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21 Jan 25 2025 SHOT Show, First Day Today, I visited booths of a number of makers of serious ammunition.  Most of these manufacturers are personal friends.  Others I don’t know as well. In 9mm (9×19) Gorilla makes a 115 gr standard-pressure (non +p) high performance HP round with a solid copper bullet.  Velocity from […]

20 Jan 25 2025 NSSF SHOT Show, Range Day This morning, we watched DJT’s swearing-in ceremony, and his inspiring acceptance speech. The optimism he radiated was obvious among attendees later at Range Day, which was today! The Boulder, NV Rifle Club Range Facility was cold and blustery today, and the uncomfortable weather discouraged some from […]

14 Jan 25 “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” Wayne Dyer We’re seeing a predictable pattern with CA’s leftists and their “progressive,” woke agenda. They have carefully set the stage for this drama we’re currently witnessing. We’re seeing ecumenical systemic failure- and anarchy that inevitably follows. To […]

11 Jan 25 Good news! I’ve just been in-touch with my good friend and colleague, Pete Pi Jr, of Defiant Munitions. Defiant’s 9mm TCX 115gr +p round represents my current first choice for serious personal defensive purposes.  I have it in my carry-pistol right now! I’ve shot much gelatin with this round, along with a […]

11 Jan 25 Stupid, by Choice! “The naive believe disasters ‘bring-out the best in people’The sage know that disasters open the door to anarchy.The naive rely on ‘hope’The sage rely on preparedness” J Carr As the fire-catastrophe in CA grows worse by the hour, our Democrat governor and LA mayor do what we’ve come to […]

8 Jan 25 SKS in Canada The Soviet “Samozaryadny Karabin Sistemy Simonova,” (loosely translated: “Self-loading Carbine of the Simonov System”), is abbreviated in the West as “SKS.” Designed by Sergei Simonov in the early 1940s, over ten million SKS Rifles (chambered in 7.62×39, or “30 Soviet”) would eventually be manufactured (in the USSR, China, and […]

3 Jan 25 “DEI:” “Deceit, Exclusion, Incompetence” “DEI” is represented as a method for somehow “making-up for past crimes” perpetrated by Western Civilization, via deliberately disadvantaging (often outright excluding) Christians, Jews, heterosexuals, white people, and those with no criminal history, via strictly-enforced (quota-driven) hiring and promotional policies. DEI has been enthusiastically embraced by the BHO […]

2 Jan 25 “We had a plan; unfortunately terrorists defeated it” (Quotation from a local news reporter in New Orleans) I wonder if the foregoing will be the glaring epitaph on the grave of Western Civilization! High-speed vehicle-ramming attacks are a common tactic of Islamic terrorists in Western Europe.  Less common here, until yesterday! Vehicular […]

1 Jan 25 Heads-up! Friends in New Orleans, LA are telling me this morning that all of NOPD is on high alert, and that last night’s vehicular terrorist event in New Orleans may be just the beginning of a more wide-spread attack. No telling how well organized this attack was/is, but although one suspect is […]

27 Dec 24 “We’ve ‘normalized’ the inconceivable” Nicole Gelinas In Oakland, CA an “In-N-Out Burger” fast-food restaurant recently closed its doors, for good. Reason for this abrupt closure is rampant violent crime, combined with poor/indifferent police response. Curious that this restaurant was closed in spite of the fact that it was consistently profitable! Yet, upper-level […]

19 Dec 24“Safety first,” or “Liability first?” “ Cynically labeled, ”The Late-Night Safety Plan,” Minneapolis residents were recently treated to a talking head on TV announcing: “You may not always see them, but Minneapolis Police want you to know they’re ‘closely watching’ to keep things safe.” We are then assured that “dozens of uniformed officers […]

18 Dec 24 “Twisting facts so that they fit theories, rather than revising theories so that they fit facts, is a reliable recipe for disaster” Indy Nidel Instant “Operator” Just add gun! Many naively imagine that by buying and carrying a gun, they will suddenly be able to effectively handle critical, life-threatening incidents. Reminds me […]

10 Dec 24 “Nothing in this world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ML King “Dangerous Knowledge” or “Dangerous Ignorance?” My esteemed friend and colleague, Tim Kelly, is about to publish a book about children, parents, and guns.  I’ve just reviewed the draft, and it is excellent, and will shortly become reading […]

5 Dec 24   Our 2025 DTI Training Schedule is now posted at the DTI Web Page   You may sign-up for any of these DTI Courses directly on the Web Page!   There will be a few more additions, but not many!   Looking forward to getting back together!   John S Farnam, DTI […]

1 Dec 24 Historical tidbits: British soldiers (and others) wore bight-red uniforms throughout most of the 1800s, as red made the sudden appearance of blood from wounds less visibly shocking than would a contrasting color, like white! The interior of gun emplacements on British navel ships was painted bright red, for the same reason. “Khaki” […]

26 Nov 24 “When people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news-sources accordingly” Thomas Sowell What the media doesn’t tell you: Last week, an Islamic domestic terrorist forcibly stole […]

21 Nov 24 Chickens have come home to roost! A Manhattan ADA was robbed in the hallway of her apartment building yesterday. The perpetrator, arrested (temporarily) a short time later, is an illegal immigrant, who has six prior arrests in NYC, all for violent felonies (but he was still out and about), since his illegal […]

19 Nov 24 Glock “Switch” “Glock Switches,” manufactured in clandestine shops domestically, and unlawfully imported from China, illegally installed on some Glocks, allow the pistol to be fired full-auto! “Switches” can be metal or plastic, but are not difficult to manufacture in any event.  Anyone with a 3D printer, or a very basic machine shop, […]

12 Nov 24 “What is purportedly ‘allowed’” vs “What is ‘reasonably necessary’” My friend and colleague, Andrew Branca, in his instruction on the subject of lethal force used in legitimate self defense, makes liberal use of the term, “reasonableness” We should all listen to him carefully! Many students, and practicing instructors, in our Art spend […]

6 Nov 24 Our Republic is saved! DJT will be our president, once more, while Republicans made other significant gains. Our rights are safe, at least for the next four years! No “going the way of Venezuela” for now. KDH dreamed of books being written about her.  Now, she’ll be confined to a footnote, or […]