Bushmaster is the Worst Marketer in the History of Guns – Punto Final
I have written about this issue twice before (in May 2016 and again in March 2019), but yesterday’s announcement of a $73 million dollar settlement between Sandy Hook families and Remington Outdoor...
View ArticleBushmaster is (Still) the Worst Marketer in the History of Guns
I have written about this issue previously, but the recent court ruling in Connecticut allowing a lawsuit against Remington blaming their advertising for the Sandy Hook massacre to go forward forces me...
View ArticleLethal Weaponry, Lethal Intent, and Homicide in Chicago
Following up on my post about the (alleged) use of “R.I.P.” ammo in Chicago, I wanted to investigate further some claims made by the medical examiner (and many others, in fact) about the growing...
View ArticleAre Semiautomatic Weapons with Large Capacity Magazines and/or other...
I would like to know the answer to the question asked in the title of this post, so I was interested to see that Christopher Koper has recently published an article in the Journal of Urban Health:...
View ArticleRevolvers Kill! (May Be Even More Lethal Than Semi-Automatic Handguns)
I have been meaning to write for some time about an article we read last spring in my Sociology of Guns Seminar: “Impact of handgun types on gun assault outcomes: A comparison of gun assaults involving...
View ArticleThe Problem with Averages in Understanding Guns, Violence, and Crime (Take 2)
When I tell my more liberal friends I am studying “gun culture,” they frequently hear me saying “gun violence,” since their primary association with guns is with violence. Although my interest in guns...
View ArticleBushmaster is the Worst Marketer in the History of Guns
I find advertising in general extraordinarily interesting. I was a devoted follower of the TV show Mad Men and I teach about advertising in my classes. Advertising is a major part of our culture, and...
View ArticleGun Violence Panel at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
Although I am certainly no expert on “gun violence” (recognizing the term itself it problematic, as I will discuss in my next post), I was asked to serve as a “discussant” for a panel on the topic at...
View ArticleAnother Student Reflection on the Role of Guns in Society: Problem with the...
Following is another student reflection on the question of the role guns should play in (American) society, from my Sociology of Guns seminar. The first reflection can be found here. As noted, it seems...
View ArticleMike the Gun Guy: The Violence Policy Center Has Something Important To Tell...
I don’t always agree with him, but I like reading Mike the Gun Guy’s blog. He has a particular position that he hammers away at (objecting to the NRA promoting concealed carry to help gun companies...
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