Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 77

KILLING IN AMERICA: FACING THE REALITIES IN PERSPECTIVE

If you are typical of the responsible American gun owner, you are fed up with being blamed for thirty to thirty-three thousand or more violent deaths in America, none of which were any of your doing whatsoever. At liberalgunclub.com, a … Read more

A GOOD READ ABOUT A GOOD MAN

I picked up a copy of The Atlantic magazine yesterday, and was pleasantly surprised to find a neutral-to-positive article there on a card carrying member of the gun culture.  John Correia (pronounced “Korea”) is a friend, and like many I … Read more

OUR ROLE IN SUICIDE PREVENTION

You know how the prohibitionists are always talking about “30,000 plus deaths by gun violence” every year, which they try to lay at the door of law-abiding armed citizens? Most of the general public doesn’t seem to realize that 60% … Read more

CONGRATS TO GRADS

When we get old, it is said, we live vicariously through our children.  And if we are old teachers, we live vicariously through the accomplishments of our students and graduates. I recently taught, shot, and learned at the Pacific Northwest … Read more

OH. RINGS.

Did you ever run across a simple “life hack,” a short cut that makes things easier, and think: “Damn, why didn’t I figure that out before?” On my current training tour, my teaching pistol is a compact 9mm semiautomatic, the … Read more

NEGATIVE ADVERTISING

For many years, I’ve warned against bumper stickers, T-shirt slogans, etc. that could make you sound bloodthirsty if you were ever involved in a shooting. Here, an attorney underscores that advice The same goes for anything engraved or emblazoned on … Read more

GUNS, GEEZERS, AND GOOD STUFF TO REMEMBER

So, here I am in my eighth decade.  (Yeah, OK, 70 years old…but “eighth decade” sounds more pitiful somehow, and will hopefully make women pity me, and console me more than they do…) Just finished my last class of my … Read more

PROFILE OF THE MASS MURDERER

Mass murderers, spurred by lust for publicity from an American media that seems to dance in the blood of the innocent, have done more to bring down hate on legitimate gun owners than any other focal point.  It is important … Read more

LEARN FROM AN AMERICAN GUNFIGHTING HERO

On April 11, 1986, a gunfight occurred between two heavily armed robber-killers and a squad of FBI agents.  In a battle to the death that lasted for minutes and went into a three-figure count of shots fired, the two criminals … Read more

NRA NAILS ANTI-GUN LIE

You know how the prohibitionists have been claiming that 90% or more of NRA members want to ban so-called “assault rifles” and “high-capacity magazines” and are in favor of universal background checks? And you’ve noticed that virtually none of the … Read more