Links tagged with “guns”
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Inside The Federal Bureau Of Way Too Many Guns | GQ
How the non-computerised method of finding out who bought a particular gun, from its make and serial number, works in the US. Crazy.
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Happiness Is a Worn Gun | Harper’s Magazine
Thinking about what it’s like to carry a gun around, and pondering the arguments for/against gun ownership and open or concealed carry.
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Shooters: How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers • Articles • Eurogamer.net
On the licensing deals between gun makers and video games. “We want to know explicitly how the rifle is to be used, ensuring that we are shown in a positive light… Such as the ‘good guys’ using the rifle.” (via @matlock)
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James Lasdun · Diary: Police procedurals · LRB 8 September 2011
Really interesting account by a curious writer of using a (US) police department’s Firearms Training Simulator. (Subscribers only)