Demographics!
18 Jan 15 Demographic Changes! “Why doesn’t our government protect us? Why aren’t criminals following gun laws? Why do we have to protect ourselves?” John Glassy (quoting a frightened student) This from a friend in the UK: “Jewish populations in the UK, France, and the rest of Western Europe are terrified! As a result, thousands […]
Demographics!
18 Jan 15 Demographic Changes! “Why doesn’t our government protect us? Why aren’t criminals following gun laws? Why do we have to protect ourselves?” John Glassy (quoting a frightened student) This from a friend in the UK: “Jewish populations in the UK, France, and the rest of Western Europe are terrified! As a result, thousands […]
…just wallpaper!
16 Jan 14 “… the status-quo will never want for an advocate” Fosbery An almost smirking chairman of the JCS, dressed in a perfectly-pressed class-A uniform continues to downplay threats posed by Islamic jihadis. He is the perfect background/wallpaper stooge for BHO! “The dogs of war” is a familiar phrase from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” “Cry […]
History’s Lessons!
14 Jan 15 Comments from a friend in South Africa: In 1959 I lived in France, a small village just outside of Geneva Switzerland, on the French border. However, I spent much time in Paris. On all major intersections there were stationed two French troopers, standing on opposite corners. All were armed with submachineguns, four […]
Western Civilization!
9 Jan 15 Today’s events in France: The threat from Islam really hasn’t changed in fourteen centuries. We in the West should have gotten used to it by now! Since 600AD, Islam has maintained a belligerently malignant foreign policy. They invade other cultures, overtly or subvertly, establish beachheads, then local colonies, and then gradually take […]
Follow-Up
7 Jan 15 Paris Follow-Up: BHO’s “statement” about the terrorist attack in Paris was cynically casual, an apparent annoying interruption to his day. He was obviously bored. No mention of Islamics, “radical” nor otherwise. I’m sure it was yet another example of “workplace violence” Anything but inspiring! Even our Secretary of State had some modicum […]
Murders in France
7 Jan 14 Islamic violence, once again, in Western Europe: “Sweetest of all is liberty. This we have chosen, and this we pay for. We have embraced the laws of Lykurgus, and they are stern laws. They have schooled us to scorn the life of leisure, which this rich land of ours would bestow upon […]
Weaponized Medicine
5 Jan 14 “Socialized” Medicine, now being “weaponized:” In NY, a retired police officer, with decades of faithful service, and who has foolishly remained in NY after retirement, was recently treated to a “visit” by local authorities. They came to his home to confiscate his legally-owned guns. No warning and no explanation. The retired officer […]
Recent Accidents:
2 Jan 15 “The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: Nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash away a word of it” Omar Khayyam (1048-1131AD) Gun Accidents: Several tragic, high-profile gun accidents over the Holidays should cause all Operators to […]
Last Qip of 2014!
31 Dec 14 Last Quip of 2014: “It is true that liberty is precious … so precious it must be rationed.” Nikolai Lenin ( Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov ) Many naive liberals believe classical Communism really does “work.” They argue that the only problem with Communism, as commonly practiced, is that all the wrong people (like […]
Arma Virumque Cano
28 Dec 14 “Arma Virumque Cano” Translates to: “I sing of arms and of a man.” Book 1, Line 1 from Virgil’s “Aeneid” Two decades BC, Roman Poet, Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil), used the above line to reintroduce the Roman world, in poetic form, to “Aeneas,” a wandering adventurer whose descendants, according to legend, founded […]
“Little Mistakes”
26 Dec 14 “Only the mediocre are ‘always at their best.’” Jean Giraudoux Professional golfers, NFL head coaches, criminal defense attorneys, and seasoned Operators all unite in this advice: “It’s never the ‘great shots’ that save you. It’s always the ‘little mistakes’ that kill you!” “Hail-Mary” passes, the smashingly clever comeback during cross-examination, and the […]
They Are on the March!
24 Dec 14 “Only a fool neglects the keenness of his blade, in the self-deceptive hope that his enemy’s blade has also dulled.” Wiggington Martyrdom Anyone? “Boko Haram,” a notorious assemblage of Islamic gangsters in central Africa, just proudly released a video depicting them slaughtering children and adults, by the hundreds, probably in Nigeria. Most […]
“Divine” Protection?
20 Dec 14 “‘One, with God, is always a majority,’ or, so goes the platitude, but many have been burned at the stake- while votes were still being counted!” TB Reed Religion and Personal Preparedness: (Be patient. It will take me a moment to get to the point!) At my Training Sessions, I try hard […]
Res ipsa loquitur, “The thing speaks for itself. It is self-evident.”
19 Dec 14 “I believe and profess that a people must never value anything higher than dignity and freedom; that it must defend these with the last drop of its blood; that it has no duty more sacred and can obey no higher law, that the shame of a cowardly submission can never be wiped […]
This dies! That goes his way!
16 Dec 14 Six die. But, this one goes his way! On Monday, a man walking his dog in the Philadelphia, PA area was approached by a knife-wielding VCA, who threatened him and demanded he surrender keys to his car. Instead of meekly complying, this dog-walker quickly produced a pistol and fired at the VCA, […]
“Youmaynot Philosophy”
15 Dec 14 “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our political opponents have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?” Joe Stalin (so eloquently articulating the “Youmaynot Philosophy!”) Australia this time! Most of this day, I’ve listened to hand-wringing commentators on many networks, including Fox News, agonizing about how to […]
Out West!
10 Dec 14 “History does not entrust the care of Freedom to the weak, nor timid” Eisenhower From a friend and colleague in UT: “Two Russians visited us last week. They were aghast at life beyond New Jersey! They stopped moving west way too soon Often, immigrants get to our East Coast, and settle there. […]
Can We Have Loaded Guns Now?
9 Dec 14 “… Tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come, for all we know” From “For All We know”, written in 1970 by Fred Karlin for the feature film “Lovers and Other Strangers.” Best rendering was Welch singer, Shirley Bassey’s, in 1971. Shirley Bassey was most famous for her rendition of “Goldfinger,” […]
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.
