Massad Ayoob on Guns

GOOD NEWS FROM SCOTUS

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From the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: SUPREME COURT GRANTS CERT IN SAF ASSAULT WEAPONS...

LET FREEDOM RING

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It’s the Fourth of July Weekend, and this particular Independence Day falls in the middle of our nation’s 250th anniversary.  All the more reason to...

LAST SHOTS

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In 1975 a guy named Richard Davis invited some friends – including some cops whose lives had been saved by Davis’ Second Chance brand...

YOUNG SHOOTERS

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It’s not just a cliché to say that the children are the future.  With the rights of law-abiding firearms owners constantly under attack, it’s politically...

SAYING GOODBYES

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This month I shot what I believe will be the last of The Pin Shoots, my all-time favorite shooting match that began in the...

GREAT ADVICE FROM JEFF YAGO

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A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting fellow Backwoods Home writer Jeff Yago and found him to be a very smart guy. Here’s...

THE LAST PIN SHOOT

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Fifty years ago my friend Richard Davis created a new gun sport, bowling pin shooting. Half a century later I am writing this midway through the...

A GATHERING OF GUN GEEZERS

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The Evil Princess and I just finished up a great fifty-year reunion of shooters from the early days of practical pistol matches. Hosted by...

 GEEZER GUNS

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When I was young, I set aside a Beretta .380 with a tip-up barrel for when I got too old to run the slide...

WHY I DON’T GENERALLY COMMENT ON CURRENT CASES

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Because I work in the criminal justice system, some readers ask me why I don’t generally comment on high profile shooting cases that are...