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On Schools, Guns and Freedom

21 Dec 2022
IN SCHOOL LESSONS ON FEAR AND LIBERTY A few months ago, at the beginning of the school year, my school district pushed out a series of new school security regulations.…
Gun Control

Let’s Put the “Militia” Back Into the Second Amendment

29 May 2022
OUR SO-CALLED CONSTITUTIONAL PURISTS SHOULD LOVE THAT IDEA! RIGHT?...UM...RIGHT? HELLO? I'm not a Constitutional Originalist. The reason for this should be obvious. The world has changed somewhat since the late…
Gun Control

Our Abusive Relationship with the 2nd Amendment

27 May 202227 May 2022
MAYBE WE NEED TO RETHINK THIS MARRIAGE We have a twisted relationship with the 2nd Amendment. The abusive nature of our marriage to the right to bear arms becomes clear…
Crime…

The Great American Gun Addiction

24 Feb 201825 May 2022
SOCIAL SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WHY WE CAN'T BREAK THE GUN FEEN Yet another brutal massacre in yet another school in which the perpetrator should have been easily identified and never allowed…
Crime…

I’m a Teacher, and the Last Thing I Need is a Gun, Dammit!

17 Feb 2018
ON THE RIDICULOUS SUGGESTION THAT ARMING TEACHERS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER Let me tell you a quick story about something that happened yesterday (Friday, February 16th). I teach at a…
Crime…

Getting Past the Mass Shooting Carousel

13 Jun 201616 Apr 2021
APPLYING REASON TO THE IRRATIONAL During a Facebook conversation with a right-wing friend of mine (yes, I do have right-wing friends), he pointed out "while we prayed for the victims,…
Featured Voice…

“America doesn’t have a gun problem. It has several of them.”

23 Feb 2016
A POWERFUL ANALYSIS FROM JOSS FONG AT VOX.COM For another perspective, check out this analysis from MSB done back in October. Fong uses Idaho, I looked at Vermont as compared…
Crime…

Everything You Know About the Gun Control Debate is Wrong

23 Oct 201525 May 2022
THE BASIC PREMISE FOR OUR NEED TO BEAR ARMS OR REGULATE ARMS ISN'T TRUE Every time there's a mass shooting, or a noteworthy event that makes it into the mainstream…
Crime…

On Proving the Null Hypothesis in the Gun Debate

30 Jul 201523 May 2018
OR THE DIFFICULTIES OF ACADEMIC HONESTY The last couple of semesters I've had the unfortunate opportunity to talk about American gun culture and its associated gun violence in real time. It's…

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The Banality of Book Banning

The Banality of Book Banning

Perpetuating fear is in many ways a banal act of people just doing their jobs by impartially administering the law.

by Mad Sociologist 5 Jun 20237 Jun 2023
When They Really Came for the Teachers

When They Really Came for the Teachers

Teachers went from heroes to villains, thanks to right-wing counter narratives.

by Mad Sociologist 31 May 2023
A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10

A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 10

Chapter 3: Methods of Research Section 1: Positivism and Quantitative Methods Introduction It’s time to talk about methods of research! No, look. We have to talk about methods of research. We have to get an understanding of how sociologists know what they know. Sociologists don’t just sit around thinking about society and writing whatever pops…

by Mad Sociologist 17 May 202317 May 2023
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