Evan Osnos of the New Yorker has been making the rounds promoting his essay on the gun business. On NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terri Gross, his claim that the Trump endorsement was the centerpiece of the NRA Annual Meeting in Louisville was repeated. And I again contend that the heart of the NRAAM is the … Continue reading
Back in May, Miguel at Gun Free Zone posted a brief piece on a divorce settlement auction in Arkansas. He included a link to the listing of nearly 300 guns being auctioned by Roylston Auctions. More recently, The Truth About Guns called attention to a story from the affluent Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades … Continue reading
The material dimension of any culture is important. Other students of gun culture have highlighted this previously, including Abigail Kohn in Shooters: Myths and Realities of America’s Gun Cultures, Jimmy Taylor in American Gun Culture: Collectors, Shows, and the Story of the Gun, and Joan Burbick in Gun Show Nation: Gun Culture and American Democracy. … Continue reading
For the first 42 years of life, I had never even handled a real gun, much less shot one. My experience was limited to shooting BB guns as a teenagers. We would usually shoot at cans, but one day I took aim at a bird that was too far away to hit, pulled the trigger, … Continue reading
