by David Yamane | Aug 4, 2021 | crime, homicide, injury, Sociology of Guns Seminar
I include the modifier “criminal” here, because descriptively homicide means causing the death of another person. This would include legally justifiable killing (e.g., in self-defense). Some who study “gun violence” actually do not distinguish...
by David Yamane | Aug 4, 2021 | crime, homicide, injury, Sociology of Guns Seminar
I include the modifier “criminal” here, because descriptively homicide means causing the death of another person. This would include legally justifiable killing (e.g., in self-defense). Some who study “gun violence” actually do not distinguish...
by David Yamane | Aug 3, 2021 | gun rights, injury, Rob Pincus, Sociology of Guns Seminar, suicide
With Module 8 the course shifts its attention to what could generally be called negative outcomes with firearms: injury and death, both suicide (Module 8) and homicide (Module 9), as well as issues surrounding police use of force (Module 10). I am particularly...
by David Yamane | Aug 2, 2021 | gender, gun ownership, hegemonic masculinity, LGBT, sexuality, Sociology of Guns Seminar, women
Module 6 is not covered in these posts because it is a work week for students as I will be presenting on Gun Culture 2.0 at the Outdoor Writers Association of America annual conference in Vermont that week. Recognizing that the four parts of the Holy Quaternity of...
by David Yamane | Aug 1, 2021 | African Americans, gun ownership, race, Sociology of Guns Seminar
Modules 5, 6, and 7 of Sociology of Guns focus on three of the four parts of the Holy Quaternity of sociology: race, gender, and sexuality (we touch some on social class, too). There is no shortage of writing about how gun owners are racist, but my interest in this...
by David Yamane | Aug 1, 2021 | Concealed Carry Revolution, John Johnston, Sociology of Guns Seminar
The liberalization of concealed carry laws over the past several decades represents a dramatic expansion of the right to bear arms in the United States. It is an integral aspect of contemporary defensive gun culture and facilitates the ongoing development of Gun...
