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...
by David Yamane | Jun 22, 2022 | Ackerman-McQueen, Defensive Gun Use, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, National Rifle Association, Texas
NOTE: An earlier, abbreviated version of this text appeared as an opinion essay in the Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News & Observer on June 16, 2022. I am a defensive gun owner and a sociologist who has been studying American gun culture for a decade now. One of the...
by David Yamane | Dec 31, 2021 | Data, Defensive Gun Use, gun ownership, Guns, National Firearms Survey, William English
A summary of results from the 2021 National Firearms Survey was posted to the SSRN site back in July. I confess to missing it the first time around because I thought it was the same National Firearms Survey that was fielded by scholars at Northeastern and Harvard...
by David Yamane | Apr 11, 2020 | Data, Defensive Gun Use, Devin Hughes, gun violence prevention, Guns, Stand Your Ground
GVPedia (“Gun Violence Prevention” media) was created by Devin Hughes after his blog project with Evan DeFilippis, “Armed with Reason,” ran its course. Both projects have sought to “arms policymakers, advocates, and the public with facts...
by JohnW | Apr 26, 2019 | Active Self Protection, Alessandro Padovani, Defensive Gun Use, Education, LGC Blog
Drills, Drills, Drills. The day progressed through a series of skill building exercises based on the unpredictable nature of self-defense. Alessandro’s curriculum integrates situational awareness with practical marksmanship and manipulations with the sidearm....
