by David Yamane | Oct 27, 2020 | Gun Culture, mental health, Michael Soldini, Rob Pincus, Sociology of Guns Seminar, suicide, Walk the Talk America
Although the topic is grim — suicide — I am very excited to welcome to my Sociology of Guns seminar today two guests who have unique perspectives on the issue. Michael Sodini is founder and President of Walk the Talk America (WTTA), and Rob Pincus is a...
by David Yamane | Oct 22, 2020 | Claude Werner, Data, homicide, Michael Soldini, negative outcomes, Rob Pincus, Sociology of Guns Seminar, suicide, Walk the Talk America
Although my scholarship and teaching on the sociology of guns highlights the non-criminological and epidemiological aspects of guns in society, I do not entirely ignore negative outcomes with guns. In my Sociology of Guns seminar, I typically allocate 2 or 3 of the...
by David Yamane | Feb 26, 2020 | ProShots Range, Rob Pincus
As noted previously, for the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns Seminar in Spring 2019, students were asked to write a 1,000 to 2,000 word essay in which they would: revisit your previous personal experience with and understanding of guns in the...
by David Yamane | Feb 24, 2020 | John Johnston, Rob Pincus
As noted previously, for the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns Seminar in Spring 2019, students were asked to write a 1,000 to 2,000 word essay in which they would: revisit your previous personal experience with and understanding of guns in the...
by David Yamane | Feb 22, 2020 | militia, Randy Miyan, Rob Pincus
As noted previously, for the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns Seminar in Spring 2019, students were asked to write a 1,000 to 2,000 word essay in which they would: revisit your previous personal experience with and understanding of guns in the...
by David Yamane | Aug 14, 2019 | mass murder, mass public shooting, Mother Jones, Rob Pincus
***CORRECTION: A FACEBOOK READER noticed something in the Mother Jones data I presented recently that I had missed. Beginning in 2013, MJ changed their definition of a mass public shooting from 4 or more victims to 3 or more victims in 2013 (see more below), but did...
