[Ed: There’s no better way to mark July 4th than to read our country’s Declaration of Independence. I’ve retained the original orthography, but edited out the specific complaints about King George and Parliament’s abuses in order to focus on the principles that applied then, do now, and always will.] In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.  (more…)

[Ed: DRGO's 'Dr. Latebloomer' originally published this May 15 at GATdaily.com.] Some gun colleagues and I were having a conversation recently and someone mentioned a “SHTF Office Gun”.  I remember laughing to myself, saying something like – sheesh, can you imagine a Pediatric Office SHTF Gun? That would go over like a lead balloon (no pun intended). (more…)

(from bricksstuff.de) Approximately 30 percent of all U.S. homes have at least one firearm. But there is another weapon that is in 100 percent of all homes: bladed weapons.  Knives are the most common, but this also includes hatchets, axes, swords, kukris, machetes, tomahawks, spears and the list goes on and on. It is unlikely that the average citizen is aware of the vast diversity of bladed weapons, which are probably mankind’s second weapon development (following the caveman’s imp...

(from ign.com) [Ed:  This is the author’s update of a longer paper on impact weapons he originally wrote in 1994. Nothing in this article should be construed as giving legal advice. Please check your state's statues, and consult with the police and/or an attorney. The author’s personal recommendations do not constitute DRGO’s—but they are well worth considering.] Try asking friends or family this question:  “I’m going to say a word.  Please tell me the first word that come...

(from pitchfork.com) It’s probably not what you think, so let me explain the context. One of the obvious missions of the anti-gun lobby is to magnify the negative consequences of widespread gun ownership in America.  As you probably know, they do this in several ways. (more…)

(from tacticalshit.com) The murderous attack May 31in the Virginia Beach city government building has predictably elicited outrage and opportunism by masses of sensitive, easily triggered [all puns intended] anti-gun activists and legislators. A large fraction of them are of course Democrats running for their party’s Presidential nomination. It’s seldom that something unifies so many Americans, though it’s too frequent that the unifying motive is so irrational. Business as usual in the n...

(from dailysignal.com) [Ed: This is a piece from March 14, 2018 in The Daily Signal by John G. Malcolm, vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government and director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. It remains highly relevant and is republished for educational purposes per The Daily Signal's copyright policy.] In the wake of the tragic murder of 17 innocent students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School ...

(from armedcitizensnetwork.org) [Ed: This book review is reposted with permission from the Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network's June 2019 Journal. It is written by Gila Hayes, ACLDN's Operations Manager and Journal Editor. Crime Signals is out of print, but copies are readily available , e.g., on Amazon.] “Crimes rarely go unannounced, without prior notice, clues, or warnings,” David Givens, an anthropologist and specialist in nonverbal communication, writes in Crime Signals.&nbs...