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Coach vs. Equipment Manager; Know the Difference

by Professor Paul Markel | August 6th, 2015 | 4 comments

Next Man Up It was Sunday morning, game day. At 8:30 a.m. the Dallas Cowboys head coach woke in a cold sweat with a terrible pain in his lower abdomen. He called the team physician who quickly diagnosed the problem as acute appendicitis. Off to the hospital they went...

SOTG 206 – Liberty First: Preference vs. Allegiance

by Professor Paul Markel | July 13th, 2015 | 0 comments

Gun culture pundits and followers are preemptively celebrating National Concealed Carry reciprocity based upon the assumption that the Supreme Court will be forced to acknowledge it after their Gay Marriage decision. Before you pop the cork on the champagne you might...

3 Popular Fighting Shotgun Myths: Busted

by Professor Paul Markel | April 28th, 2015 | 6 comments

You don’t need a doctorate in history to realize that the saga of human conflict is cyclical. Consider the history of modern warfare. One of the most noteworthy instances of the shotgun’s use in combat came from WWI and the infamous Winchester “Trench Guns”. Every...

3 Reasons Your Hybrid Holster Failed

by Professor Paul Markel | April 7th, 2015 | 39 comments

“I’d never own one of those things (hybrid holster), they are junk.” so said one self-styled expert at a shooting class I attended this year. The gentleman in question was referring to the Inside-the-Waistband hybrid holster I was using. Aside from...

Win a Gun with Brownells Edge Program

by Professor Paul Markel | March 25th, 2015 | 0 comments

WELCOME TO SERIOUS VALUE Brownells EDGE is the latest innovation to make your shopping experience with them even easier and more convenient. Place as many orders as you want – standard shipping on all of them is covered by the $49.95 annual membership fee....