Hindsights Archive

• January 1, 2011
  You can’t afford to sleep with an elephant in the House
• January 15, 2011
  The world comes to celebrate personal freedom, gun culture
• February 1, 2011
  President leads voices of sanity against vitriolic commentators
• February 15, 2011
  What wasn’t in Obama’s State of the Union address
• March 1, 2011
  Memo to Congress: Don’t expect privacy on the Internet
• March 15, 2011
  America receives good news about the future of hunting
• April 1, 2011
  New Schumer bill targets all gun sales, bolsters NICS
• April 15, 2011
  Victimology, fear and control: core values of anti-gun policy
• May 1, 2011
  Government-technology alliance threatens individual liberties
• May 15, 2011
  Chicago cops lead charge against Illinois CCW measure
• June 1, 2011
  Fun shoots with machineguns bother some in general media
• June 15, 2011
  Sifting political tea leaves after special House election
• July 1, 2011
  Daily news reports warn us to be prepared for disasters
• July 15, 2011
  Paul Helmke stepping down as Brady Campaign chief
• August 1, 2011
  Some politicians, bureaucrat never learn from prior scandals
• August 15, 2011
  The sheep in gun-free zones are sheared or slaughtered
• September 1, 2011
  Right to bear arms lessons available on TV, news media
• September 15, 2011
  Major media now focused on resuscitating anti-gun cause
• October 1, 2011
  More questions need asking about flawed Fast and Furious
• October 15, 2011
  Guns, children and differences in different modern cultures
• Novermber 1, 2011
  Metamorphosis in the gun media
• November 15, 2011
  Californians run risk of reliving Canadian gunowner nightmares
• December 1, 2011
  Reflections before advancing in new publishing directions

January, 2011

• Options for toting extra ammo for rifles, shotguns, handguns
• Stronger outlook for gun rights in 2011
• SHOT Show Preview
  Handgun market will sizzle with 1911 centennial offerings
• ATF’s long gun reporting reg raises furor

February, 2011

• North American Arms outdoes itself again with The Ranger
• Antis rush to exploit Tucson shooting
• The Springfield Armory EMP supersedes the Colt Commander
• Big border region gun bust raises questions

March, 2011

• Browning’s 1911, a contemporary of the Model T, Sopwith Camel…
• Grassley launches probe of ATF’s ‘Project Gunrunner’
• Impressions of SHOT 2011:
  Law enforcement area expands
• Gun rights debate takes to city streets
  

April, 2011

• Another neat firearm from the “Modern” side of EMF
• Grassley seeks independent probe of ATF
• Part 1: “A long colorful history”
  The BATF is not your friend
• New wave of ‘pocket pistols’ in 9mm getting lots of attention
• Rep. Issa asks ATF for ‘Gunrunner’ documents

May, 2011

• Part II in a Series:
  More revolver-hauling options for shoulder and chest carry
• SAF sues NYC over ‘excessive’ permit fee
• Part 2: “Aftermath of the ’68 Gun Control Act”
  The ATF is not your friend
• The ScottWerx 10/22 Thompson; an economical fun, conversion kit
• Update on ‘Operation Gunrunner’
  Grassley to Holder: DoJ ‘simply not credible’

June, 2011

• Compact Kimber Solo offers virtue of 9mm chambering
• Does ’09 GAO report conflict with Cabinet?
• Part 3: Kenyon Ballew and a Congressional Investigation
  The ATF is not your friend
• An All American celebration marks 1911 pistol’s centennial
• SAF expands suit over Illinois carry ban

July, 2011

• New Rhino .357 may look odd but tames recoil, functions well
• UN arms treaty debate hits general media
• Part 4: “ATF has moved against honest citizens and criminals with equal vigor:”
  Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)
  The ATF is not your friend
• Test Report
  New Ruger SR 1911 .45 pistol rated ‘well worth the wait’
• Report unravels ATF’s ‘Fast & Furious’

August, 2011

• Modified Rock Island Arms 1911 becomes consistent 1-inch pistol
• SAF wins Chicago range ban injunction
• Part 5: The battle to pass McClure-Volkmer
  The ATF is not your friend
• Winchester’s ‘Rifleman’s Rifle’ returns in three big bore calibers
• Fast & Furious called ‘perfect storm of idiocy’

September, 2011

• Distinguished Riflemen invited to compete in new Perry match
• New fury surrounds ‘Fast and Furious’
• Part 6: Ruby Ridge: 2 Short Shotguns = 3 Dead
  The ATF is not your friend
• H2 Gunrunner by Eberlestock: an outstanding hunting pack
• Support builds for man charged in grizzly killing

October, 2011

• Three different style shotguns for personal defense purposes
• Fast & Furious II:
  ATF, DoJ now under fire for ‘Grenade-Walker’ case
• Part 7: Waco—Ashes to Ashes: “Showtime”
  The ATF is not your friend
• Unique Charter Arms Pit Bull fires rimless ammo without clips
• Probers seek accountability for Fast & Furious

November, 2011

• Interesting Guns No. 107:
  Colt, Star, Detonics pioneered current trend in down-sized 1911s
• GRPC 2011 Report
  Courts, lawmakers and the UN require diligence
• Part 8: Feb. 28-April 19, 1993—Waco: unbridled government arrogance
  The ATF is not your friend
• Clothing gifts can deliver value in the field or the shopping mall
• Pressure mounts on Holder in F&F probe

December, 2011

• Testing M&P15, .223 ammo on NW Missouri whitetail ranch
• 2011 in Review:
  This was the year of ‘Fast and Furious’
• ATF Wrap-Up: The First Sixty Years
  The ATF is not your friend