by David Yamane | Oct 5, 2019 | academic bias, Books, guns, Law
I was recently asked to review Guns in Law (University of Massachusetts Press, 2019), for CHOICE, a monthly publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries designed to help librarians decide which books to add to their collections. I was excited to...
by David Yamane | Sep 10, 2019 | culture war, Gun Culture, guns, New York Times, open carry, stigma, Walmart
As someone who came from completely outside gun culture and became a gun owner later in life, I have tried often to find a middle ground between culture warriors on both sides of the Great American Gun Debates. That, in fact, is one of the purposes of this blog. As I...
by James Downey | Aug 21, 2019 | .45 Colt, ammo, ammunition, art, ballistics, BBTI, Colt, Data, Discussion., Farscape, Firearms, Gatling Gun, guns, jim downey, lasers, science fiction, Springfield XDM, technology, Wikipedia
Again, it’s been a while. Partial explanation towards the end of this post. So, the BBTI team finally got together to do something we’ve been wanting to do for several years now: shoot a Gatling Gun. Yep, a real, honest-to-gawd Gatling Gun. Well, not an...
by David Yamane | Aug 6, 2019 | AR platform rifles, guns, Jon Stokes, mass murder
The debate over civilian ownership of AR-15 platform rifles heats up every time there is a mass murder in the United States using one. Because I study gun culture, people often ask me, “Why does anyone need one of those weapons of war, anyway?” I usually...
by Lara Smith | Mar 9, 2019 | 2nd Amendment, Active Self Protection, activism, BBC, CCW, confidence, Constitution of the United States, fascism, Firearms, Gun Ownership, Gun Politics, guns, guns and race, Lara Smith, Leftist, Legal Issues, LGC Blog, Liberal Gun Club
The BBC featured four Liberal Gun Club members in it’s new piece titled “America’s Least Likely Gun Owners.” Will, Ed, Piper and our National Spokesperson, Lara Smith, are featured in this excellent video that will reach more than 300 million...
