by David Yamane | Sep 28, 2022 | Light Over Heat, Shooting, Texas
For my 40th consecutive weekly video, a light(-hearted) take: An anthropological expedition to the heart of deep red Texas in search of the elusive species known as the Liberal Gun Owner. Please enjoy! Thanks to Randy Miyan, Executive Director of the Liberal Gun...
by David Yamane | Sep 26, 2022 | gun politics, liberals, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
This is the sixth of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2022 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1 and reflection #2 and reflection #3 and reflection #4 and reflection #5). The assignment to which students are responding can be...
by David Yamane | Sep 22, 2022 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
This is the fifth of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2022 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1 and reflection #2 and reflection #3 and reflection #4). The assignment to which students are responding can be found here. I am...
by David Yamane | Sep 21, 2022 | Black Lives Matter, Data, Gun Culture, January 6, Light Over Heat, publication, race
A colleague, Ryan Jerome Lecount of Hamline University, pointed me to a recently published study of how race, support for Black Lives Matter, and gun ownership shape people’s views of protesters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The results are interesting and...
by David Yamane | Sep 19, 2022 | Kenya, race, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
This is the fourth of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2022 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1 and reflection #2 and reflection #3). The assignment to which students are responding can be found here. I am grateful to these...
