Don’t let your guard down
A lot of people think that since “our side” won, that we can ease up and take a break from prepping and training–maybe even spend…
Month: January 2017
C-A-T Tourniquet Upper Extremity Application Video Tutorial
Tourniquets used to be something that were all but banned from first aid and first responders. Wartime experience has shown that properly employed, they are…
When fencing counts
(Found on Facebook) So Something Really Bad has happened, and your hobby garden now needs to be ramped up, because it’s going to be one…
Life Lesson–It’s your mental toughness that counts
(From The Open Circle newsletter) More years ago than I care to remember, I was undergoing remedial PT at Ft. Knox, KY. I had flunked…
Waste
Yesterday evening…wasn’t good. I spent it at a funeral home for the family visitation and memorial service for an old co-worker’s son, who died at…
Wrestling pigs
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) At Ace of Spades HQ, there is a piece that should be read, “How Losing My Political Values Helped Me…
Gabe Suarez on lights in a gunfight
(Found on Facebook) Gabe Suarez opines on the usefulness of lights in a gunfight. There are going to be some butthurt people out there after…
A 1 minute fix for point for aim vs. point of impact
It’s embarrassing to admit, but I’ve had a problem with my pistol shooting pretty much since I picked one up–I’m consistently 1-2″ down and left.…
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear John Moses Browning, Happy Birthday to you!
Teaching a lesson
(Found on Gab) While this article may be several years old, I’d like to bring it up because we now have the ability to actually…
Doing something about heart failure
No, I’m not branching out into medical blogging, but when you’ve reached my age, you’ve seen a lot of people in your life who have…
I hate traffic cameras
Despite all the smoke blown up our whatevers about how traffic cameras “save lives” (show me the double blind studies, please), actual evidence (such as…
The winning keeps on coming
A three judge panel of the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled Chicago’s ban on gun ranges unconstitutional. There has been no word…
An unexpected lesson from Mike Rowe
Mike Rowe is at this year’s SHOT Show, doing his normal thing. A “fan” found out and went Full Butthurt on social media, attempting to…
For all the PMAG haters
While I’ve never understood it, there are people out there who want to hate on Magpul’s PMAGs. I don’t get it, I have a metric…
Pain
As a migraine sufferer, pain is a subject near if not dear to my heart. (Sidebar–migraine attacks are far from the most painful headaches. Cluster…
More gun grabbers take off the mask
(Via Gab) We all know it–the “gun controllers” want all teh gunz. They want illegal guns and legal guns, magazine fed guns and single shot…
Interesting research–Are liberals more likely than conservatives to commit crime?
(Via Gab) A recent study by researchers at 4 major US universities shows that political ideology may be a predictor of criminal behavior. To those…
For the geeks among my readers
(Via Ars Technica) If you’d like to take a nice walk down Memory Lane, you could do worse than Viva Amiga. Being that it’s a…
You’re doing it wrong?
When gungrabbers said they’d take the gun away from you and use it against you, I don’t think this was what they had in mind.
Reality is not optional
(Found on Gab) Many of us who are not of the liberal/progressive/leftist persuasion have noticed is that one can not make a fact-based argument with…
Keeping your (stuff) cool
(Found on Gab) I just ran into this and based on the video I’m impressed. If you’re in the market for a low energy use…