The irony does not escape me. I am at 35,000 feet, wedged between two people on my way to Milwaukee via a stop-over in Chicago. The flight departed at 6:45 this morning. I tried to sleep through take-off, but that was, as expected, an exercise in futility. I am unarmed. Well… that is probably a misnomer. I have a...
By now you are all aware of the events two weeks ago at Cook’s Corner. I have driven by Cook’s Corner several times on my way into Silverado Canyon but, in all candor, I have never stopped there. Perhaps it was the motorcycles? I am not against motorcycles in the slightest. In fact, I’ve wanted to...
“Bearing arms does not mean from your bathroom to your kitchen!” That little missive was penned by Justice Clarence Thomas in a dissent to the granting of certiorari on a Second Amendment case a few years back. The gravamen of the case centered around the question: Does the Second Amendment provide protection for conduct outside the...
On Thursday of last week, President Biden announced his “executive actions” on gun control. This is somewhat of a misnomer as he really did not issue any “executive actions”. The President… all presidents… are allowed to use executive actions when authorized by Congress during states of national emergency and when necessary to clarify executive actions...
The 9th Circuit issued a decision last week in the case of Young v. Hawaii. I’m not going to mince words; it is abysmally, intellectually, and philosophically devoid of any redeeming qualities. Well, that is not entirely accurate… Justice O’Scannlain’s stinging dissent makes for some interesting reading. Okay… bottom line up front: The Young case now...
Professionalism at Arms, Part Deux The fire crackled loudly causing me to lift my eyes from my copy of Dante’s Inferno and glance toward the hearth. “Concerned that the Seventh Plane of Hell is opening its gates for you, Captain?”, the Major said from his chair with a chuckle. “I believe that, in the final analysis, my dear...
Professional”ism” at Arms If you have taken any classes with me, or listened to my missives, you may have heard me refer to the concept of Master-at-Skill-at-Arms. A number of people have commented on this term and the vaguely archaic nature of the way it sounds. Master-of-Skill-at-Arms is indeed an old concept, predating the invention of gunpowder...
A time to learn, a time to play… A number of years ago a client was sitting in our lobby with a confused look on her face. I had just walked out of the lab after a private event and was exhausted. The lobby itself was a place of controlled chaos as people were both coming...
Go East, Young Man? Over the last few years there has been a noticeable migration of citizens from California and New York to points east and south. There are many reasons for this phenomenon. If you subscribe to Marxist economic theories, then it is simply a rational act by greedy capitalists looking to maximize profits by moving...
Many of you are aware of our new business, Orion Training Systems. We are now producing our very own simulators. Many of our law enforcement and military partners have been looking for very specific scenarios and training modalities for years. Our new systems allow us to address these objectives and produce simulations in a fraction...
