“Training?”
29 Apr 14 “Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it!” Andre Gid Comments on institutionalized training. We, now and then, present training programs at state academies and other long-established “institutions.” In the private sector, we’ve moved forward rapidly over the past few decades, but many institutions, state and federal, still […]
A Police Career
15 Apr 14 “An honest man speaks the truth, though it gives offence. A vain man, in order that it may.” William Hazlitt With regard to the foregoing, without vanity nor immersing myself, once more, in the endless discussion about calibers and capacities, here is a sage note from a friend, recently retired, who worked […]
Victims, by Policy
10 Apr 14 “At Dawn, We Slept!” We can all clearly see how much mayhem a single lunatic, armed only with a pistol, can do among unarmed members of our ‘armed’ forces, all the base ‘security’ notwithstanding. Can you imagine how many innocent, unarmed soldiers will be murdered during a coordinated attack on a base […]
Surprise!
10 Apr 14 “The secret of a good sermon is a good beginning, and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.” George Burns Per George’s advice, I’ll try to be brief! We hate surprises! When fighting for our lives, surprises generally represent bad news. Modern, well-maintained, military small-arms seldom fail […]
Chicago Addendum
9 Apr 14 Chicago Addendum: Other friends in Chicago provides this update and correction: “Chicago’s first CCL incident involved a license-holder shooting at two men, at least one of whom armed with a pistol, who menacingly confronted him in a gangway at his home. It took place on 5 Apr 14. Both suspects immediately fled […]
You never Know!
8 Apr 14 “Hey! You never know!” Promotional motto of the NY Lottery Monday evening, a suspect walked into LAPD’s West Traffic Division lobby and, without a word, began firing a pistol at two uniformed officers. One officer was hit multiple times. The other was unhurt. Injured officer is still in the hospital, but recovering. […]
FSM4 Addendum
8 Apr 14 Addendum to FSM4: My long-time friend and colleague, Pat Sweeny, who has forgotten more about the Stoner System than I’m ever likely to know, reminded me to provide the following critical information about the FSM4, which I neglected in my Quip of yesterday: Yes, the FSM4 has a genuine NATO 5.56×45 chamber, […]
Good News from Chicago!
8 Apr 14 “Since no politician ever believes what he says, he is quite surprised when taken at his word!” Charles de Gaulle From a friend in the area: “I recently noted two interesting facts: 1) The City of Chicago (formally ‘murder-capital of the nation’) has just reported it’s lowest murder rate since 1958! 2) […]
Farnam Rifle
7 Apr 14 The “Farnam Signature M4” I’ve written long and often about the Stoner System and its variations. I first starting using one in Marine OCS at Quantico, VA in 1967. It was the rifle with which I went to war! Today, I own a number of modern copies, STS, BCM, LaRue, Doublestar, DLS, DSA, et al. […]
The Argument
5 Apr 14 The Argument: “Hypocrisy cannot be forgiven, because ‘repentance’ for a hypocrite, is itself hypocrisy.” Hazlitt I have scant tolerance for lickspittles and ethical cowards, uniformed or not! It seems our current senior military “leadership” has become so enamored of their positions, that they have forgotten their oath to defend our Constitution, not […]
Will it really happen?
3 Apr 14 Theory and Practice: Analysis of arming officers and staff NCOs on American military bases, from a friend recently retired from active service: “All day long, I’ve heard the usual boring media predictions of ‘the wild west’ when soldiers go armed on military bases. These same liberal clowns make these same preposterous predications […]
Ft Hood
3 Apr 14 Ft Hood Shooting of yesterday: Of yesterday’s shooting victims, all were military, and none were armed and able to defend themselves, nor each other, from a gun-wielding, murdering lunatic who apparently didn’t get the memo about the Base being a “Gun-Free Zone!” As soon as the suspect was confronted by military police, […]
Defenseless Soldiers
2 Apr 14 “The truth which makes men free is, for the most part, truth which men prefer not to hear.” Herbert Agar New threat to American military bases: Federal authorities are frantically searching for a self-professed Islamic jihadist, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (aka “Booker”), who has threatened to duplicate the Ft Hood Massacre of November […]
2014 ILEETA Conference
29 Mar 14 The 2014 ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators’ and Trainers’ Association) Convention, this year in Lombard, IL, just concluded today. Both Vicki and I presented Classes, participated in panel-discussions, and we both attended as many other classes as we could. Some were lecture format at the host hotel, and others were range program […]
The Fall of Rome!
27 Mar 14 “What assurance have we that our masters will, or can, keep the promise which induced us to sell ourselves? Have we discovered some new reason why, this time, power should not corrupt as it has done before?” CS Lewis CA Senator Diane Feinstein, a steadfast defender of the intelligence community’s programs to […]
When it’s least expected…!
24 Mar 14 Curious weapon stoppage, from a colleague: “Last week, I was using my H&K MP5, with dummy rounds, while instructing students in stoppage-reduction. At the end of my demonstration, one dummy round was missing, and I could not find it anywhere. I gave up my search, assuming it would show up later. Saturday […]
The Essence of War
17 Mar 14 Follow-up on war-winning rifles: To quote Hitler: “When you win, you need not explain. When you lose, you will not be there to explain!” I might add: … nor would anyone care, even if you were! Some of what follows is controversial, but this issue needs to see the light of day, […]
Historical Perspective
14 Mar 14 “A people that values its privileges above its principles, soon loses both!” Eisenhower We have to go all the way back to Nikita Khrushchev to find a Russian leader as tough as Vlad P! On this side, we have no one on-par, nor on the horizon (either side of the aisle), nor […]
Habits!
12 Mar 14 “Habit with him was all the test of truth ‘It must be right. I’ve done it from my youth!’” George Crabbe Hard lessons! The CA Highway Patrol “Newhall Incident” of 6 Apr 1970 turned out to be a watershed event in American police culture and, more than any other single officer-fatality instance, […]
Hero of the Era!
10 Mar 14 Accidental Hero! “Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard, and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, Baby!” Lee Marvin, US Marine, WWII hero, later Hollywood actor famous for “tough guy” portrayals. Exploits of […]
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.
