Guns

In a recent New Yorker article, Elizabeth Kolbert raises the question, does the ability to perceive harm, which helped our ancestors survive, now underlie our current moral/ethical/cultural divisions? She finds …

It is a bit ironic to post about the YouTube channel I started because my blog readership fell off on the said blog, but as new readers come on board …

As someone who drinks regularly, though not excessively, I was immediately drawn to Derek Thompson’s recent article in The Atlantic, “Is Moderate Drinking Okay?” (gift link here). Beyond my personal …

As a politically liberal Asian American gun owner who also studies American gun culture, today’s juxtaposition of the commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the inauguration of Donald Trump …

2024 was my 13th year blogging at Gun Culture 2.0 (est. 2012). Although I spent much of the year promoting the publication of my book, Gun Curious, I once again …

NOTE: I recently unpacked my hodgepodge of notebooks about gun culture to begin thinking about writing another book in 2025. Seeing John McPhee’s Tabula Rasa in a local bookstore inspired me to …

NOTE: I recently unpacked my hodgepodge of notebooks about gun culture to begin thinking about writing another book in 2025. Seeing John McPhee’s Tabula Rasa in a local bookstore inspired me to …

That’s it. That’s the post. That’s my answer to why so many nontraditional gun owners bought guns after November 6, 2024. And why other marginalized people have done so before …

NOTE: I recently unpacked my hodgepodge of notebooks about gun culture to begin thinking about writing another book in 2025. Seeing John McPhee’s Tabula Rasa in a local bookstore inspired me to …

Today, I have the opposite of a “hot take”: Bookstores are liberal cultural institutions. Sign in front of bookstore in Salisbury, NC, November 2024. Photo by David Yamane Maybe that’s …