by David Yamane | May 18, 2022 | Buffalo, Guns, Light Over Heat, mass murder, mass public shooting, race, racism, white supremacy
This week I was supposed to post a video commemorating the 20th consecutive weekly episode of “Light Over Heat”. But the dark side of life intervened in the form of a white supremacist mass murder in Buffalo, New York. So I quickly recorded some thoughts on guns and...
by David Yamane | May 11, 2022 | Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, My Experience, The ANNALS, UCONN-Hartford
In Light Over Heat videos #15 (on gun research and gun policy) and #16 (on finding common ground on gun violence), I shared my thoughts on a workshop I attended in March at UCONN-Hartford. The workshop brought together authors contributing to an issue of The ANNALS of...
by David Yamane | May 4, 2022 | Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, Newsy
I was pleased that the online streaming news network “Newsy” asked to interview me for their nightly program “The Why.” They wanted to address the question, “Why is gun culture so prominent in the U.S.?” I thought the introductory package they put together was pretty...
by David Yamane | Apr 27, 2022 | Jonathan Metzl, Light Over Heat, My Experience, negative outcomes, Risk, Will Petty
The idea that guns are a risk factor – for homicide, suicide, accidental death, and injury – was a central idea at the gun violence prevention writers workshop I attended in Hartford earlier this month (see Light Over Heat #15 and Light Over Heat #16). This week I...
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...
