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 | Jul 27, 2022 | diversity, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
In this week’s Light Over Heat video I discuss diversity in American gun culture, both the diversity of different gun subcultures that exist today beyond the self-defense-oriented Gun Culture 2.0 and diversity within Gun Culture 2.0. This diversity sets the stage for...
by David Yamane | Jul 20, 2022 | Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
This is my 30th consecutive weekly episode of “Light Over Heat”! Because I am seeing more people watching these videos coming from outside my existing social networks, I thought I would celebrate #30 by giving a brief overview of my approach to American gun culture...
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...
by David Yamane | Jun 29, 2022 | Andrew Morral, Duke Center for Firearms Law, Law, Light Over Heat, RAND Corporation
In this week’s video, I talk about my experience attending a works-in-progress workshop at the Duke Center for Firearms Law. One of the best parts of this workshop is the diversity of perspectives represented. This year, it ranged from an attorney for the National...
