Glyndwr has been called the “Welsh Braveheart,” because of the similarity of his life and mission to that of William Wallace of Scotland, a century earlier. Revered today throughout the UK as a great national hero, Owain was not loved by many of their ancestors at the end of the […]
Slippery Slope!
24 Feb 18 Bump-Stocks and Mental Illness We’ve yet to see where all this is going, at least at the Federal level, but even DJT currently thinks “Bump-Stocks” need to be banned, and NICS checks need to be “tightened,” particularly with regard to “mental illness,” however that illusive term might be defined. As always, critical […]
Red Storm Rising!
22 Feb 18 Red Storm Rising: There are precious few of us who can remember any “school shooting” that occurred within CONUS, before 1990. That was the year then-Senator Joe (“… and all you need is a double-barrel shotgun”) Biden proposed the “Gun-Free School Zone Act” that was subsequently passed and signed into law by […]
DJT Comments!
21 Feb 18 Today, even DJT was talking publically about “tougher” background checks for potential gun-buyers. “Tougher?” How? Of course, we are never told. But, at least some of us ask: Should NICS now have access to prescription drug records of any American who wants to buy a gun, a change that will effectively shred […]
Mental-Health Examination?
20 Feb 18 “And what do Democrats stand for, when they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as “the mob,” a word betraying a Marie-Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals?” Camille Paglia “Mental-Health Evaluation,” prior to legally obtaining a gun? This is one of the proposals currently enjoying the light of day in […]
Kings and Monsters!
19 Feb 18 What are they really saying? What are they really proposing? We are currently being treated to a whole new lexicon of “weasel words” and “weasel terms,” by leftists who just can’t seem to ever get to the point! 1) “Gun ‘safety’ legislation” Exactly what do they mean by that? Specifically, what are […]
Real Security!
17 Feb 18 “The search for truth takes us where evidence leads, even when we don’t want to go there.” Bart Ehrman Since the 1970s, Israelis have had to confront, and deal with, armed attacks on schools by Palestinian Islamic terrorists. Attacks were (and are) beastly and relentless. The distasteful, but inescapable, conclusion to which […]
Ammunition Update
16 Feb 18 Cor Bon Update: I just got off the phone with TA Perrine at Cor Bon in Sturgis, MI. He indicated that Cor Bon is now shipping ammunition (including DPX) to Cabela’s and Sportsman’s Guide. It may not appear on retail shelves for a few more weeks, but you can order it now […]
Guns for Me but Not for Thee!
15 Feb 18 Hoi Polloi (AKA: “The Unwashed,” “Peons,” “Riffraff”) In the wake of yesterday’s terrible event in FL, gun-prohibition advocates are predictably wasting no time in shrieking for additional “reasonable restrictions” on our Second Amendment rights. Like leftists everywhere, they never get into inconvenient details of course, but insist we have to “do something.” […]
We’re doing it for your own good!
13 Feb 18 “Praise from your critics is akin to the executioner commenting that you have a pretty neck!” Eli Wallach The heart of CBS’ 60-Minutes latest “report” on 2nd Amendment issues was not surprising to anyone familiar with the hopelessly liberal media. The commentator (Steve Kroft), after assuring us all that he is so […]
Agendas
6 Feb 18 Political Agendas: In late January, a Colorado teacher, while traveling in NY, was arrested by local authorities at the Airport in Albany, NY (ALB) as she declared her legally-owned and correctly packaged-for-travel pistol (in checked baggage) to SW Airlines for her trip home. TSA enforces federal law, so they don’t care. But […]
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.
