Thomas Gibbons-Neff
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Correspondent at The New York Times
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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]
about 1 year ago
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John Ismay
6 days ago
“Trump is openly threatening a war crime,” said Ken Roth, a former executive director of
@hrw.org
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Trump’s Threat to Iran Crosses a Line, Rights Experts Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/trump-iran-power-stations.html
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David Yamane
4 months ago
I've been studying American gun culture for 13 years and
@tmgneff.bsky.social
continues to unearth aspects of it I've never heard of. Interesting visuals/text essay on "Clone Shoot
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@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/12...
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Meet American Gun Culture’s Biggest Nerds
Cloners are a growing population of gun enthusiasts who are mostly millennial and Gen Z white men who look like a mix of ’90s nerds, tactical skateboarders and well-armed commandos.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/12/09/us/guns-cloners-usa?unlocked_article_code=1.8E8.yU64.WYwNQM7RBUwb&smid=tw-share
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John Ismay
4 months ago
"A modified version defines the cloning movement: a mixture of Hollywood, history and firearms ingested over the last two decades and distilled down to 'the vibes'.” Nobody covers firearms in America the way
@tmgneff.bsky.social
does. Read his work here
www.nytimes.com/card/2025/12...
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Meet American Gun Culture’s Biggest Nerds
Cloners are a growing population of gun enthusiasts who are mostly millennial and Gen Z white men who look like a mix of ’90s nerds, tactical skateboarders and well-armed commandos.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/12/09/us/guns-cloners-usa
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Molly McKew
5 months ago
Nerdy/extremely cool piece on potential concussive injury from shooting at indoor ranges This applies newer military findings about accumulated blast damage to the brain over time (as especially reported re special operators) Much additional research needed /1
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries (Gift Article)
The Times tested the blast waves of several popular civilian guns at an indoor range and found that repeated firing could add up to potentially harmful exposure.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/03/us/gun-ranges-brain-injuries.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.wwXx.zM6P8NziZyA6&smid=url-share
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Kelly Kennedy
5 months ago
Think twice about shooting indoors. Great reporting from
@tmgneff.bsky.social
Dave Phillipps and Jeremy White
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Gun Blasts From Indoor Shooting May Cause Brain Injuries (Gift Article)
The Times tested the blast waves of several popular civilian guns at an indoor range and found that repeated firing could add up to potentially harmful exposure.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/03/us/gun-ranges-brain-injuries.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yk8.o-hC.Qz_mDdFqB-jL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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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...
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Searching for Meaning at the Thunder Ranch Gun School
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/men-shooting-range-thunder-ranch-guns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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8 months ago
“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...
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He Was Lost. Could He Find Himself in a Shoot House?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/men-shooting-range-thunder-ranch-guns.html
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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...
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Why Americans Are Dressing Like Russian Troops in Oklahoma
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/russia-ukraine-war-military-simulation-oklahoma.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Kk8.vfdj.EeNNfXkN8qFf&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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Ben Quinn
10 months ago
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...
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@tmgneff.bsky.social
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How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Transformed a Fake War in Oklahoma
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/russia-ukraine-war-military-simulation-oklahoma.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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12 months ago
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...
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Gun Owners Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose (Gift Article)
Once thought of as a fringe mind-set, the prepared citizen movement is gaining traction in a world shaped by war, the pandemic and extreme weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/prepared-citizens-guns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.z9l_.5Hco2CYqrSpI&smid=url-share
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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...
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Gun Owners Are Preparing for When All Hell Breaks Loose (Gift Article)
Once thought of as a fringe mind-set, the prepared citizen movement is gaining traction in a world shaped by war, the pandemic and extreme weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/prepared-citizens-guns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.OxaF.kn5StPfWmyV5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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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.
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OSD 315: The best new gun publication in 2025 is … The New York Times
The New York Times ran a profile of Rooftop Defense on Saturday.
https://open.substack.com/pub/opensourcedefense/p/osd-315-the-best-new-gun-publication?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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...
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The New American Gun Store: Grips, Grenade Launchers and Ramen Noodles (Gift Article)
A new crop of retailers is profiting more from limited-edition accessories that sell out in minutes, and promoting lifestyle gear to women, minority gun owners and the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/us/gun-stores-women-lgbtq.html?unlocked_article_code=1.004.g1Xp.bzPURtO865Um&smid=tw-share
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The new American gun store is accessory focused and caters to customers obsessed with customizing AR-15s
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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The New American Gun Store: Grips, Grenade Launchers and Ramen Noodles
A new crop of retailers is profiting more from limited-edition accessories that sell out in minutes, and promoting lifestyle gear to women, minority gun owners and the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/us/gun-stores-women-lgbtq.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 1 year ago
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An essay that hopefully explains my approach to this new beat, and my relationship to guns over the years.
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Picking Up My Rifle Once More as I Cover Guns in America
A reporter and former infantryman in Afghanistan had let his AR-15, used for target shooting, collect dust. Then he began writing about gun culture.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/insider/guns-america-ar-15.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 year ago
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A story about GunTube, a subculture that is changing how younger generations relate to firearms in the US
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How YouTube Is Changing American Gun Culture
Influencers known as guntubers are delving into the world of firearms, showing viewers everything from how to shoot to how to modify an AR-15.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/gun-youtube-firearm-videos.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 year ago
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Hi there, I cover gun culture in the US for The New York Times. Any tips, jokes or death threats email me at
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