Bill Kole
@billkole.bsky.social
Veteran journalist and author of two big-idea books: IN GUNS WE TRUST (out now via Broadleaf) and THE BIG 100 (2023, Diversion). Runner, sailor, fly fisherman. billkolebooks.com https://substack.com/@billkole
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Bill Kole
@billkole.bsky.social
· Oct 23
IN GUNS WE TRUST is out now, wherever you buy your books!
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
Reposted by Bill Kole
“Is anyone here carrying a gun?”
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
US gun violence is a preventable health crisis
America feels familiar to a British person—until it doesn’t. Lucinda Hiam writes from the US, observing that nothing has felt more foreign than living in a country where the threat of gun violence is ...
www.bmj.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Is anyone here carrying a gun?”
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social
Hope they're bitin' up there, brother. billkole.substack.com/p/cast-adrift
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hope they're bitin' up there, brother. billkole.substack.com/p/cast-adrift
My heart is full after this evening's spirited discussion about America's gun scourge at Boston's Grace Community Church.
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My heart is full after this evening's spirited discussion about America's gun scourge at Boston's Grace Community Church.
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
To the woman traumatized by gun violence who told me she had to retreat to the back of the room and lie down: I see you. I hear you. We're fighting this fight for you. 💙
Greater Boston peeps: Join us this coming Sunday! It’s gonna be 🔥
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Greater Boston peeps: Join us this coming Sunday! It’s gonna be 🔥
My latest book, spotted in the wild at @barnesandnoble.com in Santa Fe by the great journalist (and longtime pal) Ian Stewart ☺️
#guns #gunviolence #booksky @broadleafbooks.bsky.social
#guns #gunviolence #booksky @broadleafbooks.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My latest book, spotted in the wild at @barnesandnoble.com in Santa Fe by the great journalist (and longtime pal) Ian Stewart ☺️
#guns #gunviolence #booksky @broadleafbooks.bsky.social
#guns #gunviolence #booksky @broadleafbooks.bsky.social
Not my usual stomping grounds!
But I’ll be happy to rep my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST, at the joint annual conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature in Boston later this month.
If you’ll be there, hit me up!
But I’ll be happy to rep my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST, at the joint annual conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature in Boston later this month.
If you’ll be there, hit me up!
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not my usual stomping grounds!
But I’ll be happy to rep my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST, at the joint annual conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature in Boston later this month.
If you’ll be there, hit me up!
But I’ll be happy to rep my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST, at the joint annual conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature in Boston later this month.
If you’ll be there, hit me up!
Reviews of IN GUNS WE TRUST are trickling in on Amazon, and I’m so grateful. We need more! If you’ve read or are reading, please take a moment to post a brief review. It’ll make this important book more visible.
#booksky
#booksky
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Reviews of IN GUNS WE TRUST are trickling in on Amazon, and I’m so grateful. We need more! If you’ve read or are reading, please take a moment to post a brief review. It’ll make this important book more visible.
#booksky
#booksky
Reposted by Bill Kole
Friends, a plea for help! If you've read or are reading IN GUNS WE TRUST, please please please drop a brief review on the Amazon page for the book.
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms [Kole, William J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
www.amazon.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Friends, a plea for help! If you've read or are reading IN GUNS WE TRUST, please please please drop a brief review on the Amazon page for the book.
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
Reposted by Bill Kole
Kipruto gets it by 2 tenths of a second. 😳
this men's nyc marathon finish is !!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Kipruto gets it by 2 tenths of a second. 😳
Even though some fly fishers have the social proclivities of the Unabomber, there are times when it makes sense for tiers of feathers to flock together. Enter the rod club.
(My latest from The Fly Guy 🎣. Click to subscribe -- it's free!)
open.substack.com/pub/billkole... #flyfishing #flytying
(My latest from The Fly Guy 🎣. Click to subscribe -- it's free!)
open.substack.com/pub/billkole... #flyfishing #flytying
The Rod Club
Hot tips, local lore, camaraderie, and the heady aroma of pipe tobacco — these are a few of my favorite things.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Even though some fly fishers have the social proclivities of the Unabomber, there are times when it makes sense for tiers of feathers to flock together. Enter the rod club.
(My latest from The Fly Guy 🎣. Click to subscribe -- it's free!)
open.substack.com/pub/billkole... #flyfishing #flytying
(My latest from The Fly Guy 🎣. Click to subscribe -- it's free!)
open.substack.com/pub/billkole... #flyfishing #flytying
Friends, a plea for help! If you've read or are reading IN GUNS WE TRUST, please please please drop a brief review on the Amazon page for the book.
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms [Kole, William J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
www.amazon.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Friends, a plea for help! If you've read or are reading IN GUNS WE TRUST, please please please drop a brief review on the Amazon page for the book.
