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Jan 4

McWhirter talks about American Gun and the AR-15 on "America Trends" Podcast

Larry Rifkin, host of the long-running "America Trends" podcast, spoke at length with Cameron McWhirter, co-author of American Gun: The...

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...

Nov 20, 2023

McWhirter on Word Balloon podcast to talk about American Gun

Thanks to John Siuntres, host of the comics and culture podcast "Word Balloon," for having Cameron McWhirter on the show to talk about...

Nov 16, 2023

McWhirter talks American Gun on C-SPAN BookTV panel at Texas Book Festival

Cameron McWhirter spoke at the Texas Book Festival on a panel with author/journalist Jeff Sharlet and Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief...

Nov 8, 2023

Five key insights from American Gun for "Next Big Idea Club"

Panio Gianopoulous over at the Next Big Idea Club asked McWhirter and Elinson to present five key insights from American Gun: The True...

Oct 23, 2023

Colin Dickey in The New Republic: American Gun is a "lucid,""Well-Researched and -reported work."

Colin Dickey, author of Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places and other excellent books, has penned an insightful review of...

Oct 16, 2023

The Secret Deal to place a rifle in a videogame

How did a real rifle become one of the most popular guns in Call of Duty? Through a secret deal with the videogame maker, according to...

Oct 5, 2023

Apple News podcast talks with McWhirter and Elinson about American Gun

On the "Apple News In Conversation" podcast, host Shumita Basu sat down in a New York studio to talk with Cameron McWhirter and Zusha...

Sep 27, 2023

The Atlantic publishes an essay adapted from American Gun

The Atlantic published "The Creator of the AR-15 Didn’t See This Coming," an essay by Elinson and McWhirter adapted from American Gun:...

Jun 25, 2023

OTD in 1918: Belleau Wood

On this day in 1918, U.S. Marines at Belleau Wood in France gained significant ground in their push to drive back a German offensive...