How Do Gun Owners Solve a Problem Like The Donald?
The following represents my Donald Trump 'nightmare scenario' for gun owners. This will involve talking about my own observations and feelings rather than specific, scientifically-verifiable facts. Don't take any of this to the bank. If the...
Calculating Muzzle Velocity and Trajectory With Five Shots (Or So)
For years now I’ve been a long distance shooter. For much of that time I’ve been missing targets at long distances. There isn’t any shame in missing. Most of you have missed more shots than...
The Lesson of the Loss of Scalia
Reader Matthew Howe writes:
As you probably know by now, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on Saturday. He was a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and his passing opens up the possibility that...
Remembering the Man who Taught My Teacher How to Hunt
The image of a deer, still alive in the moment before I broke the shot, is only seared into my memory from two occasions. One of those events being the first deer I ever killed. Until...
Random Thoughts About Rhonda’s TX LTC
As I ponied-up to the counter at Lone Star Tobacco, a large gentleman approached my six with single-minded determination. "Can I take a picture of you gun?" he asked. "It's the first open carry I've seen...
The Media Has More Blood on its Hands with the Canadian School Shooting
Details about the school shooting in Canada are still in short supply. We know that police have a 17-year-old male in custody, facing four counts of murder and seventeen counts of attempted murder. It...
The Last Word About the Gun-Automobile Comparison? Probably Not…Part Deux
A few days ago, RF penned what is now the first "last word" post, which made me think of a great Autoblog article sent to me by my car-cum-gun friend, LostLamb. Driven, if you...
On This Day in 1943
The World Jewish Congress posted the above on its Facebook page, with the following caption:
It happened today. In 1943, Rabbi Menachem Ziemba called on the Jews of Warsaw to revolt saying that "we must...
Gun Deals Gone Bad Part 2: The Inherent Dangers of NFA Transfers
The NFA tax stamp business is complicated, but it’s not that complicated. Anyone with a college degree should be able to have a pretty solid grasp of the legal concepts involved. The next step:...
ATF NFA Branch v. Home Depot
Consider the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Relative to the monstrous monolith that is the federal government, the $1.8b per annum ATF is fairly small fry. Even if Congress grants the President's request to...
President Obama’s Tears for Fears
Obama's crocodile tears sold many Americans on his anti-gun rhetoric. He sealed the deal because he "showed emotion." I read a comment on Facebook that claimed "pro gun people never cry over loss of life!" But we do. I...
Obama’s Executive Action on Guns: My Prediction
There's been a flurry of news about the impending executive orders from President Obama on gun control. There are few hard facts about what's coming down the pipeline. But if you read the tea...