Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 27

HOW BADLY ARE THE COURTS BACKED UP?

America’s courts had already been backlogged before the pandemic, which made things exponentially worse.  Zoom trials worked out horribly. There was postponement after postponement. In 2023, all that backed up pressure seemed to burst the dams of the court. February is usually my first teaching month of any given year. This year I didn’t teach […]

WE HAVE LOST ANOTHER GREAT GUN GUY

We were deeply saddened to learn that over this past weekend we lost one of our great instructors and commentators in the defensive firearms field.  Tiger McKee passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, at his home in Alabama.  He was only 61. For many years now, his training at his ShootRite Academy proved to be top-notch. […]

THE TUELLER PRINCIPLE

It has been nearly forty years since Dennis Tueller’s ground-breaking research showed an attacker could close a gap of 21 feet in a second and a half on the average, from a standing start.  His work has since saved countless lives on the street, and countless careers in court. Yet, still – still! – we […]

ARMING THE ENEMY

The same President who wants to take your AR15 presided over the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.  What weapons did that put in the hands of our enemies? Radio Free Europe has the story, here.

TAC-CON!

Every year, the Evil Princess and I make a pilgrimage to the Rangemaster Tactical Conference conceived and hosted by defensive shooting guru Tom Givens. This year, once again, was a feast of top-level training. Imagine a Whitman’s Sampler of two to four hours each from leaders in their field…and the field isn’t just combat small […]

GOO!

In grim times, it doesn’t hurt to focus on something small now and then. Many years ago, my friend Jon Hodoway turned me on to special athletic shoes made by New Balance. Designed for people with diabetes, their wide cut works great for those of us whose arthritic feet look like Hobbit feet or something.  I’ve […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JOHN LOTT

In my opinion, John Lott is one of the strongest and most logical voices in the fight for gun owners’ civil rights.   Not surprisingly, the prohibitionists hate him for it, and constantly bad-mouth him.  They like to claim his research has been debunked. It’s a dirty debate trick, not to mention the height of narcissism, to […]

ONE LESSON FROM THE NASHVILLE ATROCITY

No, as tragic as it is I won’t call the mass murder at the Nashville school a tragedy. Atrocity is a better term.  The intentional murder of the helpless, particularly children, is nothing less than a God-damned atrocity. (And I use that term advisedly: refer to the Sixth Commandment.) We are hearing people blame the transgender […]

A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAKEUP CALL

At a recent gathering at the Big Daddy gun shop in Gainesville, Florida I was introduced to FRCC, the First Responder Coffee Company.  Founded by a decorated, Purple Heart-bearing veteran of Special Forces, the company’s mission statement reads: “First Responder’s Coffee Company (FRCC) is a purpose driven, high quality coffee company that serves our nation’s heroes […]

GUN CHOICE, CLOTHING CHOICE…

I was recently reading “Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression” by Robert L. O’Connell (Oxford University Press, 1989).  Therein we find: “Of much more significance, however, was the colonial proclivity to use what were essentially hunting guns against their Indian foes. By around 1750, the so-called Pennsylvania rifle, later famed […]