The “Western” is a popular culture genre that has intrigued international audiences ever since the appearance of dime novels and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in the 19th century. The first western film, “The Great Train Robbery” dates to 1903 and the genre has changed greatly...
Read MoreThis is the third in a series of three posts about the Colt single-action revolver, its reproductions, and the evolution of passive and active safeties. These posts are not statements about any of the lawsuits, whether criminal or civil, resulting from the shooting that took...
Read MoreThis is the second in a series of three posts about the Colt single-action revolver, its reproductions, and the evolution of passive and active safeties. These posts are not statements about any of the lawsuits, whether criminal or civil, resulting from the shooting that took...
Read MoreThis is the first in a series of three posts about the Colt single-action revolver, its reproductions, and the evolution of passive and active safeties. These posts are not statements about any of the lawsuits, whether criminal or civil, resulting from the shooting that took...
Read MoreIn March 2023, the New York Times wrote an article titled, “In the Gun Law Fights of 2023, a Need for Experts on the Weapons of 1791.” The subtitle states, “A Supreme Court decision has forced courts to consider what gun restrictions existed two centuries...
Read MoreIt’s always interesting to see how different industries market their products throughout history - how their marketing strategies change, or not, with the culture of the time. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s McCracken Research Library is a fantastic resource to see how gun...
Read MoreDavid T. Hardy is a longtime Second Amendment attorney and author. This is the first in a series of posts about his research on Jack Miller, the defendant-respondent in the famous case of United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939). We’re all familiar with...
Read MoreWhy do civilians own AR-15s? This is one of the questions I hear most frequently when people learn I study American gun culture. Sometimes genuine curiosity motivates the question, but more often it is a statement masquerading as a question: Civilians should not be able...
Read More“Perhaps not more than a dozen people in California know that Mrs. Winchester is a musician with a genius for composition, that she is a remarkable businesswoman, that she is a French scholar, that her philanthropies alone would make her a national figure if they...
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