by David Yamane | Aug 3, 2021 | Data, gun violence prevention, Ted Alcorn
I recently Tweeted for help finding some articles for my Sociology of Guns seminar. Among those who Tweeted back was Ted Alcorn, the founding Director of Research at Everytown for Gun Safety who currently teaches a course called “Gun Violence in the United...
by David Yamane | Jun 23, 2021 | Data, Gun Culture, gun ownership, LGBT, publication, Sociological Perspectives, sociology
For the past 18 months, I have been co-editing, with Trent Steidley of the University of Denver, a special issue of the scholarly journal, Sociological Perspectives. The theme is “A Sociology of Firearms for the 21st Century.” A major goal we had in...
by James Downey | May 19, 2021 | 12 gauge, Anecdotes, ballistics, BBTI, black powder, Blunderbuss, chronograph, Data, Discussion., General Procedures, Hand Mortar, LabRadar, muzzle energy, radar, recoil, shotgun, Shotgun ballistics, Sitting Fox Muzzle Loaders, velocity, Veteran Arms, Wikipedia
Ever hear of a 4 Bore? Here’s the first line from the Wikipedia entry: Four bore or 4 bore is an almost obsolete black powder caliber of the 19th century, used for the hunting of large and potentially dangerous game animals. The term “4 Bore”...
by David Yamane | Apr 29, 2021 | Data, Gun Culture, scholarship, sociology
I have been trying to understand what I call, following gun journalist Michael Bane, Gun Culture 2.0 for over 10 years now. I am currently in a race to finish my book on the topic before Gun Culture 3.0 arrives. I have not yet seen any convincing evidence that...
by David Yamane | Jan 25, 2021 | Advertising, Data, gender, Gun Culture, The American Rifleman, women
TLDR: I just posted a publicly-accessible pre-print of a book chapter, “A Woman’s Place in Gun Advertisements: The American Rifleman, 1920-2019,” co-authored with recent Wake Forest University graduate (and current George Washington University Law...
by David Yamane | Jan 15, 2021 | Data, gun sales, Guns, National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), Trent Steidley
2020 has passed, and with that we can finally start saying how the whole year stacked up compared to previous years in terms of gun sales (or more appropriately “sales” since its pretty much proxies all the way down when it comes to measuring gun sales). Here I am...
