https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:06:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 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/ 10 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/ 20 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/ 9 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/know-the-gun-laws-of-the-state-youre-in/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/know-the-gun-laws-of-the-state-youre-in/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9362 I make my living teaching self-defense. Self-defense laws – when can you use force? – are pretty homogeneous nationwide. Gun laws are something else entirely –what can you have and where can you have it? – and no two states are exactly alike in that respect. The fifteen-round magazine in the Glock 19 I happen […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/know-the-gun-laws-of-the-state-youre-in/feed/ 12 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/good-news-but-look-before-you-leap/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/good-news-but-look-before-you-leap/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9351 You have doubtless heard by now of the court battle which appears to clear the way to easier legal ownership of short-barreled rifles, short-barrel shotguns, and some other hardware that for so long was severely regulated by the National Firearms Act of the 1930s.Overall, it is a tremendous moral victory for gun owners’ civil rights. […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/good-news-but-look-before-you-leap/feed/ 14 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/remembering-a-controversial-american-hero/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/remembering-a-controversial-american-hero/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9354 We are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. In our long and revered catalog of American heroes, let’s remember one who died sixty years after 1776, also fighting in the name of independence.The life – and death – of Davy Crockett at the Alamo became the stuff of myth as well […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/remembering-a-controversial-american-hero/feed/ 3 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/shot-an-appleseed-yet/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/shot-an-appleseed-yet/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9348 For anyone who came in late, we here at Backwoods Home magazine are big fans of the Appleseed Project.You can read all about it here.And here.If you haven’t had the pleasure yet, I can think of no better time for you to take part in an Appleseed event than now, in the 250th year of […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/shot-an-appleseed-yet/feed/ 2 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/ar15/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/ar15/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9343 The AR15 is the most popular rifle in America today, and certainly the most controversial. I bet we all know someone who just bought their first one.An ideal companion to the rifle would be a book about its history and use. I recommend “AR-15: A Citizen’s Guide to America’s Rifle.” I’ve known the author, Frank […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/ar15/feed/ 8 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/if-you-have-fourteen-minutes/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/if-you-have-fourteen-minutes/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9339 San Diego Gun Owners recently brought me to their stomping grounds to teach a Deadly Force Instructor class. While there, I sat down with some of their folks to discuss current issues.Catch it here: or watch video here. San Diego Gun Owners have been spectacularly successful as grassroots advocates for the civil rights of firearms […]]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/if-you-have-fourteen-minutes/feed/ 5 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/john-lott-on-national-reciprocity/ https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/john-lott-on-national-reciprocity/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/?p=9336 Here’s a great piece by Mark Chesnut at TTAG: Professor John Lott’s realistic take on national concealed carry reciprocity.]]> https://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/john-lott-on-national-reciprocity/feed/ 15