Western civilization in decline
16 Dec 13 “Who naively think we can be happy and prosperous by letting the government ‘take care of us,’ rather than taking care of ourselves, had better take a closer look at the American Indian!” Anon From a friend and student who came here to the USA from Eastern Europe in the early 1960s: […]
“Solving” Problems?
15 Dec 13 “The worst enemies of new radicals, are ‘old’ liberals!” Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) “… the status-quo will never want for an advocate” Fosbery NY’s obscure “Department of Environmental Conservation” is now proposing a state-wide ban on wild pig hunting, despite the fact that wild pigs are calamitously destructive to farmland, all because: ” […]
Media and Guns
12 Dec 13 Anti-gun bias in the media is decades old, although they sheepishly, and oh-so self-righteously, deny it. Anti-gun groups, like the Brady Bunch, are unfailingly described by the media as “experts” (even though none of them could distinguish a gun from a waffle-iron), and their intrinsic, far-left, Marxist agenda is never mentioned. By […]
From a friend in NY
11 Dec 13 “Their titles are legitimate… their children are not!” From “Come Along with Me,” from the 1953 Broadway Musical Production, ” Can-Can” Original version sung by Hans Conried From a friend in NY: “A local physician was recently issued an appearance ticket by Sheriff’s Deputies in Wayne County, NY for stealing lawn signs […]
News from Detroit
4 Dec 13 The news from Detroit, from a friend in the finance business: “Who joined the DPD years ago, thinking he had secure pension benefits, just got that bubble broken! All those rosy promises, made by smiling politicians, were lies, and the sin is double, because they knew full-well they were lying when those […]
Manufactured “epidemics?”
3 Dec 13 Stalin, and his successors, routinely declared political opponents, even mild critics, “mentally ill,” and subsequently disenfranchised them, eventually forcing them into gulags (masquerading as “mental hospitals”) Most were never seen again, their “mental illness” being apparently “incurable!” An army of psychologists was recruited, and terrorized into endorsing the Administration’s sinister plans for […]
What little we know about using a gun in self-defense, during a personal attack
1 Dec 13 What little we know about using a gun in self-defense, during a personal attack: Many shooting statistics, commonly bandied-about, are dubious and agenda-driven. We need to view them all with a jaundiced eye. One example, routinely used by blindly-devoted gun-phobes, is that you’re more likely to be shot by a family member […]
Carrying concealed in public
29 Nov 13 Comments from a colleague un PA: “There is a false pretense of ‘safety,’ vainly imagined by business/government entities, in justifying the restriction of gun-carrying by those of us needing to enter buildings or areas in the normal conduct of our daily business. These irrational gun-phobes can’t possibly justify the position that they […]
Hypocrisy, the new byword
27 Nov 13 From a friend a lawyer in NJ: “With regard to the murder of the nurse in TX yesterday, little doubt hospital administrators were advised by legal counsel that it is far cheaper to pay a workman-comp claim for a murdered nurse, than risk an expensive civil suit, even a frivolous one, filed […]
NYPD “Letter of Confiscation”
27 Nov 13 NYPD has begun sending “letters of confiscation” to erstwhile law-abiding NYC gun-owners, stating that their gun, which is capable of holding more than five rounds, will be forcibly confiscated by the PD unless the owner arranges to sell it or get it out of the City. Even then, the (former) owner must […]
On your own!
15 Nov 13 The news today is that the TSA officer who was wounded, and ultimately died, during the LAX shooting incident of 31 Oct 13, probably bled to death, and probably could have been saved, had competent aid gotten to him in a timely manner. Nearly all of the victims at the Columbine school […]
Plight of gun-owners in New York
13 Nov 13 A conservative Republican, currently serving in Albany (one of the few), spoke with a liberal New York City Democrat last week and asked, “Why are you guys coming up with these crazy gun laws? You’re driving out Upstate New Yorkers. They’re moving to other states in droves!” The Democrat calmly replied: “Yes, […]
Philippine Typhoon
13 Nov 13 Writing for a dreary, leftist news-blog, an unnamed author, in describing extensive damage, yesterday cited “the prevalence of guns” and the contention that the Phillippines is a “gun-happy independent nation” as the real impediment in getting aid to storm victims. Rubbish! The liberal press rarely misses an opportunity to vent their vile […]
My undiplomatic comments on the recent NJ mall incident
8 Nov 13 Currently, risk-avoidance (at least in the public sector) always favors doing nothing! Doing nothing is invariably safer and easier to “justify” than doing something, particularly “something” that subsequently goes in the toilet. Our fault. Their fault. Nobody’s fault. It doesn’t matter, and no one cares! And, in a case like a mall-shooting, […]
NJ mall-shooting incident of 4 Nov 13 (Monday)
5 Nov 13 Details from a LEO friend who was there: “Single suspect, DRT from self-inflicted GSW. No other gunshot injuries. All shots (save one) fired by the suspect himself, in mostly random directions. Only other gunfire was a single ND, from a shotgun carried by a responding LEO. No injuries from that discharge. Lots […]
DPX in action
3 Nov 13 Last week, I used my RMR-equipped S&W M&P (work expertly done by my friends at ROBAR) to shoot a pig. We were hunting at a private preserve, and the pig in question (125 lbs) had already been hit side-to-side by a 12-ga slug launched by my hunting partner. However, the dauntless pig […]
LAX Incident of 31 Oct 13
3 Nov 13 Last week’s shooting incident at LAX blatantly illustrates (once more): 1) “Gun-free” zones are merely imaginary, symbolic barriers. The suspect in this case was not deterred in the least. He was eventually stopped, but only by the liberal application of lethal force (gunfire), not by wishful thinking on the part of naive […]
Hunting Adventure!
30 Oct 13 Yesterday, at a private preserve in the Midwest, I shot and killed an 1,800-pound Water Buffalo! I used a borrowed Ruger bolt-gun in 416 Ruger caliber. Big rifle, and it functioned flawlessly! Express sights (iron). Hornady DGX (soft-point) ammunition. 400gr bullets! Stated muzzle velocity is 2,400 f/s, and they performed as advertised! […]
More on “NYC adventures”
29 Oct 13 More on “NYC adventures,” from a friend there: “CNN, forever apologizing for gaffes associated with anti-gun legislation, reported, incorrectly as always, that a man was recently arrested at JFK, attempting to ‘board a plane with (1) loaded and defaced rifles and (2) high-capacity magazines.’ Wrong on every count! When magazines are charged […]
Incomprehensible gun laws
28 Oct 13 A friend and lawyer in NY comments on NY’s new draconian, incomprehensible gun laws: “We lawyers deliberately make legal verbiage as difficult and tedious as possible, because: 1) It forces an extended time-frame for review, and guarantees unending litigation, keeping many erstwhile unemployed bureaucrats and legal staffs busy, producing no useful product, […]
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.
