by David Yamane | Sep 8, 2021 | Gun Culture, Law, race
Found on the Duke Center for Firearms Law blog, a new 20 minute film history of the Second Amendment set in the context of US history leading up to the Heller and McDonald decisions. Commentators include Alan Gura, Robert Cottrol, Adam Winkler, Theodore Olson, and...
by David Yamane | Jul 29, 2021 | African Americans, Gun Culture, gun ownership, race, Wake Forest University
I was recently querying Academic Twitter about peer-reviewed social scientific publications on non-deviant African American gun owners to assign in the module on race in my Sociology of Guns seminar (more on that module forthcoming). I was disheartened but not...
by David Yamane | Jun 23, 2021 | Data, Gun Culture, gun ownership, LGBT, publication, Sociological Perspectives, sociology
For the past 18 months, I have been co-editing, with Trent Steidley of the University of Denver, a special issue of the scholarly journal, Sociological Perspectives. The theme is “A Sociology of Firearms for the 21st Century.” A major goal we had in...
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 | Apr 29, 2021 | Data, Gun Culture, scholarship, sociology
I have been trying to understand what I call, following gun journalist Michael Bane, Gun Culture 2.0 for over 10 years now. I am currently in a race to finish my book on the topic before Gun Culture 3.0 arrives. I have not yet seen any convincing evidence that...
