I was listening to a lecture offered by Dr. Jordan Peterson the other day in the shop.  I often have some sort of lecture or podcast going, and I usually pay partial attention to it while working with my hands.  This particular subject surrounded humility and activism.  Essentially, Jordan was poking at the young pseudo-intellectuals that arrive at college and are instantly militarized into various activist roles within organizations.  The fundamental problem is, that most folks are so young they have no idea what they’re doing and have no business working themselves up int ..read more

Yes… Do we really need to discuss this further? When the cowardly shooting at Sandy Hook became reality, the community was tossed into a cocked hat. And frankly, the market has been a mess ever since. Things are going to ebb and flow, and I question if things will stop rippling. There are tons more owners now, and the typical person who was not interested in firearms or the exercise of the 2A has become aware they’ve been lied to by progs and politicians. The need and desire for more arms will continually fuel ammo buying. My advice? Even if prices are high, you should buy some ammo to have fo ..read more

Have you ever heard the term “Decoration Day” by someone in your family or among your friends?  We used to refer to Memorial Day as “Decoration Day” for specific reasons.  Sure, we decorate the graves of others over this weekend specifically, but the core of this federal holiday is slowly becoming lost I fear and I wanted to pen a note for your contemplation.  Not for a second am I suggesting we skip placing flowers, flags, and decoration atop the graves of our loved ones, family, and friends of days gone by.  However, this holiday, rightly, is specifically tailored to ho ..read more

Somewhere, right now, teams of HK engineers are laughing all the way to the bank. There can be only one logical conclusion associated with my concern. It has become apparent to me HK owns stock in copious numbers of insane asylums. There could be no other plausible reason for the complexity within these weapon systems. The primary conduit among the residents of these facilities you ask? …They are completely inhabited by people who were all at one time happy, vibrant, and otherwise well-adjusted gunsmiths. Systematic trauma inflicted upon them from years working within the confines of HK prod ..read more

I offer you 3 panels, all of which appear independent on the surface, but are irrevocably intertwined. Panel 1-Zuckerberg says, “You have someone like Elizabeth Warren thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies … I mean, if she gets elected president then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge.” Panel 2-Dr John Patrick says, “The problem with the liberal ethos is that it is parasitic on the history it denies.  It doesn’t have to have the intrinsic strength to enforce what made it work.” Panel 3-Michael says, “So ..read more

I found this troubling at first. But the more I contemplated it, the more it became clear the issues surrounding the Second Amendment are virtual “see through” scanning techniques for the rest of us to use as tools… I ended up coming to a realization I’d been flirting with but hadn’t been able to convey well. Let me explain: Most of the political class hates being asked about anything “gun” related. Why? Because the issue itself is a looking glass into their core ideology. When ANY member of the political class isn’t truly energetic or enthusiastic about your ownership of this tool, they’re si ..read more

I was listening to a lecture offered by Dr. Jordan Peterson the other day in the shop.  I often have some sort of lecture or podcast going, and I usually pay partial attention to it while working with my hands.  This particular subject surrounded humility and activism.  Essentially, Jordan was poking at the young pseudo-intellectuals that arrive at college and are instantly militarized into various activist roles within organizations.  The fundamental problem is, that most folks are so young they have no idea what they’re doing and have no business working themselves up int ..read more

Yes… Do we really need to discuss this further? When the cowardly shooting at Sandy Hook became reality, the community was tossed into a cocked hat. And frankly, the market has been a mess ever since. Things are going to ebb and flow, and I question if things will stop rippling. There are tons more owners now, and the typical person who was not interested in firearms or the exercise of the 2A has become aware they’ve been lied to by progs and politicians. The need and desire for more arms will continually fuel ammo buying. My advice? Even if prices are high, you should buy some ammo to have fo ..read more

Here’s my problem.  I find myself, naturally, falling squarely into one camp when it comes to the brutalization of public property.  …Specifically the idea surrounding the destruction of monuments and history.  Instead of jumping headfirst into my typical posture, I want to step back for just one moment and consider as objectively as possible the core of this. Recently, at the Iowa State Capitol, there has been a push through social media by a group or groups to tear down both the statue of Christopher Columbus as well as the “Pioneer” statue.  Inside the Capitol is the “We ..read more

Have you ever heard the term “Decoration Day” by someone in your family or among your friends?  We used to refer to Memorial Day as “Decoration Day” for specific reasons.  Sure, we decorate the graves of others over this weekend specifically, but the core of this federal holiday is slowly becoming lost I fear and I wanted to pen a note for your contemplation.  Not for a second am I suggesting we skip placing flowers, flags, and decoration atop the graves of our loved ones, family, and friends of days gone by.  However, this holiday, rightly, is specifically tailored to ho ..read more