Massad Ayoob on Guns

TIME TO BUY MORE AMMO

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Old guy here advises you to buy more ammo. Now. Here’s why. Massive US shipments of munitions – small arms as well as artillery—to Israel and Ukraine have greatly depleted US military stocks which urgently need...

FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES

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On my lovely bride The Evil Princess’s side of our blended family is our youngest great-grand-daughter Paisley, who is already well on her way as a professional model. She just enjoyed her second birthday. Recently...

THE WAITING

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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...
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CATCH THE NEW SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION VIDEO

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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

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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...

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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

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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…

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…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

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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

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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...