Although armed citizens wear clothes — its hard to do the concealed part of concealed carry without them — the term fashion is not often uttered in connection with standard concealed carry attire. Or should I say the concealed carry “costume”? You know the one: the tactical pants and photographer’s vest that basically screams: “I … Continue reading
Clint Smith, Gun guru and founder of Thunder Ranch firearms training center, famously declared that “carrying a gun is not supposed to be comfortable; it’s supposed to be comforting.” I understand his point, but it’s also the kind of thing that people who live on ranches in remote parts of Oregon can say as they … Continue reading
I was fortunate to start reading Pamela Haag’s newly published book, The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture, just prior to attending the United States Concealed Carry Association’s second Concealed Carry Expo (CCX) in Atlanta. It got me thinking about “The Gun Industry” just at the right time. Haag’s book … Continue reading
With day 1 in the books, I began Day 2 of the USCCA Concealed Carry Expo by popping in to watch a bit of attorney Andrew Branca’s presentation on the law of self-defense. By 7:50am, the meeting space was standing room only, and by the time he began talking at 8:00am people were spilling out … Continue reading
I made the short flight today from North Carolina to Georgia for the second annual Concealed Carry Expo (CCX), produced by the United States Concealed Carry Association. This is my first time attending the event and I have been very impressed so far. My trip got off to a good start when I checked into … Continue reading
I randomly pulled a back issue of The American Rifleman from my stack earlier this week to do a little night time reading. This one was from 1967, which makes is close to 50 years old now. Like most things 50 years old, alot of interesting curiosities caught my eye, like this story about the … Continue reading
One of the fun and/or frustrating aspects of doing truly open-ended research — that is, data collection and analysis that does not have a predetermined correct answer — is you never know what you are going to discover along the way. A recent expedition to California is a case in point. I traveled to the … Continue reading
