Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 16

MILEAGE

Machines wear out. Guns are machines. Maintain the machine properly, changing disposable parts if necessary, and they’ll last longer. There are serious shooters who keep track of their round count. I am not one of them. When I test a firearm for a gun magazine, I pass it around to as many different shooters as […]

BEHOLD: HOMICIDAL EMPATHY

This article was recently published by Force Science Institute, which is highly respected by law enforcement and professional private trainers, and hated by the sort of people who bring unmeritorious cases against good I’m not sure “homicidal empathy” is a term I’m going to embrace, but I understand what author Von Kliem is getting at. […]

OF FINGERS AND TRIGGERS

Guns are designed to go “bang” when their triggers are depressed. Unfortunately, everyone grows up seeing thousands of images of people on TV and movie screens wielding their guns with fingers right there on the trigger. Then there’s a startle response or some other stimulus, and BANG! An unintentional shot is fired, sometimes with fatal […]

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.