Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 79

FOLLOW-UP

In the last entry here, I detailed my screw-up on a firing range, in hopes that others could learn from it.  There has been some interesting commentary on it elsewhere, but the most valuable of that comes from two men … Read more

LAYERS OF FIREARMS SAFETY: A TEACHABLE MOMENT

My last negligent discharge of a firearm occurred 40-plus years ago, in 1977 as I recall.  No injury involved.  I got home that night and wrote it up for my column in GUNS magazine, that entry titled “Anatomy of an … Read more

COMPARING TWO SHOOTINGS AT TWO SCHOOLS

This week in a small community near Houston, yet another disaffected loser opened fire on helpless victims at the high school he attended, killing ten and wounding a like number. When he was confronted by armed school resource officers, he … Read more

FROM THE DISTAFF SIDE

I don’t know if anyone broke down the attendance figures, but it seemed to me that there were more women than ever at the NRA Annual Meeting.  Women’s issues were included on the seminar schedule.  And there were lots of … Read more

NRAAM 2018 PART III

This year’s National Rifle Association Annual Meeting wrapped up with a record attendance of over 87,000 men, women, and children.  Reportedly, after several years steady at five million members, NRA has recently soared to something like six million, due no … Read more

NRAAM 2018 PART II

The much ballyhooed “anti-NRA protests” seem to have fizzled in Dallas during the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meeting. Our friend and Second Amendment stalwart Miguel Gonzalez has fisked the antis brilliantly in several posts at his not-safe-for-work blog, gunfreezone.net.  Check … Read more

NRAAM 2018, PART I

Weather was not as stormy as predicted in Dallas on Friday, the first of the three days of the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting.  Neither were predicted protests, none in sight of the Convention Center. The President and Vice President … Read more

PAYING HOMAGE

The Evil Princess and I are “baby boomers,” the children of The Greatest Generation that fought World War II.  En route from teaching a class for Scott Merrick and Bill Long in Slidell, Louisiana, we took Bill’s advice and budgeted … Read more

REMINDER FOR MOST FUN SHOOTIN’ MATCH EVAH!

I’m looking forward to The Pin Shoot that’s coming up second week in June in the beautiful family resort area of Central Lake, Michigan.  Camping, cabin, hotel or deluxe resort, your call, they’re all there.  Fun on and at the … Read more

“WEAPONS OF WAR”

“Uncle Jed, put down thet thar whittlin’ knife! You Boy Scouts – empty your pockets and step away from your nefarious tools of death!  And you, there – Leatherman me no Leatherman stuff, you’re obviously carrying a multi-bladed, high capacity … Read more