This week the article is personal — Minnesota is about to have a “firearm safety committee” by well-known anti-gun politician House Public Safety Committee Chairman Michael Paymar. As usual, any time firearms are brought up as a public safety, public health, or “save the children” initiative it is usually bullshit. Many anti-gun advocates will hide [...]
On Wednesday, January 16 2013 President Barack Obama released his proposed executive orders to “deal” with gun violence. As I wrote a few weeks ago, most of what gun control advocates propose has little to nothing to do with curbing mass murders such as the school shooting in Connecticut. Those educated on current and past [...]
If the rumors are true, then California Senator Dianne Feinstein will propose the most sweeping firearms control in the history of the American continent. Depending on when you read this article, she may already have. What We’re Facing Based on her own Web site, Feinstein may attempt to introduce legislation regulating any or all of [...]
It’s rare that I find someone who shares my worldview as a gun-carrying gay rights activist. I can usually find folks who agree with one issue but not the other, and depending on how myopic they are we usually part ways right then and there. It is somewhat popular in Minnesota, my current state of [...]
In September of 2010 I wrote about a few different magazine carriers that I own, and how different form factors can be more or less useful for those of us who carry a firearm concealed. I purchased and used a single, horizontal magazine carrier made by Parlux for quite some time. In December of last [...]
There’s a coffee shop within short walking distance from my new job. I go there about four or five times a week with my co-workers, and it’s a nice joint in a nicer part of downtown. Now, Minneapolis is to the rest of Minnesota as Northern Virginia is to the rest of Virginia, for my [...]
Earlier this week I wrote a post about the civilian self-defense and the complex and subjective rules of engagement. I called out Minnesota’s “Duty to Retreat” demand as an arbitrary requirement that is difficult for people to accurately evaluate during times of stress. Duty to retreat means that the burden is on the victim to [...]
The current civilian self-defense rules are difficult, complex, and open to interpretation. It supports the legal system and not the victim. The checklist is dangerous, and replacing it with a simplified version may make it easier on citizens. It may cloud the issue when both parties are breaking the law, or when situations aren’t clear cut.
I liked the construction of my Wilderness Tactical Frequent Flyer belt (read my review from October 2010), but I hated how thick the buckle rings were. I employ appendix inside the waistband carry with my pistols, and the thickness of the buckle made me worry about printing. I ordered the original Wilderness Tactical Instructors belt [...]
I’ve written a few times about the gentle (and sometimes not-so-gentle) sexism that is pervasive in the firearms community. Two of the most common themes are that women are too feeble and simple minded to handle semi-automatic pistols, and that any 12-gauge shotgun is “too much” for a woman to handle. So, it’s refreshing that [...]
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