I recently posted a picture to social media of the bookshelf in my office that I recently rearranged because it is (nearly) full of books on gun culture and related topics. It received more engagement than an average post of mine, including requests for an inventory of all the books and for a Top 5 … Continue reading
Facebook kindly reminded me yesterday morning that 8 years ago I was in Columbus, Georgia with my son for a tennis tournament. Passing time between matches by flipping through the channels on the TV, I made an important discovery. By dumb luck, I landed on a History Channel marathon showing back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back episodes of the inaugural … Continue reading
Between the end of the semester, my sister visiting, and some tennis related events, I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from gun culture. Of course, gun culture waits on no person, nor goes my work. So I’m back in the office today editing two book chapters that came out of gun studies conferences … Continue reading
Earlier this week I recorded segments for a future episode of Dr. Celine Gounder’s “In Sickness and In Health” podcast. Her third season in production is on gun violence as a public health problem. I made clear to her that my scholarly expertise is on American gun culture not gun violence, and she welcomed me … Continue reading
Anyone who knows me or follows this blog knows I am neither very “practical” nor “tactical” when it comes to guns. So being invited to be on the “Practically Tactical” podcast left me wondering what we might talk about. As it turns out, we had plenty to talk about. As you can hear in the … Continue reading
UPDATE: Reporter responded to my last message and acknowledged the point and asked for statistics on teenage gun ownership. I send link to my recent post about average age of gun ownership, and noted that 4 in 10 American gun owners (37% to be precise) first owned a gun when they were under 18-years-old. *** … Continue reading
I had a difficult but illuminating interaction recently with a scholar who I like and whose work I appreciate. He posted a comment on Twitter in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting that I didn’t think reflected his best sociological imagination with respect to guns and violence. I responded by saying so. He … Continue reading
