I Like It Hot

The shoot-o-sphere has long lamented the infamous double deaths at the Memphis Sport Shooting Association back in 2006.   In separate incidents, two dudes shot themselves while holstering into a shoulder rig.  One happened in August, and the second was a few months later in January.  Both…

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The Zimmerman Conundrum … Part 2

We self-defenders are expected to behave like reasonable people.  The Founders entrusted us to wield enormous power — indeed, the power to inflict death — in exchange for our commitment to be honorable stewards of that power (unlike the King).  That’s all well and good, but…

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Scotchman vs. Black-Face … Continued

So, a bunch of you chimed in with responses to the epic battle of Scotchman and Black-Face, which later became a lawsuit decided in part by Hunt-Berlin Coal Co. v. Paton, 202 S.W. 935 (Tenn. 1918).  To quickly recap, a strapping young bloke named Paton…

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