Gunblogging advice: Demonstrate value to brands
Today we have another installment in the long and intermittent “So you want to be a gunblogger” series. Today I want to talk about the most importan...
Category: editorial
Gun News: Everyone panic, Obama Executive order bans import of new 7.62×39 ammo!
Yesterday, in response to the current situation in Russia/Crimea, the President issued an executive order and everyone freaked out. They freaked out because a c...
Thinking Critically About Safety. Again.
A while back I used this space to discuss thinking critically about what we’re doing when handling a firearm, inspired by a discussion of someone who had ...
The end of manliness
I don’t normally comment on articles written elsewhere, but there’s an article on Cracked I read over the weekend that actually depressed me. ItR...
The Facebook gun policy non-policy
Everyone is buzzing about Facebook’s non-statement on people using FB and Instagram to post pictures of guns for sale. Moms Demand Mayoral Action is claim...
On the shoulders of giants
Yesterday, my good friend Richard Mann put up a very thought-provoking post called “Where have all the great gun writers gone” in which he examined ...
Interacting With Icebergs
Human beings are very complex creatures. Our function in day to day life is a blend of learning, life experience, social convention, deductive thinking, inducti...
“And everyone was looking at me”
I was researching an article on running over-pressure .40 ammo in your guns (protip: don’t) I happened on this comment from a user of said OP .40 ammo whi...
“Gamer” Gear Myths and Misconceptions – Part II
Last week I used Kim Rhodes’ custom Perazzi shotgun as an example of “gamer gear” because it’s a highly specialized firearm fitted to her specific needs and the...
Lubricants
I saw this quote on a thread at PF.Com this morning: I keep hearing and reading various lubricants and finishes “penetrate into the pores of the metal....