Like most newbies to Gun Culture 2.0, I mostly have guns for self-defense and, relatedly, mostly shoot handguns. I do have a Bushmaster XM-15 MOE that I bought when a friend worked at Remington (friends and family pricing!) and it seemed possible that I would not be able to buy an “assault rifle” in the … Continue reading
Fuller report on my visit to Haley Strategic Partners in Phoenix and conversation with Travis Haley is forthcoming, but in the mean time, a little fun coming out of the training division of HSP. Picked up a t-shirt during my visit showing the famous Gross Motor Speed Reload (G.M.S.R.) for the AK rifle. So I … Continue reading
Preliminary: “AR” is an abbreviation for ArmaLite Rifle, the company that developed the rifle, not “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” (H/T McThag) Also, the question here is why DO people own ARs, not why SHOULD they. I am dealing with the empirical issue not the normative one, although normative considerations would probably benefit from understanding … Continue reading
Originally posted on Stately McDaniel Manor:
The recent Jihadist slaughter of Americans in Orlando is a crisis Mr. Obama and his sycophantic minions are determined not to allow to go to waste. Accordingly, he has come up with a typically Obamite plan to deal with Islamist terror: disarm law-abiding Americans who pose no threat to anyone.…
I find advertising in general extraordinarily interesting. I was a devoted follower of the TV show Mad Men and I teach about advertising in my classes. Advertising is a major part of our culture, and of course it is a major part of gun culture as well. When I watch gun TV shows, I am … Continue reading
When I think about this question, the first thing that comes to mind is the passage from the Beatitudes, in Matthew Chapter 5: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” I have to confess that I remember this mostly because of the scene from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” in … Continue reading
I’m not really sure whether to shake my head in amazement that the New York Times has discovered that assault weapons kill very few people in America, or to be happy that they finally figured it out. Either way, on September 12th the Times published a “news analysis” by Lois Beckett, who writes for ProPublica, … Continue reading
