The movement of the National Rifle Association into the world of concealed carry training and “insurance” in the form of Carry Guard certainly took many people, myself included, by surprise. There is much that remains unknown about the training side of the Carry Guard equation (itself the source of much head scratching), but the movement … Continue reading
Following up on the announcement of National Rifle Association Carry Guard coverage and training, John Richardson of No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money tipped me off to the fact that the NRA Personal Protection Expo has now been re-branded as the Carry Guard Expo. I still can’t help but think that having the Expo … Continue reading
Clearly I missed more than seeing guns, colleagues, and friends at the National Rifle Association annual meetings and exhibits last week. NRA CARRY GUARD was launched with much fanfare — including a cover over the cover of the May 2017 issue of The American Rifleman. Fortunately others were on the scene and are starting to … Continue reading
As my gun blogger friend John Richardson noted, I spent a couple of days this past weekend in Western Massachusetts, attending a conference associated with the Copeland Colloquium at Amherst College. Seven of us had been invited to write and present papers on “The Symbolic and Material Construction of Guns,” and we were joined by … Continue reading
I am working hard these days on a paper I will be presenting at a symposium on “The Symbolic and Material Construction of Guns” at Amherst College this March. The title of the paper is: “‘The First Rule of Gunfighting is Have a Gun‘: Technologies of Concealed Carry in Gun Culture 2.0.” The first part … Continue reading
Not sure how I missed this announcement from mid-December, but news that the National Rifle Association is going to be producing a “Personal Protection Expo” on August 25-27, 2017 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee finally reached me somehow. The event makes perfect sense for the NRA as self-defense is the core of the current … Continue reading
The June 27th issue of The New Yorker magazine includes a story by Evan Osnos called “Making a Killing: The Business and Politics of Selling Guns.” Although it is framed by the usual anti-gun biases, it also includes some material of interest to Gun Culture 2.0. Notably, it tells the stories of Gerald Ung and … Continue reading
