Greg Ellifritz put up an informative post on social media regarding the (in)efficacy of birdshot in a home defense role recently. It was shared widely on the internet with predictable results, as the legions of shambling mouth-breathers tried to set Greg straight. He's had about enough of that. "I got my first shotgun instructor certification in 1999. I’ve been teaching shotgun skills longer than some of these commentators have been alive. I carried a shotgun every day in a 25-year police career and used those shotguns to convince some very bad men to submit to arrest. I’ve seen, treated, an ..read more

I need to watch Miss Congeniality again. That is such a good movie ..read more

Forgetting that you have a gun or ammo in your purse or briefcase at the local courthouse can be embarrassing. Forgetting that you have a gun or ammo in your purse or briefcase at the TSA checkpoint at the airport can get you jammed up legally. Forgetting that you have a gun or ammo in your purse or briefcase in Boston or NYC will almost certainly get you jammed up. You go through the checkpoint at Freedom Tower or the 9/11 Memorial or some other tourist attraction with your out-of-state toters permit, and it's gonna be a bad day. And as for traveling overseas? That could be really bad ..read more

Something had my back all jacked up last night. I didn't get a lot of really good sleep. Hopefully tonight will be better. I did have a really long detailed dream that was likely caused by watching The Three-Body Problem before going to bed. Very science fictional dream. Lots of space kablooie ..read more

Registration for TacCon 2025 opens tomorrow night, Wednesday the 24th of April, at 9PM EDT. TacCon 2024 tickets sold out in eleven hours. Be there. I will ..read more

Here's a current generation (2019-2024) Bentley Flying Spur, built on the same chassis as the Bentley Continental GT and the LWB variant of the Porsche Panamera. The V8 badge low on the front fender means that under the bonnet you'll find a 4.0L twin turbo motor putting out just a hair less than 550 horsepower and backed by an 8-speed Porsche PDK transmission. (Hey, back when they were still British-owned and part of Rolls-Royce, they used TurboHydramatic 400 3-speed or 4L80-E 4-speed slushboxes purchased from General Motors ..read more

Asked to write a blog post, an AI churns out glurge. John Hearne writes about Understanding Criminals and Their Motivations. Bobbi on troubleshooting a mysteriously malfunctioning door ..read more

It's been a good month for spotting Japanese Domestic Market imports here in SoBro. Here's a very early-1990s Nissan Atlas 150 Double Cab with a funky paint job and groovy rims. Most of these things seem to be 4WD with 5-speed manual gearboxes and middlin' big diesel fours in the 2.3-to-2.7L range ..read more

Elsewhere on social media I came across an angry and despairing rant from a Columbine High School graduate whose younger sister was there on that day. The sister was unhurt, thanks to hiding in a closet, but it was all day before they learned that, since she was one of the last students to get out of the school and get bused to the rendezvous point at the nearby elementary school to be reunited with her parents. The woman, in her angry reminiscences, was like "...but thank god that the Columbine shooters didn't have AR-15s, because things would have been worse..." with the implication that th ..read more

Ah, square trigger guards on 1911s... "The big change on the frame is the large, squared trigger guard. This was a fad touch on custom 1911s for a hot minute back in the day when dudes wore tube socks, foam-front trucker caps, and bootie shorts at pistol matches. And the reasons given for it vary. It provides a secure place to park the support hand index finger for those who like to wrap it around the front of the trigger guard. It allows more room for people with jumbo-sized fingers, or maybe people wearing heavy gloves. Personally, we’re convinced that the two major drivers behind the bi ..read more