Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 47

PIN SHOOT 2021, PART I

The Pin Shoot in Central Lake, Michigan is underway, with healthy attendance despite the ammo drought.  Weather early in the week is absolutely perfect in this lakes region resort area. Contestants are lined up to shoot revolvers and autloloading pistols, carbines, pump and semiautomatic shotguns, and yes, fully automatic weapons (provided). .22s are not neglected. Ten-shot […]

INSIDE A 2A VICTORY

A major gun owners’ civil rights victory in court!  Here’s the overview from Second Amendment Foundation executive director Alan Gottlieb:  https://www.saf.org/saf-court-victory... . Professor John Lott had a piece of that action.  Here is Dr. Lott’s commentary: https://crimeresearch.org/2021/06/cal... . Another voice for truth and justice in this matter was my fellow Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network […]

TOMMY GUN!

The Thompson submachine gun. It was associated with thugs like Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Baby Face Nelson, but also with stalwart figures like J. Edgar Hoover, Melvin Purvis, and Chesty Puller.  Sir Winston Churchill was photographed with one, reportedly kept one in his limo during WWII, and was called a gangster by the Nazis […]

IMPORTANT UPDATES

If you are not a member of the organization I currently serve as president, the Second Amendment Foundation, here is an example of what you’ve been missing. It is from the regular updates provided by email to members from SAF staffer and gun owners’ civil rights stalwart Dave Workman, a man I’m proud to call […]

ARMED TEACHER PROVES WORTH OF CONCEPT

Armed teacher stops attempted kidnapping in Utah, police say … and with no blood shed on either side.  Kudos to the rescuing teacher, the enlightened and practical school officials who implemented the policy, and the parents who raised their little girl to not meekly submit to evil.

SORTING FACTS FROM BS

From thefederalist.com.

WHAT GUN DO YOU SHOOT THE BEST?

My work involves handguns, rifles, shotguns and occasionally fully automatic weapons, but most of my teaching and just about all my competition revolves around the former.  In classes, I demonstrate shooting.  Just before the students shoot their qualification, I and the rest of the teaching staff will demonstrate the course of fire for them.  The […]

MORE ON WHY BUYBACKS ARE BS

When the very name for something is a falsehood, it’s classic “early warning.”  How can anyone “buy back” that which they never owned or sold? Gun buy-backs are also a rip-off.  $50 or $100 or a gift certificate for a pair of shoes is a poor trade to a grieving widow turning in her late […]

SOME SOLID ADVICE VIA TWO FRIENDS

I’ve been teaching for years at Tom Givens’ Rangemaster Tactical Conference with some world-class instructors including Greg Ellifritz, who recently retired from a distinguished police career and is now teaching full-time.  Nowhere will you find a blog more informative on self-defense topics than his: www.activeresponsetraining.net.  It was there that I first spotted this excellent article […]

GEARING UP FOR THE COOLEST SHOOTING MATCH

[image error] I’m getting ready for my longtime favorite shooting match, The Pin Shoot in Central Lake, Michigan that began in the 1970s as the Second Chance Shoot.  It has something for everyone. Targets are primarily bowling pins, with steel knock-downs in some of the side events.  The main match is for handguns. Semiautomatic pistols dominate: .45 […]