Thunder Ranch is one of the best-known shooting schools in American gun culture, offering firearms as a way to change your life when all else fails.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...

“There has to be something better than waking up every goddamn day and feeling like you’re doing nothing"

A remarkable story about trying to find meaning and purpose in a kill house, by @tmgneff.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...

One thing worth pointing out, the real war is less about the reality of it, and more of an aesthetic palate of which these participants pick from. Whether that’s the type of uniforms, body armor etc.

Americans cosplaying as Russian soldiers in the middle of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a strange sight to behold, but checks out. Many Americans were disconnected from their own 20 year war.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

Fascinating on the surreal existence of war nerds (‘high school kids with Z taped to pacpacks’) cosplaying the Russia-Ukraine war in the US
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u... via @tmgneff.bsky.social

Gift link to a good & fair article on "Prepared Citizens" in @nytimes.com by @tmgneff.bsky.social that looks at developments in Gun Culture 2.0. Is it Gun Culture 2.5? Gun Culture 3.0? Whatever it is, it's interesting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

A look at the prepared citizen movement in the gun space. Really strikes me as a need for community outside traditional, and older pillars of gun ownership such as rifle clubs and the NRA www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

Wild to see this shout from open source defense and I hope our coverage continues to be palatable to both sides of the US gun spectrum.

The New American Gun Store: Grips, Grenade Launchers and Ramen Noodles. Interesting story by @tmgneff.bsky.social in @nytimes.com yesterday.

GIFT LINK TO ARTICLE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

The new American gun store is accessory focused and caters to customers obsessed with customizing AR-15s www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

An essay that hopefully explains my approach to this new beat, and my relationship to guns over the years.

A story about GunTube, a subculture that is changing how younger generations relate to firearms in the US

Hi there, I cover gun culture in the US for The New York Times. Any tips, jokes or death threats email me at [email protected]