by David Yamane | Oct 12, 2022 | Defensive Gun Use, Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, Light Over Heat, Personal Protection
Last week I discussed some work I am doing systematizing the dominant academic approach to understanding Gun Culture 2.0, what I call “The Standard Model of Explaining the Irrationality of Defensive Gun Ownership.” The model has 6 points. In this 2nd of 5 planned...
by David Yamane | Oct 5, 2022 | Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, gun ownership, Light Over Heat, Risk
In mid-November, I am presenting at a workshop about firearms and self-defense at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. I am using the occasion to write out something that has been in my mind for some time: Systematizing the dominant academic approach to...
by David Yamane | Sep 21, 2022 | Black Lives Matter, Data, Gun Culture, January 6, Light Over Heat, publication, race
A colleague, Ryan Jerome Lecount of Hamline University, pointed me to a recently published study of how race, support for Black Lives Matter, and gun ownership shape people’s views of protesters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The results are interesting and...
by David Yamane | Sep 13, 2022 | Gun Culture, Liberal Gun Club, new gun owners, Podcast
I recently received an update from the gun curious podcaster I spoke with earlier this year. He has now taken a 4-hour basic handgun course (with live fire) and plans to take additional courses then apply for his New Jersey firearm license. His is an increasingly...
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....
