AGAINST MONSTERS

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The atrocity at the Connecticut elementary school will not be the last such horror, nor was it the first or even the worst.  Go back to the year 1764, in what is now Franklin...

A THOUGHT FOR A SUNDAY…

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In this recent incident, an aberration of society walked into a church in Spartanburg, raising a shotgun. Fortunately, before mayhem could ensue, an armed parishioner took him at gunpoint.  This was not what the violent...

WHY WE USE EXPANDING BULLETS FOR SELF-DEFENSE

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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...

IF I MAY SHARE AN ANNIVERSARY…

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It is January 26, 2015, and I am now two years helicopter-crash-free.  I told the story here shortly after it happened: https://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/2013/01/27/dont-be-afraid-of-flying/. I would like to thank the many people who added poignant and sometimes...

SHOT SHOW 2017 PART 4

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The mood was upbeat at this next to last day of the SHOT Show as we awaited the January 20 inauguration of the most pro-gun President since maybe, oh, Theodore Roosevelt. Interesting gun news: it...