by David Yamane | May 15, 2020 | Gun Culture, National Rifle Association, NRATV, scholarship, women
Although I was not a fan of NRATV generally, there were some programs I thought did a good job of trying to “build bridges, not walls.” Among these were shows aimed at incorporating more women in gun culture. So I was excited when I came across an academic article —...
by David Yamane | Apr 29, 2020 | Data, Gun Culture, gun ownership, Matthew Lacombe, National Rifle Association
The political power of the National Rifle Association (NRA) is both frustrating to and badly misunderstood by many of its critics (as I highlighted recently in response to PBS Frontline’s program on the NRA). According to Barnard College political scientist...
by David Yamane | Apr 28, 2020 | Data, Gun Culture, gun ownership, identity, Matthew Lacombe, Pew Research Center
Whenever someone asks me, “Are you a golfer?” I offer a canned response: “No, but I play golf.” I resist the label golfer. To embrace it seems to heighten expectations in an uncomfortable way. The same can be said of the label gun owner. Do I own guns? Yes. Is being a...
by David Yamane | Apr 23, 2020 | Books, internet, scholarship, YouTube
In my work on gun culture, I have systematically avoided collecting systematic data on gun culture online. True, I have spent time with and attended a seminar by YouTube star John Correia of Active Self Protection. But I just don’t have the stomach to wade into...
by David Yamane | Apr 20, 2020 | coronavirus, Data, gun sales, Guns, National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), sociology, Trent Steidley
In his third and final guest post in this series (see his first and second), Trent Steidley takes up the claim that the COVID-19 gun purchasing spree of March 2020 was driven by handgun purchases (a claim I made myself, which helped begin this dialogue). Was March...
