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Category: Concealed carry

Concealed carry/Second Amendment

Over-selling hand-to-hand combat

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Article: I Carry a Gun. I Don’t Need That H2H Crap! Setting aside for a moment that directly hand-to-hand engaging an assailant is beyond stupid, hand-to-hand c...

Concealed carry/Law Enforcement/Police

Don’t pursue a fleeing perp

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Article: “Father shoots intoxicated man that was allegedly spying on his daughter and touching himself outside her window“ I’m a little mixed ...

Concealed carry/Law Enforcement/Police/Second Amendment

Your concealed carry permit is not a badge

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Back when I was first learning about firearms and concealed carry, I came across a video – since removed, unfortunately – called “Your conceal...

Concealed carry/Law Enforcement/Police

Don’t show me yours, I won’t show you mine

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

On April 14, 2018, I was driving south on I-35 through Olathe, KS, on the first leg of a road trip out to Las Vegas. That vacation didn’t quite go as plan...

Concealed carry/Law Enforcement/Police/Second Amendment

Misinterpreting Massad Ayoob

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Full disclosure: I am an active member of the United States Concealed Carry Association. For accessibility technologies: A basic principle of American justice h...

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/Second Amendment

You want a result, not research

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

With the recent (forced) resignation of the Surgeon General of the United States, many have alluded to his gun control stance as one of the reasons the Presiden...

Concealed carry

An idea for Illinois (and other States)

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

While Illinois issues non-resident concealed carry permits, it will only entertain applications from residents of four other States. Interestingly one of them (...

Concealed carry/Second Amendment

Chicago Sun-Times gets it horribly wrong

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Article: Stop Congress from trashing Illinois’ concealed gun protections Hard-left liberals are vehemently anti-Second Amendment. And since Illinois is largely ...

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