Recent content by Pilgrim

As I recall, the British police wouldn't report a crime in their statistics until they had a suspect identified. Pilgrim

Interesting writing style. It never identified who Major Tommy Ford is and who he works for. Pilgrim

Or more likely, a confident aggressive stance by the CCW holder confused the dog and warned it off. I carried when I was out jogging in rural central CA. A pack of three farm dogs came running across the street at me with teeth bared. I drew and got ready to start shooting dogs. As soon...

Naval Aviator, Light Attack, 1969-1989.

I watched an audit in progress at my neighborhood store once. It definitely wasn't a friendly audit. The inspector screwed around for three days. The owner was losing money because the shop was a side affair. He was a full time farmer. Finally, the owner asked, "Just what are you...

I retired in 1999 from an eighty deputy sheriffs department in central CA. The policy was firearms training every other month. Two of those shoots was day and night qualification. Sadly, the more senior one rose in the organization the more excuses he made to avoid firearms training. I...

I believe it is a Soviet 37mm anti-aircraft gun. Pilgrim

Our town's 'not-so-bright' recovered from the Sheriff the revolver his father used to kill himself. He then walked around town showing it off saying, "It's virtually brand new; it's only been fired once." Pilgrim

I like Tom Selleck in the "Jesse Stone" role. He also did a fine job in "Quigley, Down Under".

If I recall the incident, only LAPD field supervisors had shotguns and the only ammunition issued was buckshot. Pilgrim

This reminds me of the question and answer given at a defensive pistol class. "What kind of concealment holster and method do you think is best?" "To be truthful, in some places like Wal-Mart you can get away with hanging the pistol on a string around your neck in plain sight." Pilgrim

We have a teenage daughter who is finally in residential treatment after several thwarted attempts to get her placed there. Her view of the world, family, and social relationships is severely twisted, but she is clever and manipulative. After two sessions with a licensed clinical social...

A certain percentage of the population is vulnerable to 'flicker' induced seizure. When I entered Navy flight training in 1969, all pilot candidates had to be subjected to an EEG while a strobe light flickered at various frequency rates in their face to see if they were susceptible to...

My father gave me my first rifle, a Marlin 80C .22, when I turned 13. I kept the rifle and ammunition in my bedroom closet. When I was 16 and had a drivers license, I made unaccompanied trips to the range to go shooting. This was after a few trips with my father. Once the range personnel...

They must have noticed a run in the hardware stores of new rope. Pilgrim