The Defensive-Only Mindset

I mentioned the other day my belief that the advice to carry as big of a gun as you can conceal generally comes from those who have a background in law enforcement and/or the military who, therefore, come to concealed carry thinking in offensive, rather than defensive, terms. It is a capture or destroy the enemy mindset rather than a stop or escape the enemy. Thus, I was pleased to happen across this article from Concealed Carry entitled "The Defensive-Only Mindset: Why Survival Beats Justice" which articulates the defensive mindset far batter than I could.

    By "defensive-only" the author means "being focused on survival — your own, or the survival of innocent people you're defending — rather than bringing a threat to justice."

    Said differently: a defensive-only person prioritizes the outcome where everyone they care about goes home alive. Anything beyond that is irrelevant. Not the focus or objective or mission.

    That sounds obvious until you watch how often armed citizens drift away from it under pressure. The drift usually shows up in one of two places. Before the fight, where someone escalates a situation they could have walked away from. Or after the fight, where they keep engaging — pursuing, lecturing, or “making sure” — long past the point the threat ended.

    Both of those are failures of mindset, not skill. 

 He explains that most armed citizens spend too much time in the middle of an armed encounter--the drawing and shooting of the weapon--but warns that "[t]he two most common failures don't happen in the middle. They happen at the edges." By this he means the ego trip, monkey dance, or however you want to characterize it that leads up to an unnecessary encounter (e.g., road rage); and trying to act like a cop after an incident. On the latter point, he writes:

Once the threat is neutralized, you have one job: get to a place where you can be safe and contact law enforcement. That's it. Following the bad guy “to keep an eye on him” is not your job. Standing over him and continuing to engage is not your job. Even if it feels like the right thing in the moment, it converts a clean defensive shooting into a mess your attorney is going to spend years trying to unwind. 

He goes on to describe the behaviors of a defensive-only mindset, how to build it, and even gives a detailed real world example of defensive-only mindset, so be sure to read the whole thing. 

Gun Digest: The Ruger LCP MAX With Magpul Enhanced Grip

From Gun Digest: "First Look: Ruger LCP MAX With Magpul Enhanced Grip." As the article notes, "Ruger has just launched a new LCP MAX variant sporting a Magpul Enhanced Handgun Grip." 

    Now sporting a Magpul Enhanced Handgun Grip in Stealth Gray, the new LCP MAX features Magpul’s 3/4-scale TSP texturing on the grip for improved control. It also ships with a flush-fit 10-round mag as well as an extended 13-round magazine with a matching integrated Magpul grip extension. This not only increases your capacity, but it also allows you to get a better grip on the pistol to enhance its shootability. Aesthetically, the slide has also been slightly redesigned to resemble that of the 9mm RXM’s. Despite the change in looks, the slide serrations are still crisp while facilitating a snag-free draw.

    The rest of the LCP MAX Magpul EHG variant is the same as the standard model. That includes its tritium front sight/U-notch rear sight, improved internals and reversible magazine release. It also has both a manual thumb safety and Ruger’s Secure Action fire-control system that uses a bladed-safety trigger.

There isn't much more information, but the article does have better photographs than I've been seeing elsewhere. The grip modules must be interchangeable as Magpul has a page offering them separately in different colors (although they are currently out of stock). Interestingly, though, Magpul states that the modules are "[c]ompatible with all existing LCP MAX models with manual safeties." 

More: "The LCP Meets Magpul: Ruger's LCP Max with Magpul's EHG"--American Rifleman.  

Infrasound Can Cause "Haunted" Feeling

 From SciTechDaily: "That Haunted Feeling May Be Caused by a Sound You Can’t Hear." From the article:

    People exposed to infrasound may not consciously hear it, but they can show higher cortisol levels and increased irritability, which may help explain reports of “haunted” locations.

    Infrasound refers to sound at very low frequencies, below 20 Hertz (Hz), a range that people usually cannot hear. ... In a new study of whether people can sense infrasound, scientists found that although humans do not consciously detect it, their bodies still react, with exposure linked to greater irritability and higher cortisol levels.

    “Infrasound is pervasive in everyday environments, appearing near ventilation systems, traffic, and industrial machinery,” said Prof. Rodney Schmaltz of MacEwan University, senior author of the article in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. “Many people are exposed to it without knowing it. Our findings suggest that even a brief exposure may shift mood and raise cortisol, which highlights the importance of understanding how infrasound affects people in real-world settings.

    “Consider visiting a supposedly haunted building. Your mood shifts, you feel agitated, but you can’t see or hear anything unusual. In an old building, there is a good chance that infrasound is present, particularly in basements where aging pipes and ventilation systems produce low-frequency vibrations. If you were told the building was haunted, you might attribute that agitation to something supernatural. In reality, you may simply have been exposed to infrasound.”    

