by David Yamane | Apr 20, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, Fear, gun deaths, Guns, New England Journal of Medicine
In my just-released “Light Over Heat” YouTube video, I talk about how I am always looking for common ground in the great gun debates that are stalemated in America, including on gun violence prevention. This, of course, does not mean I simply accept...
by David Yamane | Apr 14, 2022 | Firearm Life Plan, Guns, Marian E. Betz, My Experience, responsible gun owners, rights and responsibilities
I had the pleasure of meeting, eating, and chatting with emergency medicine doctor and epidemiologist Marian “Emmy” Betz last week at the authors’ workshop I attended at UCONN-Hartford. I had seen Dr. Betz regularly on Twitter and knew something of...
by David Yamane | Apr 13, 2022 | gun policy, gun violence prevention, Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience, The ANNALS
Last week I attended a workshop at the University of Connecticut in Hartford for authors contributing to a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on gun violence prevention. Of course, my specialty is in gun culture not gun...
by David Yamane | Apr 6, 2022 | Guns, Homo Sapiens Projectile Club, human-weapon relationship, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Randy Miyan, Top Shot
In Light Over Heat Ep 11, I wore a Homo Sapiens Projectile Club t-shirt. You can buy the t-shirt or hoodie in the Liberal Gun Owners online store. The idea underlying the t-shirt can be found in Pillar 1 of The Liberal Gun Owners Lens. This is the first of 4 planned...
by David Yamane | Mar 16, 2022 | Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience
In Episode 9 of “Light Over Heat,” I discussed guns as tools, and quoted a Forbes magazine writer who criticized guns by way of an analogy to chainsaws: Some people say guns are tools — but nobody buys 10 chain saws in varying colors and speeds.Elizabeth MacBride,...
by David Yamane | Mar 2, 2022 | Guns, lethality, Light Over Heat, Open Source Defense, Tom Givens
People in the gun culture often talk about guns as tools, and those outside gun culture reject the idea that guns are just another tool. As is often the case with guns, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. In Episode 9 of “Light Over Heat,” I argue that guns are...
