Massad Ayoob on Guns
TANGLED UP IN BLUE
A young, left-leaning law professor from a very liberal family decides to become a cop. Where’s that gonna go? Why, into the 2021 book “Tangled Up In Blue: Policing the American City” by Rosa...
CHOPPER COLUMN
How quickly we forget. On January 26th, I would have missed the anniversary of having survived a helicopter crash with my buddy John Strayer thirteen years ago. Fortunately, friend Erich Martell remembered…with a sense...
SHOTGUN HANDLING REFRESHER
As promised, a reprint of Backwoods Home’s article on working with shotguns.
RIFLE HANDLING REFRESHER
And…here’s part 3, the rifle handling refresher. Still valid info after twenty-some years, methinks.
A GREAT POLICEMAN AND TRAINER LEAVES US
We lost Keith Jones on January 21.
Keith Jones experienced heavy combat in Vietnam, and came home to a law enforcement career in a major Midwestern city. In the course of his decades there, Keith...
REFRESHERS
Twenty-plus years ago in the pages of Backwoods Home magazine I wrote a series of “refresher” articles on the safe and efficient handling of rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Safety is always worth reviewing. Here’s...
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
It surprises some people that I’m not a fan of the death penalty, given my line of work. It was part of my line of work that showed me wrongful convictions do happen. In...
UNARMED PARENTS STOP SERIAL KILLER, SAVE YOUNG DAUGHTER
Here’s a horror story for you, with as happy an ending as the horrendous circumstances allowed.
In retrospect, I can say it probably would have ended better if the parents had been able to access...
SHARING AN EXPERT’S THOUGHTS ON THE MANUAL SAFETY
Paul Howe is one of the nation’s recognized experts on the use of firearms in life-threating stress situations. Here he talks about the importance of using the manual safety on powerful weapons deployed under...
INTERESTING STUDY FROM THE FBI
The Prohibitionists say you don’t need guns for self-defense because murders outnumber bad guys killed by armed citizens in self-defense. Those Prohibitionists are a bloody-minded lot, aren’t they? They prefer to ignore the fact...
