by David Yamane | Jun 28, 2023 | gun violence prevention, Light Over Heat, My Experience, negative outcomes, Vail Symposium
This week’s “Light Over Heat” video offers my thoughts on the Vail Symposium Conversation on Controversial Issues I attended last week in Colorado. The topic of the conversation was gun violence and it was hosted by Clay Jenkinson, with Josh Horwitz from...
by Kyle | Jun 26, 2023 | 2nd Amendment, gun policy, gun politics, gun rights, gun safety, gun violence prevention, guns are normal, LGC Blog, Press Release, Root Cause Mitigation
Several groups including the Michigan Chapter of the Liberal Gun Club, working with Progress MI, developed a root cause mitigation platform to address all forms of violent crime by addressing the various causes of crime instead of infringing upon the Constitutionally...
by David Yamane | Feb 13, 2023 | Gun Culture, gun violence prevention, Lutheran Ethicists' Network, My Experience, publication
As I discussed recently, I had the opportunity to share my views on American gun culture and gun violence at the 31st annual gathering of the Lutheran Ethicists’ Network (LEN) in January. A written version of my talk will be published in the Journal of Lutheran...
by David Yamane | Apr 26, 2022 | accidental injury, Data, firearm injury, gun violence prevention, Guns, homicide, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, suicide
In a recent post, I was critical of a publication in the New England Journal of Medicine called “Crossing Lines–A Change in the Leading Cause of Death among U.S. Children.” Despite the title focusing attention on “children,” the data...
by David Yamane | Apr 20, 2022 | common ground, gun violence prevention, Light Over Heat, My Experience, simultaenous proponency, The ANNALS
This week I offer a second reflection on the 2-day workshop I attended at the University of Connecticut in Harford for authors contributing to a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on gun violence. (The first reflection...
by David Yamane | Apr 13, 2022 | gun policy, gun violence prevention, Guns, Light Over Heat, My Experience, The ANNALS
Last week I attended a workshop at the University of Connecticut in Hartford for authors contributing to a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on gun violence prevention. Of course, my specialty is in gun culture not gun...
