by David Yamane | Feb 16, 2022 | gun safety, Light Over Heat
Gun safety is something that people on all sides of the Great Gun Debates in America agree is important. But I find different understandings of “safety” in play when people discuss guns. As I have noted previously, people within the gun culture tend to focus on safety...
by David Yamane | Feb 9, 2022 | AR platform rifles, Data, Guns, large-capacity magazines, Light Over Heat, National Firearms Survey, William English
In Episode 3 of “Light Over Heat,” I mentioned a 2021 National Firearms Survey by Georgetown University Professor William English. In Episode 6, I discuss a couple of interesting findings in that survey. Among the unique qualities of Professor English’s National...
by David Yamane | Feb 8, 2022 | Gun Culture, human-weapon relationship, LGO Lens, Liberal Gun Club, liberals, Randy Miyan
Recently, without fanfare equivalent to its significance, the Liberal Gun Owners launched a new website, LGO Lens. The site is a content hub on which people can access blog posts, learn more about the LGO and allied organizations, link to the Liberal Gun Owners Lens...
by David Yamane | Feb 2, 2022 | Concealed Carry Revolution, Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, Light Over Heat, Permitless Carry, Personal Protection
In last week’s video on Gun Culture 2.0, I mentioned the “Concealed Carry Revolution” as establishing an important aspect of the legal environment within which people practice armed self-defense today. In this fifth “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video,...
by David Yamane | Jan 26, 2022 | diversity, Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, Light Over Heat
In this fourth “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I discuss the concept of Gun Culture 2.0, the self-defense core of American gun culture today. I have been developing the concept and studying the phenomenon for over 10 years now, posting hundreds of...
