by David Yamane | May 17, 2022 | diversity, My Experience, Van Jones, Wake Forest University
Graduation ceremonies always lift my spirits, so after a tough weekend confronting the reality of white supremacist hate in America, I was glad to be able to set that aside and recognize the achievements of over 1,000 Wake Forest University undergraduates (including...
by David Yamane | Jan 26, 2022 | diversity, Gun Culture, Gun Culture 2.0, Light Over Heat
In this fourth “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I discuss the concept of Gun Culture 2.0, the self-defense core of American gun culture today. I have been developing the concept and studying the phenomenon for over 10 years now, posting hundreds of...
by David Yamane | Jan 19, 2022 | Data, diversity, gender, gun ownership, Guns, guns are normal, Light Over Heat, National Firearms Survey, race
In this third “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I explore what two 2021 National Firearms Surveys tell us about the diverse and changing face of gun owners today. The first survey, Georgetown business professor William English’s 2021 National...
by David Yamane | Dec 20, 2021 | diversity, 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. Here is the seventh of...
by David Yamane | Oct 7, 2021 | COVID19, diversity, Gun Culture, gun sales, new gun owners, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Personal Protection
I was fortunate to be asked to present on “Guns in America” at the annual conference of the Outdoor Writers Association of America yesterday (6 October 2021). I discussed “Gun Culture 2.0 and the Changing Face of Gun Owners in America.” I was fairly certain that the...
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...
