Pro Guns, Gear, Tactics, Training, Mindset, & Discussion
Social media gives everyone a platform—but not necessarily credibility. The panel discusses critical thinking, instructor qualifications, online tribalism, negative engagement, and separating useful information from confident nonsense.
When someone posts a picture on social media, a lot of information beyond just what is featured in the picture is being shared. If it is one of those horrible “EDC drop” pictures where people are looking for praise and validation but not critical feedback, a lot can be gleaned from that picture. At the … Read more
There is an assumption on both ends of social media – the poster who assumes you understand their frame of reference and the reader who applies their own frame of reference when it may not apply. Sadly, most posters don’t take into consideration the reader probably doesn’t know anything about the poster and make assumptions … Read more
There have been interesting patterns to follow on social media which are guiding some direction of popular culture. He who controls the the lowest common denominator (those who have no reading comprehension, those who apply their own narratives to the title of a video or article but don’t read or watch the content, and those … Read more
Confident firearms advice spreads easily online. Evaluate the evidence, context, incentives, limitations, and relevance before copying the source.
Unless this is your first encounter with Primary & Secondary, you’ll have more than likely noticed mention of ‘dis-information’ in today’s world of social media. In similar fashion has been a ‘Lack of details’ in posts as well as responding comments. The end result, more often than not, is a very to the point and … Read more
Accurate sourcing, honest context, and public corrections make firearms discussions—and Second Amendment advocacy—more credible.
Effective moderators protect technical communities by demanding context and reasoning, correcting misinformation, managing authority, and keeping useful disagreement professional.