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
It will help the algorithm recommend this important book to other readers.
Thanks so much! #booksky #guns #gunculture
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
IN GUNS WE TRUST is out now, wherever you buy your books!
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
October 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
IN GUNS WE TRUST is out now, wherever you buy your books!
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
Get your copy now of what @momsdemand.bsky.social founder @shannonrwatts.bsky.social calls "an essential read." #booksky #guns #gunculture
I had an amazing conversation with NYT bestselling author Frank Schaeffer about IN GUNS WE TRUST in this YouTube Live chat.
Give it a watch/listen! #booksky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0x2...
Give it a watch/listen! #booksky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0x2...
William J. Kole: In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer
YouTube video by Frank Schaeffer
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had an amazing conversation with NYT bestselling author Frank Schaeffer about IN GUNS WE TRUST in this YouTube Live chat.
Give it a watch/listen! #booksky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0x2...
Give it a watch/listen! #booksky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0x2...
My appearance this morning on @wbztv.bsky.social’s Keller @ Large to talk about IN GUNS WE TRUST.
www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...
www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...
"In Guns We Trust" author on why white evangelicals rely so heavily on firearms
Author Bill Kole talks to WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller about his new book, "In Guns We Trust."
www.cbsnews.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My appearance this morning on @wbztv.bsky.social’s Keller @ Large to talk about IN GUNS WE TRUST.
www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...
www.cbsnews.com/boston/video...
Reposted by Bill Kole
Coming up on One on One, my new half-hour interview show on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social (FKA Rhode Island PBS)
7:30 pm Fri/10:30 am Sunday: @billkole.bsky.social on the close ties between evangelicals, guns + politics
Next Fri/Sun Ken Burns on The American Revolution, U.S. division + baseball
7:30 pm Fri/10:30 am Sunday: @billkole.bsky.social on the close ties between evangelicals, guns + politics
Next Fri/Sun Ken Burns on The American Revolution, U.S. division + baseball
October 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Coming up on One on One, my new half-hour interview show on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social (FKA Rhode Island PBS)
7:30 pm Fri/10:30 am Sunday: @billkole.bsky.social on the close ties between evangelicals, guns + politics
Next Fri/Sun Ken Burns on The American Revolution, U.S. division + baseball
7:30 pm Fri/10:30 am Sunday: @billkole.bsky.social on the close ties between evangelicals, guns + politics
Next Fri/Sun Ken Burns on The American Revolution, U.S. division + baseball
I was on the @ffrf’s Freethought Radio podcast to talk about IN GUNS WE TRUST. Give it a listen here:
ffrf.org/news/freetho...
ffrf.org/news/freetho...
ffrf.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I was on the @ffrf’s Freethought Radio podcast to talk about IN GUNS WE TRUST. Give it a listen here:
ffrf.org/news/freetho...
ffrf.org/news/freetho...
📢 A plea to everyone to please write and post a short review of IN GUNS WE TRUST on Amazon! It will help the algorithm get this important book in front of more people!
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms [Kole, William J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In Guns We Trust: The Unholy Trinity of White Evangelicals, Politics, and Firearms
www.amazon.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
📢 A plea to everyone to please write and post a short review of IN GUNS WE TRUST on Amazon! It will help the algorithm get this important book in front of more people!
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trus...
@rns caught up with me to talk about faith, firearms, and my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST.
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'In Guns We Trust' challenges white evangelicals to rethink their alliance with firearms
(RNS) — Veteran reporter William J. Kole said those who are ‘pro-life’ should take gun reforms seriously.
religionnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
@rns caught up with me to talk about faith, firearms, and my new book, IN GUNS WE TRUST.
religionnews.com/2025/10/16/i...
religionnews.com/2025/10/16/i...
Reposted by Bill Kole
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/rho... why are white evangelicals intertwined with guns? @billkole.bsky.social talked with me about his new book
Rhode Island author William J. Kole on the connection between white evangelicals and guns
Kole investigates American gun culture in his new book ‘In Guns We Trust’
www.oceanstatemedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/rho... why are white evangelicals intertwined with guns? @billkole.bsky.social talked with me about his new book
@writersdigest.bsky.social caught up with me about IN GUNS WE TRUST — out today wherever you buy your books …! #booksky
www.writersdigest.com/william-j-ko...
www.writersdigest.com/william-j-ko...
William J. Kole: Be Bold and Courageous
In this interview, author William J. Kole discusses pulling back the curtain on evangelism and America’s gun crisis in his new book, In Guns We Trust.
www.writersdigest.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@writersdigest.bsky.social caught up with me about IN GUNS WE TRUST — out today wherever you buy your books …! #booksky
www.writersdigest.com/william-j-ko...
www.writersdigest.com/william-j-ko...
