Massad Ayoob's Blog, page 8

MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN CONNECTICUT SELF-DEFENSE CASE

A clear-cut case of self-defense in Connecticut has resulted in a conviction for manslaughter. Having been extremely familiar with this case and reviewing the evidence, I am absolutely certain the verdict was a profound miscarriage of justice. Read about it here and read the link therein. I have recommended the best appellate lawyer for the case and […]

THE DANGER FROM BULLETS FALLING FROM THE SKY

I’ve been through half a dozen major homicide investigation and officer-involved shooting investigation courses and several shorter ones. In many of those, forensic pathologists showed us pictures of corpses made dead by bullets that “fell from the sky.”  Some cultures, including some subcultures in the US unfortunately, shoot joyously into the air in what is […]

SEVENTY YEARS AGO THIS YEAR…

From my monthly column in GUNS magazine.

RECONSIDERING POWERING DOWN

Remembering my recently deceased friend John Taffin I was reminded how over the years, he shot the hell out of super-powerful handguns like the .500 Linebaugh and hot-loaded .44 Magnum, and wound up with injured hands and wrists. In his writing, he warned the rest of us about it, and set an example by publicly […]

REVOLVERS

I’m preparing to teach my once-a-year Revolver Only class in Slidell, Louisiana very soon. https://massadayoobgroup.com/event/ma... . There may even be a couple of openings if  you can make it on short notice. I love doing this…teaching what is becoming a lost art. The semiautomatic pistol dominates on firing lines and in police holsters (and most […]

REMEMBERING JOHN TAFFIN

My friend John Taffin passed a couple of days ago, after a period of ill health. He was 86. John was one of the longest-standing gun writers in the business. He was particularly fond of older-style revolvers and lever action rifles. His work appeared regularly in GUNS and American Handgunner magazine. A devout Christian, he […]

THOUGHTS ON WOMEN AND GUNS

From an article in Backwoods Home magazine a while back:  https://www.backwoodshome.com/women-a...

WISE ADVICE ON GUNPOINT

From our good friend Greg, read here.

INVISIBLE ARMIES

Those who pooh-pooh the Second Amendment and the Minutemen who were the genesis of our nation tell us that ordinary citizens with AR15s and such would have no hope against a serious military force, whether foreign or rogue domestic.  They would do well to read “Invisible Armies” by Max Boot. Subtitled “An Epic History of […]

GOOD GUNS CHEAP

There are some good firearms deals out there these days. “Good guns cheap.”  America’s 800,000 some-odd cops trade in their old guns every few years and, except for agencies who are afraid of their guns ending up in criminal hands so they destroy them instead of trading them in, they end up on the law-abiding […]