Category Archives: Guns in the U.S. of A.

Mishegas: Some, uh, nutsy factual findings via Harper’s

I’m not criticizing Harper’s. Oh no! The magazine gives me such pleasure and bewilderment. (I love bewilderment. It leads to…things.) So I’m devoted to their Findings page (the very last in the mag’s hard copy) which collects and bunches together … Continue reading →

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I’m worried about concussions.

Oh, not mine. Although it’s possible I had one many years ago when a (white, blond) lunatic dressed in military camo punched me in the face on a bright sunny day at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street and I landed … Continue reading →

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Booze and guns, perfect together

From Harper’s November 2023 Findings: Heavy drinking and handgun-carrying are positively correlated among rural American adolescents.

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