Massad Ayoob on Guns
SLAM IT LOADED, EASE IT EMPTY
A while back I shared a video here that I did for Wilson Combat as to why, when the pistol is empty, you should ease the slide forward rather than slamming it down. Slamming...
THOUGHTS ON POST-SHOOTING TRAUMA
When I was a kid, I regularly watched “Naked City,” a police melodrama set in New York that was on TV in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. One of the main characters was...
BLACK BEARS CAN BE DEADLY
From Outdoor Life magazine comes this reprint of a gripping account from the archives.
There are many learning points.
Grizzlies aren’t the only bears to worry about. Black bears, like this one, can be man-killers too.A powerful handgun...
THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR “THE POLICE DON’T HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT YOU”…
… remember this.
Half a decade ago at the Parkland school massacre, Deputy Scot Peterson, the assigned school resource officer, failed to “ride to the sound of the guns.” Many kids were killed. They called...
STARKWEATHER
I remember reading about Charles Starkweather’s murderous rampage when it happened. It was 1958 and I was about ten years old. I don’t recall the newspapers in the East carrying all the horrific details...
BACK FROM THE PIN SHOOT
I am home from my favorite match, The Pin Shoot in Central Lake, Michigan. A good time was had by all, methinks, because in seven days I didn’t hear a single complaint. We had a...
BEHOLD: HOMICIDAL EMPATHY
This article was recently published by Force Science Institute, which is highly respected by law enforcement and professional private trainers, and hated by the sort of people who bring unmeritorious cases against good
I’m...
OF FINGERS AND TRIGGERS
Guns are designed to go “bang” when their triggers are depressed. Unfortunately, everyone grows up seeing thousands of images of people on TV and movie screens wielding their guns with fingers right there on...
DELTA BAGGAGE
I have long suspected that Delta is the one airline whose motto is “If man was meant to fly he would have been born with wings.
Back in the day when meals instead of pretzels...
