Massad Ayoob on Guns
WHILE WE’RE ON THE TOPIC…
Just a few posts ago we published this, in this space.
There was mention of the cop from NYPD who had used his then-standard .38 Special to win a gunfight initiated by a thug...
A SHAMELESS PLUG
For anyone interested, the Evil Princess has created a new YouTube channel, melding some of our old ProArms Podcast interviews with gunfight survivors and some shooting videos we had posted previously, with new content. ...
LESSONS FROM A FAMOUS OLD HOMICIDE CASE
This article appeared last year in my long-running series Ayoob Files in American Handgunner magazine. It explores many issues in self-defense use of lethal force. There are lessons in every such case, and several in this one....
HAVE A SAFE WEEKEND
Major cities are bracing for trouble this weekend, with military on the ground there. Plan your weekend accordingly and carefully.
As the “No Kings” demonstrations unfold, there is unpleasantness in the air, to put it...
WILEY CLAPP HAS LEFT THE RANGE
The Grim Reaper has been having a field day lately with my fellow gun writers and doing his damnedest to turn this blog into an obituary column. We learned this week of the death...
TALK TO POLICE AFTER SHOOTING?
Countless people advise never speaking to the police immediately after a self-defense shooting. I don’t think that’s the best advice, and I may have been the first advocate of what is now known as...
LETHAL PREY
I recently read John Sandford’s newest novel, “Lethal Prey,” while taking my turn in the passenger seat on a long drive. I’m a bit conflicted with Sandford, because on the one hand over the series...
GOOD ADVICE ON OFF-BODY CARRY
If you have studied the tactics of armed self-defense at all, you are familiar with the pioneering work of my good friend John Farnam. If you have studied it deeply, you are aware that...
GUNSMITH CONCURS ON PET PEEVE
I’ve told people for years that slamming an auto pistol’s slide closed on an empty chamber is abusive to the gun, and particularly so with the popular 1911 pistol. Over on the Wilson Combat...
LEARNING FROM EL LOBO SOLO
The Texas Rangers developed a reputation as highly competent gunfighters. One such was Manuel Gonzaullas, who soon earned the nickname Lone Wolf during his service from the early 1920s to the early ‘50s. Gonzaullas...
