Massad Ayoob on Guns
THOUGHTS ON WOMEN AND GUNS
From an article in Backwoods Home magazine a while back: https://www.backwoodshome.com/women-and-guns/
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,...
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...
THERE’S A TIME TO TALK TO THE PROSECUTOR
The defense strategy of “never talk to the other side” makes sense for an attorney representing a guilty client. It’s often diametrically opposed to the best strategy for getting charges dropped on a client...
RETURN OF THE FIRING SQUAD?
The death penalty is a controversial issue, obviously. I’ve seen enough wrongful convictions that I can’t advocate for capital punishment.
The same is true of Dr. Jim Williams, a friend and one of my fourth...
ANOTHER GREAT GUN GUY PASSES
Last month I lost one of my best friends. Nolan Santy was 87 when he passed, a genuinely good man and one of the nicest guys in the gun world. Maybe in the world,...
ON THE SIG ROMEO RECALL
It has been determined that the battery cap on a SIG Romeo optical sight is not child proof, and a little kid could remove the battery and swallow it. I kid you not. Read...
A SKEPTIC-AL LOOK AT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
The theme of the current issue of Skeptic magazine is “crime and punishment.” The conclusions of the researchers who put it together are of interest. Some of their points:
--“One famous study found that just...
WELL, WHADDAYA KNOW?
If someone had asked me six weeks ago, “When do you think we’ll be able to get non-resident concealed carry for California?” my answer might have been, “Oh, about the same time they get...
