by David Yamane | Feb 7, 2020 | Data, Gun Culture, National Rifle Association, religion, The American Rifleman
In a recent appearance on Ballistic Radio with John Johnston, I spoke some about ways in which gun culture can be like a religion. Although I ultimately concluded that there are important differences between the two, I have noted the confluence of guns and religion...
by David Yamane | Dec 9, 2019 | Data
From Hannah Fry’s essay in The New Yorker: on “What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves: “As the mathematician Ian Stewart points out in ‘Do Dice Play God?’ (Basic), the average person has one breast and one...
by David Yamane | Dec 3, 2019 | Advertising, Colt's, Data, Gun Culture, Guns magazine, sociology
As noted in my recent post about the changing themes in gun advertising in The American Rifleman from 1918-2017, I have just finished a replication study based on advertising in Guns magazine from 1955 (when the magazine was founded) through 2019. It documents the...
by David Yamane | Dec 2, 2019 | Advertising, Books, Data, Gun Culture, sociology, The American Rifleman
I realized recently that I never posted the published version of my work analyzing gun advertisements in The American Rifleman. It documents the decline of “Gun Culture 1.0” themes of hunting and recreational/sport shooting and rise of “Gun Culture...
by James Downey | Nov 28, 2019 | .25 ACP, .380 ACP, ammo, ammunition, ballistics, BBTI, Brass Fetcher, Data, Discussion., Firearms, guns, jim downey, reviews, Sauer & Sohn, technology
Happy Anniversary/Birthday! By tradition, BBTI is 11 years old today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I recently got to shoot a couple of very nice little pistols in .32 ACP … which date back to before WWI. The first was a Sauer & Sohn Model...
by James Downey | Nov 22, 2019 | .45 Super, .45 WinMag, .460 Rowland, ammo, ammunition, ballistics, BBTI, cartridges, Data, Death Wish 3, Discussion., Firearms, Forgotten Weapons, guns, jim downey, reviews, Survivor, technology, Wikipedia, Wildey
When you see this tag on a pistol, you know things may get interesting: Can’t read it? Here’s the text: CAUTION This gun is unique in many ways. Do not handle and/or fire it without having read the instruction manual. If there is anything you don’t...
