Ken Hackathorn on the American Warrior Show

Following up on my recent post about Gunsite and the early history of private citizen gun training classes, as well as previous posts based on Mike Seeklander’s American Warrior Show podcast (on Tom Givens, on Gabe Suarez, and on Seeklander himself), this post presents some insights from an interview with Ken Hackathorn (show #21 from … Continue reading →

Gunsite 40th Anniversary Commemorative Video by Panteao Productions

The end of the semester is always a difficult time to keep up with my writing because of final exams and grading, as well as the coinciding conclusion to the college tennis season. Last week I was in Georgia stringing rackets for Wake Forest’s mens tennis team, who were the top seed in the NCAA … Continue reading →

Reason Requires that You Accept You May Be Wrong

Wake Forest University’s Commencement ceremony was particularly special this year because my oldest son graduated (with a B.S. in Finance, Summa Cum Laude, if I may brag on him just a bit). It is always exciting to be present to the symbolic transition of students from their pasts into their futures. All the more so … Continue reading →

William Alexander’s Indoctrination into America’s Gun Culture

There has been alot of buzz on my social media lately about an opinion essay published by the Los Angeles Times by William Alexander. Alexander wrote about his experience as a 60-something liberal who has just gotten into guns and attended his first NRA annual meeting this spring. Suffice to say he didn’t have a … Continue reading →

Collected Posts on National Rifle Association Annual Meeting and Exhibits

This post lists all of my blog posts on the NRA annual meeting and exhibits (updated May 14, 2017): 2016 at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky 10 Acres of Exhibits at the NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville Crimson Trace’s Interesting Banner at the NRA Annual Meeting Meeting Michael Bane for the First Time … Continue reading →

NRA Personal Protection Expo is Now the Carry Guard Expo

Following up on the announcement of National Rifle Association Carry Guard coverage and training, John Richardson of No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money tipped me off to the fact that the NRA Personal Protection Expo has now been re-branded as the Carry Guard Expo. I still can’t help but think that having the Expo … Continue reading →

NRA Carry Guard “Insurance” and “Training” Program Launched

Clearly I missed more than seeing guns, colleagues, and friends at the National Rifle Association annual meetings and exhibits last week. NRA CARRY GUARD was launched with much fanfare — including a cover over the cover of the May 2017 issue of The American Rifleman. Fortunately others were on the scene and are starting to … Continue reading →