Author Archives: Paul Markel

Accident or Negligent: There is a Difference

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Paul Markel

    Thanks to the agenda-driven news media, almost every television and digital outlet in America was fed the story of a negligent discharge that shut down a gun show in Raleigh, North Carolina last weekend. According to numerous reports, … Continue reading →

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Posted in News, Training & Technique | 35 Comments

Setting the Record Straight: the Enemy is the Enemy

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Paul Markel

Incredibly, there are still people in the outdoor and shooting sports community who are attempting to remain apolitical. They shy away from definitive terms like liberal or conservative. These folks still believe that, if you just try hard enough, you … Continue reading →

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Posted in Gun Control | 60 Comments

A Memo to Those Who Should Know Better

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Paul Markel

I don’t know about you, but I for one am sick to my stomach of having to repeat the same facts and statistics over and over again. For years, decades even, we have beaten the drum and recited the same … Continue reading →

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Posted in Law and Order | 92 Comments

Gun Control Doesn’t Mean What They Want You to Think It Means

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Paul Markel

For as long as I’ve been alive the social elitist has been floating the term “Gun Control.” The first serious or official use of the term in the U.S. came from “Gun Control Act of 1968.” That act added to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Editorials, Gun Control | 53 Comments

Of Recreants, Apologists and Fair-Weather Friends

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Paul Markel

  Thomas Paine once wrote that “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.” At no time in my life have those … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Gun Control, Gun Nation | 39 Comments

Welcome to the Freak Show: How Hollywood Views the Gun Culture

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Paul Markel

For outdoorsmen, gun owners and shooters the last few years of TV have been rather gratifying. Television shows such as Top Shot, Sons of Guns, American Guns, etc. all aired on “mainstream” channels. People in the gun culture tuned in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Law and Order | 44 Comments

The Failed Strategy of Defense

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Paul Markel

Never throw the first punch and Fire only if fired upon are two pieces of pseudo-tactical advice thrown out so often that people now merely parrot the phrases without ever thinking about what they mean. When examined at the most … Continue reading →

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Posted in Personal Defense | 23 Comments