Truama Kit
1 July 14 IBD (Israeli Battle Dressing) to the Rescue! From a friend and student in UT: “Last Saturday evening, my wife and I were emerging from a local restaurant just a minute or so after a collision between a bicycle and a car in the resturant’s parking lot. The bike and rider had been […]
More on Our Un-Armed “Forces”
30 June 14 Un-armed Forces! From a friend and student, currently on active duty with the USAF: “Air Force Instruction 31-117: ‘Senior military and civilian officials may not bear government-owned firearms for personal protection within the United States’ So, we can only be armed while deployed overseas: Overseas commanders may authorize senior military and civilian […]
Additional rifle Comments
28 June 14 “Fate makes no appointments, nor does it wait on any man! You have to be alert and ready the instant it arrives. Even then, there are no guarantees!” Anon More comments on modern military rifles, from friends in the industry: “Several decades ago, ‘light’ sporting rifles, intended for rough-country and mountain hunting, […]
Setting the Example!
28 June 14 Watch These Experts! In a local newspaper photo, a recent Marine “change of command” ceremony at Robins AFB in GA is depicted in enough detail to clearly reveal that at least two uniformed Marines are carrying M9 (Beretta 92F) pistols in fabric, flap belt-holsters. All look snappy, but (I wish I were […]
Plastics/polymers and Serious Rifles
27 June 14 Plastics and serious rifles, from a friend and manufacturer: “Use of polymers in firearms has become commonplace. With serious rifles, plastic lower receivers may be arguable, but using plastic structural components to support the barrel is extremely unwise, yet both H&K and Beretta have done this. Plastic is suitable for parts of […]
Follow-up
20 June 14 Follow-up: This from a friend and student, who is Jewish: “Boys (and most of the girls) in our Congregation have to qualify with the pistol, and fam-fire a rifle and shotgun, before their Bar-Mitzvah. All men are requested to carry during services and meetings. Most do.” My reply: “Can I join?” Comment: […]
Never Again?
20 June 14 Anti-Jewish? Leftists in general, and the BHO Administration in particular, have become a cheering section for the PLO and Islam, while never passing-up an opportunity to reprimand Israel. Today, Jewish students in American colleges and universities are openly terrorized by Palestinian students and Palestinian campus organizations (mostly attending at American taxpayer expense). […]
On the Ground in Iraq
19 June 14 Report from the ground in Iraq! This from a friend and contractor, now in Iraq: “John, Iran has sent troops across the border into Iraq. They’re here! Huge stockpiles of US armor, weapons, heavy artillery, mortars, armored vehicles, tanks, the entire main weapons depot and the main helicopter base, have been captured, […]
DDA
18 June 14 Devil Dog Arms, of Lake Zurich, IL “The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle!” Pershing I met fellow former Marine, Joe Lucania, at the SHOT Show in January. Not surprisingly, I found him to be a person I instantly liked! He builds ARs, Devil Dog Arms, intended […]
Iraq
16 June 14 Situation summery, Iraq, from a friend in the System: “Shia President Maliki is not up to this task (nor any other). Never was, no more than is the disorganized hoard of fleeing mice that is now his ‘army.’ So, continue to expect nothing from the Iraqi Government. Eventually, Sunni tribes and former […]
When it’s least expected….!
13 June 14 Ready or Not? Yesterday, in Philadelphia, PA, two elderly men emerged from local gunshop/indoor range and were robbed, at gunpoint, in the parking lot as they approached their vehicle. Two suspects, one male and one female, confronted the two victims and ultimately stole several guns from them. For their cooperation (being “good […]
Naivety!
9 June 14 CCW Naivety: The vast majority of state CCW licensees are genuinely “good” people, but many have had precious little relevant training, and much of it fraught with errors and unrealistic expectations. For example, many naively believe: 1) When they see “bad things” happening in public places (which don’t involve them directly) that […]
Inflation!
7 June 14 “If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. Your only real security is a strong reserve of knowledge, experience, energy, and ability.” Henry Ford Inflation is alive and well! I just booked a flight to the East Coast for later this month. I do it at this time […]
M4A1
3 June 14 “Improved” AR? At a cost of 120m, the Pentagon is converting its current inventory of M4s to the new “M4A1.” Slightly thicker barrel, genuine full-auto capability (not the ridiculous “three-round burst”), ambidextrous manual safety, and a few other minor, mostly cosmetic, changes. Of course, 120m is chump-change by federal standards, but it […]
Con-Artists
28 May 14 Political “Bait-and-Switch!” It is common strategy for frowsy, leftist politicians (is there another kind?) first to cynically manufacture a “problem,” and subsequently to propose to “save us” from this terrible dilemma (that they created), inevitably with a “solution” that, without fail, involves (1) squandering the public treasury while (2) simultaneously invalidating our […]
Love Freedom Enough?
23 May 14 “When they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.” Thomas Pynchon Bankrupt and crumbling Detroit, MI, where all who are able are getting out as fast as they can, has unhappily become the sister-city of Johannesburg, South Africa! For years, Johannesburg has claimed, among other […]
No, We won’t!
19 May 14 Lions and Hyenas: Some day, they will come for you in the night, and they will kill you They will be dissuaded many times, but eventually they’ll come You’ll doubtless slay many, even most But, the remainder will overwhelm and kill you, and there is little you can do, And yet … […]
Going to guns, Part II
16 June 14 “I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has, in some way, obstructed interstate commerce.” J. Edgar Hoover These comments from a now-retired, skid-row beat-cop who worked his entire career in a large metro area, which then and now, can […]
“Going to Guns!”
16 May 14 When we “go to guns!” “We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?” Mignon McLaughlin We professing Operators spend much time on our weapon skills, as it should be. Recent, inadvertent videos of police officers, and other good people, shooting criminal suspects, […]
How Do You Do?
13 May 14 “How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?” Charles de Gaulle Full Circle! Popular Chief of the LAPD, Charlie Beck, was photographed today carrying on his waist a (are you ready for this?) 1911 pistol, with hammer in full-cock position! Recruits entering the famous […]
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.
