"I'm Shocked, Shocked I Tell You"........

 ....To find that this has happened........Again! 😱 

 

 Anyone interested in a government job position in Russia? I hear they're hiring........

 https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-deputy-minister-dies-suddenly-131412559.html?guccounter=1

 

Sunday With Blackthorn - Today We Get To Check Out Some Very Rarely Seen Footage of Carl Cestari

 This footage is all over 20 years old. The demonstrations are all Classic Carl, and No Bullshit. The Master at work.

 (Courtesy of The Sporman Group LLC)

 

Tourist In Yellowstone National Park Learns The Hard Way How Not To Use Pepper (OC) Spray

 

Doesn't matter what kind of a threat you carry it for, whatever self defense tool  you carry, make sure you go to a class or two and learn how it works so that you don't wind up like this guy!! 😞

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/yellowstone-tourists-learn-the-hard-way-that-bear-spray-doesn-t-always-work-on-bison/ar-AA1bcKto

 A group of people visiting Yellowstone National Park learned a painful lesson in wildlife safety when they got on the wrong side of a huge, angry bison. In a video shared on Instagram, the animal charges a family and catches one person's clothing in its horns, tossing them to the ground.

A passer-by attempts to use bear spray, which the National Park Service (NPS) says can be effective in deterring bison, but he was standing downwind of the animal, so the spray was blown away on the breeze.

Sunday With Blackthorn - Today Chris Baker Discusses Point Shooting vs Aimed Fire

 Oh boy, the old debate. I don't necessarily agree with all his opinions, but unlike so many gurus telling us never to use Point Shooting, and others telling us not to waste your time with Aimed Fire, he calmly makes his points for both. 

The method he shows (through most of the video) looks like the Appplegate method done with two hands instead of one.  However there is one sequence showing the One-Handed 1/2 (or 3/4) Hip shooting stance. 

In any event, as I've mentioned before, I try to keep the Blog relevant to people  who haven't spent years or more on various aspects of self defense. This is why the material I put up is sometimes not quite what you regulars expect. Believe it or not, the number of page-views I get is not reflective of the number of you guys that have been around here for years now. 

So give the video a look, and I hope you don't think it's too bad. 

Oh, and on another note, allow me to apologize for the mention, between the 7:20 and 7:30 marks, of two  'unmentionable persons'  whose names shall not be uttered.

 

Saturday Humor At Blackthorn - The Value Of Persistence

 

Welcome To Wheelgun Wednesday With Blackthorn

You guys all know I'm a big fan of Revolvers and other assorted Old School firearms. So I've decided to inflict my fascination with wheelguns on the rest of you. Today, for the first edition of Wheelgun Wednesdays we discuss some of the pros and cons of owning a revolver, and whether or not they are obsolete courtesy of our buddy Chris Baker at Lucky Gunner.

 Note: This video is geared more towards non-dedicated shooters, as opposed to the bulk of the people who follow this blog.  We all know that if you're going to buy a firearm for personal/home Defense, you need to get a degree of training, go for regular practice, and maintain the firearm. End of Disclaimer!

 

 

 

Sunday With Blackthorn - Today We Discuss The Typical Range Of The Average Citizen Involved Gunfight

 Sights, no sights, Point Shooting, aimed fire, 15 yards or 3 feet, Weaver or Isosceles????

Well, today Chris Baker will lay out some stats based on information gathered from resources that are available today that were not available say 20 years ago. At that time the only stats available were from Law Enforcement sources that only covered LEO involved shooting incidents that aren't always reflective of the average citizen involved incidents.

So get a cup of coffee, a can of soda, a glass of juice, sit back, get comfortable and prepare to be informed and enlightened gentlemen.

 

 

Old US Military Tech Downs New Russian Hypersonic Missile

Ukrainians Used a Late 80's technology US Patriot Missile to down Russia's new Hypersonic Missile over Kyiv.

Guess that new Russian Missile wasn't quite as Hypersonic as they thought.

  https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-patriot-kinzhal-6b59af8e60853b4d6d16dd8d607768be

Wednesday Morning Humor With Blackthorn

How what Branch Of Military Service people choose is determined.

 

Monday Morning Humor With Blackthorn