by David Yamane | Dec 21, 2021 | gun safety, intimate partner violence, John Johnston, Melody Lauer, Risk, Rob Pincus, 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. This is the eighth and...
by David Yamane | Sep 25, 2021 | gun safety, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing
This is the eighth and final student gun range field trip reflection essay I will be posting from my fall 2021 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1, reflection #2, reflection #3, reflection #4, reflection #5, reflection #6, and reflection #7). The assignment...
by David Yamane | Sep 24, 2021 | accidental injury, gun safety, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing
This is the seventh of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2021 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1, reflection #2, reflection #3, reflection #4, reflection #5, and reflection #6). The assignment to which students are...
by David Yamane | Apr 6, 2021 | gun safety, Guns, Michael Anestis, Risk, safe storage, suicide
I just finished a draft of my book chapter on “Pascal’s Wager and Firearms.” It’s all about risk, risk assessment, and risk management in relation to firearms. From there I am rolling into a chapter on negative outcomes, which will of course highlight the work of the...
by David Yamane | Dec 23, 2020 | gun safety, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University
I learn something every semester from each of my students, but one student’s work this semester was more of a revelation to me. Bevin Burns drew on her experience promoting sexual health and education on college campuses to highlight some potential negative...
by David Yamane | Jun 6, 2020 | COVID19, Duke Center for Firearms Law, gun safety, gun sales, Guns
I was privileged to be invited recently to contribute to an ongoing series of videos produced by the Duke Center for Firearms Law on COVID-19 and guns. I was asked to speak about my approach to studying guns, to speculate about why people are buying guns during the...
