by David Yamane | Jun 1, 2023 | democracy, Gun Culture, Harel Shapira, Light Over Heat, New York Times, Personal Protection, Wake Forest University
On my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel this week, I discuss sociologist Harel Shapira’s opinion essay, “Firearms Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson,” published in the New York Times on 16 May 2023 (gift link here should take you behind the NYT paywall if...
by David Yamane | May 31, 2023 | democracy, Gun Culture, Harel Shapira, Light Over Heat, New York Times, Personal Protection, Wake Forest University
On my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel this week, I discuss sociologist Harel Shapira’s opinion essay, “Firearms Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson,” published in the New York Times on 16 May 2023 (gift link here should take you behind the NYT paywall if...
by David Yamane | May 26, 2023 | Avidity Arms, congregational security, Gun Culture, Liberal Gun Club, Lutheran Ethicists' Network, My Experience, National African American Gun Association, Rob Pincus, Vail Symposium, Wake Forest University, Wyoming Firearms Research Center
I’ve had some personal and professional setbacks so far in 2023, but I’ve also had some amazing opportunities to bring light to culture war over guns in America. I’m grateful for that. In this post, I want to share some of what I have planned for the...
by David Yamane | May 18, 2023 | California, Gun Culture, My Experience, Open Source Shooting Sports, Trish Sargentini
“It’s fun. It’s a sport. And it’s a skill.” Participant in Open Source Shooting Sports range event It’s no secret that early in my research on American gun culture, I took Michael Bane’s idea of a Gun Culture 2.0 and brought...
by David Yamane | Apr 6, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Google Bard, Gun Culture, guns are normal
The Dana Carvey SNL character “Grumpy Old Man” has always been a favorite of mine, especially the tagline, “I like things the way they used to be.” Now, I am not a full-on Luddite when it comes to technology. I got my first computer (Apple IIc)...
by David Yamane | Mar 8, 2023 | American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Data, diversity, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
I have presented my work dozens of times in the 30 years since my first academic conference presentation in 1992. I had never missed a scheduled presentation until this year, when I could not attend a session (organized by Nicholas Buttrick and including Tara Warner...
