by David Yamane | Oct 15, 2023 | AR platform rifles, Books, Guns, Light Over Heat
As I race to finish the manuscript for my book, Gun Curious, I spent 7 precious days revising the chapter on “Living with AR-15s.” In truth, I spent 4 days reading and thinking about a new book on The True Story of the AR-15 and 3 days revising my own...
by David Yamane | Oct 4, 2023 | Alain Stephens, government, gun industry, Guns, Light Over Heat, The Trace
I wasn’t going to record a “Light Over Heat” video for this week because I am over my head trying to finish the Gun Curious book I spoke about in last week’s video. But my morning email from The Trace let me know that a new podcast just launched from...
by David Yamane | Sep 20, 2023 | field trip, Guns, Shooting, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
Two weeks ago on “Light Over Heat,” I gave an overview of my 9th Sociology of Guns class field trip to the gun range. Last week’s video recapped the trip. This week, I comment on the students’ field trip reflection essays. I will...
by David Yamane | Sep 13, 2023 | field trip, Guns, Shooting, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
In last week’s “Light Over Heat” video, I gave an overview of my 9th Sociology of Guns class field trip to the gun range. This week’s video recaps the trip. Next week I will comment on the students’ field trip reflection essays. I will also be posting...
by David Yamane | Sep 6, 2023 | field trip, Guns, Shooting, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Veterans Range, Wake Forest University
In this week’s “Light Over Heat” video, I give an overview of my 9th Sociology of Guns class field trip to the gun range. This video was recorded before the students arrived at the range, so in next week’s video, I will discuss the shooting itself....
by David Yamane | Aug 28, 2023 | Data, gun ownership, Guns
I have written previously about how survey research underestimates the rate of gun ownership in the United States. The main sources of “false negatives” (people who own guns but tell survey researchers they do not) are (1) people who don’t want...