Not what I wanted to do this morning, but when I saw a fellow sociologist Tweet about a New York Times story on “How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries,” I couldn’t help myself. According to the Times, “Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour. In some countries, the process … 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
In doing some background reading for my recent post on gun ownership statistics, I came across a very interesting guest column on the New York Times’ “The Upshot” page. It was written by David Rothschild, an economist at Microsoft Research (PredictWise.com), and Sharad Goel, an assistant professor at Stanford University in the School of Engineering. … Continue reading
To: The Trace From: A Liberal Social Scientist Studying Guns Date: 22 September 2016 Re: Your Antipathy Toward Gun Owners In my Sociology of Guns seminar today, we are reading an excerpt from (Harvard Bachelor’s, Cambridge Master’s, and University of California Ph.D.) anthropologist Abigail Kohn’s book, Shooters: Myths and Realities of America’s Gun Cultures. Published … Continue reading
A reader whose views I respect criticized my recent response to the New York Times’ historic front page editorial, “A Gun Epidemic,” because it was based more on my opinions than on facts. Although I don’t entirely agree with that criticism, I thought I would post this further fact-driven response to one of the main … Continue reading
Today the New York Times editorial board made clear (without directly saying it) that they think gun owners (who disagree with them) are immoral, disgraceful, and indecent, and that we should ban civilians from owning any firearm that can kill people quickly and efficiently (which is to say, most firearms). I am a student of … Continue reading
I don’t always read New York Times articles even on topics of interest to me because they are frequently so biased, but a colleague forwarded me a link to a follow-up story about the woman — now identified as 46-year old Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez — who shot at a fleeing shoplifter’s car at a suburban Detroit … Continue reading
