How did I miss the publication of this book? I spend a good part of every day wandering around American gun culture, locally and nationally through social media. And it took someone from the outside to tell me about it. That is unfortunate. Let it Bang: A Young Black Man’s Reluctant Odyssey into Guns is … Continue reading
I have said it before, on this blog and in scholarly publications (also here), but I will say it again: It is no exaggeration to say that sociologists are only interested in guns and gun culture to the extent that they are related to crime, violence, and social inequality. Now, to be fair, sociologists are … Continue reading
I found some extra material that got left out of my first three posts (here and here and here) reflecting on Matthew Ford’s study of military small arms innovation. So this is a bonus post reflecting on the idea of “Gucci kit” applied to those who carry concealed. Recalling Ford’s definition of Gucci kit (taken … Continue reading
This is the third of three posts reflecting on the civilian defensive firearms lessons to be learned from Matthew Ford’s book about military small arms innovations. Part 1 considered balancing competing features of weapons, ballistic science and lethality, and Part 2 looked at the implications of how the “battlefield” is defined. This third post considers … Continue reading
This is the second of three planned posts reflecting on the civilian defensive firearms lessons to be learned from Matthew Ford’s book about military small arms innovations. Yesterday I wrote about balancing competing features of weapons, ballistic science and lethality. PART 2 of 3 DEFINING THE BATTLEFIELD Looming large throughout Ford’s book is the point … Continue reading
Yesterday I posted about Matthew Ford’s book, Weapon of Choice: Small Arms and the Culture of Military Innovation (Oxford University Press, 2017). I noted that I am not a gear guy, a rifle guy, a military guy, and certainly not a military rifle guy. My interest in reading the book is what it may teach … Continue reading
The cover photo on Weapon of Choice: Small Arms and the Culture of Military Innovation (Oxford University Press, 2017) shows a US Navy SEAL carrying an FN SCAR-H (Mk 17 Mod 0) fitted with an AAC suppressor, Nightforce NSX Compact 2.5-10x scope, Insight AN/PEQ-15 laser/ir module, Insight M3X light module, and KAC vertical foregrip from … Continue reading
