by David Yamane | Mar 8, 2023 | American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Data, diversity, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat
I have presented my work dozens of times in the 30 years since my first academic conference presentation in 1992. I had never missed a scheduled presentation until this year, when I could not attend a session (organized by Nicholas Buttrick and including Tara Warner...
by David Yamane | Nov 9, 2022 | Data, gender, Gun Culture 2.0, gun ownership, Light Over Heat, psychology of guns, race, social class, The Standard Model
This video concludes my ongoing series 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.” Here I engage the 5th of the model’s 5 points: That...
by David Yamane | Nov 2, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, Gun Culture 2.0, homicide, Light Over Heat, public health, Risk, suicide
This video continues my ongoing series 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.” Here I engage the 4th of the model’s 5 points: Based on...
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 26, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, Gun Culture 2.0, homicide, Light Over Heat, public health, Risk, suicide
This video continues last week’s video on how scholars, especially public health scholars, see guns as adding to the risk of negative outcomes. This is part of my ongoing series systematizing the dominant academic approach to understanding Gun Culture 2.0, what I call...
by David Yamane | Oct 19, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, Gun Culture 2.0, homicide, Light Over Heat, public health, Risk, suicide
This video continues my series 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, and in this 3rd video, I discuss point 3:...
