by Christine Elder | Jan 18, 2023 | Texas
By Justin Burns & Ariana Perry The annual Texas State Rifle Association (TSRA) State Service Rifle Championship was held Oct. 28-30, 2022, at the Panola County Gun Club, in Carthage, Texas. The event was facilitated by Jerry Iliff, the current TSRA Service...
by David Yamane | Sep 28, 2022 | Light Over Heat, Shooting, Texas
For my 40th consecutive weekly video, a light(-hearted) take: An anthropological expedition to the heart of deep red Texas in search of the elusive species known as the Liberal Gun Owner. Please enjoy! Thanks to Randy Miyan, Executive Director of the Liberal Gun...
by Christine Elder | Jul 26, 2022 | Texas
Those in attendance at the 2022 National Three-Position Precision Championships might have been feeling some déjà vu. At last year’s event, which was held in two different locations to accommodate COVID restrictions, Texas Hill Country Shooters set a new Team...
by David Yamane | Jun 22, 2022 | Ackerman-McQueen, Defensive Gun Use, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National Rifle Association, Texas
NOTE: An earlier, abbreviated version of this text appeared as an opinion essay in the Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News & Observer on June 16, 2022. I am a defensive gun owner and a sociologist who has been studying American gun culture for a decade now. One of the...
by David Yamane | Jun 15, 2022 | Guns, Law, liberals, Light Over Heat, Texas, Uvalde
Like many Americans, I reluctantly watched events unfolding recently at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, site of the NRA’s annual meeting. In our polarized gun debates, the two extremes were on full display, literally divided by Avenida De Las...
by David Yamane | May 29, 2022 | Automatic Weapons, Guns, John Daub, Karl Rehn, KR Training, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Shooting, Texas
Wow, this is the 20th episode of “Light Over Heat” that I recorded! I can’t believe it. It seems like I was just recording my 10th episode not long ago. This second set of videos (Season 2) was supposed to be organized thematically around t-shirts I own. It mostly...
