Jim Amrhein is a cocksure, venomous disbeliever in the ability of governments to do much of anything right-especially compared to the vast, yet grotesquely shackled power of the American entrepreneur. Degreed in Political Science, Jim is a widely published columnist on political issues, both under his own byline and as a ghostwriter for one of America's most outspoken critics of the corrupt farce our elected officials have made of the pure, evolving, and self-correcting system they've been entrusted to maintain.

A history buff and aficionado of single-barrel and small-batch American bourbons, Jim has been a avid hunter, gun owner and firearms enthusiast since childhood, and has written and published over 100 articles on hunting, conservation and the outdoors. On a good day, he can break all 25 birds on a skeet course and put a bullet into a beer can at 200 yards with a deer rifle. On a good night, he can polish of six fingers of whiskey (neat, of course) while still making a decent account of himself on a chess board.

Jim is a contributing editor for Whiskey & Gunpowder.