This past weekend, I spent two days at the gun club where I’m a member taking part in a Project Appleseed event. This class took place shortly after the April 19th anniversary of “the shot heard around the world.” This is an important point, as the Appleseed Project is fundamentally based on Revolutionary War history […]
We often hear just such a question from idealistic gun control advocates… you need only ask a Ukrainian right now.
We haven’t posted much to the blog recently for obvious reasons…. but I thought it was time to share a few thoughts and observations. First of all, I’m going to try to keep this as germane as possible to the core mission of the blog. But, I’m also going to approach the subject from the […]
There’s not much more I can say about the latest attack on a congregation that hasn’t already been said, and it’s not even been a full 24 hours yet. I refer of course to the lone gunman who opened fire in a White Settlement, TX church and was quickly and definitively put down by an […]
After attending my first Tac Con last year, I had pretty much made up my mind early on that I wanted to attend this year’s 20th Anniversary Tactical Conference, held at the Direct Action Resource Center (DARC) in Little Rock, AR for the second year in a row. (Check out 2017 AARs here and here.) […]
This will be a short one, I think. I have been communicating with John in recent days about the most recent school shooting (Parkland, Florida). We have been talking less about the incident itself and more about the aftermath. Something about the reaction to this one seems different than all of the others. We try […]
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit the NRA Great American Outdoor Show held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. As I’ve written about here on the blog in past years, the show is a sprawling collection of multiple exhibit halls and arenas. Covering firearms, archery, hunting, fishing, boating, and outdoor living and […]
Most of our readers have probably heard of the Rule of Four S’s. I think John and I have both referenced it before in articles in the past. I believe this rule is generally accredited to the great John Farnam (though I think his version had three S’s rather than four, but whatever). The rule […]
You’ve probably already read Robert’s thoughts on this year’s Rangemaster Tactical Conference. If not, you can find his AAR here. Robert covered most of the basics of attending the conference, but as our schedules during the conference did not exactly coincide, I will talk a little bit about my experiences as well. Just getting to […]
We try to stay apolitical here on the blog, and not without good reason. However, it’s that time of year again where many state legislatures are back in session. With the options for national bans now out of the question for at least a little while, several states have taken it upon themselves to try […]
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