by David Yamane | Dec 2, 2021 | Chris Cheng, David French, Gun Culture, Kyle Rittenhouse, Podcast, Stephen Gutowski, Tim Mak
In his excellent book, The Gun Gap, political scientist Mark Joslyn highlights the ways in which gun owners and non-owners live in very different social worlds. For example, non-owners are much more likely than owners to say none of their friends own guns....
by David Yamane | Nov 30, 2021 | Books, Gun Culture, My Experience, publication
I stepped out of the social media fray for a few days this past weekend to commemorate the moment when my wife Sandy and I committed our lives to each other at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in 2013. But I didn’t stop working on my book, provisionally titled...
by David Yamane | Nov 2, 2021 | Guns, scholarship, sociology
Although the printed journal is not due out until February 2022, by the magic of the internet, the articles appearing in the special issue of Sociological Perspectives that I co-edited are now available online (though mostly pay-walled, sorry). The Special Issue...
by David Yamane | Oct 8, 2021 | Books, Concealed Carry Revolution, gun rights, Personal Protection
I am very happy to announce that the Updated Edition of my small (92 page) book on the history and current status of concealed carry laws in the United States is now fully available online via Amazon. This includes the paperback with free 2-day Prime shipping for...
by David Yamane | Oct 7, 2021 | COVID19, diversity, Gun Culture, gun sales, new gun owners, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Personal Protection
I was fortunate to be asked to present on “Guns in America” at the annual conference of the Outdoor Writers Association of America yesterday (6 October 2021). I discussed “Gun Culture 2.0 and the Changing Face of Gun Owners in America.” I was fairly certain that the...
