by David Yamane | Aug 24, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
In last week’s and this week’s Light Over Heat videos, I lay out my Top 10 books on guns in America. This week I cover books #5 to #1. See below for the list and links. Books #5 to #1 of my Top 10: 5. Barrett, Paul M. 2012. Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun. New...
by David Yamane | Aug 17, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
In this week’s and next week’s Light Over Heat videos, I lay out my Top 10 books on guns in America. This week I cover books #10 to #6. See below for the list and links. Books #10 to #6 of my Top 10: (10) Newton, George D., and Franklin E. Zimring. 1969....
by David Yamane | Aug 11, 2022 | Advertising, Data, Gun Culture, Journal of Macromarketing, scholarship, Terrence Witkowski
I have published a few articles/book chapters on gun advertising. My first was an analysis of the rise of Gun Culture 2.0 as reflected in The American Rifleman. I replicated that study using Guns magazine. And most recently examined the portrayal of women (and men) in...
by David Yamane | Aug 10, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National Rifle Association
In this week’s Light Over Heat video, I discuss four books on the National Rifle Association (NRA) in light of two persistent myths. First, that the NRA was a benign, apolitical sportsmans organization prior to the Revolt at Cincinnati in 1977. Second, that the NRA is...
by David Yamane | Aug 3, 2022 | Gun Culture, insurrection, January 6, Light Over Heat
After the January 6th storming of the US Capitol Building, I knew that gun owners and gun culture would be blamed. But from the start I have questioned how widely gun owners in general supported this clumsy coup. In this week’s Light Over Heat video I consider some...
