by David Yamane | Feb 9, 2022 | AR platform rifles, Data, Guns, large-capacity magazines, Light Over Heat, National Firearms Survey, William English
In Episode 3 of “Light Over Heat,” I mentioned a 2021 National Firearms Survey by Georgetown University Professor William English. In Episode 6, I discuss a couple of interesting findings in that survey. Among the unique qualities of Professor English’s National...
by David Yamane | Jan 19, 2022 | Data, diversity, gender, gun ownership, Guns, guns are normal, Light Over Heat, National Firearms Survey, race
In this third “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I explore what two 2021 National Firearms Surveys tell us about the diverse and changing face of gun owners today. The first survey, Georgetown business professor William English’s 2021 National...
by David Yamane | Jan 12, 2022 | Data, gun ownership, Guns, guns are normal, Light Over Heat, National Firearms Survey
In this second “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I think about the importance of big denominators in understanding guns and gun owners in the United States, and explain why surveys tend to underestimate the rate of gun ownership. Accounting for...
by David Yamane | Dec 31, 2021 | Data, Defensive Gun Use, gun ownership, Guns, National Firearms Survey, William English
A summary of results from the 2021 National Firearms Survey was posted to the SSRN site back in July. I confess to missing it the first time around because I thought it was the same National Firearms Survey that was fielded by scholars at Northeastern and Harvard...
