WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS FOR SELF-DEFENSE
PART I
This past Monday I was at a state bar association headquarters, leading a panel discussion they were filming on gun modifications and gun-and-ammo choices as they relate to shooting cases. On the same...
ONE MORE TIME
Our military – not for the first time – listens to complaints about poor “man-stopping” ability with 9mm ball ammunition in combat: http://m.military.com/daily-news/2014/07/03/army-wants-a-harder-hitting-pistol.html .
It seems to me that there’s little wrong with Beretta M9...
WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS, PART IV: FASTER “STOPS”
The reason police unions and police firearms training units fought so hard for hollow point bullets back in the day was that they wanted their cops to survive gunfights with violent criminals. Simply put,...
WHEN BAD AMMO HAPPENS TO GOOD GUNS
I recently shot an IDPA state championship (under the auspices of the International Defensive Pistol Association, www.idpa.com) with over 140 other good people. One was a damn good sixgunner I had met only the...
THE GATES INCIDENT IN CAMBRIDGE: IT’S “CLASS,” NOT “RACE”
I deliberately waited until the furor over the Cambridge incident had died down before discussing it here, now. I figured a lot of folks would assume I was the guy with time wearing a...