Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 70

WHEN NEOLOGISMS ATTACK

So, there we were, me and the Evil Princess in a hotel room in Montgomery, Alabama last week getting ready to teach a class. Recent cataract surgery has sharpened my vision.  Looking in the mirror, I muttered “Damn, I’m old … Read more

IF POLICE COME FOR YOUR GUNS

With the strong recent push for “red flag” laws, also known as ERPO (Extreme Risk Protection Orders), there has been much concern that the hasty legislation is so poorly written that it will lend itself to abuse by people with … Read more

RANGEMASTER TACTICAL CONFERENCE 2019

Wayne Dobbs demonstrates a speed reload for students, with Glock 19 9mm pistol. Wayne used the same gun to win High Lawman honors in the TacCon shooting match. One year Andy Stanford and I found ourselves on the same plane … Read more

MEDIA HYPOCRISY ON GUNS

I’ve said it here before, but it bears repeating after an atrocity by a white racist in New Zealand results in citizens subjects there being stripped of their rights less than a week after the event. As NRA’s Dana Loesch … Read more

COP STUFF

Last week I was able to assemble a brain trust of 16 of us for the annual Panel of Experts on Firearms and Deadly Force training for the ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association) in St. Louis recently.  … Read more

ANOTHER ANTI-GUNNER BEGINS TO SEE THE LIGHT

Thanks to reader Christopher Ferris for sending this along. My compliments to the author of that article.  I wish all anti-gunners were so open-minded and willing to re-analyze their position. … Read more

WHEN A MURDERER BECOMES A PUPPETMASTER

The racist monster who murdered so many people in New Zealand became a puppetmaster. Predictably, the mass shooting triggered a knee-jerk reaction among the gun prohibitionists in our country and blatantly admitted that one of his motives was to do … Read more

SHOULD YOUR FOLDING KNIFE BE CARRIED TIP UP OR TIP DOWN?

One of our regular readers, known to me as a former military intelligence officer who is very knowledgeable about blade matters, sent me the following, which was published by the A.G. Russell Company, which makes some excellent cutlery: Purchasing and … Read more

NEW ADVENTURE NOVEL

An old friend has written an old-school adventure novel, complete with the politically incorrect language of rough men and in character with the inhabitants of the book. The author is Ray Ordorica, and readers in the world of the gun … Read more

THE TROUBLE WITH RED FLAG LAWS

When pieces o’ feces like the one at Parkland wreak mass murders, we in the gun owners’ civil rights movement are the first to say, “We need psycho control, not gun control.”  When so-called Red Flag laws are proposed that … Read more