BIRTHDAY RUMINATIONS
Today is my 72nd birthday. Been a fun ride. So far, my eighth decade has been good to me, not counting the pandemic and culture war taking to the streets and all. (Murder hornets don’t seem to be here yet, … Read more
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IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT GUN GOD WANTS YOU TO CARRY…
I try to explain to my students that skillful shooting is not a religion, it’s an evolving art and science. Then, along comes this… Which goes nicely with this: But I think the funniest Glock versus 1911 treatments can be … Read more
THE PRICE OF POLITICAL IDENTITY IS GOING UP
Political identity seems to be the curse of our time in this country, and “cancel culture” is a side effect. Even the left-of-center magazine The Atlantic seems to realize it The OK sign a “secret” signal of the white supremacist … Read more
WISDOM OF AN OLD MASTER
Eldon Carl appears on the cover of the November, 1977 issue of GUNS magazine with the then-novel Detonics subcompact .45. Elden Carl was one of the original Combat Masters to whom the late, great Col. Jeff Cooper dedicated his classic … Read more
DEVOLUTION
“Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre” is the latest novel from Max Brooks, who gave us the NY Times #1 bestseller “World War Z.” The latter was a remarkably well-researched picture of how societal breakdown would probably … Read more