Cars and “Gender Equality!”
12 May 17 Next Step? When liberals here promote the banning of guns, one retort is that, if liberals were really interested in protecting citizens, they would want to ban cars too. Liberals have always recoiled at the suggestion, saying that the two issues were “not related.” Until now! An editorial in the popular Swedish […]
Trucks!
11 May 17 Trucks! Of all exportable terrorist attack methods, using hijacked trucks to plow into groups of pedestrians is among the most effective and easiest to put together. There is no lack of “recent converts to Islam” who can be recruited to carry-out one of these attacks, and one needn’t look very far to […]
The Political Promotion of Violent Crime
9 May 17 “In these modern times, many are wounded for not having weapons, nor knowledge of their use.” Achille Marozzo, 1536 The man charged with Boston’s double murder last weekend, Bampumim Teixeira, had been previously (recently) convicted of two bank robberies. Upon his conviction for armed robbery, he served a total of ONLY NINE […]
Life and Death!
8 May 17 “Safe” places and “safe” Neighborhoods! Last weekend, two prominent physicians, living in the “high-rent district” of Boston, MA, were victims of a home invasion. Both were tied-up by a single, armed burglary suspect. Then, while thus helpless, both had their throats slit and subsequently bled to death! One of them, prior to […]
Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y?
4 May 17 Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y? Many of America’s perpetually unproductive/unemployed neo-Communists, masquerading as “liberals,” have unhappily discovered that their hallmark bullying, threatening tactics, particularly at colleges and universities, are only effective when there is no resistance. Recently, some of the other side have morphed into “hard targets,” and the left is horrified and […]
It’s Personal!
3 May 17 “Excellence is an Art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue and excellence, but rather we have those, because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Do “sleazy” people have less of […]
Success Story!!
2 May 17 Another success story! “I am writing to thank you for your training. I found myself putting it to use far sooner than I ever imagined! Last week, my family and I were visiting in-laws, and we were out on the town, walking to several local attractions. As we walked down a pier, […]
“Safety!”
1 May 17 “At least once, everyone should have to run for his life, so he will know and understand that eggs don’t come from stores, that safety does not come from police, and that ‘news’ is not something that happens to other people.” Robert Heinlein A “success story,” from a student on the East […]
Readiness Follow-up
28 Apr 17 More on “Readiness” In making the point about the importance of personal readiness in my last Quip, I didn’t intend to convey the impression that I teach students, during an emergency, to carefully adjust sights, stocks and slings, nor to sling-up, all prior to putting effective fire on threat(s)! When the rifle […]
Readiness!
27 Apr 17 “Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!” First heard (by me) in Marine Corps OCS, Quantico, VA, 1967. The definition of “security” is: “Whatever you have with you at the moment, and how smoothly and incisively you can put it all into action it to make things […]
Guns are Dangerous!
26 Apr 17 “Unlikely” doesn’t translate to “Impossible!” From a friend and colleague: ‘Last week on our outdoor range, while setting-up a pistol (G19) for a stoppage-reduction drill, it unexpectedly discharged when the instructor released the slide. No fingers anywhere near the trigger. Of course, this pistol was pointed down-range. The cartridge case in question […]
Security Theater!
26 Apr 17 Still unarmed! What will it take? This from a friend attending a graduation at one of our big military bases last week: “When arriving on base entry gate, no one checked my ID, nor IDs of people accompanying me. Uniformed Army gate-guards had no rifles slung, nor side-arms. The only visibly armed […]
Pseudo-Piety
20 Apr 17 “Pacifism is merely cowardice, masquerading as ‘piety’” Anon Paranoid grass-eaters really don’t trust anyone! These comments from a friend who is a federal special agent: “Just returned from DC. Nearly every government facility in DC, and many private facilities as well, have ‘walk-through’ magnetometers at entrances. ‘Security,’ more correctly ‘security theater,’is big […]
Is Anyone Really Surprised?
19 Apr 17 “The goal of Socialism is Communism.” Vladimir Ulyanov (Vladimir Lenin) “Gun Control,” Down South: Five years ago, shortly after he took power in Venezuela, self-proclaimed Socialist, Nicolas Maduro, precipitously outlawed all private ownership of guns, as well as transfers of guns. All privately-owned guns were to be immediately “turned-in.” Few were! Shouting, […]
Terrorism Du Jour!
18 Apr 17 “My fathers were Warriors. Their son is a Warrior. From them, I take my only existence.” Tecumseh Here we ago again! Today, yet another radical Islamic spree killer, yelling “Allahu Akbar,” goes on yet another murdering rampage in gun-hating, liberal CA. He was finally tackled to the ground and taken into custody, […]
Sniper
17 Apr 17 “Your body won’t go where your mind has never been” Training Axiom Sharpshooters and Snipers: The American Revolutionary War pitted Colonial frontiersmen against British Regulars. “Regulars” in all armies of the day were issued smooth-bore muskets. Projectiles were round balls, not very accurate (at least by today’s standards), but reloading was much […]
Embarrassing!
13 Apr 17 Embarrassing Truth! Since the fatal attack outside the British Parliament two weeks ago, visibly armed police are now posted at every entrance. An embarrassingly quiet “policy change” that came too late for Keith Palmer! The real reason Officer Keith Palmer, unarmed at the time, was murdered by a knife-wielding Islamic terrorist? A […]
Canik TP9SF/Elite
10 Apr 17 Canik TP9SF/Elite I’ve been carrying my copy of the Canik TP9SF/Elite pistol (imported by Century Arms) for several months. I’ve used it to demonstrate techniques at a number of Courses, and my Instructors and students have shot it extensively, with all kinds of ammunition. Frankly, there is little not to like. No […]
Bullet Migration in 9mm Revolvers
4 Apr 17 “Bullet-jump” with light-weight revolvers, particularly those chambered for 9mm: Last weekend, during a Defensive Handgun Course, a student brought a Ruger five-shot revolver, chambered in 9mm. During an exercise, shooting factory 115gr hardball from a well-known and reputable manufacturer, a bullet jumped forward far enough to protrude from the face of the […]
New TSA Regs?
31 Mar 17 New TSA Baggage Regulation? I’m flying out of DEN this morning on SW. In my checked baggage, I have my usual complement of my M4 and two pistols, with fully-charged magazines for all. I have been hearing from students that, upon checking baggage, airlines now wrap all checked luggage containing guns with […]
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.
