by Kyle | Jun 26, 2023 | 2nd Amendment, gun policy, gun politics, gun rights, gun safety, gun violence prevention, guns are normal, LGC Blog, Press Release, Root Cause Mitigation
Several groups including the Michigan Chapter of the Liberal Gun Club, working with Progress MI, developed a root cause mitigation platform to address all forms of violent crime by addressing the various causes of crime instead of infringing upon the Constitutionally...
by David Yamane | Jun 15, 2023 | Books, conservatism, democracy, gun politics, gun rights, gun stores, Guns, Jennifer Carlson
I was asked to review Jennifer Carlson’s new book, Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2023) for the International Sociological Association’s journal, International Sociology Reviews. I am...
by David Yamane | May 31, 2022 | Gun Culture, gun rights, Light Over Heat, mass public shooting, Newsy
I was invited on Newsy’s Morning Rush to talk about American gun culture, mass shootings, and gun control in the Wake of the Uvalde shootings. As usual, I find myself trying to capture the complex reality of guns in the United States, and pointing out ways in...
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 | Aug 3, 2021 | gun rights, injury, Rob Pincus, Sociology of Guns Seminar, suicide
With Module 8 the course shifts its attention to what could generally be called negative outcomes with firearms: injury and death, both suicide (Module 8) and homicide (Module 9), as well as issues surrounding police use of force (Module 10). I am particularly...
by Kendra Parris | May 18, 2021 | gun rights, Legal Issues, LGC Blog, Members, Press Release
As a constitutional attorney, nothing annoys me more than when a federal court makes cooing noises about its respect for individual rights while still ruling against those rights. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh does this frequently — like when he...
