Before I sneak off to SHOT Show next week, I will be starting the spring semester at Wake Forest University. As I have for the past four academic years, I will be teaching my Sociology of Guns seminar. A copy of this year’s syllabus is available HERE. One modification I made in Version 5.0 was … Continue reading
I have known for a couple of months but did not want to say anything until it was officially announced: I am giving the lunch presentation this year at the National Firearms Law Seminar in Indianapolis, April 26th. I will be using my own experience of becoming an armed American to shed light on the … Continue reading
Of my Top 10 most viewed posts in 2018, only 2 were published in 2018. So what are my Top 10 most viewed posts of 2018 that were actually published in 2018? I list them below. 1. New York Times Steps to Buy a Gun, Homicide, and Suicide Cross-Nationally 2. Yes, 18 Year-Olds Can Own … Continue reading
2018 was another good year for this blog. I posted 127 times, had over 100,000 visitors and nearly 200,000 page views. That represents an increase of 48% in visitors and 30% in page views over 2017, and is a far cry from the 6,000 visitors and 11,000 views I had in my first full year … Continue reading
Toward the end of my second day wandering the frontiers of defensive gun culture at the three day Polite Society Tactical Conference, I could feel my brain getting full and my trigger finger antsy. As I have written before, there is a trade-off for me in participating in gun training classes rather than just observing … Continue reading
Some time during the 20th anniversary Rangemaster Polite Society Tactical Conference (TacCon), I saw Dr. William Aprill standing outside one of the temporary classroom tents. I had been following his work for a while but had not yet met him, so I excitedly introduced myself as the author of a blog called “Gun Culture 2.0.” … Continue reading
2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the Rangemaster Polite Society Tactical Conference. I had only attended “TacCon” once before, in 2014. Even over the short period of four years, much about the event has changed. When I attended the 16th annual TacCon in 2014, 140 individuals – including me and my wife – paid $249 … Continue reading
