I have written about this issue previously, but the recent court ruling in Connecticut allowing a lawsuit against Remington blaming their advertising for the Sandy Hook massacre to go forward forces me to revisit it. As dumb as many people thought Bushmaster’s “man card” ad was, if it is supposed to be responsible for mass … Continue reading
Much of my attention for the past two years has been on the “software” side of gun culture – mindset and training. Attending the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show draws my attention back to “hardware,” the material dimension of gun culture. Thanks to my friend and SHOT Show … Continue reading
Those of you who follow me on social media (@gunculture2pt0 on Twitter and Instagram, as well as my GC2.0 Facebook page) know I just spent a week in Las Vegas covering the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s annual SHOT Show. Some background for those unfamiliar. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is the trade association for … Continue reading
I like data. I am a social scientist after all. I am also very impressed by some of the new developments in data visualization which did not exist when I was being trained. The gun violence newsadvocacy organization The Trace recently used data from the Gun Violence Archive to create an interesting “atlas” of American … Continue reading
I was recently typing up some field notes from too long ago when I found a reference to an NRA gun safety video from 1946 from Karl Rehn of KR Training. I spent an enjoyable 20 minutes watching “Trigger Happy Harry” this morning. Thanks Karl! How much better is this than the culture war fighting … Continue reading
As I noted yesterday, I was a guest recently on the Texas Public Radio live call-in program “The Source.” Throughout the show, the host David Martin Davies referred to “common sense” gun laws and fortunately, before the show ended, I was able to formulate a thought in response: If we want to build some consensus, … Continue reading
Most of the time I speak to the media I will be quoted one time and say one interesting thing. I just hope those two things overlap (as they did in a recent story by KATU in Portland, OR). I recently appeared on Texas Public Radio’s “The Source” to talk about America’s gun culture (really, … Continue reading
