Category Archives: gun culture

Dear Kevin Kordes

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Dear Kevin Kordes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDear Mr. Kordes, I received your missive by way of the website AddictingInfo.org, where Wendy Gittleson did an adequate job of letting people know how to get in touch with your employer. Welcome to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Eliminationist Rhetoric, gun culture | 6 Comments

Firepower and Empowerment

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Firepower and Empowerment”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail For his book Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America, author Dan Savage took a trip to a gun range — and discovered, to his surprise, that … Continue reading →

Posted in gun culture, Kulturkampf | 2 Comments

Trayvon Martin and the Shot Heard ‘Round the Suburbs

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Trayvon Martin and the Shot Heard ‘Round the Suburbs”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Culture war escalated into a shooting war in Sanford. Florida’s NRA-written “stand your ground” law was passed as an expansion of the right of self-defense, but that’s not what … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, Eliminationist Rhetoric, gun culture, Kulturkampf, Kulturkrieg, racism, Southern Strategy | 10 Comments

Morning Awful: Stand Your Ground

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Stand Your Ground”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe lawmakers who passed the “stand your ground” law in Florida apparently don’t understand it. This will likely mean that George Zimmerman never spends a single day in jail for the murder of Trayvon … Continue reading →

Posted in crime, gun culture, Morning Awful | 1 Comment

The Sword Maker

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Sword Maker”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe samurai and his sword are both examples of warfare as a cultural adaptation, and became the very purpose of the culture for centuries — a means become an end. Today, we feel differently about … Continue reading →

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Gun Culture Sticks Up For Culture War

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Gun Culture Sticks Up For Culture War”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI found an NRA booth at a Huntsville tea party event, not fifteen feet from a display of homophobic merchandise. So it’s no surprise to read that the organization has dropped … Continue reading →

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Resistance And Gun Culture

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Resistance And Gun Culture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWriting in the LA Times, the inestimable Barbara Ehrenreich notes that guns have replaced protest in right-wing American culture: There are all kinds of explanations for how Americans lost their grass-roots political mojo: iPods … Continue reading →

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The Enduring Last Stand Of Gun Culture

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Enduring Last Stand Of Gun Culture”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Over at Huffington Post, Sam Stein laments the absence of strong gun control initiatives in the wake of last weekend’s shooting: (T)he inclination — from the sets of cable news … Continue reading →

Posted in gun control, gun culture, guns, guns and culture, Last Stands | 2 Comments

Armed Liberals

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Armed Liberals”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailZIRGAR’s recent comment on my Epistle to Gun Huggers speaks for me, and for all armed liberals: Yes, they have the right to wear their sidearms wherever they choose, and as a gun owner and under … Continue reading →

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They’ve Already Lost

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “They’ve Already Lost”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI can’t say it any better than Chez Pazienza: “It’s too late for opponents of gay marriage; they’ve already lost. The genie is out of the bottle, he’s fabulously dressed, and there’s no putting him … Continue reading →

Posted in Cult of Life, Culture Wars, globalization, gun culture, NRA, Red Dawn, Red Dawn remake, Red Dawn scenario, Republican tinfoil hattery, Second Amendment, shooting sprees, Teh Wacky™ | Leave a comment

What Obama Can Do About Teh Wacky™

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “What Obama Can Do About Teh Wacky™”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy now, you’ve heard the news that Richard Poplawski ambushed police officers with a high-powered rifle in Pittsburgh. And you’ve probably heard his friends say the killer thought Obama was going … Continue reading →