Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 26

A FEEL-GOOD MOMENT FOR MY FELLOW ELDERS

My old friend (and fellow oldster) Joe Truncale sent along the following. Makes ya feel good to be a geezer: Stop and just think for a moment… We grew up in the 40s-50s-60. We studied in the 50s-60s-70s. We dated in the 50s-60s-70s. We got married and discovered the world in the 60s-70s-80s. We ventured into the 70s-80s. We stabilized […]

MEGYN KELLY NAILS IT

Fed up with activists who scream at you because you own guns, and who accuse you of having blood on your hands because crazy people commit mass murders? So is Megyn Kelly. Lend your ear to her for ten minutes or so, here:

THE DALLAS MASSACRE AND GUN-FREE ZONES

The question has been asked, if Texas is so full of Good Guys and Gals with Guns, why is it that none of them emerged to shoot the mass murderer in the Dallas Mall in time to save at least some of the victims before a courageous police officer killed the madman? I believe we […]

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GLOCKS

I just finished, and very much enjoyed, “Book of Glocks” Second Edition by Robert Sadowski. It lives up to its subtitle: ‘A comprehensive guide to America’s most popular handgun.” Bob is an enthusiastic Glock shooter and collector. “Collector of modern guns” sounds like a contradiction in terms for some, but there is indeed a Glock […]

PAINTING OVER RUST

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long been America’s most prestigious law enforcement agency. In his book “Painting Over Rust,” retired FBI Special Agent T.C. Fuller shares his twenty-year career with the Bureau. I have known T.C. for many years. We first met at one of the shooting matches he writes about in the book. […]

BILL MAHER CALLS OUT HOLLYWOOD HYPOCRISY

A man often identified as a liberal speaks out with a large dose of common sense:

DEFENDING THE AR15

The AR15 rifle – and those of us who own them – are constantly being attacked by the Prohibitionists.  We are told that these semi-automatic rifles are “weapons of war,” even though there is no nation on the face of the Earth which issues semi-auto ARs as primary infantry weapons. We are told that they […]

ANOTHER FIGURE IN OUR WORLD HAS PASSED

Word has reached us that Bart Skelton has passed. The son of the great gun writer Charles “Skeeter” Skelton, Bart followed his dad’s path in law enforcement and writing.  Beginning as a New Mexico state trooper, he transitioned into US Customs.  He shared his father’s love of fine guns and good shooting.  He wrote several […]

LEARNING FROM TRAGEDY

Earlier this month, a tragedy occurred in Farmington, New Mexico. Police responding to a burglary call inadvertently arrived at the wrong home, repeatedly and clearly announcing themselves as law enforcement.  The homeowner came to the door and opened it, holding a handgun, and appeared to raise it toward the officers. Predictably, he was killed by […]

BACKUP HANDGUNS

A friend of mine, a retired chief of police still very much involved in firearms and tactics training, recently asked me for some cases in which a second handgun had saved the life of a Good Guy or Gal in a gunfight against homicidal criminals.  It reminded me that it’s a subject I ought to […]