by David Yamane | Aug 6, 2021 | gun politics, liberals, Randy Miyan, Sociology of Guns Seminar
Guns and gun culture in the United States are strongly associated with political and cultural conservatism. So much so that what requires explanation is not the link between guns and conservatism but guns and liberalism. One-fifth of gun owners self-identify as...
by Smith, Lara | Feb 15, 2021 | ammo, Biden, diversity, gun owners, gun politics, LGC Blog, Walk the Talk America
The answer is, of course, yes, although not according to a particular ammo business which this week declared if you voted for Biden, you don’t deserve to buy ammo from them. It is their right to decide to alienate 8 million new customers, but perhaps it’s...
by David Yamane | Dec 16, 2020 | Books, gun politics, Kennett and Anderson, Law
So began four years of the voluminous debate over the gun and its place in American life, fully documented in 4,000 pages of congressional hearings and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. It was to be a tedious and repetitive dialogue of the deaf. — On gun...
by David Yamane | Jun 11, 2020 | Books, emotions, Gun Culture, gun ownership, gun politics, political science
In these trying times, can we at least all agree that guns are politically polarizing in the United States? Not inherently, of course, but they get drawn up into our divisive political system and culture in a profound way. I’m pleased to share political...
by David Yamane | Apr 12, 2020 | Gun Culture, gun politics, National Rifle Association, PBS
I don’t really want to keep talking about the National Rifle Association (NRA). I really don’t. As noted previously, when I sent a proposal for a book on Gun Culture 2.0 to Oxford University Press a couple of years ago, one of the peer reviewers took me to...
