Open Source Defense breaks down the steps to make something that once was forbidden and illegal into something normal. They list four steps: Forbidden, Aberrant, Accepted, Unnoticed. The move from the second to third step caught my eye: "Aberrant→Accepted: this…
My friend Michael Bane (along with another friend, Paul Earhardt) came up with the idea of “Gun Culture 2.0” to describe the shift they were seeing in American society. The previous gun culture, version 1.0, was all about hunting and…
Open Source Defense churns out some of the most thoughtful, engaging content in the world of armed self-defense. It’s not about training or gear, but rather, how that training/gear/lifestyle is impacting American society. Their latest article, on how guns are…
I’ve been debating conservative politics online for over 25 years now, and over the years, I’ve noticed two things. 1. Things started to get personal sometime around the ramp-up to the second Gulf War. Where I could once argue with…
I sort of got my start in this gunwriting thing by making the (weird at the time) assumption that a .38 Special with pink grips might not be the right gun for a woman. That article took off, and was…
"Never bet against the side that's having the most fun in a culture war." - PDB Politics is downstream from culture, said Andrew Breitbart, and he was 100% correct. Politics can try to dictate culture, but a counter-culture soon pops…
I was at my local gun shop this week, waiting to pick up a gun to test for the day job, and I watched as another customer bought a gun for his wife. And I mean that quite literally: she…
I had a chance last month to sit down and talk with my friend and photo mentor Don Giannatti. Don is a terrific photographer, but as digital started to put the squeeze on the industry, he moved to Project 52,…
SHOT Show is over for 2023, and I saw four trends: An utter lack of new G48/P365-sized guns. Like nobody came out with anything new this year to play in that market space, which was a bit of a surprise.…
Ellifritz was kind enough to link to this article I wrote for Ricochet a few years ago, and even though it's many years old now, it still holds up. Which is kinda cool. So in that vein, here's a few…