In addition to celebrating his birthday, Michael did some serious reading over the weekend. Here are some thoughtful articles that everyone should read.

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Rethinking Handgun Lasers/Travis Pike, The Mag Life

Meditations on Duty/The LawDog Files

Thoughts on Open Carry/Richard Mann, Empty Cases

Open Carry: You Decide/Sheriff Jim Wilson, Shooting Illustrated

The Perils of Open Carry/Greg Ellifritz, Active Response Training

Is Open Carry Idiotic, or Just a Topic for Debate?/Tom Knighton

The Music of OK Otter

The Music of Hot Rod Elegants

This week Michael tackles the whole morass of “my opinion can beat up your opinion,” and other utterly stupid effects of the Internet on the Gun Culture.

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Why Humans Increasingly are Unaware of Their Ignorance (And Why it’s a Big Problem)/Barry Brownstein/Intellectual Takeout

THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION: Why We Never Think Alone (book)/Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach

The Decision Lab: Dunning-Kruger Effect

The Decision Lab: Confirmation Bias

The Music of the Rallies

The Music of Kaleido Sea

This week Michael recounts working as an adjunct instructor for WYOTAC, Wyoming Tactical, in their Intuitive Defensive Shooting class, and how some of the lessons learned help us navigate the changing landscapes for self-defense.

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Wyoming Tactical

Intuitive Defensive Shooting

Guns For Everyone

The New, New Antisemitism/Victor Davis Hanson, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Psst...Merrick Garland…I Found Your Domestic Terrorists/Stephen Kruiser/PJ Media

The Music of Yarin Primak

The Music of Natali Dashti

The Music of Idan Balas

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THE ATTACK (book)/Kurt Schlichter

DAY OF WRATH (book)/William R. Forstchen

Solar Generator 101

Standby Home Generators

Crimson Trace 3-24X FFP (discontinued)

The Music of Tom Lehrer

Matt Bunsen and the Burners

This week we tackle the existential question of why one might purchase a more expensive car — or gun — over a less expensive version. Also, why Michael loves the RIA 5.0e.

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Swarovski Optik Z8i 3.5-28 P

RIA 5.0e 9mm

STI Marauder 9mm

In-Depth Look at the RVS Recoil System/sootch00

RIA 5.0e Magazines

The Music of Tapash

The Music of Captain Joz

This week we answer some questions that have come in over the transom about the Lipsey’s/S&W Ultimate Carry revolvers. Also, why you should give Lost River Ammo a shot, and starting to work with the Rock Island 5.0e supergun.

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Lipsey’s/S&W Ultimate Carry Snubby revolvers

VZ Grips

XS Sights

MTM Case-Gard New Products

The Book of Five Rings (BOOK), Miyamoto Musashi

Rock Island Armory 5.0e

The RIA 5.o0 Groundbreaking Surprise/TRIGGERED

Rock Island Armory 5.0 9mm Full Review/James Tarr, G&A

FPS Tactical Holsters

Taylor Freelance Magazine Extensions

RIA 5.0e Magazines

The Music of Amos Ever Hadani

The Music of Shinto

This week’s podcast is an interesting mixed lot. There’s the fun of getting ready to start training for the Texas Nilgai hunt in November. Then there’s the deadly serious next installment of “Understanding the Changing Self-Defense Landscape."

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Marlin “Dark” Original (video), MB, SGO

Marlin “Dark” Goes Tactical! (video)/MB, TRIGGERED

America is Going To Be Targeted for a Massive Terrorist Attack…Will You Be Ready?/Kurt Schlichter, TOWNHALL

Are You Ready for a Major Jihad Attack in the U.S.? Because It’s Coming/Robert Spencer, PJ MEDIA

The Russian Canary in the Coal Mine/John A. Lucas, BRAVO BLUE

You Didn’t Think the Squatter Situation Just Appeared Out of Nowhere, Did You?/Victoria Taft, PJ MEDIA

The Music and Comedy of Tim Wilson

The Music of Evert Z

But before we head to South Texas to hunt the great bull, the Nilgai, we need to have a serious talk about hunting.

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The Nilgai in Texas

“Finding the Holy Grail”/Michael Bane, TRIGGERED

“The Nearly Perfect Medicine Gun”/Michael Bane, TRIGGERED

“The .405 Winchester: History and Performance”/Dave Campbell, AMERICAN RIFLEMAN

Wildlife Systems, Inc.

“Why We Hunt: Two Important Perspectives”/Dr. Randall Eaton & Shane Mahoney, AFRICA HUNTING FORUM

“Steve Rinella: Reshaping the Narrative Around Hunting, Conservation and Eating a Wild Diet”/Michael Teo Van Runkle, MEN’S JOURNAL

“Steven Rinella: Why I Hunt”/Steven Rinella, Peterson’s HUNTING

The Music of Juno Reactor

The Music of Indiana Bradley