New Gun Owners and Firearm Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
On top of the paper I wrote about last week, I have found a second scholarly publication on firearm purchasing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This one is by a group of public health scholars associated with the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program at the University of Washington and published in the journal Injury Prevention. … Continue reading New Gun Owners and Firearm Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Experience Panel- The African American Gun Owner Experience
October's "Experience Panel" is the African American Gun Owner experience. Join us as panelists Carl, Brian, Toni and Walter have a passionate and sometimes PG-13 discussion on racism, range experience, protests and more. https://youtu.be/zosOOF8VLtA Stay tuned to the...
Liberals Own Guns, Too!
With thanks to Rocket Armory for the slogan and visual, liberals own guns, too. This is a point I have made before. Approximately 20% of all gun owners in the United States — at least 12 million American adults — self-identify as liberal (compared to 36% of moderates and 45% of conservatives). Although there is … Continue reading Liberals Own Guns, Too!
Social Distance Learning: Trench Gun Madness – Complete
Scott takes us through a complete two part conversion of a Trench Gun, desecrating a 1936 Model 12 with a hacksaw and installing the heatshield. No ATF violations were made in the filming of this video. Part 1: https://youtu.be/JmpeREtKDI0 Part2:...
Sociology of Guns Seminar Guest Speakers: Michael Sodini and Rob Pincus of Walk the Talk America (WTTA)
Although the topic is grim — suicide — I am very excited to welcome to my Sociology of Guns seminar today two guests who have unique perspectives on the issue. Michael Sodini is founder and President of Walk the Talk America (WTTA), and Rob Pincus is a trustee of the organization. WTTA was founded in … Continue reading Sociology of Guns Seminar Guest Speakers: Michael Sodini and Rob Pincus of Walk the Talk America (WTTA)
Announcing Our Connecticut Chapter Formation!
Joining the growing list of formal chapters for the Liberal Gun Club, our newest chapter was voted into formation by locals in Connecticut. They are currently having meetings virtually for now and working to plan out range days and more member activities within the...
Overview of Negative Outcomes with Guns for Sociology of Guns Seminar (Fall 2020)
Although my scholarship and teaching on the sociology of guns highlights the non-criminological and epidemiological aspects of guns in society, I do not entirely ignore negative outcomes with guns. In my Sociology of Guns seminar, I typically allocate 2 or 3 of the modules to gun injury, suicide, and homicide. Teaching on-line this semester, I … Continue reading Overview of Negative Outcomes with Guns for Sociology of Guns Seminar (Fall 2020)
Gun “Monoculture” And Being A Liberal Gun Owner
I was watching a video from InRange this morning, and he had an interesting couple of minutes answering a question from "William H.", who is a self described liberal gun owner wondering if he's a unicorn. And as usual, Karl had some excellent points about rights being...
Announcing our new video series “Make It Safe”
This has been a project we've wanted to tackle for awhile now, and thanks to the pandemic kick starting out Social Distance Learning series, and specifically the Bench Doctor, Scott Richardson, putting out weekly content, we've also been working on creating these...
Social Distance Learning: Colt Capers
If you missed it live this week, here's the replay of Scott attempting to revive a used Colt revolver. The video fidelity this week was not great, but the adventure is whether Scott was successful, so enjoy the show! https://youtu.be/m97dXDaTsgM You also may have...