Category: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
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Negative Events: Likelihood versus Gravity of Occurrence
Suppose you pack heat. Someone might ask you, "But what is the likelihood that you, given your cautious and circumspect style of life, will ever be in a situation in which you will need to defend your life, or a family member's life, with deadly force?" The question is legitimate. The answer is as follows.…
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Terrorist and Non-Terrorist Gun-Related Deaths
Top o' the Stack. Clear thinking provided; vicious abstraction opposed. Once again, I take on Howlin' Wolff, the Stoned Philosopher. (In all fairness, his little book on anarchism is excellent, and he is a good Kant scholar.) Memo to self: write a separate post on vicious abstraction, an informal fallacy, undiscussed as far as I…
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Citizenry, Government, and Firearms
A quick read at the top o' the Stack.
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Another School Shooting
And so, predictably, the gun-grabbers will howl. Their howling is music to my ears and your signal to buy more guns, ammo, supplies, to pay range fees, training fees, and so on and so forth. This is something concrete that you can easily do and it makes a difference. It puts money in the hands…
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Situational Awareness
Another MavPhil public service message: Don't walk around with your head up your app! You're a dumbass with a smartphone if you don't understand that it is perhaps the greatest enemy of situational awareness. And if you pack heat, bear this in mind: if you have to go to guns, there's probably been a failure…
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Gunfire Tonight!
One of the exciting things about living out here in the Arizona Territory is that all too many local hombres love to greet the the New Year with a hail of gunfire aimed heavenward. It adds a nice Middle Eastern touch to the Copper State. Part of the problem is the sad state of science…
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Gun Semantics
Under 14 minutes, by Massad Ayoob, one of the best. Words mean things, especially in a court of law. Precise, penetrating, and practical. As civil society collapses around us, and more and more of us must look to our own physical defense, you must also know how to avoid verbal entrapment by the prosecutorial shysters…
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Why Would Anyone Need an AR-15?
You have a right to one whether you need it or not. And you have a right to one whether the right is constitutionally protected or not: 2A or not 2A, that is not the logically prior question. But why would you need one? See here.
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When the Exercise of Rights Contributes to their Loss
Civil courage and prudence are competing virtues. At times competition become collision. Top o' the Stack.
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‘Islamophobia’ and ‘Hoplophobia’
A very polite Substack chiding of the stupid and often vicious use of these terms. My entry shows how to make a point rationally and stylishly without any use of invective and only the slightest trace of sarcasm. You have to cultivate the ability to write in a civil and respectful way. But you must…
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The Second Amendment and the Origin of Rights
Over at Substack.
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Israel’s Draconian Gun Laws
This surprised me. Why would Jews, who are smart, be so stupid about firearms? The Jews in Israel are surrounded by people who do not hide the fact that they intend to exterminate them and who believe that they are required to do so by their benighted religion. How could anyone fail to grasp that…
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An Argument for Capacious Magazines
Here
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Hannity Shreds RFK, Jr.
Here: Kennedy was already stammering when Hannity asked, “Do you still believe the NRA is a terror group?” Trending: Ilhan Omar's Attempt to Pin a 'War Crime' on Israel Gets Taken Apart Piece-by-Piece Kennedy tried to deflect by saying he supports the Second Amendment and the Constitution. But Hannity actually drilled down. “I didn’t ask you if…
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Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023)
I plan to say something about her later. But for now: de mortuis nil nisi bonum. I will only add that the Latin injunction has an expiration date dependent on the attributes of the decedent. In her case it will be upon us in, say, five days.