by David Yamane | May 6, 2022 | Guns, Law, My Experience, Robert Leider, Transportation Safety Administration
As I am working on my book proposal, I have been reviewing my career as a gun owner. Over the past 11 years, mistakes have been made. None fatal or physically injurious, thankfully. But mistakes nonetheless. It’s easy for me to dismiss Madison Cawthorn for so...
by David Yamane | May 4, 2022 | Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, Newsy
I was pleased that the online streaming news network “Newsy” asked to interview me for their nightly program “The Why.” They wanted to address the question, “Why is gun culture so prominent in the U.S.?” I thought the introductory package they put together was pretty...
by David Yamane | Apr 27, 2022 | Jonathan Metzl, Light Over Heat, My Experience, negative outcomes, Risk, Will Petty
The idea that guns are a risk factor – for homicide, suicide, accidental death, and injury – was a central idea at the gun violence prevention writers workshop I attended in Hartford earlier this month (see Light Over Heat #15 and Light Over Heat #16). This week I...
by David Yamane | Apr 26, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, firearm injury, gun violence prevention, Guns, homicide, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, suicide
In a recent post, I was critical of a publication in the New England Journal of Medicine called “Crossing Lines–A Change in the Leading Cause of Death among U.S. Children.” Despite the title focusing attention on “children,” the data...
by David Yamane | Apr 20, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, Fear, gun deaths, Guns, New England Journal of Medicine
In my just-released “Light Over Heat” YouTube video, I talk about how I am always looking for common ground in the great gun debates that are stalemated in America, including on gun violence prevention. This, of course, does not mean I simply accept...
