By John Farnam “Rights?” When someone says, in so many words, “I have a ‘right’ to never have anything bad happen to me,” they are displaying a level of ignorance and self-delusion that ultimately makes for them a short, and unhappy, life. And, they are unfit for citizenship in a free Republic! Our Constitution provides…
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NO! You can’t have my Civil Rights, I am Using Them Right Now!
“The ‘looters’ credo’ has brought you to regard your proudest achievements as a hallmark of shame, your prosperity as guilt, your greatest men, the industrialists, as blackguards, and your magnificent factories as the product and property of muscular labor, the labor of whip-driven slaves, like the pyramids of Egypt. The rotter, who simpers that he…
The Obsolete/Outdated “Empty-Chamber” Pistol Carry Method
With the preceding post about the spineless liberals at the campus at UT-Austin in my home state of Texas promoting the “empty-chamber” method of handgun carry for carry on University campus grounds, I thought it appropriate to have one of HCS’ contributing authors and one of the leading authorities on handgun training and self-defense with…
On the Edge of an Islamic Tet Offensive?
By John Farnam, DTI Islamic Tet? I arrived in Vietnam in the summer of 1968, just after the famous Tet Offensive had been mostly crushed by US forces. Militarily, Tet was a disaster for the Communists. Their losses were hideous. They didn’t care! The fact that they were supposedly mostly defeated, yet were still able…
Los Angeles Bans High Capacity Mags
City of Los Angeles Council Members recently passed an ordinance banning magazines that hold more than ten rounds. Of course, that number will soon be reduced to six! City residents were granted a “grace period” of sixty days within which to “turn them in,” or otherwise get rid of them. That period just expired…
Military History: The ‘Other’ Revolutionary War & The Fall of Fort Sackville
By John Farnam “… in the event of Great Britain attempting to force unjust laws upon us by strength of arms, our Cause we leave to Heaven, and our rifles!” ~ Hanover Association, Lancaster County, PA, 1774 During the French and Indian Wars of the 1750s and 1760s, many North American Indian tribes had allied…
Weapons Check: Personal Readiness with a Running Gun (Parts 1 and 2)
A definite Eye Opener. It pays to routinely test fire and train with the gun you carry. After all you ARE betting your life that it works. -SF By John Farnam Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Personal Readiness: From a friend and colleague “At our monthly pistol match last weekend, our courageous (and now unpopular) match…
Jerusalem’s Solution: Everyone Carry Guns
I must admit, when I see a picture like the one below, a teacher looking after her kids with a slung rifle on her shoulder..I get a warm, proud feeling inside. Why Can’t America be this smart?-SF By John Farnam Look closely. The teacher has an weapon slung over her shoulder. In Israel, much of…
Negligent Discharges: The Most Dangerous Activity when Pistol Training
By John Farnam Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- There are dangers inherent with having guns around. There are also dangers inherent with not having guns around. None of us get a risk-free life, and, in the end, the bacteria win. Not in dispute! However, in studying gun-training/range accidents, there is little doubt that the most dangerous…
The Personal ‘Stealth’ Existence: Remain Deadly
Sage Advice Indeed..Heed it Well! -SF By John Farnam Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- In the wake of Friday’s heroic action by US Servicemen in Europe, who are currently getting microphones and camera lenses shoved into their faces by the minute, as well as being invited to appear on all manner of TV talk-shows, along…