I was recently typing up some field notes from too long ago when I found a reference to an NRA gun safety video from 1946 from Karl Rehn of KR Training. I spent an enjoyable 20 minutes watching “Trigger Happy Harry” this morning. Thanks Karl! How much better is this than the culture war fighting … Continue reading
Facebook kindly reminded me yesterday morning that 8 years ago I was in Columbus, Georgia with my son for a tennis tournament. Passing time between matches by flipping through the channels on the TV, I made an important discovery. By dumb luck, I landed on a History Channel marathon showing back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back episodes of the inaugural … Continue reading
After grinding through two long days at the United States Concealed Carry Associations second annual Concealed Carry Expo (day 1 brief report and day 2 brief report available), I was glad to have some extra time this morning to get myself together. I spent a few hours typing up additional notes from day 2 and … Continue reading
Chris Cheng came to national attention in the shooting community by winning Season 4 of the History Channel series “Top Shot.” Winning allowed him to quit his job at Google and become a professional shooter sponsored by Bass Pro Shops. I ran into him at the 2013 NRA annual meeting, and he could not have … Continue reading
Since November 2012, when I first started working in earnest on a new research project on American gun culture, I have tried to blog regularly at Gun Culture 2.0. I have been averaging about 5 posts a month since then, which is pretty good compared to my previous attempts at blogging (like on this blog). … Continue reading
Although I had a bad taste in my mouth from how the ending of Top Shot Season 2 went down, I still tuned in to Season 3 (and then Season 4), though usually watching it on DVR rather than going out of my way to watch it live. Dominant memory of Season 3: Self-taught recreational … Continue reading
I found History’s “Top Shot” quite by accident, but by the time Season 2 came out as “Top Shot Reloaded” I went out of my way to watch every episode live. Season 2 raised the bar on the weapons used and marksmanship challenges – and also on the drama. According to one of the competitors, … Continue reading
