by David Yamane | Apr 6, 2022 | Guns, Homo Sapiens Projectile Club, human-weapon relationship, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Randy Miyan, Top Shot
In Light Over Heat Ep 11, I wore a Homo Sapiens Projectile Club t-shirt. You can buy the t-shirt or hoodie in the Liberal Gun Owners online store. The idea underlying the t-shirt can be found in Pillar 1 of The Liberal Gun Owners Lens. This is the first of 4 planned...
by David Yamane | Mar 30, 2022 | Brian Hill, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Personal Protection, The Complete Combatant, Tim Larkin
In Light Over Heat Ep 12, I talked about how violence can be virtuous and my life-altering realization that I might need to use it to protect my children or myself. A commentator on that video distinguished between violence being virtuous and violence being desirable....
by David Yamane | Mar 25, 2022 | COVID19, Data, Gun Culture, gun ownership, gun policy, National Opinion Research Center, new gun owners, race
Like many, I have been touting the changing face of gun owners, especially in connection with the great gun buying spree of 2020+. I have discussed this in Discourse Magazine in February 2021, at the Outdoor Writers Association of American annual conference in October...
by David Yamane | Mar 23, 2022 | Light Over Heat, My Experience, Personal Protection
In Light Over Heat Ep 11, I mentioned that some people address their needs via outsourcing, including outsourcing their violence to others like the police. Related to this is the fact that there are many people who have little-to-no direct experience using violence....
by David Yamane | Mar 16, 2022 | Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience
In Episode 9 of “Light Over Heat,” I discussed guns as tools, and quoted a Forbes magazine writer who criticized guns by way of an analogy to chainsaws: Some people say guns are tools — but nobody buys 10 chain saws in varying colors and speeds.Elizabeth MacBride,...
