I study, write, and speak about our fascinating, exasperating social world -- gun culture currently -- trying to bring more insight than animosity. Light Over Heat!
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Freezing the River of Concealed Carry Law
When I began studying guns back in 2011, I had a very discrete interest and question: Why do people get concealed carry permits? I soon realized that this was part of a much broader question about American gun culture, and I have been explo...
Illuminations #12. Better Late Than Never
Welcome to Illuminations, your monthly dose of light over heat. September is always a crazy month, coming off my summer tournament racket stringing, getting classes started up, and getting into the rhythm of another academic year. I hope af...
Upgrading Ourselves
In my most recent post — “Are Guns Tools or Weapons? Yes” — I noted the need to “upgrade our society” and “upgrade ourselves” in order to increase the promise of guns and reduce their peril.
As a sociologist, I am certainly a big proponent...
Are Guns Tools or Weapons? Yes.
Monday night I went to a screening of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist on campus at Wake Forest because I’ve been grappling with AI both as a practical matter in my teaching and in the bigger picture of humanity for some time n...
Handgunization
For chapter 3 of my book-in-progress on Gun Culture 2.0, I’ve been exploring the guns and gear central to defensive gun culture in general and concealed carry in particular. This work led me to examine a striking 50-year transformation, wha...
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I have been a student & professor of sociology for nearly 40 years, currently at Wake Forest University. Recently I have devoted my attention to guns in America and try to act as a calming voice in our divisive national argument on the issue.
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