Category Archives: rkba

Theater seating and self-defense

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Oleg Volk

(Image by okaygeek.com) People say that any hypothetical defender at the Aurora theater would have run the risk of hitting innocent bystanders. The risk existed but consider how typical theater seats rise rise towards the back. It’s the classic “second … Continue reading →

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Who needs armor-piercing ammunition?

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Oleg Volk

For starters, every innocent victim of the psychopath and/or terrorist in Aurora, Colorado. He wore armor. The same people could have used sound suppressors, both to avoid being blinded by their own muzzle flashes in the dark and to reduce … Continue reading →

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Reading Between the Signs, new on CTD blog

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Oleg Volk

An overview of anti-gun signs in Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.

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New on CTD: Arguing Semantics

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Tips on debating anti-gunners are up on CTD blog.

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Riots vs. pogroms

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Oleg Volk

I hear quite a few worried comments about the possibility of civil unrest in the US. Looking at the precedents, I see three directions it could take: riots, pogroms and freelance criminal activity. The latter, individually perpetrated crime, is what … Continue reading →

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A young lady becomes a rifleman

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Combine a child-sized bolt action rifle, a box of low-power quiet .22 ammunition, eye and ear protection, high-visibility targets, three patient instructors and a precocious girl aged four and a half. She drilled with her mother earlier in the week … Continue reading →

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Active and passive safety devices.

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Obviously, the rifle would have to be wrapped against dust.

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Mordor of the Midwest

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Oleg Volk

On the way to the NRA convention, my friend Dennis and I wound up cutting through about twelve miles of Illinois territory and went through the main street of Cairo. The entire town looked like this or worse. The only … Continue reading →

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An old poster with corrected spelling.

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Oleg Volk

For http://www.mvb.org.br/

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New on CTD: Scary cars, scary guns.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Read about car mufflers and gun silencers.

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Teenagers with rifles

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Oleg Volk

These little girls are 16 and 14 respectively. Both a proficient shooters. What’s more important is that they are intelligent and well socialized, coming across as grad students rather than as kids. I think their parents would be justified in … Continue reading →

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An honorable obligation

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Wedding vows are heavy on promises. Implied in them is the intent to keep the spouse safe. It’s not the promise to “protect by calling strangers to our aid” but to “cherish and protect”. The obligation is gender-neutral. A single … Continue reading →

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If she starred in Home Alone, the movie would have ended much quicker.

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Works just as well outside of home. Props: tshirt from 1791 Apparel, 3″ .38Spl revolver from Czechpoint

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That poxy little Chicago is wagging the whole Illinois

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Champaign County Rifle Association site.

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Appleseed rifle training

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Oleg Volk

AppleseedInfo.org

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The training advantage of handgun

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Oleg Volk
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And just across the border…

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Oleg Volk

A Californian living on the border with Arizona, Nevada or Oregon cannot legally buy a modern defensive rifle like an FAL or an AR15. His neighbors living just across the state lines in all the neighboring states can. Either Californians … Continue reading →

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The social importance of Personal Defense Weapons

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Produced with the assistance of Czechpoint USA.

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Fiction is not keeping up with reality

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Oleg Volk

When John Ross wrote his seminal Unintended Consequences, people accused him of being overly dramatic. After all, ATF agents wouldn’t frame people or commit murder, right? When Matt Bracken wrote Enemies Foreign and Domestic series, most readers thought the idea … Continue reading →

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Another shooter joins the ranks

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Today, my friends and I taught a new shooter. Vlad did most of the coaching. Under his expert guidance, Jackie went from never having shot pistol before to hitting bowling pins with a suppressed Walther P22 at 25 yards. She … Continue reading →

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