“Stopping Power.” Are there any two words, when put together, that are more likely to start a heated internet debate in gun forums than those two? (actually, probably “caliber wars”, but other than that, I can’t think of many). I just did a big article on “stopping power” but I want to go a step […]
I take no pleasure in showing footage of an incident where a human being was killed. I link to this footage primarily to hopefully educate people as to what they might expect to encounter if they are ever in such a scenario. In January 2015, there was a shooting incident at a Waffle House in […]
I’m planning on doing a series of tests to explore the question of whether and/or how much caliber matters when choosing a firearm, but until then, I wanted to take a moment to explore the bigger question… Does The Caliber Of Your Gun Matter? At All? I have spent an absurd amount of time, and […]
Ah, the old “energy transfer” question. You knew I had to address it sooner or later, didn’t you? Turns out it was later. But, I just ran across an interesting article that I think may prove quite illuminating on the subject. What subject? Psychological Stops. As in, why does someone who’s shot superficially, or non-mortally, […]
If you read a lot of gun forums, or ever speak with anyone who’s anti-gun, sooner or later you’re going to run into the question of “Shouldn’t you just shoot to wound? I mean, I don’t want to kill anybody.” Or, from the anti-gun crowd, whenever a successful defensive gun situation is discussed you may […]
No big philosophy here today, just — a video that shows what can REALLY happen when someone gets shot. Now, the lead-up here is: people have been conditioned by decades of Hollywood movies that when a person gets shot, it’s a tremendously devastating event… the person who’s shot is usually depicted as immediately collapsing to the […]