by David Yamane | Oct 31, 2022 | AAPI, Asian Americans, COVID19, Data, gun ownership, Guns, new gun owners, Personal Protection, racism, Risk
As a gunologist, not to mention an Asian-American gun owner, a recent episode of the Red, Blue & Brady podcast on racism against the AAPI community and gun ownership caught my attention. The episode focused on a recently published study by a group of public health...
by David Yamane | Jun 8, 2022 | Ahmaud Arbery, Gun Culture, Light Over Heat, race, racism
This week’s episode features audio of comments I made for the Liberal Gun Owners Lens Podcast series on the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. I try to recognize both the importance of understanding race/racism in American history, and hence gun culture historically, and also...
by David Yamane | May 25, 2022 | Buffalo, diversity, Guns, Light Over Heat, mass murder, mass public shooting, My Experience, race, racism, white supremacy
In my last video (Light Over Heat #21), I commented on guns and race, racism, and white supremacy in the wake of the Buffalo mass murder. The comments I received, even the critical ones, were generally very respectful and constructive. Given the name and mission of my...
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...
