Paradise?
11 June 15 Trouble in paradise? From a friend in NY: “In the wake of the news that two dangerous murderers have escaped from one of NY’s ‘maximum security’ prisons, New Yorkers are suddenly frightened! They’re being told to ‘stay indoors,’ and take other comical ‘security precautions’ Adding to their concerns is the impossibly slow, […]
Training for Women!
11 June 15 Women’s Training 7-10 Aug 15 (Fri-Mon), DTI is presenting a first-of-its-kind, on-site Defensive Handgun Training Program for Women at the historic Elk Mountain Hotel, in Elk Mountain, WY The entire Class is taught by Vicki Farnam from DTI, Inc. Susan Prescott-Havers, owner and Chief de Cuisine, has put together a wonderful package […]
Thinking Sheepdog?
10 June 15 Personal Philosophy, from a friend in the UK who has significant interest in American politics: “Show me a selfless politician, working strictly for the common good and defending our individual rights and liberties as citizens, and I will show you a saint! There are precious few! The vast majority unfailingly succumb to […]
“Smart Gun” Implications
9 June 15 More on “smart guns:” The only company that even claims (falsely, as it turns out) to have produced a commercially-viable “smart pistol” (Armatix, a German firm) had gone Chapter 11! After much fanfare, not a single copy of their vaunted “smart pistol” was ever delivered to a retail customer in the USA. […]
Our Constitution in Peril!
8 June 15 “Whenever you hear people talking about ‘a living Constitution,’ invariably they are in the process of slowly killing it by ‘interpreting’ out of existence its restrictions on government.” Thomas Sowell Our Constitution provides for the destruction of each of its elements, and indeed the entirety of itself. The process of destruction is […]
Enforced Helplessness!
7 June 15 Liberal Sen Edward Markey (D/MA) has just introduced a bill that mandates within five years, as yet undefined “personalization technology” on all handguns manufactured within, or imported into, the USA. Such, as yet non-existent, technology is intended to prevent “unauthorized users” (also undefined) from firing these pistols. Like most liberals, the Senator […]
Seventy-One Years Ago!
6 June 15 “Bloody Omaha” On 6 June 1944, Tuesday, seventy-one years ago to the day, German commanders high atop bluffs overlooking what Allied commanders had designated “Omaha Beach” in Normandy gleefully reported back to their superiors that the American Amphibious Invasion had been repulsed, stopped on the beach and going no further. American Sherman […]
Signs, Signs, and more Signs!
3 June 15 “No Guns Allowed” Signs: In Washington DC, and numerous other places where “shall-issue” CCW laws are finally coming into effect, many among the chronically fearful, “only-criminals-should-have-guns” crowd have made it a campaign to encourage retail businesses to post “no guns allowed” signs on their doors and windows. The purpose is, of course, […]
Guns are Dangerous! Imagine that!
28 May 15 “Friends” Like These: I’ve been, and continue to be, involved as an expert assistant in a number of product-liability lawsuits, many involving Glock pistols. During the course of such litigation, I’ve been treated (so long as my gag-reflex holds out) to sham arguments by sleazy plaintiff’s attorneys. They typically say, “If only […]
XCR in 300Blk
26 Mar 15 Robinson Armament, XCR-L I’m currently using, and traveling with, a copy of the RA/XCR-L rifle in 300Blk. I have several other XCRs, in 5.56mm, 308, 30/Soviet, and 6.8Spc. The XCR is a gas-adjustable, gas-piston, military rifle, and all my copies run superbly, or I wouldn’t own them! All feature a folding stock […]
Memorial Day
25 May 15 On this Memorial Day, what better topic? Magazine restrictions, signed into law by our leftist CO governor (Democrat, of course) who dishonorably caved-in to pressure from the BHO Administration, are currently unenforced! Yesterday, I visited a local gun retailer and purchased several 30-round MagPul AR magazines that were on unrestricted display on […]
30-06
23 May 15 A note about military rifles chambered for 30-06: Several colleagues have reminded me that M1 Garands run best with white-box, military-equivalent ammunition. Conversely, much of modern, hunting ammunition in 30-06 caliber generates pressures curves aggressive enough to actually bend the Garand’s op-rod, quickly rendering the rifle inoperable. The Garand was never designed […]
Additional on Ammunition
22 May 15 Additional on Ammunition, from friends and colleagues around the Country: “In our Long-Range Rifle Courses, we are now seeing many rifles chambered for 30-06. There seems to be plenty of that caliber available, relatively cheap! Many 1903 Springfield bolt-guns, as well as Garands. Deadly, and amazingly destructive well past 500m. Screw with […]
Dip in the Graph!
21 May 15 Ammunition Trends: In talking with friends in the domestic ammunition manufacturing business today, I learned: Overall demand is slow right now, at least among first-tier manufacturers. Much has been stockpiled over the past decade, both in the public and private sectors. Many garages and basements are filled to the rafters! In any […]
Massacre!
14 May 15 43 murdered in a single event in Pakistan on Wednesday: “Who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire In a terrible massacre scarcely even mentioned in the Western press, 43 members of a religious minority (a small and obscure Shi’ite sect, called the Ismailis) were shot to death […]
It started with LBJ!
13 May 15 “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” Voltaire Black Americans who show-up for work every day, are self-sustaining and contributing, who take good care of their families, and who despise government “assistance” are considered “runaway slaves” by leftist politicians. Conversely, ones who dutifully remain in rotting, inner-city ghettos, […]
Victimhood!
12 May 15 Same Old Line! Yesterday, I watched a televised debate (as long as my gag-reflex could hold-out) on the subject of American citizens, once again, voluntarily arming themselves in response to current terrorist threats, and those same Americans applying for, and being issued in record numbers, CCW permits for the same reason. The […]
Advice
11 May 15 Advice to Police and Police Departments: With the officer safety situation deteriorating as fast as it is:, stop obsessing about “transparency.” 1 Dump individual email addresses on your web page. 2 Dump names and photos of smiling officers. 3 Dump descriptions of, and data on, divisions/precincts 4 Dump personnel biographies 5 Dump […]
Lenin Lives!
6 May 15 To leftists, facts never matter. Neither does decency nor righteousness. What does matter is the seizure of power and forced advancement of leftist ideology upon an unwilling citizenship. Baltimore’s “mayor” today indicted her entire police dept, putting them all on notice that she was bringing in the Feds to see which of […]
“Protection?”
5 May 15 When will we ever “get it?” A friend attending a police equipment trade show on the east coast reports: “… before entering the building you had to pass large signs that proclaimed: ‘No live ammunition past this point’ Most everyone dutifully obeyed the signs, apparently without question, including police officers in uniform! […]
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.
