Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 56

SOME GOOD TACTICAL READING NOW AVAILABLE

I first met Ralph Mroz decades ago when he took one of my classes, and have followed his distinguished career ever since. Ralph became one of the most cogent and practical students and analysts of officer survival tactics, crime prevention … Read more

AND THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE

The military may have thought the Beretta M9, known in civilian dress as the 92 model, was obsolete…but my friend and long-ago shooting squad teammate Ernest Langdon almost single-handedly led its renaissance in the last few years as a pistol … Read more

BIRTHDAY RUMINATIONS

Today is my 72nd birthday.  Been a fun ride.  So far, my eighth decade has been good to me, not counting the pandemic and culture war taking to the streets and all.  (Murder hornets don’t seem to be here yet, … Read more

IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT GUN GOD WANTS YOU TO CARRY…

I try to explain to my students that skillful shooting is not a religion, it’s an evolving art and science.  Then, along comes this… Which goes nicely with this:  But I think the funniest Glock versus 1911 treatments can be … Read more

THE PRICE OF POLITICAL IDENTITY IS GOING UP

Political identity seems to be the curse of our time in this country, and “cancel culture” is a side effect.  Even the left-of-center magazine The Atlantic seems to realize it The OK sign a “secret” signal of the white supremacist … Read more

WISDOM OF AN OLD MASTER

Eldon Carl appears on the cover of the November, 1977 issue of GUNS magazine with the then-novel Detonics subcompact .45. Elden Carl was one of the original Combat Masters to whom the late, great Col. Jeff Cooper dedicated his classic … Read more

DEVOLUTION

“Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre” is the latest novel from Max Brooks, who gave us the NY Times #1 bestseller “World War Z.”  The latter was a remarkably well-researched picture of how societal breakdown would probably … Read more

ABOUT THOSE LETHAL LAWN LAWYERS

The gun debate got a bit re-kindled a few days ago when a wealthy St. Louis couple stood on the lawn outside their expansive palazzo in St. Louis and told a bunch of protesters – somewhere between a hundred and … Read more

THE HUNT

In third quarter 2019, it was announced that Hollywood was coming out with a movie called “The Hunt,” in which wealthy Elites amused themselves by murdering those of us they considered Deplorables. Sort of equal parts “The Most Dangerous Game” … Read more

DANGERS OF OVER-PENETRATING AMMO

Since we seem to be experiencing another “riot situation” in this country, I’m getting some requests on whether this factor should change ammunition selection.  The answer is, it depends. If you fear you may have to fire in a crowd … Read more