Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 44

WHAT ALEC BALDWIN COULD HAVE LOOKED FOR

The controversy over the fatal shooting on the movie set involving Alec Baldwin continues, still rife with misinformation and a circular firing squad of pointed fingers. As I’ve said here before, Baldwin strikes me as an over-entitled bully and hypocritical anti-gunner, but like anyone else he still deserves a fair trial.  That won’t take place […]

A VOICE OF BOTH REASON AND HISTORY

[image error] As SCOTUS approaches a potentially life-improving case, we are reminded why my old friend David Kopel is such an effective voice of reason for gun owners’ civil rights.  Please read.

SO, WHO IS THE “VICTIM”?

One of my pet peeves in an adult lifetime of working in the criminal justice system is the misapplication of the term “victim.”  Traditionally, whomever was killed (or hurt the worst) in a violent encounter has been referred to as the “victim.”  This muddies the waters in the frequent cases where the innocent “Good Guy,” […]

ANOTHER REASON I LOVE LIBRARIES

I have loved libraries since I was a little boy.  They’ve always been havens of peace and quiet, and of knowledge and entertainment. I spent more time there as an adolescent student, not just for homework but delving deep into things that would shape my future careers. Living in a capitol city since age nine, I […]

THE ALEC BALDWIN INCIDENT

It was national news a few days ago when on a movie set, Alec Baldwin fired a shot from “a prop gun” that proved fatal to one staff person on the set, and wounded another.  According to one account, a single projectile passed through the fatally wounded woman and struck the surviving victim in the collarbone […]

MORE ON THE RITTENHOUSE CASE

The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse begins November first, and it will be most informative to anyone who keeps or carries a firearm.  He was 17 when he shot three men, killing two, in the riot that took place in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police shot a knife-wielding man attempting to kidnap little kids in a car.  Unfortunately, the […]

THOUGHTS ON KENOSHA

We are less than three weeks out from the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old when he was caught up in the Kenosha, Wisconsin riots and wound up shooting three “protesters” with an AR15 rifle, killing two.  We’ll discuss that case shortly here, but I’d like to share something else first. The […]

A FOSSIL IN GIRAFFE-IC PARK

For a long time, I’ve hunted mostly with a camera instead of a gun.  In between classes in Texas, the Evil Princess and I visited the Fossil Rim animal park. What kind of rim was that name?  Well, heck, if they’re gonna name the park after me, I pretty much have to go there. For […]

WHY WE HAVE – AND NEED – AR15s

In September, I did a few more videos for the Wilson Combat YouTube channel.  They have some heavy hitters on there: Ken Hackathorn, Larry Vickers, and of course Bill Wilson himself. I feel honored to be in their company. While in Berryville, Arkansas for the recording this year, the media crew told me the episode that […]

WHEN ARMED CITIZENS HAVE TO KILL MORE BAD GUYS THAN COPS…

[image error] …you have to wonder how many innocent citizens were killed, maimed, or traumatized who would have come out of their situation a whole lot better if they had carried guns with which to defend themselves. Here’s the story, from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, at ccrkba.org. When the authorities […]