by David Yamane | Jun 1, 2023 | democracy, Gun Culture, Harel Shapira, Light Over Heat, New York Times, Personal Protection, Wake Forest University
On my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel this week, I discuss sociologist Harel Shapira’s opinion essay, “Firearms Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson,” published in the New York Times on 16 May 2023 (gift link here should take you behind the NYT paywall if...
by David Yamane | May 31, 2023 | democracy, Gun Culture, Harel Shapira, Light Over Heat, New York Times, Personal Protection, Wake Forest University
On my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel this week, I discuss sociologist Harel Shapira’s opinion essay, “Firearms Taught Me, and America, a Very Dangerous Lesson,” published in the New York Times on 16 May 2023 (gift link here should take you behind the NYT paywall if...
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 | Oct 31, 2022 | AAPI, Asian Americans, COVID19, Data, gun ownership, Guns, new gun owners, Personal Protection, racism, Risk
As a gunologist, not to mention an Asian-American gun owner, a recent episode of the Red, Blue & Brady podcast on racism against the AAPI community and gun ownership caught my attention. The episode focused on a recently published study by a group of public health...
by David Yamane | Oct 12, 2022 | Defensive Gun Use, Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, Light Over Heat, Personal Protection
Last week I discussed some work I am doing systematizing the dominant academic approach to understanding Gun Culture 2.0, what I call “The Standard Model of Explaining the Irrationality of Defensive Gun Ownership.” The model has 6 points. In this 2nd of 5 planned...
