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The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper
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The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper
Or, “Who Needs an AR-15 Anyway?”
BJ Campbell
Apr 20, 2018
Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership and Homicide
Everybody’s Lying About the Link Between Gun Ownership and Homicide
In keeping with Medium’s policy on duplicate content, this article has been migrated to Substack.
BJ Campbell
Mar 13, 2018
Social Justice is a Crowdsourced Religion
Social Justice is a Crowdsourced Religion
Future historians chronicling the Grand American Culture War of the Twenty Teens will identify three mostly distinct factions. The Blue…
BJ Campbell
Oct 30, 2018
The Two Confusing Definitions of Racism
In keeping with Medium’s policy on duplicate content, this article has been migrated to Substack.
BJ Campbell
Aug 26, 2018
Stop Freaking Out About 3D Printed Guns
Stop Freaking Out About 3D Printed Guns
The latest Handwaving Freakoutery over guns appears to be the news that Cody Wilson won his court settlement against the US State…
BJ Campbell
Jul 21, 2018
The Left Is Making the Wrong Case on Gun Deaths. Here’s a Better Case.
The Left Is Making the Wrong Case on Gun Deaths. Here’s a Better Case.
The gun conversation in this country has real, systemic problems.
BJ Campbell
Mar 19, 2018
Things Jordan Peterson’s Rehab Taught Me
Things Jordan Peterson’s Rehab Taught Me
On rehab and the efficacy of authority bias.
BJ Campbell
Sep 21, 2019
Geographic Evidence that Gun Deaths are Cultural
Geographic Evidence that Gun Deaths are Cultural
Areas with high gun homicide rates have low gun suicide rates, and visa versa. “It’s the guns” does a very bad job of explaining this.
BJ Campbell
Dec 22, 2019
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