by David Yamane | Apr 15, 2022 | Gun Culture, Liberal Gun Club, Podcast
The animating idea of this blog is to speak (primarily) to those who are neither totally bought into the idea of guns nor totally opposed to it. That is, to the gun curious. I recently had the opportunity to chat with just such a person. Mark McNease is a politically...
by David Yamane | Feb 8, 2022 | Gun Culture, human-weapon relationship, LGO Lens, Liberal Gun Club, liberals, Randy Miyan
Recently, without fanfare equivalent to its significance, the Liberal Gun Owners launched a new website, LGO Lens. The site is a content hub on which people can access blog posts, learn more about the LGO and allied organizations, link to the Liberal Gun Owners Lens...
by Smith, Lara | Jan 20, 2021 | Biden, Harris, Lara Smith, Liberal Gun Club, Politics & RKBA, RKBA, Uncategorized
Like many Americans, I watched the inauguration of President Biden this morning and found it intensely moving. To have a President speak of unity and hope was more emotional than I expected. And I take him at his word to be a President for all of us. To that end, we...
by David Yamane | Nov 9, 2020 | gun ownership, Guns, Lara Smith, Liberal Gun Club, Sociology of Guns Seminar
With thanks to Rocket Armory for the slogan and visual, liberals own guns, too. This is a point I have made before. Approximately 20% of all gun owners in the United States — at least 12 million American adults — self-identify as liberal (compared to 36%...
by JohnW | Mar 13, 2020 | awareness, Education, LGC Blog, Liberal Gun Club, liberalgunclub, Members, Personal Safety, Press Release, Uncategorized
It’s in the news all around us, the Covid-19 virus outbreak is touching lives in unpredictable ways. Folks are being stranded on cruise ships, in airports, and in far away countries from efforts to contain a growing pandemic. Workplaces and schools are closing...
by David Yamane | Feb 29, 2020 | Gun Culture, Liberal Gun Club
The Democratic presidential primaries have the media off in search of a political unicorn: The Liberal Gun Owner. Two news stories in the past couple of days report on successful hunts. The NPR affiliate in Seattle reported on “Four Seattle liberals on why they...
