Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 53

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS

Many of our battles to keep the right to bear arms are won at the grassroots level: at the state house, as opposed to Capitol Hill.  Let’s look at a man who became politically active and really “did something about it.” Take just a few minutes, and review these two short videos of Lt. Governor […]

DEFENDING THE WRONGLY ACCUSED: A CASE STUDY

A cop fires a fatal shot to stop a gunman from killing him and his young rookie partner. A riot ensues.  A scapegoat is needed. The cop is charged with Manslaughter and brought to trial. I was proud to have a part in his acquittal, as an expert witness for the defense.  David Oscar Markus, […]

AS WE WAIT…

As we wait through the predicted clustercoitus of the election results, it is somewhat reassuring to know that the gun owners’ civil rights movement was already prepared for the worst.  I can say with some authority that the Second Amendment Foundation, the same group that brought you the Heller v. District of Columbia and McDonald […]

HALLOWEEN AND…BEYOND

What’s scarier than the ghosts and goblins of Halloween?  Something that might hit three or four days later. Intelligence from credible sources indicate that if the Republicans win the upcoming election, the radical left will go nuts, possibly attacking the power grid and redoubling the violence we have seen this year in our cities with […]

CONFIRMATION

When I became president of the Second Amendment Foundation last month, my first official statement was an endorsement of President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Barrett is now Justice Barrett. Trump’s greatest accomplishment, particularly in the arena of gun owners’ civil rights, will be […]

MEANWHILE, A MUCH-NEEDED BIT OF COMIC RELIEF

As what may be the most important election of our gun-owning lives approaches, tensions are high.  We need comic relief. We can combine that with a lesson on how not to relieve tensions created by fear of “electile dysfunction.” It’s no secret that some (though not necessarily all) of the talking heads on CNN are what is known […]

WHAT A BIDEN-HARRIS PRESIDENCY WOULD DO TO US

Professor John Lott wasn’t, and isn’t, a “gun guy.” Rather, he is a pragmatic voice of reason on the terribly polarized debate on gun owners’ civil rights.  PLEASE READ what he has to say about where a Biden/Harris Presidency would take those rights, here. And PLEASE READ ALSO Dr. Lott’s commentary on what Biden would […]

DEALING WITH MOBS AND RIOTS

In these troubled times, a major concern is being unwittingly caught up in riots.  I recently did a video on that as a public service for Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. ACLDN (armedcitizensnetwork.org), where I’ve served on the advisory board for a dozen or so years. Budget yourself almost an hour to watch. Founded by […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERETTA

An always interesting gun site, The Firearms Blog, recently celebrated the 494th anniversary of our oldest gun manufacturer. Indeed, I’ve heard that Beretta may be the longest-established manufacturing entity of any kind on Earth.  Beretta makes some fine products.  I own many of their handguns, my favorites being the Model 92 series, known as the M9 by the […]

…FISHING FOR INPUT…

So, the wife and I were having dinner with another couple tonight, and our pleasant young waitress told us that something called “sal-mon” was good. I took her at her word, and feasted on my first salmon BLT. But…”Sal-mon?” With a distinct “L”? Ain’t the first time I’ve heard that. Where I grew up, it was always pronounced […]