Last week I wrote a blog about the Kyle Rittenhouse testimony immediately after he finished testifying. I was nervous the jury was going to return a verdict before the blog went out the following Wednesday. As it turns out that was not something I needed to be worried about. I am writing this blog post...
Well. I’m writing this blog on Wednesday, November 10th at 14:43. The Kyle Rittenhouse testimony has just concluded. Normally I tend to write these things towards the end of the week and pray that nothing major happens over the next few days that would make this blog moot. That clearly may happen in this case....
Last Wednesday I had the distinct pleasure of listening to the oral arguments in NYRPA v Bruen. I use the word pleasure in a guarded context. Getting a massage can be pleasurable. Getting a deep tissue massage can hurt like hell. Somewhere on that continuum the needle moves from pleasure to pain. That point...
Alec, Alec, Alec.… Been a couple of tough weeks huh? Not as tough for you as the family of Halyna Hutchins….but hey these things happen. At least that is what you have been telling people for years. Guns are the problem, not the people holding them. They just sort of go off on their own. I respectfully...
A while back I was perusing some old Louder with Crowder videos. I had options you see… continue with my study of Dante’s Inferno, digest the indigestible work of Robert Massie’s Peter the Great: His Life and World, or watch funny YouTube videos. I chose the former. I have always enjoyed Louder with Crowder. His “Change...
As many of you know, The MAJ and I have been retained by the homeowner in Newport Beach who used deadly force against a home invader at 4:20 in the morning a few weeks ago. Up to this point we have purposely kept quiet about the event, and our representation of the client, as...
People often ask me what inspires me to write on a certain subject. Sometimes it is pure interest on my part, sometimes it is prodding by my wife, oftentimes it is driven by current events. Occasionally I receive inspiration from a little nugget of knowledge I was not expecting. Such is the case with this...
In the past I have talked about two separate traits I feel are essential for anyone who owns a gun and/or carries it for defensive purposes: Mastery at Skill at Arms and Professionalism at Arms. One describes physical dexterity; the other one refers to psychological maturity. Typically when we talk about Professionalism at Arms...
The Rubes on Both Ends This last week we were treated to some images of cowboys doing cowboy stuff. (I am calling them cowboys because in the pictures I saw they all appear to be men. There is a strong preponderance of evidence that based on their choice of accouterment they self-identified as men. If...
I am marginalized. I am a victim. I am the “other” who serves a singular purpose for the majority: the feeling of moral superiority to assuage their stagnant lives. We’ve seen this before, so many times in history and, sadly, it still plays itself out today. It is a fundamental part of the human condition and until...
