“Si vis pacem, para bellum” is Latin for, “If you want peace, prepare for war”. As the Professor walked the floor of the SHOT Show 2023, that was the theme he had in mind. We will consider just why you should para bellum / prepare for war.
Are you ready for SOTG Blue? We will talk colors during our Duracoat Finished Firearm segment. Is now the time to buy a gun online? For our Brownells Bullets Points features we consider the insane deals on guns.
Also, what happens when people are disarmed by tyrants? During our SOTG Homeroom from CrossBreed Holsters, we will consider two incidents in California where the people are disarmed but the killers are not.
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In January, 2020 at the annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV, I walked into the Hi-Point booth. My buddy Dave was excited to show me their new prototype pistol. “It doesn’t even have a name yet,” he explained. The pistol was a departure from the standard Hi-Point C9 in that it was supposed to come with a factory threaded barrel, the option to mount a red dot optic, and a redesigned magazine that would hold more that the standard 8 rounds.
The slide and frame were also redesigned for a more modern look. Anticipated release was late 2020. We all returned home from SHOT having heard the rumors of a new virus coming out of China. However, Hi-Point kept up the PR for the new gun and held an online contest to name the pistol. In a case of “be careful what you wish for”, the public overwhelmingly voted to call it the “Yeet Cannon”.