by David Yamane | Aug 24, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
In last week’s and this week’s Light Over Heat videos, I lay out my Top 10 books on guns in America. This week I cover books #5 to #1. See below for the list and links. Books #5 to #1 of my Top 10: 5. Barrett, Paul M. 2012. Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun. New...
by David Yamane | Aug 17, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
In this week’s and next week’s Light Over Heat videos, I lay out my Top 10 books on guns in America. This week I cover books #10 to #6. See below for the list and links. Books #10 to #6 of my Top 10: (10) Newton, George D., and Franklin E. Zimring. 1969....
by David Yamane | Aug 10, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National Rifle Association
In this week’s Light Over Heat video, I discuss four books on the National Rifle Association (NRA) in light of two persistent myths. First, that the NRA was a benign, apolitical sportsmans organization prior to the Revolt at Cincinnati in 1977. Second, that the NRA is...
by David Yamane | Dec 5, 2021 | Books, National Rifle Association, Tim Mak
Before I had a chance to read it myself, I had been hearing good things from reform minded NRA members about Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA by NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak. I’ve now had a chance to read the book in full. Despite some small...
by David Yamane | Dec 4, 2021 | Books, Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, publication
As mentioned the other day, I have finally gotten the pitch for my book on Gun Culture 2.0 into the hands of some literary agents. Now the waiting game begins. In the mean time, below you will find the provisional table of contents for the book to whet your appetite....
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...
