Behind every sharpshooting child…

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Oleg Volk

…is a parent whose fingers are tired from loading magazines.

TNW Tac Aero Survival Pistol
This Texas Star target had no chance!
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Father and daughter, both badass

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Oleg Volk
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Keltec KSG410

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Oleg Volk
Less recoil and blast than larger bores — but does 410 have enough authority for home defense?
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Pioneer Arms 5.56mm underfolder AK

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Oleg Volk
There’s something classic and photogenic about the old underfolder stock…
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Friendly nature

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Oleg Volk
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A supermodel of bullpups.

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
For all of its pretty curves, AUG doesn’t really fit me ergonomically.
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Jolly or stern?

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
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The multi-purpose pearls.

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
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My poor friend Terry.

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
Please commiserate.
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A (mostly) serious woman

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
50AE or 44Mag?
Perfect camouflage for snow?
Little Gray Riding Hood
Reaching further, American style.
500S&W — the perfect sidearm for a dinosaur safari.
Not quite the canonical Uzi, but it will do.
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Portraits of serious men.

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
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Good quality .410 ammunition for fun guns.

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Oleg Volk
20-yard off-hand results from Henry lever action shotgun.
A handy, low-recoil scattergun with excellent ergonomics.
Note, this takes 2.5″ shells only.
KSG410 will run 2.5″ or 3″.
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Missing images in posts

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Oleg Volk

An emergency server migration required switching to a different type of gallery software. That broke all links to external images. They are being fixed as time allows.

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Enjoying spring weather

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Oleg Volk
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Small Person Blue

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Oleg Volk
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Portraits

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Oleg Volk
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Angel Kim in Nashville.

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Oleg Volk
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Libertycon 2022 portraits

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Oleg Volk
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The origins of violence.

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Oleg Volk

The propensity to unwarranted violence is independent of available tools. Violence prevention should focus on the motives for violence more than on the tools, for we have seen no method by which the evil can be reliably disarmed without affecting the good disproportionately.

Some violence is instrumental: drug cartels are the prime example. They use force to achieve certain results. Some violence is expressive: mass murderers usually do it for the emotional experience. Neither can be substantially reduced except through changing the culture of the individuals involved, changing the incentives, and occasionally defeating the remaining violent actors in battle.

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“Legal” does not equal “moral”.

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Oleg Volk

Laws take effect on certain dates. So we all agree that something is going to be legal after the date X, but still arrest and prosecute people for doing that exact thing on date X-1. Laws have nothing to do with ethics, and that’s an important distinction.

The same applies to geography: if you can become a felon just by crossing a street between two states, the action or the object that’s illegal just might be arbitrarily designated by the more restrictive jurisdiction. Morality has little to do with laws.

If a journalist or an official can handle illegal items on TV and not be arrested, while an average person gets raided on mere suspicion of possession, morality isn’t in play at all.

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