by David Yamane | Apr 6, 2021 | gun safety, Guns, Michael Anestis, Risk, safe storage, suicide
I just finished a draft of my book chapter on “Pascal’s Wager and Firearms.” It’s all about risk, risk assessment, and risk management in relation to firearms. From there I am rolling into a chapter on negative outcomes, which will of course highlight the work of the...
by David Yamane | Mar 18, 2021 | Jonathan Metzl, My Experience, Risk
I am a risk-averse person. When a friend from high school told me he was thinking of leaving his secure job with an established software company to join a startup, I thought it was too risky. He had a young family to worry about and the startup’s business model was...
by David Yamane | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Evidence that many people may be withdrawing their financial support for the National Rifle Association given its recent troubles. Trent Steidley 2020 was a gangbusters year for gun sales with a likely 20 million total gun sales. And the gun industry has been willing...
by David Yamane | Feb 7, 2021 | Gun Culture, Guns, My Experience
Yesterday was the second anniversary of this blog. I began Gun Curious as a complement to my longer-running Gun Culture 2.0 blog because I wanted an outlet for my observations on guns and gun culture that would be of interest to those who simply wanted to know or...
by David Yamane | Feb 6, 2021 | gunpowder, Guns, Quote of the Day, Thomas Jefferson
Formerly, bodily powers gave place among the aristoi. But since the invention of gunpowder has armed the weak as well as the strong with missile death, bodily strength, like beauty, good humor, politeness and other accomplishments, has become but an auxiliary ground...
