by David Yamane | Apr 20, 2022 | common ground, gun violence prevention, Light Over Heat, My Experience, simultaenous proponency, The ANNALS
This week I offer a second reflection on the 2-day workshop I attended at the University of Connecticut in Harford for authors contributing to a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on gun violence. (The first reflection...
by David Yamane | Apr 15, 2022 | Gun Culture, Liberal Gun Club, Podcast
The animating idea of this blog is to speak (primarily) to those who are neither totally bought into the idea of guns nor totally opposed to it. That is, to the gun curious. I recently had the opportunity to chat with just such a person. Mark McNease is a politically...
by David Yamane | Apr 14, 2022 | Firearm Life Plan, Guns, Marian E. Betz, My Experience, responsible gun owners, rights and responsibilities
I had the pleasure of meeting, eating, and chatting with emergency medicine doctor and epidemiologist Marian “Emmy” Betz last week at the authors’ workshop I attended at UCONN-Hartford. I had seen Dr. Betz regularly on Twitter and knew something of...
by David Yamane | Apr 13, 2022 | gun policy, gun violence prevention, Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience, The ANNALS
Last week I attended a workshop at the University of Connecticut in Hartford for authors contributing to a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on gun violence prevention. Of course, my specialty is in gun culture not gun...
by David Yamane | Apr 12, 2022 | Gun Culture, Hunting, My Experience, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Podcast, religion, Reverend Hunter, Tony Jones
In October 2021, I traveled from North Carolina to Vermont to attend and present at the Outdoor Writers Association of America’s (OWAA) annual conference. After flying into Burlington, I had a 90-minute long shuttle bus ride to the Jay Peak Resort, near the...