“Like a Dance with What I Thought Was My Comfort Zone” (Fall 2023 Student Range Visit Reflection #2)

by | Sep 15, 2023 | AR platform rifles, Bahamas, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University

This is the second of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2023 Sociology of Guns seminar (see Reflection #1). The assignment to which students are responding can be found here. I am grateful to these students for their willingness to...

“I Surprised Myself with My Openness and Enjoyment of the Activity” (Fall 2022 Student Range Visit Reflection #2)

by | Sep 17, 2022 | AR platform rifles, mass shootings, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University

This is the second of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2022 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1). The assignment to which students are responding can be found here. I am grateful to these students for their willingness to...

Light Over Heat #6: How Many Americans Own AR-15 Style Rifles and Large-Capacity Magazines?

by | Feb 9, 2022 | AR platform rifles, Data, Guns, large-capacity magazines, Light Over Heat, National Firearms Survey, William English

In Episode 3 of “Light Over Heat,” I mentioned a 2021 National Firearms Survey by Georgetown University Professor William English. In Episode 6, I discuss a couple of interesting findings in that survey. Among the unique qualities of Professor English’s National...