Massad Ayoob on Guns
THE NEXT TIME AN ANTI-GUNNER SAYS CITIZENS’ RIFLES ARE USELESS AGAINST ARMIES…
…remind them of this.
I was recently reading “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans” by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager. The War of 1812 was going badly for the Americans. The British had...
WHY COMPETITION IS RELEVANT TO SELF-DEFENSE
Recently saw this on YouTube, from a grandmaster competition shooter who is also in law enforcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vWEX4SCtcY
I agree with him. I’ve said for years that while a shooting match is not a gunfight, a gunfight...
ANOTHER GREAT GUN GUY PASSES
I was saddened to be told of the recent death of my old friend Ed Lovette. He had a long and distinguished career in military, law enforcement, and the CIA. Ed was a thinking...
AFTER THE STORM(S)
Hurricane Milton was gonna be the big one, and while we weren’t in the crosshairs for this one like we were for Hurricane Helene a few weeks ago, we were still will within its...
ISRAEL DISARMED
Mark Smith is a brilliant attorney, gun-focused and one of our most articulate spokespersons for firearms owners civil rights. Check out his blog called The Four Boxes Diner. That’s a reference to Boxes of...
AWFUL VERSUS EMPTY
Why is it that in every recent Presidential election I’ve found myself saying, “We’re a nation of (now) some 330 million people, and these are the best two we can pick from to lead...
DAMN HURRICANES…
The Florida hurricanes have been particularly relentless this year. Hurricane Debby in late August flooded our downtown office three or four feet deep, rendering the building uninhabitable at least for now, and destroyed some...
BOB SMITH R.I.P.
I was deeply saddened to learn of the death this past weekend of Bob Smith in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. We had been friends and colleagues for about forty years.
Bob was one of the best...
WINTER IS COMING
When you’re outdoors in the coming cold weather, you have the choice of gloves or cold, numb hands, neither of which is a great combination with firearms. Here, with John Farnam’s permission, I share...
A TOP NEW MAKER OF PROTECTIVE GEAR
Back in the early 1970s when Richard Davis created the soft, concealable body armor that “bullet-proofed” America’s police, Davis told me I was the first cop in my state to order one of his...
