by David Yamane | Aug 29, 2023 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
I am excited to be teaching my “Sociology of Guns” seminar at Wake Forest University this fall for the ninth consecutive academic year, dating back to the fall of 2015. Here are some ways you can learn more about the course: [1] A PDF of the syllabus for this...
by David Yamane | Aug 28, 2023 | Data, gun ownership, Guns
I have written previously about how survey research underestimates the rate of gun ownership in the United States. The main sources of “false negatives” (people who own guns but tell survey researchers they do not) are (1) people who don’t want...
by David Yamane | Aug 23, 2023 | diversity, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National African American Gun Association, Philip Smith, race
I attended the first National Convention of the National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) in Atlanta a few weeks ago. On “Light Over Heat” this week, I published the second of two planned videos reflecting on the event. The first video covered what exactly...
by David Yamane | Aug 16, 2023 | diversity, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National African American Gun Association, race
I attended the first National Convention of the National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago. On “Light Over Heat” this week, I published the first of two planned videos reflecting on the event. NAAGA occupies a unique position in...
by David Yamane | Aug 9, 2023 | Cody Firearms Museum, Danny Michael, Gun Culture, Guns, Light Over Heat, Wyoming
I just posted the third and final video for my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel about my recent visit to the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Curator Danny Michael (pictured in the video’s thumbnail) was good enough to...
