Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 50

THEY OPPOSE YOUR RIGHTS, BUT WANT YOUR MONEY

It’s sad how many businesses support restriction of gun owners’ civil rights, but still want your money. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, a sister organization of the Second Amendment foundation has assembled a list of such companies. We thought you should know. Our friend Tam Keel over at her […]

THE AMMO DROUGHT: ANOTHER INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

If you’re as concerned about the current ammo shortage as I am, please take fifteen minutes to listen to this podcast from Federal Cartridge.

THE WORTHLESSNESS OF HR 127, PART III:

THE EFFECT ON THE CORRECTIONS SECTOR The same prohibitionist far left wing that wants to ban guns has of late been vociferous in demanding reduction of incarceration.  It’s not just social justice posturing: there are genuine concerns about jails and prisons being hotbeds of COVID. There are an estimated 2.3 million people currently incarcerated in […]

SHOOTING WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER

Happy Valentine’s Day! A lot of togetherness is about shared interests, and I’m fortunate to have married a self-styled “shooter-chick.”  The Evil Princess and I haven’t been able to go to matches together for more than a year: pandemic and all that.  We went together to our first match in a while a week ago […]

WHY HR 127 WILL BE UNENFORCIBLE

PART II: THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE Following up on the last blog entry here, the provisions in the proposed Draconian gun ban that is HR 127 will be terrible for America’s police service. Let’s look at why. Civil liability exposure will be tremendous and unacceptable. In a time where there is a strong movement to […]

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ENFORCING HR 127 PART I

HR 127 will, if enacted, require registration of all firearms and all firearms owners, licensing for firearms owners subject to psychological evaluations, and serious criminal liability for failure to comply, along with some other prohibitionist fantasies. One gets the distinct impression of every bit of prohibitionist wishful thinking thrown together in a box, with little […]

STILL HELICOPTER CRASH FREE, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

My brother from another mother John Strayer reminds me that I’ve forgotten for the first time since that 1/26/13 date to commemorate our survival of a helicopter crash.  Mea culpa. Maybe it’s a sign that I’ve finally gotten over the survival euphoria.  (My significant other calls it “survival mania.”) Or maybe just a sign that […]

THE NEW TWENTY?

Paw Paw’s House is a blog which offers a lot of common sense, written by a guy who sounds like his common sense is based on reality and public service. He has this to say about the movement to put Harriet Tubman on the US $20 bill. A courageous African-American woman who fought for her […]

RANDOM READINGS, OF INTEREST

It’s funny how you can be reading something not directly related to a current topic, and find something which is absolutely relevant to said topic. Cases in point: I’ve pointed out in this space in the past my belief that political identity and tribal politics are curses of our time. Last week I read Thomas […]

IF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS SERIOUS ABOUT UNITY…

Our new President has called for unity. I recently had a pleasant conversation with a good friend who is a pro-gun liberal. (Yes, there are more of those than a lot of people think.)  We got to talking about the “gun control” debate and he asked me what I thought the anti-gun forces needed to […]