by David Yamane | Aug 3, 2022 | Gun Culture, insurrection, January 6, Light Over Heat
After the January 6th storming of the US Capitol Building, I knew that gun owners and gun culture would be blamed. But from the start I have questioned how widely gun owners in general supported this clumsy coup. In this week’s Light Over Heat video I consider some...
by David Yamane | Jan 28, 2021 | crime, Donald Trump, insurrection, Law
In early January 2021, my work was disrupted by a text message from a friend: “They are storming the capitol.” It took me a moment to figure out who “they” were, but I soon made the connection. They were people gathered for the March for Trump rally in Washington, DC....
by David Yamane | Jan 13, 2021 | Donald Trump, Firmin DeBrabander, Gun Culture, gun rights, insurrection, The Atlantic
In the wake of the invasion of the U.S. Capitol Building last week by supporters of President Donald Trump, philosopher Firmin DeBrabander (author of Do Guns Make Us Free? Democracy and the Armed Society) pointed a finger in The Atlantic at the gun rights movement,...
