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 | May 30, 2021 | Books, Concealed Carry Revolution, Gun Culture
It’s been a couple of weeks since I announced the availability of my small book on the history and current status of concealed carry in the United States. I picked a terrible time to launch the book because I took off for a 4,000 mile drive from NC to California...
by David Yamane | May 12, 2021 | Books, Concealed Carry Revolution, Gun Culture, gun rights, Law, scholarship
Despite the profound significance of the issue, no comprehensive but concise history of concealed carry laws in the United States yet exists. Concealed Carry Revolution seeks to fill this gap. It is available right now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or by special...
by David Yamane | Jan 14, 2021 | Books, Buy Me A Coffee, Concealed Carry Revolution, Gun Culture, My Experience, Teespring
I am trying to break the grip the current moment has on my attention, and thought a good way to do that would be to have a brief look at my year ahead. For the spring semester, I am on a research leave, meaning I am excused from my normal teaching and service...
by David Yamane | Dec 16, 2020 | Books, gun politics, Kennett and Anderson, Law
So began four years of the voluminous debate over the gun and its place in American life, fully documented in 4,000 pages of congressional hearings and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. It was to be a tedious and repetitive dialogue of the deaf. — On gun...
by David Yamane | Dec 15, 2020 | Books, france, Guns, militia, Quote of the Day
Louis XIV in 1864 by Hyacinthe Rigaud, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The disarming of the militia was part of the monarchy’s long effort to disarm its subjects, especially its potentially troublesome ones. . . . In the interest of public order, minority groups...
