by David Yamane | Aug 4, 2020 | COVID19, Data, gun sales, Guns, The Trace
The fact that gun sales have been off the charts in 2020 is not news, but some were still surprised at the July sales numbers. The newsadvocacy organization The Trace has created an interesting data visualization drawing on NICS data as a proxy for gun sales. I...
by David Yamane | Jul 31, 2020 | Books, COVID19, gender, Gun Culture, Personal Protection, race, review, settler colonialism, sexuality
I have been very fortunate that my job has not been adversely affected in a major way by the COVID19 pandemic this year. Which is not to say that it has been completely unaffected. The already inadequate amount of funding I receive from Wake Forest to conduct my...
by David Yamane | Jun 11, 2020 | Books, emotions, Gun Culture, gun ownership, gun politics, political science
In these trying times, can we at least all agree that guns are politically polarizing in the United States? Not inherently, of course, but they get drawn up into our divisive political system and culture in a profound way. I’m pleased to share political...
by David Yamane | Jun 6, 2020 | COVID19, Duke Center for Firearms Law, gun safety, gun sales, Guns
I was privileged to be invited recently to contribute to an ongoing series of videos produced by the Duke Center for Firearms Law on COVID-19 and guns. I was asked to speak about my approach to studying guns, to speculate about why people are buying guns during the...
by David Yamane | May 28, 2020 | Data, gun ownership, Guns, US Census Bureau
Although I’ve addressed U.S. gun ownership levels previously, I realize that I have done so by looking at percentages of individuals and households rather than numbers. Given changing population sizes (the all important denominator), percentages are usually the...
