Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 44

GOODBYE, MR. CHIPMAN

[image error] Thanks to all of you readers who wrote in your opposition to the appointment of David Chipman as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.  The head of a Federal regulatory agency should be politically neutral, not a paid activist carrying the flag of one side in one of the nation’s most polarized debates.  Making […]

TALKING COMMON SENSE ABOUT GUNS

I thought I’d share with you an interview I did a little while ago with the folks who are fighting for gun owners civil rights in San Diego. They’ve made some pretty dramatic strides.  The discussion was broadcast on The Gun Sports Radio Show and runs a tad over half an hour. We covered a […]

CONCEALED CARRY HISTORY AND COMMON SENSE

I was recently reminded that in 2015 Ivan Nikolov did an interview with me after one of my classes.  We covered some of the history of ordinary, law-abiding American citizens being able to carry loaded concealed handguns in public to protect themselves and their families. Before we were done, we touched on some of the […]

CRASH COURSE UPDATE IN FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS

A reminder that the Gun Rights Policy Conference is coming up soon. I strongly urge you, SIGN UP!  It’s online, and won’t cost you a penny.  You’ll hear timely details from the attorneys who’ve brought pro-gun court decisions to their positive outcomes, and from grassroots activists who’ve achieved victories at state and local levels. The […]

INTERESTING READING FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE

So there I was on the plane, presumably a macho gun guy, reading what was obviously a romance novel. Fortunately, no one cared. If someone had commented, I would have answered, “Excuse me? I’m reading historical fiction, thank you very much!” The book was “16 Brides” by Stephanie Grace Whitson. She is married to my […]

THOUGHTS ON CARRY OPTICS

A growing trend in defensive handguns, from police service pistols to armed citizens’ concealed carry guns, is “carry optics”: compact red dot sights.  I have three such in-house right now, all 9mms:  a Langdon Beretta 92 LTT with Trijicon SRO, a Wilson Combat Glock 19 with Trijicon RMR, and an LTT Springfield Armory Hellcat with […]

A THOUSAND INTRODUCED TO GUNS IN ONE WEEKEND

A few entries ago, I mentioned that my friend Rick Ector had assembled a cadre of volunteer instructors and range owners to give an introduction to guns and gun safety to a record number of women. Though it didn’t reach the ambitious numbers Rick and his stalwarts had been hoping for, but drawing in nearly […]

GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE 2021

For many years now, the Gun Rights Policy Conference has brought together hundreds of gun owners’ civil rights activists, with leaders in the movement sharing the secrets of how they’ve been victorious at local, state, and national levels. The event is brought to you by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the […]

THE SMOKING GUN

I recently read “The Smoking Gun,” famed defense attorney Gerry Spence’s account of his successful defense of a woman and her son accused of Murder. Taking place in the 1980s, it is a vivid account of how trials and their preludes sometimes actually happen.  Little has changed in that regard today. Going through this 2003 […]

TRAINING THE TRAINERS

Last week we completed a five-day Deadly Force Instructor class in Florida, graduating 21 future trainers on the topic. Teaching use of force is my primary occupation. I love the “train the trainers” classes because they get needed information out to so many more people.  The survey of the class indicated that in the next […]