Let’s talk about Kyle Rittenhouse coverage

Understand, I’m not going to talk much about the shooting, or the protests, or the events that led to the protests. Nor am I going to talk about either the trail or the verdict. Those are what they are and no one can change that. I am going to talk about how this young man … Read more

Site update and Cyber Monday

Good morning all. Disclaimer: clicking on some of the below links will get me a small commission. It won’t affect your price. Site update First, I realize the articles have been a little light lately. I hope to be able to fix that soon; I’ve been traveling and getting ready to travel. On top of … Read more

What about Alec Baldwin?

If you’re reading this, there’s a 100% probability that you know why Alec Baldwin is in the news right now. But I’ll spell it out, anyway. There was an accident on the set of his production, “Rust,” he fired a live round that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. I don’t normally … Read more

Are Older Guns Still Useful?

Purchasing something using one of the links on this page could get me a commission. Won’t cost you a thing. I had this thought the other day. As I was writing my review of the Rock Island XT-22, I realized I’d gone off on a bit of a tangent. I left it in, but I … Read more

Gun control is stupid.

This is going to be an essay post. There will be no pictures and no affiliate links. If there are links they exist to help illustrate my points. I just have something to say and I’m going to do so as directly as I can. That headline seems pretty direct. It is. I want to … Read more

Carrying a revolver for self-defense.

Purchasing something using one of the links on this page could get me a commission. Won’t cost you a thing. Should you carry a revolver for defense at all? First, I’m talking about a modern or semi-modern double-action revolver. Single-action isn’t really in my discussion, although if you’re willing to put in the training time … Read more

The responsibility of having a gun

Purchasing something using one of the links on this page could get me a commission. Won’t cost you a thing. “You are responsible for every round you fire.” I really get tired of hearing that. It just sounds so pretentious to my ears. The most annoying part is that it also happens to be true. … Read more

Let’s talk more about training

I’ve written on this before. However, I think I’d like to expand a bit and so we have a new article. For the purposes of this piece I’m going to define “training” as learning from someone else and “practice” as going out on your own to work on what you learned. Training is great. That’s … Read more

People believe weird things

Purchasing something using one of the links on this page could get me a commission. Won’t cost you a thing. See https://concealedcarryforbigguys.com/affiliate-disclaimer for more information. I was recently in a Facebook argument. Some whack job was talking about shotguns being shitty for home defense. The longer version is in the link I put in the … Read more

I got into a Facebook argument the other day

Look; I was bored. And what he said was just so damn ridiculous. Yes, he was trolling and yes I got sucked in. Don’t pretend it hasn’t happened to you. After half an hour or so my free time was gone so I moved on. So what was this incredibly nonsensical argument he made? Shotguns … Read more