https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:46:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/a-pardon-brings-justice/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/a-pardon-brings-justice/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9402 Our friend Lee Williams appears to have led a successful fight for justice, which prevailed in the form of a Presidential pardon a few days ago. Here’s the story word for word, from the Second Amendment Foundation: BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sept. 4, 2026 — In a closely watched and reported-on case by the Second Amendment […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/a-pardon-brings-justice/feed/ 0 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/problems-with-light-trigger-pulls/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/problems-with-light-trigger-pulls/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9397 If you’re familiar with my work in the field, you know I’m not an advocate of very light trigger pulls on defensive firearms. Here’s a thoughtful fellow from TFB TV who agrees, and who demonstrates part of the problem. Less than nine minutes, and it will be time well spent. or watch video here]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/problems-with-light-trigger-pulls/feed/ 17 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/what-the-flock/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/what-the-flock/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9394 Ubiquitous Flock cameras have provoked outrage on both sides of the American political spectrum, as witness the following: The Intercept News from the States AP News DeFlock Enough from me: what’s you readers’ take on the Flock camera issue?]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/what-the-flock/feed/ 39 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/parking-lot-shooting/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/parking-lot-shooting/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9389 A shooting in a Florida parking lot several weeks ago sparked considerable debate in the armed citizen community. Our friend who on the internet goes by Colion Noir explains, here: Dr. Todd Grande weighs in here: The prosecutor’s office has announced that since they cannot prove she acted wrongly, she will not be charged.What’s y’all’s […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/parking-lot-shooting/feed/ 36 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/learning-from-theodore-roosevelt/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/learning-from-theodore-roosevelt/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9386 One reason I haunt used bookstores is to find great old tomes that time seems to have buried. At McKay’s in Chattanooga, TN I found a copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail,” originally published in 1888.TR had a keen eye for the habits and beauty of wild game, and was not […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/learning-from-theodore-roosevelt/feed/ 10 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/midnight-on-the-potomac/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/midnight-on-the-potomac/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9383 I just finished Scott Ellsworth’s 2025 book “Midnight on the Potomac: the Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America.” Excellent read! Things I learned there which I hadn’t known before: Abraham Lincoln’s beloved young son Tad had a profound speech impediment, having been born with a cleft palate, […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/midnight-on-the-potomac/feed/ 1 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/thoughts-on-high-powered-firearms/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/thoughts-on-high-powered-firearms/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9377 In the handgun world, the medium-powered 9mm Luger cartridge has become the overwhelming favorite in America, and much of the rest of the world, today. Light recoil, adequate power for a defensive handgun if you’re not after dangerous game, and lots of bullets on board. Relatively cheap ammo, too. Still, whether the topic is long […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/thoughts-on-high-powered-firearms/feed/ 18 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/sad-passages/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/sad-passages/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9372 We were all saddened to learn of the unexpected death of one of the most universally loved and admired Americans in history, Dolly Parton. When was the last time a celebrity died and no one had a bad word to say about them? She was the personification of kindness, of niceness, and of generosity. Not […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/sad-passages/feed/ 13 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/priorities/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/priorities/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9369 Not long ago, a young man turned into a mad dog mass murderer at an Idaho fast food joint, shooting multiple people until he came under return fire from two of his victims. One was an off-duty Idaho State Trooper and another was a 24-year-old armed citizen. Neither hit the killer, but they put enough […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/priorities/feed/ 24 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/i-didnt-know-that/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/i-didnt-know-that/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9366 Most of my recreational reading is history and biography. One of my favorite writers is Tom Clavin. I just read his new book “Vengeance: the Last Stands of Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.” I had been reading about Custer’s Last Stand since I was a little boy, and this book taught me a few […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/i-didnt-know-that/feed/ 10