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Massad Ayoob's new gig.

Monday, January 11, 2010 Filed in: Techniques & Training, Other resources

I got an email from Massad Ayoob recently, in which he told me about his new venture: the Massad Ayoob Group (MAG). He's got a great website where you can read the official announcement.

While the curriculum will be new, the principles he teaches aren't. No one knows more about the legal and ethical side of deadly force, and his updated classes will build on that expertise. I asked Mas about how the new curriculum will translate to his old courses:

"I'm trying to keep the new curriculum such that, say, an LFI-I in a previous course will be acceptable as a prerequisite for second level with [the Massad Ayoob Group.] The analog to JUDF, for example, will be MAG-20 Classroom, with the suffix indicating the hour number. The commonality goes two ways: just as I'll structure MAG-80 so it will be suitable for an LFI-I graduate, I'll make sure MAG-40 gives the student strong enough a foundation to be an acceptable prerequisite for an LFI-II."

For those not familiar with his work, 'JUDF' refers to 'Judicious Use of Deadly Force' - perhaps his best-known course and the gold standard on the topic. The live fire accompaniment to that will be MAG-20/Live Fire, and the two combined - what corresponds most closely to the old LFI-1 - in updated form will be called MAG-40.

The Massad Ayoob Group also signals a new emphasis on teaching lawyers how to handle self defense cases. In conjunction with the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network, he's initiating his Continuing Legal Education (CLE) classes. First in the new schedule is "Defending the Deadly Force Case", already on the calendar for Anchorage and Seattle this year. He tells me that more are in the works.

That's particularly important news, as it ensures that there will be more properly trained counsel to help you and me if we ever find ourselves in court. This is the kind of class that Mas is uniquely qualified to teach, and it's great that he's taken up the cause.

Check his site; if he's teaching anywhere near you, take advantage of the opportunity to learn from one of the good guys.

-=[ Grant ]=-

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Monday meanderings.

Monday, June 15, 2009 Filed in: Blog stuff, Reloading, Revolvers

Welcome to all the new readers from the U.S. Concealed Carry Association!

(For those who don't know, I've written an article or two for their various publications. Their editor, Kathy Jackson, is not all that far away from me, and I've discovered it's pretty cool to be able to say "sorry, can't make it - have to meet with my editor this afternoon!")

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Massad Ayoob is in town (well, in the region) this week, and I got a chance to get together with him and his ProArms Podcast partner Gail Pepin. Gail and I recorded a fun little chat; what will happen to it is a decision made at a pay grade higher than mine, but as things progress I'll let you know.

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Corvidae cuisine time: I've opined that the Ruger LCR was so ugly that no one would buy the thing. While I stand by my assertion that it is ugly, apparently people are in fact buying them. I think that's great, actually, as it shows that the marketplace is ready for innovation in even a staid product category such as the revolver.

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Jim Jacobe recently bought a Ponsness-Warren electric drive for his Dillon 1050 press. Now he just sits on his stool watching brass go in and rounds come out, with no more exertion than a silly grin. He likes it so much he became a dealer for the things. If you're flush with cash and tired of pulling that handle, drop him a note and get one on order.


-=[ Grant ]=-

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Monday Meanderings

Monday, December 01, 2008 Filed in: General gun stuff, Current Events

Massad Ayoob sent me a note the other day, asking if I'd heard about the Python clone to be made in Turkey. HUH???

According to Magnum Magazine (a highly respected journal out of South Africa), the Turkish arms factory MKEK will be bringing out a Colt clone, presumably sometime in 2009. Magnum's reporters may have seen it at the IWA show in Germany last March, so maybe we'll see it at SHOT this January.

I have my doubts, not because MKEK doesn't have the capability of precision manufacture - they most assuredly do - but because purely sporting arms have not been one of their product lines. Could this be an opening salvo in a move to take on Cerberus?

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From the land that used to be Great Britain, we learn that there is a push underway to reduce alcohol-related injuries. The mechanism? Police will station themselves outside of pubs, and offer flip-flops to those intoxicated patrons wearing high heels. No, they're not kidding.

How far the Empire has fallen...

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I'm not usually much for single actions, but I am a sucker for .44 Specials - and next year, Ruger will be making a limited run of flattop Blackhawks in that caliber. Boy, is that ever tempting!

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The post-election rush continues: Hunter Dan reports that his store received a shipment of five AR-15s just in time for Black Friday. The doors opened that morning, a literal foot race to the gun counter ensued, and less than 120 seconds later they'd all been sold.

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Over the weekend came the report that police in Mumbai cowered as gunmen raged unmolested. Pay particular attention to the coordination of the shooters - a sign of things to come?

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-=[ Grant ]=-

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Monday Meanderings

Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed in: Political Action, Current Events, General gun stuff, Revolvers

Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell has been getting hate mail over his coverage of the Cooper affair. I feel for ya, buddy, as I've gotten a few of those myself. As has been said, the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits - and some of the emails received here have obviously not limited out.

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For better or worse, it'll all be over tomorrow night. Thank (insert your favorite deity).

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This weekend I finally got around to listening to the latest Pro Arms Podcast. This episode covers the snubby revolver, and in it Massad Ayoob mentions that he suspects Ruger will introduce an aluminum version of the SP101 next year. Sharp-eyed readers will recall that I'm a fan of the SP, though sometimes I tire at the weight of the thing. A lightweight SP would be Da Bomb, and I'd be first in line to get one.

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Apparently, I'm not the only one who picked up on Mas' comments. Glad to see this great podcast getting some listenership!

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I don't have the time (or the stomach) to prowl the forums, but others do - and luckily Xavier caught this thread on a Ruger Redhawk shedding it's barrel. (I'm mentioned about midway through the entire exchange.) It appears as though it might be the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) problem that Ruger fixed many years ago. There are evidently still a few Redhawks out there that didn't get caught in Ruger's warranty net, and perhaps is something to think about when buying a used example from early in the production run.

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Someone emailed that he thought my writing was starting to resemble Jeff Cooper's. I'm not sure whether to be flattered or concerned.

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From SurvivalBlog.com comes this story: it seems that the Brits have a machine gun that shoots itself. Isn't this the same army that fields the SA80 rifle, the gun M-16 haters should thank their lucky stars we're not using? (Owners of British sports cars will understand.)

 -=[ Grant ]=-

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Gun Digest Book Of Concealed Carry

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Filed in: Self defense

I just got some great news from Herman Gunter at the ProArms Podcast:

Run, don't walk, to your favorite bookseller, and look for a copy of THE GUN DIGEST BOOK OF CONCEALED CARRY by Massad Ayoob. This book works, in a comprehensive fashion, with most of the concealed carry issues that you have wanted to have addressed. The book is really good! I know - I helped proof read the book several times. Buy the book! (I receive nothing from this, but I hope that it makes Mas Ayoob a ton of money. It is that good, and that needed!)

It's not often that Herman is this emphatic, and I've learned that when he makes one of his rare recommendations it must be something really good. You can bet my copy is on the way!

Click here to buy it from Amazon!

-=[ Grant ]=-

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