Before Mace, a Hatpin Was an Unescorted Lady’s Best Defense There were once, among the rogues’ gallery of men who harass women in public, disreputable fellows known as mashers. The masher took a lady’s arm, the masher took liberties, the masher might, with the slightest provocation, take advantage. He approached a woman he did not…
Movies and Series about European Political Terrorism: Exterior Night
Being a history nerd, I am always on the lookout for interesting historical movies or series and the other day I ran across one from Italy titled Exterior Night (aka Esterno Notte) about The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists. Now this is not the…
Rifle Corner: Retrieving the Rifle – an Overlooked Skill
Retrieving the Rifle – an Overlooked Skill If you haven’t taken my Perimeter Defense Rifle class (or read Protecting Your Homestead), you may not know that one of the things I teach is the idea that the rifle is the gun we are most unlikely to have on our person when we need it. It’s the firearm…
Modern Warfare: Russian BRT Dronoboy Anti-UAV Muzzle Attachment
Russian BRT Dronoboy Anti-UAV Muzzle Attachment FPV kamikaze drones have really changed the battlefield. They are small, fast, cheap and devastating against infantry and vehicles alike. The Russo-Ukrainian war is probably the conflict where these machines have been used most extensively and ever since the sides started deploying them, they have also been trying…
Handgun Corner: Jeff Cooper’s First Article from 1946
Jeff Cooper’s First Article Here is a scanned copy of Jeff Cooper’s first published article, from the Marine Corps Gazette, in Sept 1946. Titled “What Good Is A Pistol?”, it discusses pistol training and caliber selection. Highlights: Cooper comments that the semiauto pistol be redesigned to have more slant and a slight curve — essentially…
In Memoriam: Paul Harrell
Paul Harrell, YouTuber And Gun Rights Activist, Dies
Training Stressors
From the Archives, 2018 (Hermit Note: In keeping with my recent announcement of re-centering priorities of “Just Shut-Up and Train!” I will be posting articles from the archives that I feel are of vital import to the Armed Citizen. Let’s all make a point to get out there and train in whatever capacity we are…
A Nation Forgotten
The Game is Rigged and the House Always Wins
NGOs that helped house and feed migrants receive millions from FEMA There is only one thing left to say.
Another DEI Nightmare: Black CBP Officer Kidnaps and Sexually Assaults Minor in Arizona
CBP Officer Abducted & Sexually Assaults Minor near Arizona Border DEI in a nutshell: Agencies lower hiring standards such as test scores so they can boost their minority hires (mainly black and latino) in order to satisfy a Federal mandate so that the agencies yearly Federal Budget is not slashed. Basically it’s racial extortion….