Open Carry Is A Deterrent… Or Is It?
Should open carry be legal? Of course it should. It’s useful in lots of different ways, and banning it is a restriction on the right to keep and bear arms, and that's a bad thing. But should you do it?…
The Year Of Wrath
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for January 2016. Donald Trump was inaugurated as President, which torched off (literally) weeks of protest. Then came the 2017 Charlottesville attack, the riots in Kenosha and Minneapolis and January 6th. Add it all up,…
The Unnatural Rifle
Dr. David Yamane has a new video out where he talks about the flaws in a new book on the AR-15. Give it watch right now… https://youtu.be/3S3NZ664fko?si=ZltTw8VR9Eeg2qLv For awhile now, I’ve had a half-formed idea rattling around inside the copious…
Always be nice. Really, really nice.
Open Source Defense breaks down the steps to make something that once was forbidden and illegal into something normal. They list four steps: Forbidden, Aberrant, Accepted, Unnoticed. The move from the second to third step caught my eye: "Aberrant→Accepted: this…
Whither Gun Culture 3.0?
My friend Michael Bane (along with another friend, Paul Earhardt) came up with the idea of “Gun Culture 2.0” to describe the shift they were seeing in American society. The previous gun culture, version 1.0, was all about hunting and…
Point and Shoot
Open Source Defense churns out some of the most thoughtful, engaging content in the world of armed self-defense. It’s not about training or gear, but rather, how that training/gear/lifestyle is impacting American society. Their latest article, on how guns are…
Setting Yourself Up For Success
I sort of got my start in this gunwriting thing by making the (weird at the time) assumption that a .38 Special with pink grips might not be the right gun for a woman. That article took off, and was…
Seen In A Gun Shop
I was at my local gun shop this week, waiting to pick up a gun to test for the day job, and I watched as another customer bought a gun for his wife. And I mean that quite literally: she…
Seen At SHOT Show
SHOT Show is over for 2023, and I saw four trends: An utter lack of new G48/P365-sized guns. Like nobody came out with anything new this year to play in that market space, which was a bit of a surprise.…
What Is It With The AR-15, Anyways?
I had a chance this weekend to talk at length with Michael Bane, my good friend and mentor in this industry. In just a few hours, we managed to solve all the world's problems, and we both agreed that we…