Author: Mr. CEO

Statistics and Biased Sampling

Back in 1948, the Chicago Tribune published a newspaper declaring “Dewey Defeats Truman.” There was only one problem: Truman won. Here is an AI summary of the event. The 1948 U.S. presidential election is a landmark event in polling history, famously illustrated by the erroneous headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” published by the Chicago Daily Tribune. This […]

Violent Crime Is All About Youth

A report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on victim/offender age groups for 2023 was just released. You can get it here. Keep in mind that the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) includes simple assault as a violent crime (but excludes murder since it is a survey of crime victims), but the Uniform Crime Reporting […]

Creating An Atmosphere

Guns & Ammo had a special issue called “Carry” recently. It is on display until October. I picked it up for the article called “A Day In The Life Of Open Carry” by Frank Melloni. Although the article describes him wearing a Taurus Judge, the photos all show him with a semi-auto pistol with a […]

Criminals, Police, and Ordinary Civilians

In my book, I talk about how often ordinary civilians are in situations that sadly turn out to be violent crime incidents. Domestic violence, neighbor disputes, family troubles, date rape by a friend, and many other “people you know” situations that escalate into violence are more prevalent than people think. However, there is a criminal […]

RECOILWEB.COM – CONCEALMENT Issue 45

I tend to like CONCEALMENT magazines as they have more interesting articles. This issue was no exception. There are two articles I liked, and one that I didn’t think was as informative as it could have been. I wish Evans had discussed items like the JPX6, a pepper spray pistol that I cover in my […]

Off-Body Carry

The title of my book is “Beyond Weapons,” indicating my book isn’t about how to use weapons. The subtitle of my book is “A Guide to Holistic Self-Defense.” What this subtitle means is “How to put yourself in a position to be successful.” You want to be in a position to be successful in dealing […]