“Dead-Gulations”
23 Feb 15 “Dead-gulations” Our active-duty military wives are now receiving pernicious threats from ISIS, via e-mail messages sent directly to them: “While your president and your husband are killing our brothers in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, we’re coming for you. You think you’re safe, but ISIS is already here. We know everything about you, […]
Visigoths!
18 Feb 15 “Unarmed” Forces: From a proud father of an American Infantry Soldier: “My son left for his assigned post today. Of course, he could not take anything along that might even resemble a weapon, including a utility knife. The Army has a training issue, that it is covering up with a manufactured ‘safety […]
Serious Rrifle Optics
16 Feb 15 Optics for serious rifles: I’ve editorialized more than once the everyone ought to be able to use, and be comfortable with, iron sights on serious rifles, both Western style and Soviet style. When you have nothing else, you have to know how to make iron sights work. With good iron sights and […]
Unchecked
15 Feb 15 ISIS, Unchecked: “Things are far worse than ‘not good!’” Burczynski In Braunschweig Germany today, a large and popular parade and festival was abruptly cancelled, less than two hours before it was to start. The annual event typically draws to the area a quarter million visitors and participants. Many, already dressed in colorful […]
“Offical” Reports
12 Feb 15 More on Yemen: The Yemen Embassy story, as originally reported, has now been slightly “softened,” in subsequent “official” reports. However, given the lying history of the BHO Administration, I believe little contained in any such “official” statement. Their “official” version of events in Benghazi was subsequently proven to be a pack of […]
Some Bleed. Some Never Will!
12 Feb 15 “When it bleeds, it leads.” So goes the cynical cliche among modern “journalists” Since BHO has never led, nor bled, I am astonished with his concise explanation as to why he believes the media are paying way too much attention to today’s pernicious threat from Islamic terrorists, and Vlad P’s slow-motion Blitzkrieg […]
Sterile Guns, Sterile People!
11 Feb 15 Empty guns! September of last year, in PA, a State Trooper (Firearms Instructor) accidentally shot and killed another State Trooper during a training session. The Trooper who did the shooting has subsequently been indicted by a grand jury. The pistol involved was, of course, unloaded and thus “safe!” The tragic incident, and […]
“Failure”
10 Feb 15 His “Great Failure” Our mercifully departing attorney general, during a recent cynical interview with reliable administration apologists on MSNBC, sadly stated that his “single failure” as AG was failing to persuade an understandably distrustful Congress to pass additional restrictions on already beleaguered American gun-owners. “It is, I think, the single failure that […]
Police Use of Force
5 Feb 15 “Delay in the use of force, and hesitation to accept responsibility for its employment when the situation clearly demands it, will always be interpreted as weakness. Such indecision will encourage further disorder, and will eventually necessitate measures more severe than those which would have sufficed in the first instance.” United States Marine […]
Declining Crime
3 Feb 15 “Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.” George Jean Nathan History will record that crime in America, violent crime in particular, hit an all-time high in the 1980s. It has been declining steadily ever since and is […]
Fiber!
29 Jan 15 The Will to Stand: “The hardship of our exercises is intended less to strengthen the back than to toughen the mind. Spartans say that any army may win while it still has its legs under it; the real Test comes when all strength has fled, and men must produce victory on will […]
Coming to a State Near You?
26 Jan 15 “Rights” and “Privileges” From a friend in NY: “New York State treats ‘Pistol Permits’ as a privilege, not a right. Most Americans would call NY State policy on carry permits ‘discretionary issue,’ or ‘may issue.’ Words have meaning! Once politicians can change the word ‘right’ into ‘privilege,’ the door opens to abuse […]
Final SHOT Show Comments
25 Jan 15 Additional SHOT Show comments: Several have asked me to comment further on certain guns. I usually report only on those that interest me, so that my comments are not too lengthy. In many cases, they’re too lengthy anyway! The Beretta “M9A3″ is the latest iteration of the 92F. They’ve made the bulky […]
Western Europe Today!
23 Jan 15 This unhappy report on Western Europe, from a friend who lives there: “Seeing all the lip-service support received by Charlie Hebdo, you might have thought that, at long last, Europeans are getting their courage back. How wrong you would have been! Nobody here dares doing nor saying anything that might garner the […]
2015 SHOT show, Last Day
23 Jan 15 2015 Shot Show, Last Day. Gun manufacturers tell me that, when they announce a recall, updating 25% of eligible guns is considered a “success.” I had no idea the figure was that low. Blackhawk’s famous (and controversial) “Serpa” holster is being superceded by the new “GripBreak.” The Gripbreak is thumb operated. This […]
Thrid Day
22 Jan 15 2015 Shot Show, Third Day: Today, I saw friends at DSM. They manufacture the quick-deploying “POLICE” sash that is handy for identifying yourself as a police officer in a manner that can be easily seen. New deployment system is even faster than before. I’m now carrying a copy of the new version. […]
2015 SHOT Show, Second Day!
21 Jan 15 2015 SHOT Show, Second Day Raven Concealment has a wonderful kydex holster, designed specifically for the increasingly-popular “appendix” carry. Called the “Eidolon,” it is designed for comfort and low profile. Appendix-carriers will love it! While on the subject of concealment holsters, Friends at Bladetech showed me their “Total Eclipse” kydex concealment belt […]
2015 SHOT Show, First Day
20 Jan 15 2015 SHOT Show, First Day: Cor-Bon is now making their own DPX all-copper bullets for their line of DPX ammunition. They are also making DPX bullets available as components for hand-loaders. LaRue is making their own AR triggers. Like everything LaRue makes, they are wonderful! The “Predatobr” is still their premier AR. […]
2015 SHOT Show, “Media” Day
19 Jan 15 2015 SHOT Show, Las Vegas, NV, “Media Day” Today, we attended two of the three live-fire SHOT show events. There was the regular “Media Day.” Many vendors there, and an opportunity to shoot new guns. However, many non-shooting booths also. There was a simultaneous “Military Range Day” at another range, way on […]
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.
