We Defend Your Right to Defend Yourself
This is a story of dramatic violence which happened to last week while on travel in Cleveland, OH. It also did not happen to me because I was a block or two away from the main event. I should have been there, but wasn't. In the aftermath I was asked…
I have waited a few days before writing anything about the assassination attempt. Too much furor and too many bad guesses and conspiracy theories are flying around. Did the Secret Service fail? Well yeah. They had a very public failure to protect. I have always liked the USSS and worked…
So, like you, I like to read the news in the morning over a hot beverage, and anything really stupid grabs my attention. Living close to Chicago I am rarely at a loss for stupid news content.This one is a whopper. Yes, the 4th of July weekend (Thurs through Sun)…
I got a new Concealed Carry belt this week, and it reminded me to pass on some information about such things to people who may not have thought about belts to go along with their Concealed Carry pistol rig. One of the biggest CCW tells, is having to pull up…
Last year I wrote a piece on hearing protection (Ear Pro) and as a long-time shooter of very noisy firearms and as an instructor, I value hearing protection just next to eye protection any time I am around guns. I still have pretty good hearing (despite what my Adventure Wife…
OK. Why go with a 10mm pistol? Power. Lots of power. Large heavy bullets at high velocities. Add in the newest higher capacity pistols on the market, and now you are fielding 15 shot magazines chock full of magnum speed bullets.The 10mm is certainly not the most popular choice for…
Just got back from watching the new "Civil War" movie at the theater...remember theaters? Big rooms, big screens, comfy chairs but you have to go all the way down the hall to use the bathroom and you can't pause the film?I knew nothing about the film prior to arrival except…
So my pal Lever Action Don recently heard about the Tulsa Gun Show, billed as the world's largest gun show. Don said "We should go!" Don is always on the hunt for the exactly perfect, very expensive and hard to find, just right, commemorative Winchester lever action so he was…
(photo credit goaimhi.com) I have just returned from a weekend teaching the Illinois Concealed Carry Permit 16-hour course, and would like to scratch out a few words on what to expect if you decide to enroll in a similar course.Going into the days before the class, I had to gather…
Viva Las Vegas. The land of $35 hamburgers and everything is inflated along with a local shrug "What are ya gonna do?"SHOT Show 2024 opened to the droves of gun industry reps, sales and "others" in the massive Venetian yesterday. Largest firearms trade show in the world. How big? I…
