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Monthly Archives: August 2012
GSW’s from an MD’s point of view
Interesting perspective on things, and definitely worth a half-hour of your time. Be warned, there are some GRAPHIC images of gunshot wounds in this video. Watching it at work is not recommended, unless you work in an ICU. Via ENDO … Continue reading
Quote of the day
“Poor NYC cops, 1 Alpha, 5 Charlies and 9 No Shoots. That’s no way to make Grandmaster.” – Allen Forkner, on Facebook Google+ … Continue reading
Today is National Knife Day
And I’m going to celebrate it by taking the Henckels in the kitchen and my freshly-recovered CRKT Pazoda (memo to self: look behind the nightstand next time) out to be sharpened at a local knife shop. Google+ … Continue reading
Mr. ColionNoir Reviews the CZ SP-01
And likes it! “Let’s get something straight: Anyone who uses a CZ-75 in a shooting competition is basically a cheater. This thing is simply too easy to shoot. CZ’s should only be allowed to compete against other CZ’s.” Google+ … Continue reading
Two Quick Updates
The move to WordPress is almost complete, I just need to get with ExurbanSteve about pointing the domain name, and we’re there. I see my beloved CZ P07 Duty is now legal for Production. That’s good to know if my … Continue reading
Winning
What’s remarkable about this rather innocuos pro-gun story about women getting into the shooting sports is that it’s in that bastion of Northeast center-left literary thought, The Atlantic. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, female participation in target shooting … Continue reading
TV is dead. Long live TV.
Robb points out the chilling news for the cable / satellite TV industry: Their current business model is *dying*: The days of charging customers a flat fee for dozens of channels they don’t want for the two or three that they do … Continue reading
Book Review: The Prepper’s Pocket Guide
My recent bout of funemployment got me a-thinkin’ about my family’s long-term sustainability. If my wife or myself are out of work for an extended period, what will become of our family? And on a related note, what can we … Continue reading
Interesting little gel test
9mm Hornandy TAP versus .45ACP Hornandy TAP. A couple of takeaways… At 5:39, it’s pretty obvious that the 9mm and .45 penetrated the gel to about the same depth. At 6:13 in the video, the wound channel of the 9mm … Continue reading
Pocket Protector (Part Deux)
Now that I’m gainfully employed and working in an office again, I’m back to wearing “business casual” from 9 to 5, so that means pocket carry. I’ve changed a few things and added a few more since the last time … Continue reading
De-escalate. The life you save may be your own.
Consider this video from an Indiana policeman’s dashboard camera. Now this was the end result of a high-speed chase, (not something we civilians commonly engage in outside of video games), but could something like this happen with a road rage … Continue reading