Massad Ayoob on Guns
THE WAITING
I have followed Michael Connolly’s “Harry Bosch” series of police procedural novels since they first came out. The character arcs are in real time. The lead character is now old, retired, fighting cancer but...
CATCH THE NEW SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION VIDEO
The Second Amendment Foundation has released a 22-minute video celebrating its fifty years of fighting for gun owners’ civil rights. Some of those who’ve been along for most or all of the ride, including...
SUICIDE PREVENTION
While participating in a Zoom conference with other members of the New Hampshire Firearms Safety Coalition, of which I’ve been a proud member for a quarter century or so, I was reminded that I...
THE LAW AND THE FACTS ARE ON OUR SIDE, BUT WE SHOULD BE USING...
Historically, both law and facts are on the gun owners’ side of the “gun control” debate, and the Other Side had relied largely on emotion. I respectfully submit that emotion is something our side...
ABOUT THE ELECTION
Don’t you hate it when the candidate “on your side” acts as if he’s trying to throw the fight?
I voted for Donald Trump and urged others to do the same in 2016 and 2020,...
THE NEXT TIME AN ANTI-GUNNER SAYS CITIZENS’ RIFLES ARE USELESS AGAINST ARMIES…
…remind them of this.
I was recently reading “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans” by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager. The War of 1812 was going badly for the Americans. The British had...
WHY COMPETITION IS RELEVANT TO SELF-DEFENSE
Recently saw this on YouTube, from a grandmaster competition shooter who is also in law enforcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vWEX4SCtcY
I agree with him. I’ve said for years that while a shooting match is not a gunfight, a gunfight...
ANOTHER GREAT GUN GUY PASSES
I was saddened to be told of the recent death of my old friend Ed Lovette. He had a long and distinguished career in military, law enforcement, and the CIA. Ed was a thinking...
AFTER THE STORM(S)
Hurricane Milton was gonna be the big one, and while we weren’t in the crosshairs for this one like we were for Hurricane Helene a few weeks ago, we were still will within its...
ISRAEL DISARMED
Mark Smith is a brilliant attorney, gun-focused and one of our most articulate spokespersons for firearms owners civil rights. Check out his blog called The Four Boxes Diner. That’s a reference to Boxes of...
