by David Yamane | Sep 28, 2022 | Light Over Heat, Shooting, Texas
For my 40th consecutive weekly video, a light(-hearted) take: An anthropological expedition to the heart of deep red Texas in search of the elusive species known as the Liberal Gun Owner. Please enjoy! Thanks to Randy Miyan, Executive Director of the Liberal Gun...
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 | Aug 31, 2022 | Light Over Heat, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
In this week’s Light Over Heat video, I talk about teaching my Sociology of Guns seminar at Wake Forest University for the 8th consecutive year. For much more information about previous versions of the course and to follow course developments this semester, see...
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....
by David Yamane | Aug 10, 2022 | Books, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National Rifle Association
In this week’s Light Over Heat video, I discuss four books on the National Rifle Association (NRA) in light of two persistent myths. First, that the NRA was a benign, apolitical sportsmans organization prior to the Revolt at Cincinnati in 1977. Second, that the NRA is...
