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
I am a big consumer of podcasts. I subscribe to 40 podcasts on a range of topics from guns (obvi) to whiskey (WhiskyCast heading the list) to pens (The Pen Addict) to writing (The Creative Nonfiction Podcast), and listen to more than half of those regularly. As noted previously, I stole the phrase “Gun Culture … Continue reading
After a week delay due to snow, my Sociology of Guns seminar students and I made it to our field trip to ProShots Range. Last week we met at a class on campus at Wake Forest University for the first time. This gave me the opportunity to learn more about my students and their experiences … Continue reading
My first experience with the Dot Torture drill revealed definite weaknesses in my one-handed shooting. Which is no surprise because I never shoot one-handed and have no idea how to do so correctly. Thankfully, Session Two of Mike Seeklander’s American Competitive Shooting Society IDPA Mastery Series One program focuses on one-handed shooting. As before, I … Continue reading
