Firearms

  Welcome to the first "three shot burst" in the history of this blog. The SHOT Show ended yesterday, but our intrepid reporter Jim Fitzpatrick has more to report. Two more entries will follow this...

A couple of entries ago, I posted this.  Lots of readers responded. One of my favorite blogs, Tamara Keel’s “View From the Porch,” adds this. I offer a hearty “Amen!” to Tam’s sentiments. A few months...

I joke with people that if carrying an iPhone makes you a Yuppie, I am exempt because my iPhone lives in an armored MagPul carrier, and therefore, I am at worst a “Combat Yuppie.” Ya...

Woo-hoo! Benchmark for me today: five years helicopter-crash-free.  https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/dont-be-afraid-of-flying/. It has been a blessed five years. Lived to see my fourth grandchild come into the world. Made it to retirement from my police department after 27...

The current edition of Harper’s magazine carries a cover story on concealed carry, illustrated with an Andy Warhol portrait of a High Standard Sentinel .22 revolver…ironically, more of a Backwoods Home utility handgun than...