Massad Ayoob on Guns
THE BEST SYSTEM IS STILL NOT PERFECT
Having spent most of my adult life working in the criminal justice system – variously as arresting officer, police prosecutor, expert witness often working for the defense – I find truth in the common...
REVOLVER CLASS
Does that photo above, which mimics the common police pose from the past of officers holding up their open service revolvers for inspection, bring anyone back to the old days? I hope so, because...
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN CONNECTICUT SELF-DEFENSE CASE
A clear-cut case of self-defense in Connecticut has resulted in a conviction for manslaughter. Having been extremely familiar with this case and reviewing the evidence, I am absolutely certain the verdict was a profound miscarriage of...
THE DANGER FROM BULLETS FALLING FROM THE SKY
I’ve been through half a dozen major homicide investigation and officer-involved shooting investigation courses and several shorter ones. In many of those, forensic pathologists showed us pictures of corpses made dead by bullets that...
RECONSIDERING POWERING DOWN
Remembering my recently deceased friend John Taffin I was reminded how over the years, he shot the hell out of super-powerful handguns like the .500 Linebaugh and hot-loaded .44 Magnum, and wound up with...
REMEMBERING JOHN TAFFIN
My friend John Taffin passed a couple of days ago, after a period of ill health. He was 86.
John was one of the longest-standing gun writers in the business. He was particularly fond of...
THOUGHTS ON WOMEN AND GUNS
From an article in Backwoods Home magazine a while back: https://www.backwoodshome.com/women-and-guns/
