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Road rage and self defense

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Let’s have a thought experiment: Who is at fault here for the collision? If you’re saying it’s the pickup, sorry, but you’re not correct...

Driving/Product and service reviews

Combating glare in the daylight

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Quick product review here. I have a dashcam in my SUV. And glare is one of the major issues trying to use it, since my dashboard reflects onto the windshield wh...

Concealed carry/Driving/Law Enforcement/Police

Arizona’s advice to armed drivers

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Arizona recently took the step to update their driver licensing manual to include traffic stops where the driver is armed. Section 7 of the manual is titled sim...

Concealed carry/Driving/Law Enforcement/Police

Philando Castile screwed up

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I’ll say it up front: Philando Castile screwed up. Big time. In most reports on the trial, this is the breakdown: Castile, a black man, volunteered to Off...

Concealed carry/Driving

Stopped by police while NOT carrying

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I recently posted an adventure I had the other night trying to find an emergency dentist in the middle of the night. One thing I omitted from that description i...

Driving/Law/Solicitations

Solicitation

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

As much as I advocate for free market capitalism — you know, the ability to enter into whatever transactions you want, so long you’re not… say...

Concealed carry/Driving/Law Enforcement/Police

Stopped by police while carrying

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The Internet is alight with discussion of a police stop involving a person with a concealed carry permit and a weapon on his person. Everyone is, of course, der...

Driving

Making it home

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

It’s been said that nothing makes you more aware of your mortality than nearly meeting it. Tonight, I met mine. An intersection along my route home in Kan...

Capitalism/Driving/Libertarianism/Second Amendment

Self regulation

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

One of the primary principles of libertarianism, and also capitalism, is the idea of self regulation: people will naturally want to find a way to co-exist that ...

Driving/Life

Drive safe out there

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

It’s become something of a reflex for me. Whenever I part company with someone, I tend to almost instinctively say “drive safe”, or something ...

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