PEARL HARBOR DAY
It is the 70th anniversary of the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. Thank God we have living Americans still among us who remember that terrible morning. Cherish them, and if you have access to...
Part II: Where PERF Was PERF-ect
As I said in the last entry (found immediately below this one), the Police Executive Research Forum had a lot of things right in its recent controversial 30-point list of suggest use of force...
A MOST RESTORATIVE APPLESEED
I hit Backwoods Home’s turf – Gold Beach, Oregon – feeling like I had one foot on bronchial pneumonia and the other on a banana peel. Thanks to some powerful antibiotics, Lenie Duffy’s...
HIGH TECH DRY-FIRE
Rifleman and pistolero agree: dry-fire – pressing the trigger of a gun confirmed to be unloaded – is important for marksmanship in everything from the introductory phase to advanced skill maintenance. If you see...
THINGS ARE QUIRKY IN ALBUQUERQUE
Just spent a few pleasant days in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gun laws there are strange. “Open carry” of handguns has long been legal there, but concealed carry didn’t become lawful in NM until the...