Massad Ayoob on Guns
RESOLUTIONS
New Year’s resolutions seem to be an American tradition.
I managed to get all the way through 2024 without ONCE dating a letter or check “2023.”
And was pretty proud of myself until the fourth day...
AND YOU THOUGHT “GUN CONTROL” HERE WAS BAD?
Prime Minister Trudeau wants to ban – and confiscate from Canadian citizens – a whole bunch of sporting rifles which have been legal to hunt with there for over a century, and which have...
AVOIDING MISTAKEN IDENTITY SHOOTINGS
If you’ve taken one of my classes or read enough of my articles, you know how emphatically I remind people that someone they perceive to be a stranger in their home might, in any...
HERE’S A (HOPEFULLY RARE) SELF-SERVING BLOG ENTRY
A kind reader recently reminded me of something Professor David Yamane had written a while ago.
Allow me to return the compliment. Professor Yamane and his Gun Culture 2.0 blog and book have done a...
GUN DIGEST 2025
Ah, Gun Digest. When I was a boy I couldn’t afford to buy it out of my allowance – it was the price of a book, since after all, it was a book –...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
All of us on the Backwoods Home magazine team wish a very merry Christmas to you and yours.
Over the years, it has become a tradition in this space to ask our readers what guns...
SINGLE ACTION REVOLVERS: THEY AIN’T JUST “RETRO”
The single action revolver has been obsolete for most practical purposes for well over a century, yet you still find them on display in gun shops today. It ain’t just about “retro” or cosplaying...
THE VALUE OF RELAXED ALERTNESS
My friend Greg Ellifretz recently reminded me of this article I wrote a decade ago. I think it’s still valid.
Notice the photos. There’s no reason to be casting your eyes downward to your smartphone...
WHEN ARMED CITIZENS INTERVENE IN MASS MURDERS
This is absolutely worth half an hour of your time:
https://youtu.be/7cOCIOP1TmE?si=kyWrYEylvpLtdwGf
A panel of emergency services experts, not hostile to the armed citizen concept, discuss the issues when armed Good Guys or Gals engage homicidal criminals.
TRIGGER PULL WEIGHT ON SELF-DEFENSE PISTOLS
In the world of gun enthusiasts, a lot of people conflate “good trigger pull” with “light trigger pull.” On disciplined firing lines in matches where you may be shooting at tiny bulls-eyes a long...
