Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 16

DEADLY FORCE INSTRUCTOR

In my humble opinion, we have lots of people teaching good courses on HOW to use a defensive firearm, but damn few who are teaching the critical element of WHEN to use one. We need more instructors who are fully informed in this area. We’ll be doing a Deadly Force Instructor course this coming July […]

ANOTHER REASON COPS ARE LEAVING EARLY

We are suffering an epidemic of early retirements and pre-retirement departures from law enforcement. “Woke” mayors and city councils employing “woke” police chiefs who abandon police stations to rioting mobs. “Woke” prosecutors who campaign on a promise to empty prisons and screw cops.  No wonder so many good cops are leaving the profession, and we are […]

SHAKY SHOOTIN’

Ever had to shoot while you’re trembling like a dog defecating razor blades? I have. It’s good to know you can do it if you have to. Discussed in my column in the current issue of GUNS magazine, here. Share your own experiences and thoughts on the topic in commentary, please.

MASSAD AYOOB GROUP’S LATEST OFFERING

Retired deputy sheriff and former Midwest Regional IDPA shooting champion David Maglio is teaching the latest MAG offering, Defensive Pistol.  Here’s an after action report from a very satisfied student. MAG Defensive Pistol AAR In October, I had the opportunity to attend the newly formed Massad Ayoob Group Defensive Pistol class. The class was taught by […]

CARRYING A GUN AT HOME?

Ever leave home on an impulse or for a quick errand and realize you didn’t have your wallet, your house key, or your phone?  I avoid that by keeping wallet, keys and phone on my person whenever I’m dressed. Same with the carry handgun. There are other reasons to put on your gun when you put […]

DON’T DISREGARD AIR RIFLE POWER

Few of us ever got through a December without seeing the iconic movie “A Christmas Story” in which the most memorable and much repeated line was, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”  The kid in question desperately wanted, and finally got, a Daisy air rifle that shot BBs. The general public sees “air guns” as […]

THE MISUNDERSTOOD CONCEPT OF DISPARITY OF FORCE

Some of the starry-eyed idealists among the gun prohibitionists ask wistfully, “Imagine a world where no one could have a gun.” We don’t need to imagine it. Neanderthals versus Cro-Magnons. The Dark Ages. Worlds where the strong brutalized and tyrannized the weak, and whomever assembled the largest gang savagely extorted or exterminated those they outnumbered. […]

YA CAN’T PLEASE EVERYBODY, JOE

If you know someone who believes passionately in decarceration, the emptying of the prisons and jails, and personal recognizance bond for serious criminal suspects, then you probably know someone who will vote for Joe Biden for President and has in the past. CNN, clearly a member of the Biden Media Fan Club, finds that he […]

HOW QUICKLY THINGS HAPPEN

In 1983, a man I am proud to call a friend and colleague, Dennis Tueller then of the Salt Lake City Police Department, did the seminal research that showed a man seven yards away could, from a standing start, reach you with gun or club or homicidal bare hands in one-point-five seconds, on the average. […]

IS PITTSBURGH THE CANARY IN THE MINESHAFT?

Pittsburgh, PA is a city of some 300,000 people. They used to have a damn good police department with enough officers to stay on top of crime.  My old friend and fellow instructor John Farnam recently called our attention to the situation there now. You can read about it here. Yes, there is crime in Pittsburgh. […]