Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 30

ON VALENTINE’S DAY

The Evil Princess and I wish you all a happy Valentine’s Day.  On our end, we’ve gotten a little bit of competition shooting in for the first time this year.  (First time in a few months, really.) It’s good to be on the road again with the fox and her box o’Glocks.  Nothing says love […]

A WALK IN THE BULLET GARDEN

I don’t read a lot of fiction, but I make an exception for the work of my friend Stephen Hunter, one of the very few gun-savvy novelists of our time. His latest is “The Bullet Garden,” the title referring to the bocage, the tangled environment of European hedgerows where American soldiers are advancing after D-Day. […]

WILDLIFE (AND WILD LIFE) IN ORLANDO

In Orlando recently to research a case, the lovely bride and I took a little time for wildlife photography before heading home.  It turns out there’s a lot to see in the Orlando area that doesn’t involve a certain Mouse and doesn’t require you to pay money to the Disney empire. As for the two-legged “wild […]

OF PETS AND PEOPLE

You know how you hear that people get to look like their pets (or select pets which look like them)? Well, this photo shows your expression when you realize you and your rescue dog have pretty much the same color facial hair.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT…

My friend Clayton Cramer is one of the all-time great historians in the Second Amendment sector.   I urge you to read his commentary, here.

A GREAT END-OF-MONTH 2A READ

I’m proud to say Larry Correia is a friend of mine. Most of the world knows him as a large bear of a man who happens to be the favorite science fiction author of many people, myself included. But he is also one of the strongest modern voices for gun owners’ civil rights. I’ve just […]

A TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Woot! Yee-haw! Insert additional clichéd exclamations as necessary! Today, my buddy John Strayer and I are ten years helicopter crash free! The article “Handgun Helicopter Hog Hunt Hurtles to Harrowing Halt” (thank you, Evil Princess of Podcasts, Pixels and Polymer Pistols) never did get written. I wrote this post for the blog the very night […]

A POWERFUL FISKING OF ANTI-GUN ARGUMENTS

I had the privilege of meeting Professor Joyce Malcolm many years ago. Her research had already made powerful contributions to the gun owners’ civil rights movement, and she has since compiled even more.  Her work figures prominently in the following piece: Or watch video here. Less than ten minutes long, it passes the “TLDR” test […]

CASTLE DOCTRINE AND STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS

These two cornerstones of law as related to armed self-defense are often discussed…and often misunderstood. A decade or so ago, I discussed this at a gathering of attorneys, the annual Texas Firearms Law Seminar sponsored by the State Bar of Texas.  I wound up adapting the talk to an article in my long-running series in […]

A CHAT WITH TOM GRESHAM

My old friend Tom Gresham is one of America’s strongest voices for gun owners’ civil rights. He recently invited me back to his Gun Talk Radio show, to begin the new year with a discussion on where we’ve been and where we’re going in that arena. If you have 18 or so minutes to spare, […]