This is not something new. A January 2026 article in the Chinese Journal of Traumatology, entitled "Injury of sonic weapons to human body: A narrative review," relates in regard to infrasonic weapons (footnotes omitted):

    Currently, there are 3 types of sonic weapons: sonic cannons, sonic bullets, and sonic guns, all composed of sonic generators, power devices, and control systems. The Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a sonic gun with a frequency less than 20 Hz. The SPL of sonic guns developed by the United States (U.S.) and France can reach 160 dB. Infrasonic weapons can be classified into 5 categories based on their generation methods: (1) burst-type: compressed gas, high-pressure steam, or high-pressure gas is released in a pulse to excite the medium and generate sonic waves, with the advantages of small size, low frequency, and easy control, but with low sonic intensity and short range of effect; (2) explosive-type: infrasonic waves are generated by explosions, and about 50% explosive energy converts shockwaves, then decay to produce infrasonic waves; (3) tube-type: its structure and working principle are similar to a flute. Infrasonic waves are generated when the air inside the tube vibrates at the same frequency as the tube itself; (4) speaker-type: the working principle is similar to a speaker. Special diaphragms are used to generate infrasonic waves through vibration; (5) beat frequency-type: 2 sound wave generators with different frequencies are used simultaneously to generate infrasonic waves based on the difference in their frequencies. Compared to intense sound weapons, the development of infrasonic weapons is more challenging, due to the technical difficulties such as it is hard to increase the power output and duration of the infrasonic generator, to reduce the size and weight of the weapon system, to make wave beam more directional and focused.

    The US has secretly used infrasonic weapons in the Somali, the Bosnian, and the Gulf War. It is reported that infrasound attacks on the Bosnian Serb Army caused a large number of soldiers to faint and vomit within seconds, resulting in the loss of combat effectiveness. The US also suspects that its embassy personnel in Havana (Cuba) and Guangzhou (China) have been attacked by infrasonic weapons.  

And, as we now know, U.S. intelligence was actually able to procure such a weapon.  

Report On Hamas' Atrocities

The New York Post has reported on the atrocities that Hamas committed against prisoners both before, during, and after killing them. However, my original post on this was put behind a warning that it involves "sensitive content". Accordingly, I have taken it down. Nevertheless, I will again note that I have no problem believing the reports because it is been a part of how warfare has been carried out historically among primitive tribal peoples and even more advanced cultures that are not Christian. And I will also note that these are the types of people that liberals want to import--and have been importing--into the West. 

U.S. Refuses To Cooperate With U.N.'s Policy Of Replacement Migration

A discussion of the U.S. State Department refusing to cooperate with U.N. efforts to facilitate replacement migration.  As the video notes, it was only a few years ago that discussion of replacement migration was verboten.  

 VIDEO: "It's not a conspiracy anymore.."
Asmongold Clips (4 min.)

Democrat Politician Admits To Being Chinese Agent

From the New York Post: "Democrat Eileen Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was elected to the city council in Arcadia — a city in the San Gabriel Valley within LA County — in November 2022." I'm sure that she is just one of many. 

VIDEO: Whether To Paint Your Guns

Hop explains in this video several reasons you might want to paint your firearms and one reason you might decide against it. The primary reason you might want to paint your firearm is to minimize visibility. Even a solid matte color can make your modern sporting rifle look less like a big chunk of black metal; and many commercial coatings reflect IR light, so a coat of paint can reduce that as well. 

Another reason to paint the weapon that he mentions, which may be particularly applicable to those of you who live or use your weapons in humid or wet conditions--to prevent corrosion. Even if you have an AR with an aluminum receiver and aluminum handguards, there are plenty of steel parts (barrel, muzzle brake, screws, etc.) that are steel and could rust. 

On the other side of the argument, the reason you might not want to paint weapon or accessories is to retain the weapon's value. While he thinks this doesn't really apply to ARs because they have a low resale value to begin with (I think most people assume that if you are selling an AR it is because it has been pretty much shot out), it may be a different issue as to accessories like optics, lights, and so on. 

While I've painted the receivers and, sometimes, barrels of AK builds, I've never painted an AR. With those, I've generally stuck with engine paint because of the heat resistance.  

 VIDEO: "You don't need to paint all your guns"
Hop (16 min.)

Diversity Is A Strength: NYC Muslims and Jews Clash Over Jewish Settlement Of Palestinian Land

"Violent anti-Israel protesters yank woman’s hair, flash strobe light in boy’s face at disturbing NYC rally," reports the New York Times. The protests erupted over an event by Young Israel Senior Services promoting the purchase by Jews of real estate in Israel and the Palestinian territories in the West Bank. "The vitriolic demonstration came just after a chaotic clash last week at the historic Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, where hundreds of anti-Israel protesters descended on an event there hosted by Nefesh B’nefesh, a Zionist group that helps Jews immigrate from the US to Israel." 

Providence, RI, Values Blacks Stabbing White Women To Death

The New York Post reports that "[a] mural painted to honor Iryna Zarutska — the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered [by a black man] while riding a North Carolina train — is being taken down after outrage in Providence, Rhode Island." 

The office of Mayor Brett Smiley told Fox News that he wanted the artwork taken down, saying that the art is “divisive and does not represent Providence.”   

Providence is home to a street mural honoring "Black Lives Matter" (see also here); a second "Black Lives Matter" mural;  a "mural-like image of George Floyd" on a utility box; a "SAY THEIR NAMES" mural listing George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, David McAtee; and others. For instance, this news story from 2020 reported that murals were going up all over Providence after George Floyd riots. All deeply divisive. 

    So the issue isn't "divisive" murals. It's that they hate white people, and so Zarutska's fate isn't, in their view, worth remembering.

We Get Parts Of Greenland

Stephen Green, at PJ Media, relates:

    The BBC reported early Tuesday that the Trump administration is "holding regular negotiations with Denmark to expand its military presence in Greenland," according to "the usual sources familiar with the discussions." ... [T]he discussions reportedly include more than just a handful of new military bases.

    One source told the Beeb that administration officials "floated an arrangement in which the three new military bases would be formally designated as U.S. sovereign territory."