by David Yamane | May 15, 2020 | Gun Culture, National Rifle Association, NRATV, scholarship, women
Although I was not a fan of NRATV generally, there were some programs I thought did a good job of trying to “build bridges, not walls.” Among these were shows aimed at incorporating more women in gun culture. So I was excited when I came across an academic article —...
by admin | May 9, 2020 | Gangster Capitalism, Gun Culture, National Rifle Association, Podcast
Following is a long Twitter thread I wrote while listening/reacting to a podcast series called Gangster Capitalism which focused this season on the current crisis of the National Rifle Association (NRA). I went into it skeptically, since the NRA is often misunderstood...
by David Yamane | Apr 29, 2020 | Data, Gun Culture, gun ownership, Matthew Lacombe, National Rifle Association
The political power of the National Rifle Association (NRA) is both frustrating to and badly misunderstood by many of its critics (as I highlighted recently in response to PBS Frontline’s program on the NRA). According to Barnard College political scientist...
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...
by David Yamane | Mar 12, 2020 | Gun Culture, gun safety, National Rifle Association
Motivated by those who would reduce gun culture in the United States to the National Rifle Association (NRA), I have tried as much as possible to think and write about gun culture without paying too much attention to the NRA. In fact, when I sent out a book proposal a...
by David Yamane | Feb 7, 2020 | Gun Culture, National Rifle Association, religion
In a recent appearance on Ballistic Radio with John Johnston, I spoke some about ways in which gun culture can be like a religion. Although I ultimately concluded that there are important differences between the two, I have noted the confluence of guns and religion...
