Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 20

A SURVIVOR SPEAKS

When liars tell you that armed citizens have never stopped mass murders, remember this man and his story: Why does an anti-gun media never share experiences such as his, he asks. We ask the same.

LOSING A FRIEND, AND A GIANT

I’ve recently learned that, this past October 26, my old friend Dean Speir passed away. Dean was a gun writer who really pissed off manufacturers of guns that had problems, because he broke the stories. He was one of the few of us in the business who wrote “consumer reports” on firearms, warts and all. […]

THE WORLD’S FASTEST TRIGGER FINGER SETS A NEW RECORD

My old friend Jerry Miculek has done it again. Watch below as he sets a new record for speed and accuracy with a double action revolver. I’m trapped in the master class competition shooting ghetto with this guy, and it’s like trying to beat Superman in an arm-wrestling contest. I told him once that I’ve […]

WEAVING A TANGLED WEB

My fellow advocate of gun owners’ civil rights Miguel Gonzalez likes to ask, “If your cause is just, why lie?” Read this story by another strong voice for 2A, my friend Lee Williams, to catch up on the latest shenanigans by those on the other side.

SOME WISDOM FROM JOHN STOSSEL

For some time now, John Stossel has been exposing gun-banners’ falsehoods. Please find just a few minutes to listen to some of his work from not too long ago, here: And here, with Dana Loesch:

THOUGHTS ON THE WML

The WML – Weapon Mounted Light – has a lot to offer the rural dweller. From livestock predators in the night to home invader situations, it can be a reassuring and even live-saving tool – but it has to be used wisely. I wrote this for Backwoods Home magazine fifteen years ago.  I think it’s still relevant.

SOME GOOD NEWS

Our friend Mark Smith at the Four Boxes Diner YouTube site is one of our sharpest and best 2A warriors.  The next time a prohibitionist suggests that the President order confiscations of AR15s and such, you might want to remind them that he is expressly forbidden to do so by Federal law, found here:

WHAT MAKES A FAVORITE GUN?

What makes a favorite firearm? Experience and habituation have a lot to do with it. From my monthly column in GUNS magazine.

THE EVIL PRINCESS STRIKES AGAIN

So, there I was with my lovely bride, the Evil Princess of Podcasts, Pixels and Polymer Pistols, at a hotel where I was teaching a MAG-40 class. The sciatica was really on me, and I was walking like someone even older and more decrepit than I usually am. Now, this is the lady who has […]

TRAINING WITH A WORLD CHAMPION

When I interviewed Rob Leatham a while back, I asked him how many world championships he had won. It took about thirty seconds to stop and think before he answered. When someone  has won the world championship of what he does so many times he’s lost count, it is nature’s way of telling us that when […]