Massad Ayoob
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Massad Ayoob is one of the world's outstanding handgunners and is the Director of Massad Ayoob Group. A prolific author, Ayoob is the author of Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer, Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World and many other books and more than one thousand articles on firearms, combat techniques, self-defense, and legal issues.
Concealed Carry
Kids and Guns: Mas Ayoob on Proven Safety Methods
Massad Ayoob argues that when it comes to gun safety in the home, you can’t childproof your guns, so you have to gunproof your children.
Concealed Carry
Why Carry a Gun? 7 Objections Destroyed
The question is constantly asked: Why do you want to carry a gun? Here are Massad Ayoob's 7 proven answers vindicating concealed carry.
Classic Guns
What Killed the Bren Ten?
Massad Ayoob recalls the history of the Jeff Cooper-designed Bren Ten. This handgun popularized the 10mm Auto ammunition.
Ammunition
Massad Ayoob: The Dangers of Over-Penetrating Bullets
One critical rule of firearms safety is that the bullet must stay in its intended backstop. No responsible shooter would go to one of the older indoor shooting ranges that have a warning poster saying “LEAD BULLETS ONLY, JACKETED BULLETS CAN PIERCE BACKSTOP” and then proceed to pump hard-jacketed bullets into that frail backing.
Gun Reviews
Gun Photos: Colt 1911 National Match
The National Match 1911. The finest 1911 ever produced? Here are 10 photos from Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World to help you decide.
Classic Guns
The Colt National Match and Its Descendants
Considered by many aficionados to be the finest of Government Model 1911s, this tribute to the gunmaker's art has inspired imitators for more than 80 years.
Concealed Carry
Concealed Carry: Should You Carry a Backup Gun? Part 2
Backup handguns have saved the lives of a great many cops, and would have saved more had they been present. They can do the same for law-abiding citizens who legally carry concealed handguns to protect themselves and those within the mantle of their protection.
Concealed Carry
Concealed Carry: Should You Carry a Back-Up Gun? Part 1
The backup gun is a second handgun, normally carried concealed, used as a supplement to a primary handgun that may be carried openly or concealed, depending on the circumstances.