On January 22nd, 2025, 17 year old Solomon Henderson walked into his school’s cafeteria and fired 10 shots in a matter of seconds, ending the life of one student, wounding another and then ultimately taking his own life. The scene in Antioch, TN is one we’re all too familiar with: despondent student with red flags up the waz all over social media, killing and traumatizing classmates in a place they should be safe all day. This is not a post about school shootings or student safety. This post...
2 months ago • 3 min read
The world is a crazy place right now and current events are leading many non-gun owners to consider purchasing a firearm for the first time. This is a good thing! Here at PHC we promote equality through firepower. But it can be overwhelming, right? Where do you even start if you’ve never purchased a gun before? It’s not as easy as one-clicking some plastic bullshit on Amazon (drop Amazon if you still use it, btw). So below I came up with some quick tips to help the first time gun buyer out....
3 months ago • 7 min read
Piggies, I measure my success as a white, cis-gendered male in his 40s by how many podcasts I’m invited on. To date, officially, I’ve been on one and one alone, episode 13 of the A Better Way 2A podcast. I love Jordan and Andrew, we talk often. I was supposed to be their guest twice now, but due to scheduling, it just hasn’t happened. The topic: Fascism in the US Military (Part 2). And given how the Trump inauguration is nigh, some of the topics I wanted to talk about might no longer by...
3 months ago • 9 min read
On December 23rd 2024, London, Kentucky police officers banged on the door of 63 year old Douglas Harless. It was just before midnight, and Harless approached the door with his legally purchased firearm. Who wouldn't? Police, attempting to serve a search warrant, saw Harless with the firearm and opened fire, killing the man instantly in his own home, minutes before Xmas Eve. The search warrant was for an alleged stolen piece of lawn care equipment, a “weed eater (weed whacker if you grew up...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Ok Piggies, I’m still on vacation for a few more days, so I asked Christa, my infinitely better half, to step up and provide some content slop in your in-troughs. The following is a point of passion for her, so please give it a read. We’ll return to (somewhat) regularly scheduled Dispatches in the new year. Happy holidays! -- 'Sup PipeHawk Piggies ™ Mrs. Pipehawk here, taking over the Dispatch Desk while Mr. Pipehawk takes some well- deserved R&R. With the presidential inauguration less than...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Last Wednesday something extraordinary happened. Something that has dominated social media since, and captured the imagination of the people despite mainstream media’s weak attempts to steer the narrative. We officially entered the dystopian cyberpunk future. That’s right piggies, we’ve finally crossed the threshold from fiction to reality and all it took was the public execution of an insurance CEO to do it. As if ripped from the pages of a Neal Stephenson novel, an unknown protagonist...
5 months ago • 6 min read
Piggies we find ourselves in a helluva skid, and while the tires scream on the metaphorical car that is our unique and special form of democracy, many of you may be thinking: "Gee, it's probably a good time to buy a gun. But where do I start?" And I say, holy shit, after all this time, this, the ... what, 65th month of 2020, you haven't purchased a firearm yet? What the fuck? But then I say, ok, lemme help you pick what might be the right gun for you. Now, local laws not-withstanding,...
5 months ago • 8 min read
What a week it’s been piggies! Who knew we were all lucky enough to get front row seats to the collapse of democracy! What a time to be alive! That said, we’re not going to rehash the woes of election night. If you follow me on Threads, Meta’s answer to “X”, the social media platform formerly known as (and subsequently still referred to as) Twitter, I … “Threaded” my post-mortum a few days ago. We’re just gonna go with “tweeted.” Sorry, it’s part of our goddamn fucking lexicon now and no...
6 months ago • 4 min read
I’m going to take you back to a conversation I was having with my partner, Mrs. Pipehawk, earlier this past week: Her: I saw a sign today that said there was a gun show at [open maw of hell itself, PA] maybe we could check it out? I haven’t been to a gun show in forever. Me: Lol absolutely not, this close to the election? Jesus Christ, imagine how much Trump paraphernalia we’d have to swim through just to see a firearm. And that’s just THIS (past) weekend, gun shows in of themselves are...
6 months ago • 6 min read