Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 14

DELTA BAGGAGE

I have long suspected that Delta is the one airline whose motto is “If man was meant to fly he would have been born with wings. Back in the day when meals instead of pretzels were standard fare in domestic travel, Delta had the best airline food in my opinion. They were my airline of […]

LET ME SHARE SOME GOOD ADVICE

As he so often does, ace trainer Greg Ellifretz brought this article to my attention.  I’m not sure who “Uncle Zo” is, but he’s absolutely spot on in this article. As an expert witness for 45 years now in weapons and shooting cases, I’ve seen a bunch of both criminal and civil attorneys try to […]

UNDERSTANDING A RECENT TRAGEDY

For decades I’ve warned folks not to have a gun visibly in hand when a stranger who might be a police officer comes to the door. A recent tragedy left a young USAF member dying in his apartment when he made that mistake, caught on the deputy’s body camera.These incidents are widely misunderstood. Attorney Andrew […]

AN OVERLOOKED MODERN USE FOR REVOLVERS

Our friend Greg Ellifretz, a master instructor in multiple self-defense/safety disciplines, postulates a good reason to have a few of those supposedly obsolete “service revolvers” handy for worst case scenarios.

MICHELLE OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT?

For some time now the (rumor? Conjecture?) has been going around that given the Democrats’ increasing disenchantment with their current President, the stage has been set behind the scenes to nominate Michelle Obama to replace him on the ticket. Perhaps a nation fed up with politicians would like the idea of a brilliant, articulate, beautiful […]

ABOUT THE COLLEGE “DEMONSTRATIONS”

When the right does it in DC they call it an “insurrection.” When the left does it at institutions of higher learning, the media calls it “demonstrations.”Our friend Greg Ellifretz tipped us to this article which explains the darker side of the matter. Your thoughts?

WHEN HIS OWN PET MEDIA CALLS HIM A LIAR…

Election after election, CNN becomes the voice of the Democrat party. When even they call out the highest-ranking Democrat…well, judge the ramifications for yourselves.

WE’RE SHORT ON MORE THAN COPS

In the past in this space, we’ve discussed the current shortage of police personnel. In-service cops are leaving early in droves, particularly those in places where Soros-bought prosecutors and chiefs appointed by “woke” mayors are throwing good police officers to the wolves. Because of that, and the widespread demonization of police, we have a severe […]

SHOOTING MATCHES

A decade ago, the Evil Princess and I determined that we were shooting about two dozen pistol matches a year around the country.Talk about slowing down. This year I’ve shot exactly two, and she has shot none. Part of that is my schedule but a lot of it is illness in the family. Had to […]

OF GUNS AND GEEZERS

Shooting is a life sport. My brother Tony Semone and I recently spent several days together at a MAG-40 (https://massadayoobgroup.com) class.  As always, he did a great job as range officer, but the man is much, much more. Dr. Semone is an eminent neuropsychologist, famous for his work in post-traumatic stress in gunfight survivors. I was […]