by David Yamane | Jun 14, 2023 | Duke Center for Firearms Law, Law, Light Over Heat, My Experience, Wyoming Firearms Research Center
In this week’s “Light Over Heat” video, I talk about attending a University of Wyoming School of Law Firearms Research Center and Duke University Center for Firearms Law works-in-progress workshop at Texas A&M Law School in Fort Worth. I benefitted...
by David Yamane | Jun 13, 2023 | Books, Bruen decision, Heller decision, Law, Robert Spitzer
As I have noted previously, I write periodic reviews for CHOICE, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries that provides reviews of scholarly books for people working in higher education, especially librarians. I was recently asked to...
by David Yamane | May 12, 2023 | crime, good guys with guns, Law, negative outcomes, Personal Protection, responsible gun owners
I’ve been spending more time than I would like to recently addressing gun owners shooting people for (seemingly) no good reason. After the recent “hide-and-seek” shooting in Louisiana, I thought about an opinion essay I wrote last summer on why I...
by David Yamane | May 10, 2023 | crime, Everytown, Gun Owners Radio, Law, Light Over Heat, Personal Protection, Stand Your Ground, The Hill
This week on my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel, I address the idea that people can or should “shoot first and ask questions later.” It’s sad that I have to point out that this is garbage, but it seems I do. It is extremely frustrating for me to see people (1) treat...
by David Yamane | Jul 13, 2022 | CNN, gun confiscation, John Meacham, Law, Light Over Heat, Reality Check with John Avlon
In this week’s “Light Over Heat” video, I reflect on the significance of a moment in my interview with CNN’s John Avlon for his show Reality Check in which he asked me a question and I answered, “I don’t know.” This part of our pre-recorded interview was...
by David Yamane | Jul 6, 2022 | Law, Light Over Heat, Permitless Carry, police, police shootings, scholarship
NOTE: Since I recorded this video, I published an analysis of this study and one other study on Stephen Gutowski’s gun news reporting site, The Reload. The article is only available to subscribers, but a subscription is well worth the cost. This week I look at a...
