by David Yamane | Jul 31, 2021 | COVID19, diversity, gun ownership, gun sales, Sociology of Guns Seminar
This module takes up the demographics of gun ownship, the Great Gun Buying Spree of 2020+, and the changing face of American gun owners. We know from many surveys over a long period of time that the statistically average legal gun owner is a middle-aged, politically...
by David Yamane | Jul 28, 2021 | sociology, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Wake Forest University
Everyone approaches the study of and teaching about guns from a particular perspective. My own perspective comes from my involvement in gun culture over the past decade, which has profoundly shifted my perspective on guns and gun owners. Over the years I have refined...
by David Yamane | Jul 26, 2021 | field trip, Guns, Lucky Gunner, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
As I prepare to teach my Sociology of Guns course Version 7.0, I thought I would post as much of the material for the different modules I am teaching this fall as possible. Probably the most unique aspect of this course from the start has been the class trip to the...
by David Yamane | Jul 14, 2021 | COVID19, field trip, ProShots Range, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range
In response to my recent post about prepping for Sociology of Guns V7.0, reader DZ asked: I’m curious. Have any of your students been “triggered” by the range trip? Are any affected emotionally by shooting a firearm for the first time? Have you had students refuse to...
by David Yamane | Jul 13, 2021 | Craig Douglas, John Johnston, Rob Pincus, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
It’s hard to believe that I first taught my “Sociology of Guns” seminar at Wake Forest six years ago, in the fall of 2015. This fall I will teach the course for the seventh time in seven academic years. Although some aspects of the course do not...
by David Yamane | Dec 28, 2020 | Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University
As noted earlier, the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns seminar is for the students to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience with and understanding of guns in light of what they learned in the course (full text of the assignment...
