Massad Ayoob on Guns
WHEN BAD GUYS GRAB GOOD GUYS’ GUNS
I’ve been studying disarming and its corollary science, preventing the disarm, since I was quite young. Master instructor Jim Lindell certified me in his method of handgun retention, known variously as the Lindell Method,...
THE MISUNDERSTOOD MATTER OF BULLET OVERPENETRATION
In Detroit recently, a perpetrator opened fire among innocents and an armed citizen with a concealed carry permit shot him in the head, killing him and stopping the threat. Unfortunately, that same rescuing bullet...
THE DANGERS OF A “DOMESTIC”
Cops know one of the most dangerous calls is “a domestic,” that is, a domestic dispute. It can be just as dangerous for friends and relatives who, with the best of all possible intentions,...
BANDIT HEAVEN
I’ve been interested in the history of America’s Old West since I was a little boy. One of my favorite modern historians in that field is Tom Clavin. I’ve just finished his latest book,...
TIME TO BUY MORE AMMO
Old guy here advises you to buy more ammo. Now.
Here’s why.
Massive US shipments of munitions – small arms as well as artillery—to Israel and Ukraine have greatly depleted US military stocks which urgently need...
FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES
On my lovely bride The Evil Princess’s side of our blended family is our youngest great-grand-daughter Paisley, who is already well on her way as a professional model. She just enjoyed her second birthday.
Recently...
THE WAITING
I have followed Michael Connolly’s “Harry Bosch” series of police procedural novels since they first came out. The character arcs are in real time. The lead character is now old, retired, fighting cancer but...
CATCH THE NEW SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION VIDEO
The Second Amendment Foundation has released a 22-minute video celebrating its fifty years of fighting for gun owners’ civil rights. Some of those who’ve been along for most or all of the ride, including...
SUICIDE PREVENTION
While participating in a Zoom conference with other members of the New Hampshire Firearms Safety Coalition, of which I’ve been a proud member for a quarter century or so, I was reminded that I...
THE LAW AND THE FACTS ARE ON OUR SIDE, BUT WE SHOULD BE USING...
Historically, both law and facts are on the gun owners’ side of the “gun control” debate, and the Other Side had relied largely on emotion. I respectfully submit that emotion is something our side...
