Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Wheelgun Wednesday - A Review Of The Henry Big Boy Revolver


 

 

 I'm a big fan of Henry Rifles/Carbines. Earlier this year they introduced a .38 Spl. revolver in two configurations. One has the old School 'Gunfighter' type grip, and the other the is a 'Birdshead' grip. 

If I ever get around to dealing with the bureaucracy  of obtaining a handgun permit, I'm probably going to get one of these for myself. Most likely the Birdshead grip model.

 

 https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/henry-big-boy-revolver-a-new-classic/

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Sunday With Blackthorn - Ed Calderon Interviews A Coyote (Border Immigrant Smuggler) PLUS an article on Israel Successfully Using A Laser To Shoot Down Hamas Rockets

 I'm sure most of you know who Ed Calderon  is, so I won't give you any unnecessary background on him. If you don't know who he is, just do an internet search for his name on DuckDuckGo or Google.


https://www.athlonoutdoors.com/article/real-life-coyote-human-smuggling/

 

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Between the Current Russian-Ukrainian War, and the conflict between Israel and  Hamas in Gaza, whole new technologies are being tested under real time combat conditions that will have an impact on the future of Warfare.

 

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/lasers-used-burn-through-hamas-204899

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Sunday With Blackthorn - Reviews a $119 Chinese Made Shotgun - AND - It Turns Out James Reeves Is Actually A Lawyer, Who Knew?

 Okay, so first up, Apparently The Stevens Firearms Company has Farmed Out It's Shotgun Mfg. to China.  I will for the moment forego my personal opinion of American Companies doing Business with the CCP, and Let James Reeves get through his review and 500 round Burndown of the aforementioned Shotgun.

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQkZqXaLJSw

 

 Now, most of us have heard that the name of your gun or knife or some other personal self defense tool will get you in trouble. Laser etched skulls on the slide of of your Colt 1911, the words Death Dealer 2000" emblazoned on the blade of your "Zombie Killer knife", etc. These people are usually not lawyers.

Then there are those who will tell you that a "good shoot, is a good shoot" or something to that effect with some variation, again, based on what type of tool you used to protect yourself. And again, these people are usually not lawyers.

Well, Mr Reeves makes the point that in the real world, the truth about how things play out in the courts is another story entirely.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSduvxQO7TA

 

 

Sunday, November 12, 2023

Sunday With Blackthorn - What Do You Do If You Find Yourself in Your Car And Surrounded By An Angry Mob

 Probably not the most likely scenario for most people, but considering the events we've seen over the last 3 plus years, not completely beyond the realm of impossibility. The  link below goes to a Youtube Video (and again as I mentioned in the last Blackthorn Post I can no longer embed the video here due to the New Google policy of requiring that I allow 3rd Party Advert. Trackers to be permitted) from a Law Firm that specializes in Self Defense Law.

I'm sure  a lot of you would, if you found yourselves in the situation I described above,  just hit the gas and plow your way through.  Especially if the mob was pounding on your vehicle. Well, the fact is that while doing that could actually be legal in certain circumstances, there are circumstances where it would not work out very well for you.

I hope the video provides you with some guidance on what you Can an Cannot do.

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_PR5RaDE38

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Another One of Those Pesky Details About EV's (Electric Vehicles) That Nobody Seems To Mention

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 Click On Link Above For Image

 Weenie Roast anyone?

 https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/best-way-to-extinguish-a-flaming-electric-vehicle-let-it-burn-f1fa2b53

 

NOTE - Please Read!

You will notice that I directed you to a link to see the picture of the burning car at the top of the page. Apparently Google is now forcing me and everyone else on Blogspot to allow them to attach 3rd Party Tracking Cookies in order to put up images and Videos. This includes Youtube videos as well as any of my personal videos. At least I can put the link up to the Youtube videos. And If I want to put any of my own videos up, I can upload them to Youtube first, and then put the link up.

The link below is a breakdown of of how 3rd Party Tracker Cookies work. 

 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/third-party-cookies-firefox-tracking-protection

 

 This link is essentially Googles line of BS.

 https://support.google.com/drive/answer/13812413?visit_id=638350583483850698-2210313825&p=enable_storage_access&rd=1#allowgoogledotcom&zippy=%2Callow-googlecom-to-use-cookies%2Cin-other-browsers

Sunday, November 5, 2023

Sunday With Blackthorn - Today Massad Ayoob Discusses The Richard Palmer Case And The Legal Concept Of 'Furtive Movement"

 From Massad Ayoob by way of American Handgunner Magazine. This is a case of a Police Officer being cleared multiple times of a shooting incident, but still wound up being prosecuted by the U.S. Dept Of Justice.

 

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Ayoob Files: Furtive Movement:The Richard Palmer Case

by Massad Ayoob copyright@Americanhandgunner.com
 
 

Situation: The suspect is reaching for what looks like a gun in their pocket. It looks like “shoot now or die.”

Lesson: The rule is, “You don’t have to be right, but you do have to be reasonable.” You can be cleared four times over in a shooting and still be criminally charged. If you’re a cop criminally charged, we hope you belong to a union or fraternal organization.

 

 A furtive movement shooting occurs when someone appears to be going for a gun, gets shot for it and turns out not to be armed. Sometimes the movement is a deliberate faking of the menacing gesture — to intimidate a victim or to achieve “suicide by cop” — and sometimes, it is unintentional.

To read the rest of this article, click on the link below;

 https://americanhandgunner.com/our-experts/ayoob-files-furtive-movement-the-richard-palmer-case/

 

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Massad Ayoob Breaks Down 2018 Incident Of Spree Killer Stopped By An Armed Citizen

 

Armed Citizen Stops Spree Killer

the Tumwater WalMart Incident

 

Situation:

You are shopping with your family when a gunman on a rampage opens fire in the store … and you are armed.

Lesson:

Planning for emergencies — and training for them — can save more lives than just your own.

 

Sunday, June 17, 2018, late afternoon. It’s Father’s Day. David George, 47, enters the WalMart in Tumwater, Washington with his wife, his adult daughter, and his young granddaughter. They are exchanging the little girl’s tricycle, and David heads to the customer service desk at the front of the store. It’s a pleasant day and David is dressed casually, in shorts and a tee shirt. The untucked tee conceals a Gen3 GLOCK 19 pistol with Ameri-Glo sights, worn at the 3:30 position behind his right hip in a Blade-Tech Nano inside the waistband holster. A pastor by vocation, he’s also a volunteer EMT. Both jobs have made him a natural protector of others and his daily wear of a concealed handgun is simply an extension of this identity.

In the next few minutes, David George will find a desperate need to use his GLOCK.

 To read the rest of the article click on the link below:

 https://americanhandgunner.com/our-experts/armed-citizen-stops-spree-killer-the-tumwater-walmart-incident/