by David Yamane | Mar 12, 2020 | Gun Culture, gun rights, gun safety, National Rifle Association
Motivated by those who would reduce gun culture in the United States to the National Rifle Association (NRA), I have tried as much as possible to think and write about gun culture without paying too much attention to the NRA. In fact, when I sent out a book proposal a...
by David Yamane | Mar 10, 2020 | Gun Culture, guns, scholarship, Sociological Perspectives, sociology
I am very pleased to announce that Trent Steidley (U. of Denver) and I are editing a special issue of Sociological Perspectives on guns. Please see the full call for papers for more information. Proposals are due April 30th and final manuscripts September 1st. ...
by David Yamane | Feb 29, 2020 | Gun Culture, Gun Politics, Liberal Gun Club
The Democratic presidential primaries have the media off in search of a political unicorn: The Liberal Gun Owner. Two news stories in the past couple of days report on successful hunts. The NPR affiliate in Seattle reported on “Four Seattle liberals on why they...
by David Yamane | Feb 28, 2020 | Advertising, Colt's, Data, FNH, Gun Culture, guns, militarization, Violence Policy Center
Criticisms of the “militarization” of American gun culture are commonplace. No group has done more to attack this phenomenon than the Violence Policy Center (VPC) and their 2011 report on “The Militarization of the U.S. Civilian Firearms...
by David Yamane | Feb 27, 2020 | Celine Gounder, Gun Culture, gun debates, Gun Politics, My Experience, Podcast
The finale episode of Season 3 of the American Diagnosis podcast with Dr. Celine Gounder has recently been released. The season focused on gun violence and the concluding episode considers the question: “Where Do We Go From Here?” Over a year ago, I spoke...
by David Yamane | Feb 7, 2020 | Data, Gun Culture, National Rifle Association, religion, The American Rifleman
In a recent appearance on Ballistic Radio with John Johnston, I spoke some about ways in which gun culture can be like a religion. Although I ultimately concluded that there are important differences between the two, I have noted the confluence of guns and religion...
