Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 23

PAUL HOWE AND KEN HACKATHORN ON SCHOOL SECURITY

I’ve known Ken Hackathorn for many years: he’s a living legend in the defensive firearms training world.  I’ve never personally met Paul Howe, a Special Forces veteran of the battle of Mogadishu, but I have enjoyed his work and recognize him as another of our great experts. When our grandson signed up to join the […]

YOU ARE INVITED!

The annual Gun Rights Policy Conference is coming up next month. Join hundreds of gun owners’ civil rights advocates in Phoenix for an intense briefing on where the situation is now and where it’s going. Hear from the lawyers who are bringing – and largely winning – cases on our behalf at both the national […]

IMPORTANT POINTS ON PEPPER SPRAY

Most of you who read this are “gun people.” If self-defense is one of your motivations, you don’t need me to tell you that your protection plan should include intermediate force tools. I suspect most of you already keep pepper spray handy. And I bet you ALL know people who would never carry a gun, […]

ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS…

Vern Blanchette is an experienced teacher with a Masters degree in education. He has a new, small book out titled “How to Completely Stop School Mass Killings.” His plan? You guessed it: competent, discreetly armed faculty. I am totally with him on this.  The best way to shortstop what has become a trend crime among […]

REMEMBERING KEN TAPP

I am saddened to report that last month, we lost Ken Tapp, one of the great shooters of his era. Ken made it into his early nineties, and deserved every minute of it.  He was the kind of person we were proud to have as a champion of our chosen sport. Ken competed successfully across […]

Detroit-Area Gun Safety Group Aims To Give 1,500 Women A FREE Shooting Lesson On July 29th And July 30th

Once again, my friend Rick Ector has assembled a massive crew of firearms instructors to give introductory firearms training to women in Detroit. He and his volunteers have done some incredibly good work. Here’s his press release. Feel free to pass it on. Detroit, Michigan Jul 24, 2023 (Issuewire.com)  – Legally Armed In Detroit, a gun safety […]

Detroit-Area Gun Safety Group Aims To Give 1,500 Women A FREE Shooting Lessons On July 29th And July 30th

Once again, my friend Rick Ector has assembled a massive crew of firearms instructors to give introductory firearms training to women in Detroit. He and his volunteers have done some incredibly good work. Here’s his press release. Feel free to pass it on. Detroit, Michigan Jul 24, 2023 (Issuewire.com)  – Legally Armed In Detroit, a gun safety […]

TEACHING AND INSTRUCTING

I have been teaching/instructing firearms and use of lethal force professionally since I was 23 years old, and it has been my full time occupation since about 1982. Early in every shooting class I run I ask the class, “How many of you are instructors in this?” In all but the dedicated instructor class, only […]

75

I’m 75 years old today.  So far, the cardinal advantage of that landmark seems to be that I don’t have to take my shoes off when I go through airport security. Yay. Bending over to re-tie shoelaces isn’t as easy as it used to be. The big advantage, of course, is that I’m still on […]

KORTH, OF COURTH!

There are reasons one might pay $5,300 for a new revolver. Behold the group fired from the Korth NXR .44 Magnum, imported from Germany by Nighthawk Custom in Berryville, Arkansas. This is one I’m testing for On Target magazine. It weighs some 58 ounces unloaded with that Trijicon RMR red dot sight (not included in […]