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Mar 12

Nieman Reports: McWhirter on the writing of American Gun

In the latest issue of Nieman Reports, Cameron McWhirter writes about why he and co-author Zusha Elinson, both U.S. news reporters for...

Mar 10

Thank You Tucson Festival of Books

Crowds of eager, thoughtful readers, fascinating authors working in a wide range of genres, and wonderful weather -- all unfolding in...

Mar 6

McWhirter @ Tucson Festival of Books this weekend

Looking forward to this weekend's Tucson Festival of Books! On Saturday morning (March 9), at 10 a.m., I'll join a panel w/ Jennifer...

Feb 28

American Gun shortlisted for a J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize

We're thrilled that American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 has been shortlisted for a J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. The prize is given...

Feb 24

Ex-NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre ordered to Pay More Than $4 Million Back to Gun-Rights Group

It's a stunning downfall for LaPierre, 74 years old, who helmed the powerful National Rifle Association for decades. In the New York...

Feb 21

American Gun is a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 has been chosen as a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. McWhirter and Elinson are...

Feb 11

THANK YOU, LAGRANGE

Thanks to Pretty Good Books, a great bookstore in beautiful building (an old church and former funeral home) in downtown LaGrange,...

Feb 5

KpCW, public radio in Utah, interviews McWhirter about American Gun

Thanks to Doug Wells and Roger Goldman, hosts of KPCW's "Mountain Money" in Utah, for interviewing McWhirter about American Gun: The True...

Jan 23

American Gun Book Talk in LaGrange, GA, on Feb. 10

Cameron McWhirter, co-author of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, will talk Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. at Pretty Good Books in LaGrange,...

Jan 23

McWhirter interview on TFTC Podcast about American Gun

Thanks to Bob Nebel, host of the Atlanta-based "Tales from The Corners" podcast, for speaking with Cameron McWhirter about American Gun:...

Jan 19

DOJ report on Uvalde shooting documents a "cascade of failures"

The U.S. Justice Department report on the Uvalde shooting documented a host of failures by local law enforcement and others to the...

Jan 13

Feds to seek death penalty for racist Buffalo shooter who used AR-15

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket...

Jan 7

#OTD in 1959, Colt buys rights to the AR-15

On January 7, 1959, the firearms maker Colt acquired manufacturing and sublicensing rights to the AR-15 and AR-10 rifle's gas...

Jan 6

Jan. 6 and the AR-15

#OTD The Jan. 6th riot took place at the nation's Capitol in 2021. As described in American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, the AR-15...

Dec 27, 2023

Prague Shooter used an AR-10 rifle, similar to the AR-15

The gunman who committed the mass shooting at Prague’s Charles University used an AR-style rifle — the second mass shooting in Europe...

Dec 17, 2023

The faulty M16 rifle in Vietnam and Mattel's toy gun

As the US ramped up its involvement in the Vietnam War, the Pentagon ordered tens of thousands of military versions of AR-15s, renamed...

Dec 16, 2023

Library Journal reviews Audiobook of "meticulously researched" American Gun

Library Journal has reviewed the audiobook of American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15, read by Roger Wayne, declaring the work...

Dec 11, 2023

Traci Thomas of The Stacks Podcast picks American Gun

Traci Thomas, host of the popular "The Stacks" podcast has chosen American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 for her list of the best...

Dec 1, 2023

A GENERAL, WATERMELONS AND THE AR-15

A key moment in the history of the AR-15 rifle — an event that led to the gun’s ultimate adoption by the U.S. military — came on July 4,...

Nov 26, 2023

Biden's Blunt Remark about the 1994 Assault-Weapons Ban

During intense negotiations in 1994 about the large crime package and an attached assault-weapons ban, then-Senator Joe Biden of Delaware...

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