Author: Andrew Tuohy

I made a video about that. It's brief and not intended to convey a complete understanding of the topic - just get the basics out to the masses.

Falconry is a sport with a rich history going back many centuries. It was the domain of nobles in medieval times and may or may not have been practiced as far back as 2000 BC - academics disagree on that point. What there should be no disagreement on is that falconry is insanely cool. A few months back, a friend of mine said to me, "I have a friend who trains birds, you should go take pictures." I was immediately intrigued, because I love nature and also love to take… Read More

If you've ever wanted to know just how much North Korea could do to South Korea (and US forces in South Korea), check out this excellent article. I read the entire thing. It's great.

Or try to kill one, anyway.

I am encouraged by the fact that more and more people are seeking to take responsibility for their own safety and security. Many do this through concealed carry, which is absolutely a major (and good) step. However, simply having a firearm and not taking any other actions or precautions will not lead to the most ideal security situation, and I will not focus on firearms in this article. Instead, I want to discuss how to balance safety and reality. More precisely, I want to put some things in perspective. What… Read More

Nikki Lane, lovely lady and shooter extraordinaire, has decided to start interviewing personalities in the gun industry. The series is called "Seven Minutes in Heaven with Nikki Lane." I was her first victim subject. She asked me how I came to choose the name Vuurwapen, what I think qualifies me to do what I do, what I think of the current situation we find ourselves in, and things that my "perfect girlfriend" would like. This will come as a shock to longtime viewers/readers, but she made me laugh and smile… Read More

You shouldn't wear camouflage patterns because they make you stand out. "What?" You say. "Has this guy lost his mind? The whole idea of camouflage is to blend in." Yes, that is in fact the idea of camouflage. And in certain situations, you should attempt to camouflage yourself. However, camouflage is more than brown and green and tan. The true meaning of camouflage is to disguise something in its environment. For a tree frog, that might mean looking like part of a tree. For a person interacting with other people,… Read More

I bought this Luminox watch because it had truly "glow in the dark" hands and markings - not luminescent paint, but fancy capsules that glow for 25 years. It was great, until it broke. I was doing some laps in a shifter kart when the second hand simply fell off and prevented the other hands from turning. Luminox advertisements show fighter jets and imply world-class durability; needless to say, I wasn't pulling 9 Gs in a shifter kart. When I contacted them to fix it - I had owned it… Read More

A while back I did some preliminary twist rate testing as a spinoff of the .223 vs. 5.56 article. It morphed into a separate article which is sort of summarized here on Google+ (which is apparently a real website).

I was, like many others, shocked to hear of the death of SOC Chris Kyle. Many others, especially those who knew him, are far better suited to write about him. I never had the chance to meet him or his friend Chad Littlefield, who was killed alongside him. I would like to discuss why I am quite simply dumbfounded as to how this happened, and then I would like to discuss PTSD. This is a difficult article for me to write on a number of levels. For a veteran of… Read More